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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-25

whose feet were on the opposite seat,
doubled up like a jackknife, his nose
and knees damned together, the back
seat clamped tight against that in front.
The lieutenant shot forward out of sight
and was overheard fetching up with
Resembling thump against the front
door. There was q cracking of window
glass, sound of stifled shrieks and
groans. The big Car recoiled some 80 or
40 yards, then came TO u standstill, and
Mr.. Gray, scrambling out from the
smoking compartment, nearly stumbled
over the PROSTATE officer, who was slow
ly finding his feet. But, following some
half articulate cry for help, Gray darted
through the narrow passageway into
the curtuined aisle now rapidly filling
with men, much more dazed than dress
ed, some of them bleeding from con-
tusions, all of them shaken and scared,
and slowly sliding out of the nearest
berth came blue robed, slender, sense
less form-that of the soft voiced occu-
pant who an hour earlier had impor.
tuned him for water. In an instant
Gray stopped, raised her in his arms,
bore her through the passage, nearly
capsizing the lieutenant the second
time. laid her flat upon the long seat in
the smoker and applied his fine cam
brio handkerchief to cash in the left
temple, from which the blood was ooz-
| ing,
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matches and asked if there was any pos
sibility of the ladies being incommoded
by his smoking
"No, sub; not bit, sub. They can't
smell it when you stay in the smoking
room. There's only two ladies in the
car, sub. Both going up to Butte-Mrs.
Mainwaring and a young lady with
her. -
"Know her name?'
"No, sub, l don't, sub. The lady
with her calls her Pet most the time. y
Mr.. Gray once more returned to his
compartment, lighted his cigar and
seated himself in the corner by the open
window. The train still lay at the sta
ton. Voices still echoed among the
dingy wooden buildings, and light or
two flickered about the platform. The
conductors voice was presently heard.
He was interrogating the station agent
and Gray, seated close to the open case
ment, couldn't help hearing.
tsBoth took tickets to Pawnee?"
1 eyes, both. Left their horses here in
Hanks stable and took supper. No,
they haven't been drinking at all -
Mr.. Jarvis lowered his voice. He was
talking eagerly, but only the answer
was audible.
"Oh, of course; cowboys always are.
Each has his revolver and knife. But
you'll see EN- for yourself. They're in
the smoking carr
''sure nobody knew 'em around
here?''
Certain. They said they'd neve,
been here before.
Mr.. Jarvis waved his lantern. "Well,
we've got to 60" said he, "but you
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CHAPTER ".

A melancholy scene OF wreck ana ulS-
aster was that which greeted the eyes
of Mr.. Gray when perhaps half an hour
later he stepped from the platform and
made his way forward. Through some
strange neglect of Geographic orders
from Butte The conductor and engineer
track at Thunder Gap but had been
sent spinning on their way down grade
five miles to Alkali Flats, where the
road crossed to the northeast, and began
to climb over the divide to Bowlder
Creek, and right here, at the end of
straightaway mile of track, the head
light of the Pacific express flashed into
view. Each engineer sighted the glar-
ing eye of the others steed at the same
instant. Each sounded his warning Cry.
Each instantly reversed his lever, reck-
less of cylinder heads. Long had vainly
sprung the airbrake, and No. las brake
men had spun their iron wheels for all
they were worth, but still, with the
fearful momentum of their down grade
rush, the two trains dashed at each
other like maddened bulls, and engineer
and firemen, having done all that NOR
tal men could do, jumped for their lives
second or two before the crash. The
lighter train of the two, the express,
had SO far slackened speed that Long
and his fireman, landing and rolling in
the soft sand, were but slightly hurt.
The engineer of the freight, however,
was tumbled heels over head and then
knocked senseless by flying splinter.
The fireman mad only just been found
as Gray reached the point where the
two engines locked deep in each other s
embrace, stood welded together, tan
gled mass of metal. The whistle of one
of them, dislocated by the shock, was
emitting low, moaning sound, as of
some huge beast in agony. The tender
of the express had telescoped half its
| length through the mail car and the
postal clerk had been hauled from I'M
der confused heap Of coal and mail
sacks. The mail car in turn had smash-
forced fiat against the front of the bag
4 gage car, left the messenger a helpless
prisoner within his own premises, I'M
| able to open even side door. How the
baggage man escaped death he never
could tell. He and his trunks were
hurled to the front end of the Car, all
in heap, yet, barring damages to cloth
ing and cuticle, he was little the worse
for the adventure. Then came the car
load Of recruits. Hardly man of their
number had whole skin left. The seats
were wrenched loose, the windows were
shattered. The smoker, too, was sight.
It's few occupants had been hurled abou,
promiscuously and were still swearing
when Gray got to the front.
People in the day coach were les:
damaged, but equally dazed, and in thu
two Pullmans CONSERVATION reigned su
preme. The excursionists were al
sound asleep up to the instant of i'm
pact, and those in the upper berths hat
} + been tumbled into the aisle and all tn,
carload violently shaken. But in tn
forward Pullman the actual damag
was greater. The porter was groaninl
with a twisted back. Two of the mel
were badly wrenched. Lieutenant Raw
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sAin't you going to bed tonightl" he
asked.
keep your eyes and ears open. and wire
after us. / suppose it's all right about
No. 49, he shouted, as he swung on
the platform.
The station agents voice followed
them out into the night.
She's coming along all right. Sup
pose you'll meet her at the Gap. She's
due there at 3:10."
"Due there in five minutes, thought
Mr. Gray to himself, as he meditatively
pulled at his fine Havana, "and by good
rights should have been sleeping the
sleep of tho just and innocent hours
ago." The train soon seemed laboring
in heavy sea. The hoarse painting of
the engine came throbbing back on the
night The huge Pullman rolled deep,
first to one side awhile, then to the
other, as it trailed on around the sharp
reverse curves of some unseen grade
Out of the darkness to the right and
against the northern stars doomed up
dim, bulky shapes, and Gray realized
| that the foothills were reached, that the
long tortuous climb was beginning. Up,
up, higher and higher steamed the
straining giant in the lead, the dense
smoke clouds rolling rearward lighted
brilliantly every few seconds by the
glare from the roaring furnace into
which Scut's shovel was heaping coal
1 by the bushel. No. 1888 was doing her
best, as Long predicted, but even her
superb lungs and tempered muscles
could barely drag SO heavy burden.
Only nine or ten miles an hour was she
making now, thought Gray, as once
more the sleeper door was opened and
the conductor, followed by brakeman,
hustled in. He glared suspiciously into
the dim recess of the smoking compart-
ment, the brakeman peering over his
shoulder.
! "Ain't you going to bed tonight?" he
asked.
/ Presently" yawned Gray, eff I get
sleepy"
"Your friend there in the other car
Z hasn't lost much time. He's snoring
like he hadn't slept for SIX weeks.
Where'd he say he lived?''
'sPawnee.
stKnow him there?''
"No, nor anybody else"
"Neyer been out here before?"
Gray was in no mood for talk, much
less for cross examination. He shrugged
his broad shoulders impatiently anG
said, Never. y
The conductor hesitated, looked Ions
and fixedly at his passenger, studying
what he could seq Of his face, figure ant
clothes in that dim light. He turned
half reluctantly away, then turned back
"Well, il you want any sleep befor
we get to Butte you'd better be getting
: it, said he, with that broad freedom 0
manner and absence of conventional re
, straint begotten of years in the bound
less west, and then stood awaiting tn
, result.
: 1t came, not too soothingly or salts
factorily.
{ "When want it, Ill take it.
3 The conductor drew away with dis
! tinct sense of another defeat. He stirre
!. up the porter with no gentle touch
: "How many of your passengers hav
: got guns:'' he asked.
: Thenegro started from his seat, daze
and frightened. "Only two or three Z
, 'em, that Isee,' was the answer. "Tha
A officer in lower and two gentlemen i
!, and 9. What's the matter?"
Nothing as yet, but I've a goo
d mind to wake the lieutenant Z said Jal
: yis, bis fingers working asry91say as
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son had bump as big as a grapeshot
on the side of his head. Mrs. Mainwar-
ing, though uninjured, was so terrified
as to be worse than helpless, and as for
the fair girl with her, she had happened
to be awake, had lifted herself on her
elbow at the shrek of the whistle, fear
full of i'll. and almost instantly had been
dashed against the edge Of the seat and
cruelty stunned. OF the freight train,
the six cars Immediately behind the en-
CINE were crushed to fragments, and the
fragments hurled far aud wide. 1t was
from under q heap Of these they logged
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ITO be continued.N Il
The bee., 1901-09-19
THE vENDOME STOCK COMPANY
Will Appear at Morton's Theatre Friday
and Saturday Nights.

The Vendome Stock Company, di-
rect from the Vendome Theatre,
Nashville, will appear at Morton's
Theatre, Madisonville, Friday and
Saturday nights. The opening bill
will be 1.-THE Girl L Left Behind Me, "
and Saturday evening, young Mrs.
Winthrop" Both are excellent
plays and will find ready favor with
the audiences.
The Vitagraph, the greatest of the
moving picture machines, and high
class specialties will be introduced
between the acts.
"The Girl Left Behind Me" tells
a beautiful story of true manliness
and courage. 1t is well supplied
with comedy throughout and is not
lacking in any essential that goes to
make good play.
young Mrs. Winthrop" is a do
mestic story-the ups and downs
and also the beautiful side. 1t is
played year after year in all of the
cities, and theatre-goers go again
and again to see it. 1t is said to
have the charm of always being
new.
Prices 20, 80 and soc. Seats go on
sale Thursday morning. Darlington
parties wishing to attend can leave
orders with Mr.. w. S. McGary, or
telephone direct to No. 8, Madison
Vile
The bee., 1901-09-19
Huckleberry Ridge Items.

The farmers of this vicinity are
very busy now housing tobacco and
cutting corn.
Mrs. Jennie Bennett, of this place,
and Mrs. Rosa Bennett, of Empire,
have returned home from a long
visit in Muhlenberg County.
Miss Merdith Bennett, of this
plabe, spent Saturday night with
Mrs. Croft at Empire.
A. ]. Bennett and wife, of Empire,
were the guests of his brother John
Bennett Tuesday night.
Miss Zelma Lyell and Geo. Berry
spent Sunday night with Merdith
Bennett.
Mrs. Leota Fades, of Madisonville,
is visiting relatives and friends
here.
Edgar Lyell was the guest of his
parents Monday.
Mrs. Geo. league, of Empire, is
visiting her parents, w. G. Lyell
and wife this week.
John Cook, of New Empire, was
the guest of friends here Sunday
evening.
Joe Lanier, of Crofton, spent Sun
day with his cousin Hugh Griffin in
Empire.
w. G. Lyell made a business trip
to Crofton Saturday.
There will be a surprise wedding
take place in the future near here.
BIDDIE.
The bee., 1901-09-19
Iron Hill Items.


The people of Crittenden county
are shocked at hearing the news that
President Mckinley is dead.
Mr.. Tom Kemp is preparing to
build dwelling house near the iron
bridge.
Mr.. Ollie James went to Frankfort
this week.
Several farms here have been
leased to oil companies. The pros
pect is good.
Mr.. James G.. Hunt of this place,
patentee of the Hunt Potable Fence,
left yesterday for Illinois to dispose
of county rights for his patent.
Mr.. John Wood has returned from
Oklahoma. He is one of the Crit
tenden boys who had the good luck
to draw land. He will return shortly
to settle up his farm.
Miss Florence Mcconnell of this
place left Monday for Oklahoma.
Bro. Barbee filed his appointment
at Sugar Grove Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Kittie Kemp of Tunica, Miss,
has been visiting here for several
weeks.
The coming campaign is said to be
the hottest ever known here in Crit
tenden county before.
Mr.. Edwin Walker of Piney is very
low with typhoi fever.
Al. Sutton of Shady Grove Wis
tied his father Saturday night. He
will enter school at Olive Branch
next week.
j. r. Hodges and family will visit
relatives in Tennessee in a few days.
Miss Mary Mcclure of Dawson
Springs is visiting friends here.
Harve Roberts and family of Mat
toon was the guest of his father, J..
N. Roberts, Sunday.
Several from Shady Grove attend
ed meeting at Sugar Grove Sunday.
Mr.. Rufus Riley was with us Sun
day.
Mr.. John Baker has sold his farm
and will go to Missouri this fall.
Mr.. Baker is a strong Republican
and will be greatly missed by his
many friends.
Mr.. w. Il. Dorroth, after spending
two weeks with friends in Kentucky,
left Monday for his home at Angels
Camp, Cal. Mr.. Dorroth went to
the Pacific Coast State thirty-two
years ago, and this was his first visit
home since then. He was able to
recognize at sight but few of his old
friends; just here and there he found
faces that looked enough like they
did thirty-two years ago for him to
recognize. He has charge of a big
ore reducing mill and is interested
in mining in California.
Mr.. A. HI. Cardin the well known
tobacco dealer tells us that he has
been over portions of Crittenden,
Caldwell, Lyon and Livingston coun-
ties looking at the growing tobacco,
and he finds it the best crop in twen-
ty years.
County court convened at Marion
Monday. No business of importance
was transacted.
Mrs. Joanna Murry is involved in
lawsuit with two Timber COM
panies.
NJ. ....,..... - -.
The bee., 1901-09-19
HISTORY OF THE TRAGEDY.
Summary Of the Shooting of President
Mckinley at Buffalo and lis Result.

LOiAONiuS 10 ~ DllCl CllIOllOlORy
of the tragedy which deprived
the nation of its chief:
Friday, September 6-Presi-
dent Mckinley was shot by Leon
Czolgosz about 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon in the Temple of Mu-
sic at the Pan-American Exposi-
tion. One bullet struck the
breastbone, but did not pene-
trate. The other bullet entered
the abdomen and penetrated the
stomach, but could not be found.
The abnominal wound was closed
without drainage. No injury to
the intestines or other abnom-
inal organ was discovered. AT a
late hour the physicians issued a
bulletin saying that the Presi-
dent had rallied and was resting
comfortably.
Saturday, September THE
President passed a good day and
rested quietly.
Sunday, September S-The
Presidents case was considered
satisfactory all day.
Monday, September 9-The
President seemed to be making
steady progress ON the road to
rapid recovery.
Tuesday, September 10-Re-
ports from the Presidents bed
side were very encouraging. 1t
was found necessary, however,
owing to a slight irritation, to
remove a few stitches and open
the skin wound. The President
was well enough to take nour-
ishment by the mouth in the
form of pure beef juice.
Wednesday, September IL
The President doing well. De-
cided benefit following the dres-
sing of the wound. No symp-
toms of blood poisoning.
Thursday, September 12-The
President took considerable
nourishment. In the afternoon
he complained of fatigue. At
$3.50 O'Clock the Presidents con-
dition was not so good as during
the day. Food administered did
not agree with him and was
stopped. His pulse was not sat-
isfactory. AT midnight his con-
dition became critical.
Friday, September 13-The
Presidents condition rapidly
grew worse, and toward evening
it was seen that death was in
evitable. He became uncon-
scious, and sank rapidly. At
midnight he was barely alive.
Saturday, September 1.-THE
President died at 2:15 a. m.
The bee., 1901-09-19
RAIDS MADE ON OAK
HILL AND REINECKE.
Imminent Danger Of BIoodshed
at MadisonviIIe and
Elsewhere.
ARMED UNION MEN IN TWO CAMPS
A. Al
Number of Arrests Made on
Charge Of Intimidation.

The mining situation is in the
acute stage in Hopkins county
and particularly at Madisonville,
where the union men have had
their forces concentrated. Con-
ditions have been such that Sc
rious trouble was expected at any
time. Tuesday the streets of
Madisonville were thronged with
union and non-union men, fol-
lowing the hold-up of Reinecke
men at the muzzle of Winches-
ters, but an extra large police
force handled the situation well
and kept down threatened trou-
BILE.
The first hold up of Reinecke
miners which occurred Tuesday
morning had been threatened
and predicted and was no sur
prise to the miners who proceeded
on their way to the mine until
the union men presented their
Winchesters and told them they
would shoot if they did not stop.
Most of the miners went by way
of the railroad leading by the
spoke factory, where stacks of
timber afforded protection to the
union men and served admirably
as barricades.
Manager Bailey took his men
back to the court house and re-
ported to the County Judge for
protection. After the miners
turned back to town the union
men fired large number of shots
in the air before returning to
camp.
Frank d. Ramsey, prominent
tobacco dealer, George A. Stew
art, a leading contractor and w.
II. Hoffman, the popular dentist,
all life time citizens of Hopkins
county, who were out as citizens
to see what was done, were halted
and turned back on the highway
by strangers armed with Win
chesters.
Manager Bailey proposed that
if Judge Hall would provide a
sufficient escort to take his men
safely to the mine and would
guarantee them protection while
there against further attacks he
would put his men in the mines
and run it as usual. The Judge
could not guarantee this protec-
tion and the men were told to go
home and report for duty the
next morning.
Warrants were at once issued
for the arrest of many of the
union men upon the charge of in
timidation. Information in the
hands of the officers said there
were four hundred men in
camp and a large number
of modern guns. Three wagon
loads of men and guns were re-
ported to have come across from
Central City that morning.
AT noon Sheriff Hankins re-
ported to the County Judge that
he was unable to get a sufficient
posse to execute the warrants
and that he was unable to arm
them so as to put them upon an
equal footing with the men in
the union camp where the war
rants would have to be executed.
Judge Hall Immediately tele-
The bee., 1901-09-19
TROOPS CALLED FOR
Judge Hall Has Asked Governor Beckham to
Aid in Keeping Order.

questing him to send troops, and
reply from the Governor came
that night saying he would send
troops if necessary.
During Tuesday afternoon,
Sam Chapel and Ephriam
Nance, both negro agitators, were
found on the streets of Madison
vile and arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Thomas and Acting City
Marshal William Barnett. Chap
pei had a revolver and Nance had
his pockets full of Winchester
cartridges. Chapel was fined
and given a Jail sentence and
each was put under a $500 bond.
Sworn information, which was
verified by Wednesdays hap
penings, was in the hands of the
officers Tuesday to the effect that
the union forces proposed to take
charge of the Reinecke property
the next morning. Threats of
interference were made openly
in various parts of the county.
Tuesday night one hundred
and eighteen union men came
from Central City to Nortonville
on the fast train, reaching the
latter place about l :45 a. m.
Forty of this number went from
Greenvllle to Central City to
join the party because the fast
train does not stop at Greenville.
The union men were armed with
rifles and shotguns and talked
openly on the train about settling
the mining affairs in Hopkins
county this trip, saying they
were tired of its present con-
dition.
They went into camp north of
Nortonville in the woods and at
3:45 Wednesday morning de-
tachment went to Oak Hill
where they attacked a colored
boarding house in which were a
number of people asleep. Many
shots were fired as is shown by
the bullet holes in the house.
Twelve holes were counted in
one window and perhaps a dozen
rifle bullet holes show beside nu-
merous buckshot. One bullet
went entirely through the house.
The one bullet that took effect
in an occupant of the house was
fred at the last after the volleys
had ceased. 1t passed through
the muscle of the right arm of
Perry Grady, a non-union miner,
struck q rib under the arm and
following the rib around lodged
in his back. 1t was a copper
jacketed bullet and carried par
ticles of feather and bed clothing
into the body. The wound may
prove fatal.
Just after the shooting at the
boarding house Claude Hall came
down toward the store and was
challenged by Deputy Sheriff
Dick Rodgers. Hall did not an
swer and Rodgers, mistaking him
for an enemy, fred on him with a
shotgun. The shot took effect in
his legs inficting painful but not
serious wounds. The attacking
party went back toward camp
after the shooting.
Every preparation was made to
receive the union men at Nor
tons Gap in case of an attack on
the mines there. Extra guards
were put on and special train
stood ready here to take addi-
tional force from darlington If
necessary.
At Reinecke mine, Madison
vile, the story of forcible inter-
ference of Tuesday morning was
repeated with emphasis. Men
who started to work report see
ing pickets in bitches with guns,
The bee., 1901-09-19

New Orleans has the only paper IN
the United States that publishes a
Sunday evening edition.
The bee., 1901-09-19

Seats are selling fast for the OPEN
ing of Temple Theatre Monday
night.
The bee., 1901-09-19

Remember the opening of our
new theatre Monday night.
The bee., 1901-09-19

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The bee., 1901-09-19

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-03

1t seems to be a habit OF college pro-
fessors to speak disparagingly of their
country--and this habit appears to af-
flict the schoolmasters more than other
class Of people. Prof. Norton Of Har-
ward is an offender in this direction
The Record of Boston remarks of this
dominic, who is particularly addicted
to gall and vinegar, that his "sneer at
America at Radcliffe commencement as
vulgar and semi-civilized is not new.
ae has repeated it 80 often that people
have come to expect it. The shock
will come some day when some man or
woman of unusual courage will rise and
tell him some very frank things about
the need of beginning the civilization
among some members of the Norton
family.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-03
Heart
Pains

are Natures warning notes of
approaching danger from a dis
eased heart. If you would
avoid facilitating diseases, or
even sudden death from this
hidden trouble pay heed to the
early warnings. Strengthen the
hearts muscles, quiet its nerv-
Gus irritation and regulate its
action with that greatest of all
heart remedies, DR.. Miles
Heart Cure.
"Dartlng pains through my
heart, left side and arm would
be followed by smothering, heart
epasms and fainting. DIR. Miles
Heart Cure has entirely relieved
me Of those troubles"
JOHN VANDENBURGH,
ago Kewaunee St, Milwaukee, Wis