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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-23
GREAT MIlSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE
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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

At last, however, the posse succeeded
in firing the house, and as the flames
got beyond control of the bandits they
broke cover and g .deavored to get
away.
In the running fight which took
place the bandits were all killed, with
the loss of but one man on the side Of
the possel
This Incident was only one of the
many in which Paul participated, AS
sheriff it was a notable fact that all of
the hardest work of the Office was done
by him, and that he never sent a depu-
ty where ne would not go himself.
He seemed to have no fear of man or
devil, and was as willing to go after
the quickest and nerviest gun man in
the territory as he was after a petty
criminal. Even among men notable
for nerve and daring he was marked,
and old timers, speaking of him say,
"He was a brave man and made a
good officer
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

in 1881 was elected sheriff of Pima
county, Before his election to the
Shrievalty he was Wells-Fargo's mes
senger of the Tombstone stage line,
and it was through him that the SER
vices of the famous carp boys were
secured for the suppression Of highway
robbery. While Sheriff of Pima coun-
ty his life was full of activity and dan
ger, but his iron nerve never failed
him and not one blot of neglect of duty
appears upon his record. After his
term as sheriff he was employed as
Wells-Fargo's detective, and it was in
this capacity that his most notable ex-
plot occurred.
On the night of February %, 1888,
the west bound passenger train on
the Southern Pacific was held up at
STEMS Pass, near the New Mexican
border, by two or three masked men.
The express car and engine were run
off and the messengers intimidated
into opening the doors and surrender
ing the money. The passenger coaches
filled with wealthy tourists, were no
disturbed by the robbers. Having Sc
cured their booty, the men made on
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
WHERE rHE DAY REoINs.
The I~nternatIonaI Date Line, as Recog-
nized by Our NAVY.

The international Date Line, as RecOg-
nized by Our Navy.
What is known as the International
Date Line, where the day changes, as
vessels sail across the Pacific, lies
along the meridian 1870 degrees west of
Greenwich, but does not follow it ex-
actly. 1t deViates slightly to the east
and again to the west at various points
in order to include certain islands into
the area in which the American date is
kept and vice versa, to include other
islands in the area in which the Asiatic
date is kept. When this line is crossed
going west shippers gain a day; when
they cross it going east they lose one.
The United States navy recognizes the
line as beginning at a point north o.
Siberia, southeast to Boring Strait,
through which it passes midway, leav-
ing the st. Lawrence island on the
American side, and, turning, passes in
a southwesterly direction, crossing the
180th meridian at about latitude 60 de-
grees north, to a point just to west
ward of the Near Islands, SO that all Of
the Aleutian Islands may be on the
American side, thence in a southeast
erly direction back to the 180th meri-
dian at a latitude of about As degrees
north, thence along the 1S0th meridian
to a point 5 degrees south latitude
thence in a direction about southeast
by south to a point midway between
the Fiji and Samoan Islands, the
Friendly Islands being on the Asiatc
side; thence about south by west to the
vicinity Of Chatham, leaving il on the
Asiatic sidei thence in a Southwestern
ly direction back to the 1S0th meridian,
where 1t remains.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
A GREAT
BE

The founder Of the United States
.Life-Saving Service. DR.. William A..
Newell is still living at the ripe age
Of SO and practicing his profession of
medicine at Allentown, N. j.. DR.. New
cll's thoughts were first directed to the
question Of life saving by his witness
ing the wreck Of a vessel at Long
Branch, N. j., in which thirteen lives
were lost. This was in 1889. In 1916
DR.. Newell entered congress and there
began his agitation for some method by
which navigation along a certain por-
ton of the New Jersey coast might be
rendered less dangerous. Among those
whom he interested as supporters of
his views were Abraham Lincoln and
John Quincy Adams. When the light
house bill of the senate came before
the house for consideration. DR.. New
ell offered a second resolution, provid-
ing for surf-boats, rockets, c%arronades
and other necessary apparatus for the
better preservation of life and prop
erty from shipwreck along the New
Jersey coast. An appropriation OF
$4,000 was asked. This resolution in
the form of an amendment to the light
house bill was unanimously adopted
In the third session of the thirtietf
congress, an extension of the service
from Little Egg harbor to Cape May
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
obe Life SaVinS
SerViee Of the
Unifed SfafeS.

was secured. with an appropriation Of
$4,000. In the next congress an addi-
tional appropriation of 10000 was
made, as the result Of DR.. Newell's eff
forts, ana the experiments were ex-
tended to other points on the Atlantic
coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
In 1878 DR.. Newell was governor
Of New Jersey; and in 1861 he was APP
pointed by President Lincoln as super
intendent of the New Jersey coast life
saving service. Returning to congress
in 1865, he was enabled, from his four
years experience in the work, to great
ly advance the usefulness of the sys-
TEN. In 1866 he proposed extensions
of the service, and successfully advo-
Gated appropriations of $4,000.
Today the government %appropriates
for this purpose more than 81, 800, 900
annually, maintaining nearly 300 res
cue stations, manned by 1000 brave
and skilled wreckers and l~ife-savers.
1t is said that this feature of u gov
ernmental system, which is under the
direction of the treasury department
at Washington. has no counterpart in
any other country. It is estimated that
225, 600 lives have been saved by the
methods which DR.. Newell originated
and in great part perfected, half a cen.
fury ago.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23


There is a farm in Wisconsin for the
raising of NORWOOD. from the oil of
which that dreadful drink, absinthe, is
procured, Tie oil has a remarkable
penetrating power and for this reason
is much used in the making of oint-
ments.
Absinthe itself is becoming a power
full curse to mankind. 1t has secured
such a stronghold in Paris that the
government is taking steps to stop the
sale of the green terror" in France.
1t was absinthe in the hands of Nc
Allister, Campbell, Kerr, and Death
which caused Jennie Bosschieter's
death one lonely night at Paterson, n.
j., for which crime the men were SEN
fenced to long terms Of Imprisonment.
A large dose of the oil will produce
insensibility, commissions, dilated pu-
pills, sluggish pulse, and other serious
effects-the after-effect often including
trembling hands, arms, and legs, in
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
CITY WITHOUT HORSES.
Children of Venice Go to school in Con
doIas.

children of Venice Go to School IN uoh-
doIas.
What American boy or girl ever saw
a city that did not have more horses
in it than one would like to count?
Horses of all kinds and sizes, from the
pretty little Shetland pony, the pride
of his young owners heart, up to the
strong, heavy horses that pull the
great, rumbling loaded down wagons
through the streets of the busy city,
Why, there are so many horses no one
thinks anything about them. You can
not walk down the street or even look
out Of your window without seeing
some of them. But there is a city in
far-away Italy, across the wide Allan
tic. where there is only n horse, and
this horse is considered such a curl
osity that it is kept in the public gar
| dens. People there visit the gardens
lust to see this horse Just as you, per-
hans. visit the zoo in Lincoln Park to
see the lions and bears, But how do
the people in this city get along with
out any horses? Well, the city is
Venice. and. as you no doubt know,
this city is a very wonderful n in
I some respects. for it is built upon
many small islands, and its streets
are the canals between the islands.
Water here takes the place OF streets
~ earth and stone, and boats take the
place of horses. How funny it would
! seem to go to school in a gondola, as
they call their boats there! Venice
seems like fairyland at night, when
the principal streets or canals are
lighted up and the dancing waters re-
fleet the many-colored lights Of the
pretty gondolas that dart over the
waters. Some Of the buildings are
tall and beautiful, and as you look at
them from a distance they seem to rise
right out of the water. II you ever &c
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

We can often create a very favorable
impression by o saying what we
think.
in the annals OF numismatics. The
coins, to the number Of 2.755. are said
to date from 2255 B. c. to the present
era, and they represent fourteen years
hard search on the part of A. F. Steph-
ems OF he Chinese imperial customs.
who has hunted them up from all ports
of China, from the province of Yunnan
to the province of Manchuria. Their
authenticity is guaranteed by Herbert
A.. Giles, formerly of the British con-
sular service in China, and j. II. Stew
art Lockhart, colonial secretary of
Hong Kong. The k'ung shou pu.
which is one Of the oldest examples
IN the collection, looks like an ak head.
measuring nearly five inches from TOP
to bottom, and about four inches
across. But the k'ung must have been
a sort of three-penny piece to the an
Gent Chinese lady, for the Chi tao.
Lieh Kua tao and the Ming tao. known
as the knife coins, and which used to
be landed out for a pound Of Pekoe in
the dusty ages, are exactly the shape
Of the modern razor blade. and vary
IN size from seven inches to five inches
long, while the Yuan Fa is a fiat coin
about the size OF a trumpet, and it has
a square piece punched out of the CEN
ter like the merry fau-tan chip of pres
ent use.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
Bob Paul, Bandit Hunter

ported to the customs officer, Martinez,
and asked his aid in capturing the Of
tenders. Much to their surprise, they
were placed under arrest and their
guns and horses taken from them.
For days they could get no answers
to their questions as to the cause OF
their arrest, but at last they were told
that they were detained for attempting
to defraud the customs and entering
the province as an armed body. They
were informed that they must wait for
an answer to a note which Martinez
had sent to the authorities at Chihua-
hua, during which time they were com
PEELED to board themselves at eXtrava-
CANT prices. Fourteen days afterward
the posse was released, but their stock
and arms were not returned, and they
we're compelled to abandon the puT-
suit and return to their homes.
The posse under Paul, however, was
more successful. Paul located the men
at a ranch not far from Chihuahua,
where his posse Immediately went.
The bandits we're surrounded IN the
house, and, b%arricading the doors, re-
fused to surrender.
As the members of the rancher's
family were in the house, nothing be-
yond a blockade could be done. The
second day, however, the family was
released, and the fighting began in
earnest.
At first it was confined to long-range
sharp-shooting, as the robbers were
too strongly entrenched to be rushed.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Tucson, A. T.. correspondence of the
Philadelphia Times:
In a darkened room Of a lowly adobe
house in this city Robert II. Paul, one
Of the most noted characters of the
southwest. last week passed from a
strangely exciting life to a strangely
peaceful death.
For years the name of Robert II.
Paul was identified with the admins
tration of law and order in southern
California and Arizona, and his life
was one long tale of peril and adven-
ture.
At the age of fourteen Paul embark
ed as a cabin boy on a whaler out Of a
small Connecticut port on a cruise
which took him out into the South Pa
ciic, and eventually around the world.
The first voyage so kindled his love of
adventure that he embarked on an
other cruise, this time making a circuit
of the seas in the opposite direction.
On his last cruise the whaler put in at
the port of Honolulu for supplies, and
there learned the discovery of gold
in California. Paul obtained his re-
lease from the captain and took ship
for California, landing in San Fran
cisco in 1919.
His varying fortunes led him into
Southern and Central California, and
then north again, where he was elect
ed sheriff of Calaveras county two
terms, and rendered good service il
the suppression of lawlessness. In the
later seventies he came to Arizona, anC
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Pekin is rich in remarkable bells, the
finest specimens being located in the
bell tower on the western side of the
Tartar City, and the |Tachungsu, or
temple Of the great bell, beyond the
city wall. The latter contains the
great bell of Pekin, cast by order Of
the Emperor Yong-Lo in 14l5 and hung
in the present tower by the Emperor
Waulch in 1878. This gigantic object
is Is feet in height, is Q inches thick,
and has a circumference of "a feetatthe
rim. 1t weighs 53ls tons. and is COW
cred inside n out with inscriptions
from the Buddhist outras in Chinese
characters.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

tense thirst, tingling in the ears, illu-
sions Of sight and hearing, and other
disagreeable results. A person in a
stupor from the drug experiences the
most pleasant dreams and imaginings.
Like all excuses, it kills the gentle
emotions, freezes kindness, rouses in
man the spirit of the beast, and accom-
plishes more vile deeds than are
dreamed of. Once the habit of using
absinthe is contracted escape from its
bondage is most difficult.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

on foot in a southerly direction. The
train was coupled again as soon as
the men left, and run on to the next
station, where the news was telegraph
ed to Tucson. A posse, composed OK
Marshal Meade, Len Harris. a Wells
Fargo detective, Sheriff Shaw and four
Papago t~railers and a few others, i'm
mediately left for the scene, and took
the trail Of the robbers, and, owing
to the haste Of their departure, poorly
provided for the hardships of a VIM
ter pursuit across the bleak country.
At the Palotado ranch, in the prov
inoe Of Chihuahua. Mexico. Sheriff
Shaw and Detective Harris gave out
and were forced to return. The rest
Of the party, under the command Of
Under Sheriff Shibcll, with two of the
Papago trailers, continued the puy.
suit. At this ranch it was found thss
three men we're in the gang of robbers.
one of whom took no part in the rob-
berry, having accidentally shot himself
in the leg or his way to the pass. The
trail of the fleeing bandits led toward
the city of Chihuahua.
Paul, who was at work on the CASE
in another direction, found that thIi
bandits had been outfittad Ter the hold
up at the city of chihuahua, having
been seen there by Detective Thacker
some time before. The men were all
we'll known under the of Dick
Johnson, Dick Hart and Leary, and
had had been arrested and tried for
the Southern Pacific train robbery al
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

This same cactus, by the way, is not
one of the lesser curiosities surround
ing Phoenix. Among the numerous
varieties none is so remarkable as the
sahuaro, or giant cactus, which is pc
culiar to the southwest and grows to
the proportions Of a great tree, attain
ing in some instances a height of sixty
feet. A forest of these prickly mon
sters is so unlike anything occurring
at any other point of the globe as to
be almost indescribable. Rising like
great huted columns, the largest end
pointing to the sky, with not a bud or
branch of any description. the effect
is g~rotesque, but on a desert crafty
ing. Arriving in Phoenix from n d.
rection, n leaves a mighty desert
and is Immediately enveloped in a
wealth of verdure and flowers. He
meets everywhere the fora peculiar to
the tropics. In private grounds and
public parks the stately palm and the
spreading canopy of the umbrella tres
greet the eye, while the drooping
frond-like foliage of the pepper tree
lends its softness to the scene. Along
side these flourish the olive and the
almond, the eucalyptus and the ole
ander, all unconscious that they are
performing something wonderful
transforming a recent desert into Z
garden of Eden,-Los Angeles Herald
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

A New York hotel that is daily over.
crowded with patronage of the first
class was designed as an apartment
house and occupied as such until
ghosts drove the tenants away. Every
night there were strange noises in each
Of the $50 or 400 rooms. The occu-
pants lost sleep and nerves. Women
were afraid to be left alone in broad
daylight. Leases were ruthlessly bro
ken and people moved away in swarms.
The news that the place was haunted
spread all over the country, enticing
scores of bold investigators. The
noises continued, but no ghost was
seen. The proprietor was in despair.
Some advised him to burn the house
down, others to wreck it. Finally he
sold. Another of New York's seven
day sensations dropped out Of mind.
and presently new tenants, who had
never heard of the "haunts," hocked
in to take avantage of the reduced
rates. Today we witness the spectacle
Of a hoodoo lived down in the very
heart Of our great city.-New York
Press.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

According to the Cologne Gazette,
the Baudot multiplex typeprinting tel
egraph operates so excellently that the
whole telegraph business between Ber-
lin and Paris, which heretofore requir-
ed five telegraph lines, can now be cas-
lily done over one.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
prourht 10 New south wnla..

In New South Wales the number Of
sheep has shrunk from 81, SS1, 416 in
1891 to 35,7S2, 622 in 1899. In nine
years, by natural growth, the sheep
of the colonies might have been ex-
pected to have increased 100 per cent.
Instead of this they have decreased
nearly 80 per cent-the effect OF
drought.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
crazy orooker's cauforala Dream.

LNAaN 1AWAAN hfN 1AH"Nf
When the late Charlie Crocker of
Central Pacific railway fame crossed
the plains in the '4Os by OK team over
the old emigrant trail from Council
Bluffs to San Francisco, he predicted
that, within a comparatively few years,
a steam railroad would be running
across the continent, following sub
stantially the same course travelled by
him. His prediction was considered
so absurd by his associates that he was
nicknamed Crazy Croker" Mr..
Croker had the satisfaction Of not
only seeing his prediction come true,
but of being one of the leading spirits
in the construction of the first trans
continental railroad. Since Mr.. Crock
er's dream was realized and the first
transcontinental line was completed,
five other distinct and separate lines
have been built to the Pacific coast
National Magazine.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23
CUR GIANT FATHERS.
ROW TALL WERE MEN OF
ANCIENT TIMES

One Auth GRITTY Figures Out That Adam
Was a Man les Feet In Height, Eve
rIs et-Pr OF Mans Decline in
stature
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

The Kansas City Times says Uncle
Russell Sage might be ladling out his
millions In the cause OF b~enevolence II he
did not really feel that ne needs the
money in his business.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

A sale Of coins recently took place
in London which was rarely excelled
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

to Venice be sure to call to SEQ its one
and only horse, for that is a noted
parsonage there, and one not to be
sighted. And you may be allowed to
ride around on its back, as children
in New York and Chicago ride on the
backs of the elephants and camels in
the parks.-Chicago Record-Herald
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Pantano in the previous April. Lack
of evidence, however, caused their re-
lease at that time. To Detective
Thacker, who met them in Chihuahua,
they said they had come down there
to eat peaches" but Investigation
proved that they had purchased arms
and horses and started north. So at
the city of Chihuahua a party Of Mexi-
can soldiers, assisted by Paul, and a
man named Pierce, set out to intercept
them on their way back.
The posse, which was following the
trail from the north, pressed along as
rapidly as possible, enduring untold
hardships. Once they lost the trail,
where a herd of cattle had passed over
it, but they found it again by the aid OF
Mexican vaqueros. The trail led to
within three miles of the city of ia
nos, but suddenly diverted into the
mountains. This was a disappoint-
ment to the posse, who hoped to re-
ceive sanction for their mission from
the Mexican authorities at that place
and probably aid. They followed the
trail twelve miles past Janos and then
returned to the city. There they re-
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

Pekin now has a newspaper publish
ed in German.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-23

We can often create a very favorable
impression by not saying what we
think.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
FOR CHRISTMAS DISTRIBUTION.

a box full of pretty Christmas tree decorations
strings of popcorn, calendars. etc.-came from the
New -Dorp Staten Isand) junior branch, and was
forwarded TO the Bahama branch at Nassau. Ihis
branch will have a Christmas tree for 40 inmates
Of the hospital and asylum. A box containing
clothing filed bag for the Little Mothers and
other articles. from Mrs. G. w. Marlor;
box of silk pieces from Mrs. c. B. Pollock; two
lovely gift books from Syracuse, \. Y, without
name; mounted pictures pretty lace collar dolls
hood socks etc. from Miss Bemrose; a pincush-
ion from A. J. Rayl a box of games, pictures
TOYS etc from Mount Vernon, \. y; silk pieces
and cards from Mrs. W. NJ Whitney. poem from
May Mholland, Christmas cards and silks from
"A. NJ c. bags. articles Of clothing, stereopt-
and views. cards. etc. from Helen and caro-
line Titus; booklets and cards from NJ i. W; bags
lets Seaman; five pairs of mttens from Mrs. j.
Lyle cards and calendars from Miss Heydenreich
a box fun Of games. books. skirts. fancy articles
etc from Mrs J. s Minor: another box filled with
many useful articles-new garments. games, toys
books paper dolls, etc.-from Orange, \. j; four
waists. underwear and silk bag from Mrs. James
Belden: three scrapbooks from Edna Baker. maya
zines from Bradford. N H; wristlets and socks
from Annie NJ. Morris. box of shells from Moul-
trie Fla; a pair of shoes from A. A. S. of Man
haitian; box full Of excellent sunshine from Will
JAMESTOWN \. J.. contained a pretty shoulder cape.
fancy basket mittens, woods. lace etc. from Mrs.
l. NJ. Halsey: two handsome books from DR.. Hal
sey four bed socks. mittens, framed
pictures etc from Miss Sarah Boucher two boxes
of unfinished fancy work and woods from Miss 5.
Ida Bodine, and fancy materials and woods from
Miss Anna Bodine. Games and boxes of paper
dolls came from Bessie Fink doll for little girl
dressed in pink and white. a special gift. from
Miss NJ. AuChincloss.