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in the village had ever seen before,
came hurriedly aboard and secured pas
sage. They were a young man and
woman of strange but forbidding beau
ty. The ship was detained so long by
adverse winds that the townspeople be-
gan to suspect witchcraft and prophe-
sled disaster. But the skipper jeered
at their fears, and when the wind
changed put out to sea on Friday morn
Ing.
No word or sign of that ship or it's
living freight was ever heard or seen
again. But later that same year in
coming vessels reported having met a
craft with shining hull and luminous
spars and sails spinning along with
every cloth drawing in the teeth of one
of the widest of gales. A crew of
skeletons manned the ship, while on
the quarter deck stood, arm in arm, a
handsome pair. n young man and a
woman.
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Indian
Girls Cruel
Revenge
On Her
Cowboy
Lover
Staked
the
Ground


remarkable story is that which
comes from Oklahoma. 1T is that of
the cruel revenge of an Indian maiden
on her cowboy lover For three days
she kept him bound to stakes on the
desert until at last death came to his
relief.
The cowboys on the Blk X ranch in
the Kiowa and Comanche Indian res
ervations near Darlington, in the In
dian Territory, have been in the habit
of going over to the Indian villages in
the evenings and taking the young
women out horseback riding.
Willis Andale was a young easterner
who had gone out to Oklahoma for adj
venture and to improve his health. He
was extremely handsome and had a
1ashing. daring manner that appealed
to women.
Anna Kildeer was an extremely good
looking Comanche girl, and the Co
manche girls are about the best look
ing of Indian maidens.
Young Andale paid marked attention
to Anna. He took her riding every
evening, and under the great golden
moon that hung low over the endless
plains of Oklahoma he told her the soft
u
to say when sitting on the veranda of
the summer resort hotel at night. 1t
seems that he is not expected to say
them in the Comanche country.
Andale was greatly surprised when
his friends, the other cowboys, told him
that Anna Kildeer had fallen desper-
ately in love with him and that she
would expect him to marry her. An
dale Immediately rode over to Annals
home and took her out for a ride. Then
he told her that he had not meant what
he said and that he had not thought
she was taking what he said in earnest.
"Oh, you love me-" said the Indian
girl slowly. You love me. for you told
me that you did
"Oh!" said the cowboy irritably.
Hang it all, men aren't supposed to
tell the truth when they are making
love. | was only joking with you
You said You loved me-" replied the
Indian girl. II do not understand the
joking"
well, then" said the cowboy, 81 am
going to marry u little girl down east
Do you understand that
81 will wish you happiness" said the
Indian girl. when you have married
the paleface.'
Andale went back to the Big X ranch
that night feeling happy and contented
He had no wish to bring misery to the
heart of even an Indian girl, and he
was glad that he had explained him
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taken refuge. Nothing could induce her
to re-epter the house, and for weeks
after her reason was in jeopardy. The
houses adjoining this one readily rent
for 500 per month. This is offered at
$50. but remains vacant.
The best known and the most re-
markable of these haunted houses is
the 'octagon house," AS the name i'm
plies. it has eight sides and is situated
on the northeast corner of New York
avenue and Eighteenth street. 1t is a
spacious and imposing residence and so
years ago was considered the hand
soonest dwelling in Washington. For
many years it has been empty, though
offered for the extremely low rental of
$15 per month. Its location being so
desirable. close by the executive man
sion and war, navy and state building,
1t would be worth 20 times that price
but for the ghosts that are reputed to
inhabit it. Ghost parties have fire.
quently attempted to spend the night
In the house, but after most terrifying
experiences have given it up. In one
case, 1t is alleged dog died of fright.
During the civil war the building was
occupied by Sisters of Charity. who got
1t rent free on condition that they
would do what they could to drive out
the ghosts They began by purifying
the place from roof to cellar by sprin-
Killing holy water. and 1t is not recorded
whether they had any trouble or not.
There are several more or less contra
dictory stories to account for the haunt
ing of this house. One Of them tells of
a slave who was whipped to death by
his brutal master in the garnet. Anoth-
err asserts that the negro was starved
and tortured in the cellar until he died.
To this day at the rear of the mansion
stands an old slave pen built of stone
In which before the civil war negroes
were temporarily confined. The pen
has no windows and only small open
ing to admit air. A third story about
this dwelling relates that the cruel
owner opposed his daughters wish to
marry. A quarrel occurred. during
which the girl either fell or was thrown
down the stairs and killed. The strange
disturbances seem to have a great deal
to do with the stairs. Angry whisper
ings are heard in the night. followed
by the sound Of a body falling. Many
people declare that from outside the
house they have seen faces at the win
dows In the daytime and lights moving
from window to window at night, yet
IT Is certainty that no mortal can be
inside. superstitious people do not dars
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were enjoying swim when the latter,
who remained longer in the water and
was just reaching forward to grasp the
gunwale of the small boat, shouted
Hold me. A crocodile has got my
handr' His comrades Immediately
caught hold of him and tried to pull
him OH board, but the crocodile would
not let go and dragged the poor fire
man nearly out of sight and the others
nearly into the water.
great struggle ensued as to who
could pull the harder. The advantage
was in the balance for some five min
utes, when with n final unavailing eff
fort and lot of swishing the crocodile
retired, leaving his intended victim a
sad wreck and terribly exhausted
The missionaries naturally saw the
hand of God in this escape, and the in
cident made a powerful impression ON
the natives.
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tice Stewards foot struck the side of
the structure. Like flash he was
dashed out of the loop and tossed a
hundred feet away with the force of
catapult, where he lay bleeding and
stunned, but fortunately with no bones
broken.
But the memory of this fall appar-
emily has no terrors for him, for he
mounts his wheel and, after q mo-
ment's hesitation, lets it slip off the
platform.
Steward rides a so pound wheel fitted
with solid tires. This latter precaution
is taken because the force of the i'm
pact when the machine first strikes the
inside of the loop would cause pneu-
matte tires TO explode. At this point
there is pressure of / 900 pounds
The track on which the ride is made
is about two feet wide. Steward has
a black path six inches wide painted
In the middle of this to serve as a guide
to keep him from riding off the track
He has no pedals on his machine and
has the front wheel "set" to prevent
swerving, as it would be impossible to
keep the front wheel steady during this
fearful ride
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Most PerilouS
Of Wheel Feats

One of the numerous nickel gathering
contrivances at Coney Island is n spe-
cies of roller coaster, on which persons
strapped in a car make complete cir
Gle at the topmost place in their ride,
being seated in the car with their
heads pointing to the earth. Now comes
bicycle rider who performs the same
feat on a bicycle. His name is II. l..
Steward, and few nights ago he made
the perilous trip in Madison Square
Garden, New York.
Starting from a raised platform %
feet from the floor, the rider makes a
sheer dip of 80 feet on two foot plank
path to the floor. The straight, deep
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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT,
CLEV ELAND,
SEPT. 10th. 18th, 1901.

For the above occasion the follow
ing rates are authorized to Cleveland,
Ohio, and return, from Weiser,
1854. 80. Tickets will be good fol
return leaving Cleveland, up to and
including September 18th, but upon
deposit of tickets with joint agent
before noon of Sept Is and payment
of fee of SOC return limit will be ex
tended to leave Cleveland up to an6
including October 8th, 1901.
Tickets on sale September 9th anC
7th with final limit of September 49,
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Ghosts
Of the
Capital
Many
Washington
Houses
Made
Tenantless
By
Spooks

Recent researches by committee
representing the London Society OF
Psychcal Research have brought to
light the fact that our national capital
is full of alleged ghosts.
Washington is the worst haunted city
in the United States, if half that has
been told be true. More than so houses
In the city, large and small, are liter
ally given up to ghosts, remaining va
cant and unrentable year after year.
From time to time one or more of them
is rented by tenants who pride them
selves on having no superstitions only
to be precipitately abandoned after a
brief term .o1 occupancy.
The most modern of these dwellings
is located on Nineteenth street between
Q and r streets, hardly stones throw
from the palatial residence of L. q. Lei
ter. This section of the city is one Of
the most fashionable and aristocratlc
quarters. Shortly after the house was
built its first occupant stood before q
mirror in one of the cabinet mantels
and cut his throat from ear to ear, then
rushed frantically through the house
from top to bottom, falling dead in the
cellar. What is now said 10 be the
sound of blood dripping on the floor can
be distinctly heard by any one who
cares to spend a night in the house.
few years ago wealthy and prom
tnent merchant rented this house. He
and his family laughed at the idea of
ghosts and spirits. They remained in
the house exactly one week. A young
lady of the family, perhaps 10 years OF
age, was one night left alone while the
rest Of the family attended the theater
On their return she was found in a
highly nervous condition in stable at
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Address WEISER, IDAHO.

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Queer Freaks Of
Lightning Bolts

A history of the remarkable freaks
of lightning which are recorded would
be sufficient to make a great library if
printed in books. The more ignorant
people have now, as they always
have had, a feeling of superstitious
terror in the presence of lightning.
A case Is recalled where the bolt
killed the victim, a harvest hand at
work in the field, and he seemed to
have sunk gently to the ground with
out being moved from his position, all
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self and made the girl understand the
situation. He had asked the Indian
girl to go out for another ride few
nights later, as he did not wish to
break off their friendship. When he
rode over that night, Anna met him in
n manner that was cordial in one of
her race, and the cowboy rejoiced again
that she had become so reconciled to
the situation. Over the endless prairie
the two rode away into the night, Anna
sitting behind Andale on his horse and
holding on by gripping the saddle.
Suddenly Andale felt a moose falling
over his shoulders and down his arms.
1t was jerked tight, and he was secure
ly pinioned. Another moose fell about
his neck. The girl reached over and
drew the bride rein and stopped the
horse. She alighted and, pulling the
lariats that bound Andale, jerked him
to the ground. She took a longer rope
and bound him the more securely and
then dragged him over the ground until
she came to some stakes that she had
put into the ground the day before.
She carefully fastened the hands and
feet of the cowboy to these stakes SO
that he lay fat on his back, with his
feet wide apart and his arms extended
straight out from his sides and so Sc
curely roped to the stakes that he could
do but little more than barely move.
The cowboy laughed at the girl a,
first. He told her his friends would
follow the trail and rescue him and
punish her as she deserved. She re-
minded the cowboy that all his friends
had gone on big drive and would not
be back to the ranch for many days.
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Grevvsome Part. ReIic.

still lingering souvenir of the days
of the revolution guillotine is about to
be uprooted- The five stone slabs so
often saturated in human blood which
are fixed In the pavement In front Of
the old condemned cells Mt the Place
de la Roquette, Paris, are to be taken
up by the street PAYERS, owing to the
construction of n new street which is
to cut through the plot OF land on
which the prison formerly stood.
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the mark being
n slight discol-
Grafton in n
small spot on
one foot and
the shoe from
that foot being
torn into frag-
ments. Light
ming Ii a S in
many of the re-
corded G Il S G :
come so quickly
that the idea of
there being n
feeling of pain
Is out of the
question. L h G
old story of the
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a. ~ a VI = A
lures of gospel
n av igators in
the Kongo. tells
of he expert
ence of one of
the IN j S S ion a.
ries. He says:
Mr.. Gren T ell
recOuntS M an y
thrilling expert
ences which be-
fell him and his
crew when eX-
plOring the up
per X on go in
the Peace on be-
half of the mis-
sion. One even
ing, for instance,
two of his men
and the fireman
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angle and the
velocity of the
dip throw him
round in a cir
Gle, and after
"looping the
loop" head down
half the dis
lance on his
wheel the mo-
mentum carries
him up another
two foot path
way to a plat
form 20 fe ct
from the ground.
Once in prac-
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are the sailors
chief delig b t..
and here Is the
s tory of one
that is some
times seen on
the New Eng
land coast:
The Dead Ship
of Salem is well
known off the
M q Ssac husetts
shore. Just 200
years ago the
ship was ready
to sail to Eng
land, when two
mysterious peo-
nile Whnn none
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Legend Of the Dead
Ship Of Salem

The sailorman does not like to tell
Of the things he has seen during the
still watches of the night, but win his
confidence and he will spin tales of
ghosts and dead men and skeletons and
phantom ships that are enough to make
the shivers go up and down the spines
of the most skeptical. Phantom ships
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STREET FAIR AND CARNIVAL
SALT LAKE, SEPT.
1921 1901

For above occasion, an open rate
of one fare for the round trip, is
authorized from all stations, fare
from Weiser $22. Is tickets on sale
September Is and 16, good return
ing until September %. No stop
overs.
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Remarkable Escape
From Crocodile

The human race has an Unborn abb
horrence and dread of all reptiles, par
ticularly snakes and the big lizards,
and one reads travellers tales of COM
bats with huge snakes and crocodles
with a shudder. Mr.. Wallis Myers, re-
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HOO, 900
ACRES
GOVERN M ENT
AND

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given by G. S. FOSSELMAN
Secretary Board of Trade Weiser Idaho
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WHISKEY, MORPHINE HABITS

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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarsts.
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Evening star., 1901-06-01
GOV. DOLE CITED TO APPEAR.
Grand Jury at Honolulu InvestiGati in X
Charges of Bribery.

dispatch from Honolulu, dated May @,
says the special grand jury called to in
vestigate the charges of bribery in the leg
islature has had as witnesses Governor
| Dole. Attorney General Dole, Secretary Of
| the Territory Cooper, and other high off,
| cia1s and on the refusal Of some Of them
| to answer questions it has had them
brought into court to show cause why they
should not testify. In the absence Of g. B.
Dole. who is indisposed. Secretary Cooper
Is acting governor.
on letter from the governor to the iegis-
| lature refusing to extend the session be-
cause he had Information that bribery was
taking place. Governor Dole appeared be-
| fore the jury. and. it Is said. told ell that
he knew. The other heads Of depart mt nts
were summoned, and all refused to ttll
| what they knew. on the ground that the
| Information they had received was in the
nature of a privileged communication. hav-
! Ing been given to them as government Of
| hcials
| Acting Governor Cooper. Attorney Gen.
| eral Dole and L. A Thurston. president of
| the Gazette Publishing Company were
summoned to appear before Judge Hum
| phreys and show cause why they should
| not tell the grand jury what they had
heard regarding bribery in the Legislature
Judge Humphreys sustained Dole, as It
! was shown that he had told the grand jury
| the names Of the men from whom he had
icNSi'co SNiochSc 1hdIStoh hdu tofu the
| jury that he heard that legislators had ap-
preached a corporation with solicitation Of
bribes, but he declined to give the name Of
the corporation, on the ground that as at
torney he had right to withhold 1t as
given In confidence by client to an attor-
| ney Judge Humphreys adjudged rhurstDn
guilty of contempt. fined him 500. and
| ordered him into custody until the end of
| the session or until he should answer the
| question of the jury to who was the
client. He applied to the supreme court
| for a writ of habeas corpus and was re-
leased on $500 bail.
The grand jury has indicted Walter G.
! Smith, editor Of the Advertiser, ior per-
| jury. 1t is alleged In the indictman ant tt at
| he denied knowledge of the name of a cor
poration said to have been approached by
I members Of the legislature with solicita-
! tions Of bribes. when in fact he knew the
| name of the corporation. Smith was re-
| leased on IS, 200 bail.
| Judge Humphreys took the cases Of Act
| ing Governor Cooper and Superintendent Of
| Public Works McCandless under advise
ment McCandless has left his ONCE.
Evening star., 1901-06-01
LIVING LANDM ARKS
Octogenarian Brothers Who Represent
Eastern and Western Progress.
STILL ACTIVE, VIGOROUS AND ALERT
Matthew G. Emery Of Washington;
Joseph Emery Of California.
TIL EIR BUSY CAREERS s
T H EIR BUSY CARE E ER 8

Three score and ten seldom finds any
individual in possession of all that makes
the physical and mental man robust, but
when two brothers pass that venerable line,
add another decade of busy years and still
retain their vigor and activity that Is al
most youthful they may be safely put down
as remarkable personalities. Two such are
enjoying life to the full in Washington to-
day, ex-Mayor Matthew Gault Emery and
his brother, Joseph. The former has been
so closely identified with the natioN-.i cap
ital that he may be said to epitom.-e its
history for over a half Of it's last century
Of progress and development. For similar
period the latter gentleman has less
closely and prominently figured in the adj
vancement and prosperity of another great
portion of the Union-CaIifornia. When The
Board Of Trade gave its annual outing to
River View last Saturday the two gentle
men were among the most animated Of the
guests; they moved about side by side and
participated in the festivities of the day
with hearty enjoyment. Naturally they
were the subjects Of universal respect and
admiration.
Mr.. Joseph Emery was one Of the early
California pioneers, going to the new El-
dorado ffty-one years ago, and he Is in
Washington now for the first time in twen-
ty-seven years. He is one OF the business
leaders of the Pacific slope and is vice pres
ident Of the California state board of trade,
the president of which, it is interesting to
note. Is Gen. N. P. Chapman. who formerly
represented the District of Columbia under
it's territorial form of government as del
egate in Congress. Mr. Emery is on his way
to Buffalo. where his state, under the aus
pices Of the board in which he Is such a
prominent figure is to have an instructive
and attractive exhibit Of It's wonderful re-
sources. showing all OF its products, wheth-
er Of its mines or its meadows. its valleys
and its vineyards and the bi-products at
forded by each.
Early San Francisco.
A reporter for The Evening Star who saw
Mr.. Emery found that he believed as firm
ly now in the greatness Of California as he
did in its future over half century ago.
When I reached San Francisco f1fty-one
years ago." said Mr.. Emery. 1T was the
day after what is remembered as the great
May fire. which destroyed one-half Of the
then small town. month later the June
fire, as 1t Is still called. came along and
burned the other half The buildings had
been primitive regular tinder boxes but
In their places we put up substantial ones,
Evening star., 1901-06-01

and we have kept on doing substantial
things ever since"
1.-The population was pretty rough In
those days. was 1t not?' inquired the re-
porter.
Aroused to Action.
"No. not at first. The pioneers were all
young men and active ones. There was
not gray head among them. You wouldn'
see a woman in a week, nor a white shirt
in twice as long. The bad element came In
later.
THE year 1865 was especially prolific In
crimes. There were in ALL according to re-
liable statistics. 4s9 killings in San Fran
cisco and the immediate vicinity that year.
Forty-six murderers were hung by infuri-
ated mobs and only six by the sheriff. II
was the cold-blooded assassination Of two
former residents Of the District of Column
bia that led to the movement. November
II. 1855. Gen. William II. Richardson Of
Washington. who was United States mar
shall and only thirty-three years old. was
shot down by Charles Cora, an Itaiian
gambler The latter was tried, but the pro-
ceeding was somewhat Of a farce, He Was
In prison waiting final disposition of his
case when, on May IA. 1855. James King.
q native Of Georgetown, who was editor
OF the San Francisco Evening Bulletin.
was killed BY James p. Casey. editor OF