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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-31

by the Delaware, Isckawana and Western com.
pany as bridge builder.
Miss Ethel O'iioto, Of Main street. has lctn
the guest OF relatives in taiuondac for the past
wceck.
Mrs. 7. T.. kcrns OF Buffalo. y. T.. is visiting
relatives in town
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Dr.. Whalen to Lectnre.

Rcv. Dr. II. !. Whalon win deliver NJ, ,clc-
bwlcd lecture. The Wit and lrmor OF the
hiah Race before the High school students.
in the assembly room OF the Central school
building On Friday evening. Nov s.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

Under this heading short letters OF interest
will bc published when accompanied, for puhlca.
tion. hy thc writer's name. The Tribune docs not
assume responsibility for opinions here expressed.
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in a Dangerous Condition.

Thomas Delaney, WHO is well known in Car.
GondlIc, and WHO has been III Of typhoid fever
for couple OF weeks. Al his home in Wayma.t,
is very low and the physicians are arprehen
.Nc oi his recovery
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intend going 10 Jrrmyn 10 the Aricsan fair
will he at the city station in iull uniform
at ,Oj o'clock this evening.
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THE peoples EXCHANGE

wANrED.-A good girl, middle age pieicr.ed. IN
Of Mira. William Bingham. 10 DLndah street.
49,
WANTED--Two first class painters at once. APP
ply to v. j. Finch. Church street, carbon
slalc
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Notice to Mitchell Men.

All members Of the Mitchell Hose company ~ho
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A Daily Nuisance.
A Simple Remedy Which Will In
terest Catarrh Sufferers.

In its earlier stages catarrh is more
or nuisance than a menace to the
general health. but sooner or later, the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

After a lapse Of over thirty years.
Rear Admiral Hlehborn, the chief con-
structor of the United States navy, re-
turns to California. the state from
which he was appointed in the navy
as an assistant naval constructor in
1859. In California he spent the early
days of manhood and served as a
Journeyman shipwrlght, master ship
wright and assistant naval construc-
tor. and those California days are full
of "reminiscences of the early time in
the history of the Golden state. Not
withstandlng his continued employ
ment so far from the west coast, Adj
miral Htchborn has been eyer In touch
with its interests and has done much
to foster and promote the welfare of
the shipbuilding interests, both at the
navy yards and private shipyards on
the Pacific coast.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26
VERMONT MAN HUET.
ARMED CITIZENS PURSUING
DESPERADOS.
Dunstan Shaw and Son, Frank. Break
jail, XIII a Deputy When Overtaken
and Are Now Evading BIoodhounds and
Determined Pursuers.

Not since the days OF the famous
Almy case have the people OF Wind
sor county, Vermont, reached such a
degree OF excitement as now prevails.
Then to the horror of one of the most
brutal murders in the annals of crime
was added the excitement of a five
weeks hunt for the murderer. Now to
the sorrow over the death OF Deputy
Sheriff George w. Hoffman is added
the intense excitement and determine
ton to capture or kill his fugitive
murderers. The former crime is now
wildly recalled in the fact that Depu-
ty Sheriff Hoffman was the officer who
faced the well-armed and desperate
Almy and demanded his surrender. In
the present case, while in the perform
ance of his duty he fearlessly faced
two desperate convicts who had es-
capped from the county jail and receiv-
ed the bullet which caused his death.
Sorrowing and admiring friends have
lain he remains of the brave officer to
rest, and now with that fierce deter
mination which is born of mingled sor-
row, horror, hatred and revenge are
relentlessly pursuing the search which
must eventually result in the capture
or killing of the murderers. The flu
gitives are we'll armed and perhaps
before their apprehension more blood
will be shed.
Dunstan Shaw and his son, Frank,
were serving a term in the Windsor
county Jail at Woodstock for burglary
and Illegal deer killing. The other
night they planned to escape. After
the other prisoners had retired they
wrenched the bars from a window that
was fully IS feet above the ground and
with the aid of a rope which they made
from their bedclothes reached the earth
safely and fed into the country. They
had a good start before their escape
was discovered. Early the following
morning the officers started on their
trail and at the village of Barnard
learned that the fugitives had stopped
at the home of a farmer and obtained
something to eat. When the farmer
questioned them as to the reason for
their being away from the Jail they
replied that they had been released on
bail pending a trial. Before leaving
Barnard they secured two rifles and
the last seen of them they were enter
ing the woods and going in a north
easterly direction. Sheriff Stafford and
his men followed the trail for som
distance into the woods n being I'M
able to follow 1t and falling to hear
anything further of the escaped pris-
oners, returned. A close watch was
kept over the surrounding country and
the next night Sheriff Stafford and
Deputy Sheriffs Paul Pinkham and
George w. Hoffman determined to
start on a thorough search.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26
ePEcIALIzEp TO EIoHr.
General ne vmebois-Mareum of q war
ring Family.


General de villebois-Mareuil, who
died fighting for the Boers the other
day. came of a family which has,
since the days OF the crusades, gono
about the world looking for trouble"
and finding it. One of them came over
here and fought in the Revolutionary
war. Villebois-Mareul belonged to the
class of nobility hat was specialized
to fight. When peace reigned at homo
this class went abroad. 1t crusaded,
1t fought the Turks under the emper-
or, and in the service of the republic
a contingent to fight under Washing
ton. This c%rusading spirit is now al
most extinct In France. Comte de VII
lebois-Mareuil was a case of atavism
overcoming environment. He was lit
tie in harmony with modern condl-
tons. He obeyed a sudden impulse In
going to the Transvaal, and thought
he went for the good and glory of
France. The impulse took hold of him
at Biarritz, where he was staying with
his only daughter. Should l come to
grief he wrote to his brother, 81 be-
queath her to you" He then came to
Paris, made his will, and relieved In
1t his family, In ease he died a soldiers
death, from the painful duty Of fetch
ing back his corpse to France. "If l
am killed fighting my wish Is to be
buried with my comrades where l
fell" The comte traced his nobiliary
standing to the battle of Bovines under
Philippe Auguste. From that reign to
the revolution all his ancestors were
soldiers. The general was So years old
when he was killed. His first commits
sion was as an officer of marines. He
served In Cochin-China and In the
Franco-Prussian war. Like the ma
jority of Frenchmen he was a born
cook and prided himself highly upon
his culinary art. In n of the last
letters he wrote he asked that a Pc
troleum stove be sent out to him-one
upon which he could grill a steak or
make a stew" The Beers have no
more palate than a fowl and were at
first inclined to laugh at the French
warrior fussing over his cookery. But
when they saw how active the cook
could be in the field they learned to
respect him. When they tried to break
the news Of her fathers death to the
generals daughter they began by say
ing that he had been taken prisoner.
Then he must be dead" she replied.
My father would never suffer the
English to capture him."-New York
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

prisoners ran into the woods. closely
pursued by the officers. while shots
we're rapidly exchanged. The officers
knew that Hoffman was seriously hurt
and soon gave up the chase and re-
turned to render him assistance. They
found his condition critical and rem
derlng him as comfortable as possible
where he. fell, sent for a physician. The
doctor when he arrived found thai the
bullet had pierced the abdomen and
made a wound that was likely to cause
death. The wounded officer was re-
moved to the nearest house and his
wife was sent for to her home at
White River Junction. She was soon
at her husbands side, but medical
skill and tender nursing were OF no
avail and in the evening he died.
The murder of Deputy Sheriff on
man caused the most intense excite
ment and officers were summoned from
Rutland. Brandon and Woodstock.
Many citizens Joined with the officers
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

An ingenious method has been sug-
gested by the German geologist. Helm
rich Schmidt of Jena, for making
it easier for the ordinary mind to
grasp the comparative times of geolo-
gle periods. He has figured out The va
rious periods of millions of years,
which convey no meaning to most
minds, in parts corresponding to parts
of a day. This gives him these re-
suits. The first age OF the world. the
archaic or e%ozoic, occupied the same
period toward the whole age of the
world as do ~ hours 2S minutes and
AS seconds toward a day. The palae-
ozoic age was the equivalent OF 8 hours
Q minutes and 80 seconds. The me-
sozoic age equaled 2 hours 2S minutes
and SO seconds. The quaternary
eoualed 2 to 8 minutes. and finally
what we are accustomed to call the
history of the world (the history OF
the last 5000 years. amounts to only
5 seconds.-New York Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

IL is everywhere recognized that a
soldier is best paid for doing his duty
by a strip of ribbon or a pecuniarily
valueless medal. On the other hand,
a badge in itself often spurs on its
owner to deeds of yalor and honor.
Harry Won Trott, a young graduate of
the Agricultural College of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, was among the pas
sengers on a vessel recently wrecked
off the coast of Mexico. The little
Christian Endeavor pin was on his
o He threw of his outer garments,
and fastening the pin in his Under
clothes, swan through the shark-in-
tested water and over surf-beaten
rocks to bring relief to the imperilled
passengers, A great crisis calls for
energy, skill and ~self-sacri6ce, and
fortunately for the credit OF this age,
II does not often call in vain.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

In the very rarefied atmosphere of
Brook Farm doubtless no one could
have been more welcome than a frolic-
some girl of sixteen. Such was Ora
Gannett Sedgwick, who gives, In the
Atlantic, her "reminiscences Of some
happy days spent there In memorable
company. Shy and serious men are
not usually so by preference, and one
can imagine how a girls witchery
would have been appreciated by the
recluse whom 1t was intended to tease.
She says. II do not recollect Haw-
thorne's talking much at the table.
One day. tired Of seeing him sit i'm
movable on the sofa In the hall. as I
was learning some verses to recite, l
daringly took my book, pushed 1t into
his hands and said: VIII you hear
my poetry, Mr.. Hawthorne?' He gave
me a sidelong glance from his very
shy eyes, took the book, and most
kindly heard me. One evening he was
alone In the hall. sitting on a chair
at the farthest end. when my room
mate, Ellen Slade, and myself were
going upstairs. she whispered to me-.
Let's throw the sofa pillows at Mr..
HAWTHORNE Reaching over the ban
listers, we each took a cushion, and
threw It. Quick as a flash, he put out
his hand, seized a broom that was
hanging near him. warded off our
cushions, and threw them back with
sure aim AS fast as we could throw
them at him. he returned them with
effect, hitting us every time, while we
could only hit the broom. Through 1t
all not a word was spoken. We
laughed and laughed. and his eyes
shone and twinkled like stars.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

city. But they will allow no other
country to interfere with their affairs
IL they can help II. The fact that the
country OF Ashantee is exceedingly
rich In gold and hat France controls
the neighborlng country OF Dahomey,
may have something to do with Eng
lands solicitude for the people Of
Ashantee and their comic opera king.
There is probably no other savage
race who are capable of putting up
such a stif fight as the people of Ash
antee, for they are born warriors and
love their country with a savage kind
Of patriotism. Besides, they would not
dare refuse to fight. Refusal would
mean not only disgrace. but instant
death. The power of this picturesque
monarch is unquestioned.
Whenever a king of Ashantee dies
a guard of 1000 Of his subjects are
slaughtered to conduct him to the
other world. 1t is said that as many
as $1,000 people have been slain on
such occasions. Every time there is a
national festival there are human sac
riices. In fact, blood-letting seems to
be n of the principal occupations of
royalty in Ashantee. Back of the town
OF Comasie there is a place called by
travellers the Grove of Skulls. where
the bones of victims are thrown. Here
Is what Henry Stanley said of 1t when.
In 1874, as a war correspondent, he
accompanied the expedition of Sir Gar
net Wolseley: "As we drew near the
foul smells became suffocating. 1t was
almost impossible to stop longer than
to take a general view of his great
Golgotha. We saw thirty or forty de-
capitated bodies and countless skulls,
which lay piled in heaps and scattered
over a wide extent. The stoutest heart
and most stoical mind might have
been appalled," Several officers of the
expedition, although 1t remained in
Coomasie only two days visited this
Grove OF Skulls. and subsequently des-
'cribed 1t As SURPRISING In horror any
thing to be seen in the world. There
are two periods. called The Great
Adai" and THE Little AdA." succeed
ing zach other at intervals Of eighteen
and twsnty-four days after the death
At some member of the royal house. at
which human victims are Inundated
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

The officers started about A o'clock
woods one of them noticed smoke curl
ing up over the trees in the distance.
They went in the direction whence the
smoke was seen arising, thinking that
perhaps they would find someone who
might lave seen the fugitives. The sun
was just rising over the mountains and
the branches of the trees cast a net
work of shadows on the earth. The
walking of the officers was almost
noiseless for the dead leaves and twigs
formed a moist carpet which neither
rustled nor cracked. They came in
view of the fire which gave off the
2 COL CUT
smoke that had served as a guide, and
near it on a log sat the fugitive father
and son. They were roasting a rabbit
for their breakfast and near them lay
two Winchester rifles. The officers
were close upon them. but so noise
less had been the approach that the
fugitives were unconscious of their
presence.
Deputy Sheriff Hoffman stepped for
ward and called upon them to surren-
der. The desperadoes seized their rifles
and the deputy sheriff shouted, Drop
those guns or I'll bore you" The
elder Shaw smiled and looking toward
his son said, Don't let's shoot, Frank"
Hardly had the merclful words of the
father been uttered wi en- young
Frank Shaw fired and tho shot was
followed by a general fusillade between
the officers and the fugitives. During
the first exchange of shots Deputy
Hoffman fell to the ground. 1t is be-
lieved that the frst shot fred by young
Shaw was the fatal one. The escaped
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26
KING OF ASHANTEE
HAS A PLUG HAT AND A SKULL
TIPPED UMBRELLA.
Wears "A Girdle of Dried Grass ana
Whenever ANY Of His Subjects Dis
please Him He Orders Their Heads
Chopped on.
Special letter.

N6RNIAaA ACtl0l.
The King Of Ashantee, Great Brit
aims implacable foe, is the most extra
ordinary monarch In the world. He is
picturesque, powerful and a merciless
despot- Twenty-six years ago England
sent out an expedition at a cost of
s4'oOO,OOO to bring the King of Asian
tee to terms, and before the expedition
returned 1t had cost 1900, 900 more.
This king lives in the interior Of
Africa, several hundred miles from the
gold coast, on the western shore. He
wears a girdle OF dried grass around
his loins, and a plug hat. Where he
got this hat nobody knows, but 1t is
his only crown. He has no throne, but
instead he has a stool of solid gold
which four slaves carry around for
him wherever he goes. Upon this he
sits and gives his orders. They are all
verbal, but often they mean either life
or death. The kings name is Prem
peh, and he is the absolute monarch
OF more than 5000, 900 a His
emblem OF authority is a giant UNI
lhO ppOhCS are Vi 6UDOSScu
gold, and on the end of each spoke is
a human skull. This emblem has des-
csnded to him through a long line OF
ancestry.
King Prempeh a exactly 1888
wives. Why this number should have
been decided upon he does not know.
Like several other things, they came to
him by inheritance. He takes them
for granted. The kingdom of Asian
tee is rich in gold and Prempeh is
many times a millionaire. He wears
earrings OF solid gold. All OF his per-
sonal adornments are of gold. He owns
the only house IN his kingdom. 1t is
IA rude structure of stone. His royal
highness sleeps ON the floor. King
Prempeh is a bloodthirsty ruler and
is in the habit of making human sac
rifces. This is one of the practices
which England desires him to stop,
for whenever his gods are d%ispleased
he seeks to propitiate them by having
a few hundred Of his subjects behead-
ed. 1t was to put a stop to this that
England made war on the King of
Ashantee in the 70's. There was fight
ing again in 1895 and again In 1896.
Now there are indications Of more
trouble. Still the King of Ashantee
goes on with his barbarous practices,
killing whenever he pleases, and rul-
ing with absolute power. His subjects
love him because he Is of their royal
blood, and fear him because of his cru
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26
HIRED TO
An Almost Incredible story Comes fror,
Down Jersey Way.

AN Almost incredible story Comes fror.
Down Jersey Way.
Two New York detectives. Messrs.
Sylvester F. Cosgrove and James Hill.
who went to New Brunswick. N. J. to
n out who set FIRE to a fruit lar
works, have une~thed an alleged CON
spiracy to murder. The detectives
dressed as tramps and secured lodging
at a hobo" boarding house. u by
Mrs. Rosa L. Ruck. The detectives al
lese that while there the m at
tempted TO bride them to kill John s
voorhees,, prosecuting attorney of MIL
diesex county. who has had Mrs
Ruck arrested numerous times on tb,
charge OF selling intoxicating drink,
without a license and on sunday Tbs
oma was arraIgned before Recorder
huhn. and held for court in the sum
OF $4,000 bail. Mrs. Ruek danies tbs
charges, and says that Detective COS
grove suggested killing the a~ttorney.
She also says that she was drunk AZ
the time. '"N urunA a.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26
arr puRINo an ACCIDENT.
w,x ,A. Drummer stOod to Win. Bus
Not ~ Lose.

.au..L,ns Of railroad accidents. "
.,td . vs,aren commercial traveller re-
Gently. Il AA reminded OF a curious
sxnerienee and incidentally OF the
most lncorrigibIs gambler ever met
IN NV life. was going west some
wears ago and one of my fellow pas
sengers was a rack horse man from
toulsviue. He was an interesting fol
low and q good story teller but his
conversation was marred by his habit
OF leading everything up to a propo-
sition to mako q wager. Our sections
in the sleeper happened to De direct
Iv oposite and that evening we were
sitting on the edge OF our respective
berths preparing to retire When all
OF a sudden the whole car was shaken
by a series Of swift and heavy concus-
sions. The train had jumped the track
and was at that moment humping its
way over the ties, preliminary to
heaven only knew what kind OF a
plunge. We were at that time In a
part OF Kansas that is full OF ravines
and gullies. and short bridges are Of
frequent occurrence. That disquietins
fact flashed into our minds simultans-
ously. Bet y q hundred we're on a
trestle!' yelled the Louisville man
above the pounding OF the wheels.
Take ye!' I yelled back, and with that
tho coach gave a sickening lurch and
rolled completely over, When eN-
tricated myself from a broken window
I found we had stopped on level
ground. and while everybody was
more or less cut and bruised no ons
vas killed. encountered my Ken
lucky friend, wandering about the
wreck, and he promptly handed me a
800 bill. What made you take me
UP so quick?' he asked. Because II wa
had been on a trestle we would all
have been killed. I replied. and you
couldn't have collected the bet. /
stood to win. and not to lose. That's
So he said. regretfully. Next time
this happens I'll take the other end
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

In replying with considerable asper-
ity TO the invitation to be present at
the Chicago celebration of the ami
versary of Dewey's victory at Manila,
Duke D'Arcos, the Spanish Minister,
wa following the general lines of dip
lomatic usage. At the time of Dewey's
arrival in this country, invitations to
his New York reception were sent to
all members of the diplomatic corps in
Washington. After a little conference
t&ey decided that it would be improper
nhat they. as representatives Of ma
tons friendly alike to Spain and the
wnited States, should manifest interest
VA a victory of n nation over the
ether. Some OF the diplomatic repre-
seutatives. 1t is said. did not even re.
ply to the invitations.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26

and a large hunting party was soon
formed. To aid in following the trail
bloodhounds were brought from Rut-
land. After the shooting the fugitives
started toward the west and crossed
into Rutland county, with the inten-
ton, it is believed, Of reaching New
York state. With the aid Of the
hounds the trail was rapidly gone over
until a stream was reached, and then
the dogs and the pursuers were baf-
fed. This fact leads to the belief that
the pursuers were so close to the fugi-
tives that they learned that the blood
hounds were being used and waded the
stream in order to destroy the trail.
Early the following morning the two
Shaws appeared at the home of G. w.
Flanders, nea Ripton. Seven officers
who were aiding in the hunt were
watching this place, believing that the
f~ugitives might come there. The elder
Shaw entered to obtain food, and his
son remained on the outside as guard.
One of the officers advanced and COM
manded Frank to surrender. The
young desperate raised his rife and
said, You go back or I'll put a bullet
through you" The officer ran back
and the fugitives again escaped. Had
the officers possessed a degree of cour-
age anywhere near as eommendable as
that of the late Deputy Hoffman, the
desperadoes would no doubt have been
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-03-26
INDIAN

According to Indian custom. John
Laurier, of the Ponca Indian reserve
ton, Niobrara, Neb,. who quarreled
with and fatally shot another Indian
Peter Birdhead, recently, was himself
put to death by the parents of thu
murdered man. After Laurier had
shot Birdhead he sought out the LAT.
ter's parents, explained the situation
handed his revolver to the father and
calmly sat down to await his own
killing. The father a little later stood
Laurier up against the wall of the
house and shot him through the head
The mother then dismembered the
victim and threw the remains around
the yard. Birdhead and his wife were
arrested by the United States u NJ.
tiles. They are stoical and merely say
that Laurier's execution was In 40
eordance with Indian custom.