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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

munity arose in rage against his MUIR
derers. Indictments were brought
against several men who were known
TO be in the gang and three of them
were sentenced to Imprisonment. The
Whitecaps had such powerful intiu-
ence that the convicted men served
but small part of their sentences.
From 1858 to 1874, there were occa-
sional whippings of both men and
women. but nothing of nature as to
call for special action, but in the lat
ter year lynching by Whitecaps once
more drew attention to the organiza-
ton. Fear of the gang was so great.
however, that nothing was done. In
1876, the Whitecaps broke into a Jail
and lynched man awaiting trial on
charge of murder of which his inno-
cence was later proven.
In 1888 a prominent farmer was
whipped. He had the gang arrested,
but the jury disagreed and the men
escaped. From that time on for many
years Whitecap outrages were fire.
quent They became so common that
at last the people of both Indiana and
Ohio We're aroused and an attempt was
made to root out the organization.
Whipping and tarring parties We're of
almost nightly occurrence, and the peo-
pie We're worked in perfect frenzy of
terror.
Members of the original gang of
Whitecaps were rarely arrested and
more rarely convicted If a White
capper fell into the hands of the law,
it was almost invariably because of
doing business independent of the or
iginal organization.
1t was in Harrison County, Ind, that
Whitecapism, as such, sustained its
death blow. In the hills near Corydon
lived a family of poor whites from
Kentucky-father. mother, two sons
and a daughter. One day the father
was found dead in the woods and the
sons were arrested on the charge of
killing him. An examination showed
their innocence and they returned
the family that unless they left the
county within ten days the Whitecaps
would visit them. The warning was
ignored and word was received that
on a certain night the Whitecaps
would make their appearance. The
boys got several shotguns. loaded them
heavily with slugs and hid in corn
patch near the house. The Whitecaps
came. and while nine of them stood
on the porch, two others went into
the house after the mother and daugh-
ter. Ropes were tied around their
necks and when their screams told the
boys what was going on they opened
fire at the gang on the porch. Six of
the nine were killed and two others
were terribly wounded The few re-
naming fed in terror. The boys fed
to Kentucky and have never been mo-
Tested.
This lesson was salutary one. Since
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
THE LAST EQUALITY.

-, rich man breathes the atmosphere
the same as you or /;
H. -sruot see a deeper blue than we do
IN the sky;
Il. hears the piping of-lhe birds-a music
sweet and clear
o., maybe money-clinking dulls the mu-
sic TO his ear:
,,s 70, he has some pleasures that pos
scss 4 tempting guise-
ps, he can't die any deader than the
poor man dies.
N, Zen man cannot eat more than
BE meal at q time.
Nor u.c<e than his ten pennies will cX-
ceed the poor mans dime;
o,s suit OF clothes is alt that may at
ouce his form adqrD.
And he's Just as homSly as the poor
u, man. when he's born;
u;s truth is Just as honest, and his false
hoods are plain lies
And be can't die any deader than the
poor man dies.
49,.
There NAV he some philosophy in lifting
up 4 moan
Bscanse the rich man rides the while the
poor man walks alone;
Because the rich man has his gold to buy
his goodly cheer
Aad yet there'll come time when he
will have TO leave it here.
Old Deaths n spirit level that will brook
no compromise.
And no one dies any deader than the
next man dies.
baltimore American.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
SElF-ACCUSED.
The Judge Came in for IA Large Har-
vest of Fees.

vest of Fees.
Georgia has Il stringent law forbid
ding its citizens to carry concealed
weapons on pain of forfeitlng the
weapons and paying fine of fifty dol
lars or being imprisoned for thirty
days. Soon after the passage of this
statute Judge Lester was holding court
in a small town In the northern part of
the State, when he suddenly suspended
the trial of II case and ordered the
sheriff to lock the doors of the court
house. The New York Press tells
what followed
Gentlemen" said the judge, when
the doors We're closed, 81 have Just
seen pistol on man In this room,
and cannot reconcile II to my sense
Of duty to let such a violation of law
pass unnoticed. | ought, perhaps, to
go before the grand jury ana indlct
him, but If the man will walk up to
this stand and lay his pistol and IA
fine of one dollar down here | win let
him off this time"
The judge paused, and n lawyer sit
ting just before him got up, slipped his
hand into hip pocket. drew out neat
ivory-handled six-shOOter and laid 1t
with dollar upon the stand.
This Is all right" said the Judge,
but you are not the man | saw with
the pistol"
Upon this another lawyer arose and
laid down a revolver and Il dollar bill
before the judge. But the Judge mere
ly repeated Ms former statement.
The process went on until nineteen re-
volvers, varied In kind, size and shape,
lay upon the desk, and beside them
nineteen dollars.
The judge laughed as he compliment
ed the nineteen dellnquents upon being
honest men, but added that the man
whom he had seen with the pistol had
not come up, and gancing at the far
ther side of the room, he continued
Il will give him one minute to accept
my proposition. If lie fails shall hand
him over to the sheriff"
Immediately two men at the rear OF
the courtroom rose and moved toward
the bench. Once they stopped to look
at each other, and then, coming slowly
forward, laid down their pistols and
their dollars. As they turned away the
judge said:
The man with the black whIskers Is
the one that meant In the first place"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

attracted man of whom l could ap
prOve?"
thought he looked at me meaning
~ but took no notice Of it.
Il intend to take away her life. Do
not shrink. She will live again. shall
merely what you call hypnotic her for
awhile, He rose TO his feet. moving
toward the door. Come. | wish you
TO witness my act You understand my
motives. whether you admit their Just.
ness or not"
We passed to his daughters chamber,
Fusa was reclining upon the bed. Her
father poured some liquid into a cup
and handed il TO her.
Drink, sleep, and wake after a wear.
when | or our friend here shall give the
word"
fusa took the draft without other
resistance than an appealing glance at
me. Then her head fell back upon the
pillow and she lay rigid. motionless,
with closed eyes, as one dead.
Her death was announced in the
usual form and the funeral took place
in the regular way.
A few months later Professor Mark
man gave up his position and went
away, | understood. to Japan, though
after this episode our intimacy was in
terrupted. Jarbraw found another
lady love, one of the class to which he
belonged-one who, it seemed to me,
was better fitted to be the wife of an
artisan than Fusa would have been.
The months flowed on. At last, one
night the professor raped at my win
dow.
"A year has passed. Shall we awak-
en- Fusa?"
What answer shall give him?" l
asked myself on rising.
In telling this story l was accus-
toned to pause here and look around
the absorbed listening circle with an
expression which l hoped would im-
ply my belief in some profound mys-
terry. Sometimes one of the audience
would say to my wife:
And so you We're in a hypnotic sleep
for a year,"
To which the lady would reply de-
murely, with glance from half-closed
lids in my direction:
ut appears so from the narrative"
And you did not know what trans
pired during all that time?"
20, l had full possession of my
senses, heard all that was said in
my presence"
The professor would give a warning
cough and turn the conversation.
One day. when we were alone, Fusa
said:
Il am tired of that fairy tale. Ii
seems to amuse you-you always did
love a jest and to carry it to an ex-
treme-but do not. and l am going TO
put an end of it If you bring it up
again"
why, you do not mean TO deny that
you vanished from human sight for
year?"
"Fiddlesticks"
THAT you died and We're lnclosed in
a tomb?"
How do you escape the imputation
of conniving at crime? Why did you
not inform against my father? What
shall say is this: 1 was foolish
young girl, infatuated with a man
whom it would have brought me un-
happiness TO marry. | would not be
convinced by words. but agreed to test
his faithfulness by going away for Il
year He did not stand the test
should think you would be ashamed of
yourself-both of you. And l shall ex-
pose you if you do not stop it,"
We stopped it. But this only shows
that Fusa is quite unaware that she
did lie for a year in hypnotic sleep
Waverly.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

township, county, district and State,
though holding the interests of its
members above the interests of any
politician. 1t never sells its votes. but
1t has developed, has been many
time a power which has turned the
political scale one way or the other,
greatly to the mystification of the
bosses
AS rule. though coming Of an or
ganization which was nothing unless
violator of the law, the present So
ciety is not composed of lawbreakers,
At least in the ordinary sense. How
ever, when one of its members Is In
trouble, his fellows stand by him until
the last. fact which has often been
demonstrated in law courts. Frequent
ly. in trials, it has been noticed that
there was some mysterious influence
at work on the jury but what it was
could not be discovered.
Origin of the White Caps.
The beginning OF the institution dates
back many years to the early settle
LItbl VI luhidbo' at liblC htb ihC
State was overrun with desperate
characters who had fed from Ohio and
Kentucky, the southern part, from Its
contiguity to the Ohio, being especial
ly the haunt of horse thieves, robbers
and counterfeiters. In the river coun-
ties of Indiana there was for years a
continuous reign of terror. When the
residents of these counties finally band
ed together for protection, the Grim
insls fled further to the north, where
their advent was met with the organ
ization of a band of regulators, of
which every decent citizen was mem
ber. There was little law In those
days. Might made right and there was
no one to gainsay the right Of the reg
ulators to take the law into their own
hands There are those yet living who
have often seen men ride by at night
with white sacks, in which were eve
holes, over their heads. 1t was never
known in one locality from what 9th
er locality these men came. 1t was
only known that they were ION the
UdTCU. Dut lue neat udy R0dbLly
body hanging from limb, or a shady
character with his back slashed up
with hickory gads. or the tale Of some
person missing would solve the mys-
terry. People who had no business out
of doors stayed inside when the regu-
lators were out No questions were
asked and no comments were made.
This was the original Whitecap or
ganization. 1t served its purpose well
and when the thieves and thugs were
all driven out Of Indiana 1t ostensibly
disbanded.
It was In 1857 that the whitecaps
again became prominent. but their
character was decidedly changed. Ed
ward Bingham, a constable who had
in some way incurred the ill-will of
the gang was the first victim. He
was called out Of his home at night,
tied to a horse and carried into the
woods. where he was stripped. He
was then bound to a tree and each
member of the gang took turns In ap-
plying hickory switches until he be-
came unconscious. Then the man was
carried back to his home and thrown
brutally over tine fence into the yard.
Bingham died next day and the COM
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

will He do with His foes?
Hot-headed sermons do not warm tho
hearts of the saints.
Better not write at all than write
that which is not right.
The church that scatters its money
will gather Its members.
Men will understand one another
when they all know God.
A religion in spots will not keep you
unspotted from the world.
The top wave of excitement always
has "A battom of depression.
The most valuable picture on earth Is
that of n living holy family.
They who march in faith pray better
than they who kneel in fear.
Men who are scooped into the church
are not safe In the kingdom.
\ man must be consistent with his
present and not with his past
A steady shining though small Is bet
ter than n great scintillation.
1t is easier for God to work Won
der than for us to comprehend it,
The passenger is likely to make bet
ter time in the car than In the cab.
You cannot increase your bank no
count in heaven with blood.money.
If you feel you have a call to preach
to the many, first test 1t on the few.
Common sense is sort of sixth at
tribute which will mlstrust all the
others
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
Volcano Dwellers.

There is NO more interesting or curl
Gus sight than that Of the crater Aso
San about 80 miles from the city Of
KumamOto, in Japan. The crater has
long since ceased to belch forth Gin
ders and lava. and is now inhabited by
10000 people. who live and prosper
within Its vertical walls, 800 feet high.
The inhabitants rarely make journey
int the outer world. but form. as it
were. a little nation by themselves.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
TIE PROFESSORS DAUGHTER

81 MONG the slxty-three professors
L9N with WHOM l am acquainted, it
SSi is natural TO suppose a variety
Of religious beliefs are to he found. and
it will not, therefore, appear surpris-
ing if he should be Il Buddhist, or, as his
Irish servant expressed ii, "a blooming
boods,. begOrra." of the bluest creed.
This was Professor Markham, profes-
,Or of Japanese literature, with whom
circumstances threw me into closest
intimacy.
He was not a man to thrust his con-
y.cti0nS on any one, but being satur-
ated with the theories of Oriental
speculation it came TO the surface in
!nnumerable expressions in every top
ic OF conversation.
| see now, the professor expressing
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

He-Your hat looks very well with
that wing in it.
She-Yes, but 1t would look better
with two wings.
He-Oh! that's just a matter of a pin
on.-Philadelphia Press
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
lust What He Wanted.

Frank-What! You going to propose
to Miss Heartburn Why, you're the
last man in the world she'll engage her
self to!
Harry hope so, old fellow.-Stray
Stories.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
RAMS HORN BLASTS.
Warming Notes Calling the Wicked 70
Repentance.

REVERENCE Is
the brand Of ignor-
ance.
It's an III will
that speaks wen OF
no one.
Where God goes
I'm, trouble goes
over.
4 h q darkness
makes us prize the
dawn.
Ii God chastiseth
His chosen what
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
slams Progressive King.

King Khoulalonkorn of Siam Is for
an Asiatic monarch unusually ad-
vanced. His palace at Bangkok has
been fitted up with electric light and
all the newest improvements. He has
even imported number of phono-
graphs. which delight his ear with
choic. musical selections. His majes-
ty can speak English and several Con-
tinental languages with fluency.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22
Base Ingratitude.

Auntie-Do you like Uncle Harry to
ride you on his back? Tommy-Ob,
well enough, but had ride on a real
donkey yesterday!
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

Opportunity takes q mean advantage
Of most people by going around dis
guised
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

Germany's Wheat Crop.
The last German wheat crop was Ia
per cent below that Of 1900.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-05-22

sneers are the weapons Of hopeless
fool.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-11
Money to loan.-D. M. Kennedy.

Money to loan.-D. NJ. Kennedy.
B. w. Garvin, county clerk, spent
Saturday in Chanute.
DR., Baird, Physician and Sur
geon. Country calls promptly at
tended.
VIM. f. Tyler, Santa Fe agent, is
having an ear treated at the Topeka
hospital.
More business buildings are badly
needed TO accommodate the capital
seeking investment in Chanute.
DIR. Norman l.. Roberts, Dentist
office over First National bank. Office
hours a. m. TO o. IN. Phone w.
Let the Argentine people smile at
the smelter proposition while they
can. Their cynical mirth will be
short lived.
While there is many slip between
budget and new depot, let us hope
that in Chanute's case the track will
be kept well sanded.
Seed corn for sale, both yellow and
white. One mile west OF Urbana;
will wait on customers on Saturday
only; terms cash.-Mrs. c. Greve.
Mrs. Nation, IN private CONVERSE
ton Wednesday morning, said: 81.
Morgan Dunsmore is monument to
the Lords mercy and the DEVILS for
getfulness."
The organ contest, which has been
on tap for the last four months, closed
Saturday. The result was favorable
to the NJ E. church, which won by a
vote Of 9s, 2S9 against the Catholics
9s, Os9 and the Presbyterian's 67,s43.
The contest was spirited throughout
and ia doubt until the votes were
counted.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-11

Mr.. j. A. Meeker, Of this city, who
has just returned from trip In the
South, visited Beaumont In the round
up. He says the amount OF oil there
is simply beyond belief. There is Oil
everywhere. Oil In that country Is
cheaper than water. 1t can be bought
in large quantities at two cents bar
rel. He also visited the big sulphur
mines In Louisiana where many tons
of sulphur are taken out each day.
The way the sulphur is got is by fore
ing boiling water down drill hole,
about 800 feet to the deposit. The
boiling water melts the sulphur and
then it is forced out and allowed to
cool in large watts.
Elder d. M. Harris, who has been
supplying the pulpit of the Christian
church IN this city for several weeks,
has received a unanimous call from
officials and members Of the church
and has located permanently here.
Elder Harris has had many years ex-
perience In the ministry and will no
doubt be instrumental In building up
the church.
Chanute is preparing for big time
on April 20, the occasion being an an
niversary meeting of the Odd Fellows
of the Third Congressional District
of Kansas. All visitors can be as
sured of a warm welcome and the
best brand of hospitality they ever
sampled.
FARM FOR SALE Eighty acres,
II miles northwest of Villas; % acres
in pasture, balance in cultivation;
good black loan soil. Price, $780,
Ernest Burris.
Savonburg is clamoring for a MILL
merry store, there being none at that
place. Blessed be the household heads
of Savonburg
WANTED-A good reliable farm
hand, with or without family.-D. l..
Houston.
Mrs. Nancy Roth, of 1llinois,is WISH
ting her nephew, S. z. Roth, and fam
lily.
Mrs. G. e. Greer (nee Fivecoat) has
gone to lola to join her husband.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-11
Mistaken.

1t is not always the strong that show
the most nerve. A few nights ago an
estimable yonng lady oil this city
CHANGED to see man peering In at a
window of her home. She did not
scream nor did she faint; she quietly
secured heavy iron poker that was
handy and suddenly throwing open a
door near the window, she sprang out
and struck at the fellow wi tn all her
might. He received the blow on his
arm and turned and fed. The only
pity is that the poker did not reach
his head.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-11
Death.

Miss Bertha Grebe,a most estimable
young lady of this city, twenty one
years old, daughter Of councilman
George Grebe, died last Sunday even
ing at the home of her parents in the
third ward, and was buried in Elm
wood Cemetery, Tuesday.
Miss Grebe was a kind aud loveable
girl, an earnest Christian character
universally liked. her sad and early
death Is a shock to the community
and a crushing blow to her parents
and relatives. But the relatives do
not mourn alone in this case. The
tears OF the whole community are
mingled with those Of the relatives.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-11
@M%v,o

This signature 70 on every box Of the genuine
Laxative Brono-Q uinine TASIs.s
- rsnsdy that cures . cold An ere dH1.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-18
ElsGtiOl Notice.

We, the undersigned Commissioners
for Benton County, Tennessee, will open
and hold an election in the several voting
precincts of said county on Thursday,
August I, 1902. There will be voted for
five Supreme Judges Of the State, three
Judges of the Court Of Chancery Appeals,
Chancellor, Circuit Judge, Attorney Gen
eral, County Judge, County Court Clerk,
Circuit Court Clerk, Sheriff, Trustee and
Register, and all district officers where
terms expire or where there are vacan.
cies. Election held in legal hours,
w. L. MORRIS,
J, M. LASHLEE,
T. B. CANTRELL,
Commissioners.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-18
FROM LIBERTY.
CoxBURG, July IA.

Regular correspondence
Prof. G. G. Wick opened school at Oak
dale yesterday.
CISCO Florence is confined to his bed
with bilious fever.
Misses Della and Lena Cuff of Flat
woods are spending the week here with
relatives.
Quite number of our people are at
tending the protracted meeting at Rush
ing's Chapel.
Elmer Wick and wife have been very
sick, but we are pleased to learn that
both are improving,
Lee Francisco and John Hudson have
gone to Hustburg to spend few days
hunting and fishing.
The debate here last Saturday night
vas well attended. The verdict of the
judges was in favor of the negative side
of the question,
A good rain is badly needed through
out this locality. Some of our farmers
think if the dry weather continues am
other week crops Will be cut as short as
last year.
LIBERTY, July IA.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-18
$4,000 IN CASH
To Readers of the. Nashville
Banner.

The Nashville Banner, Tennessee's leading
daily will distribute among its readers Sc, 600 OF
its earnings in Profit Sharing Contest on esti-
mates to be made on the total vote for Governor
of Tennessee in November next.
Those who remit 80 cents for months sub
scrption to the Daily will be entitled to one esti-
mate on the total vote cast for Governor. Those
who remit 81 90 for two months subscription to
two estimates, etc.
Those who remit 80 cents for six months sub
scription to the Weekly Banner will be entitled
to one estimate. Those who shall remit 81 90
for year viii be entitled to two estimates
The Capital Prize is 81, 900 with possibility Of
$1,000, with $40 other prizes, ranging from 81 90
to $500 eaeh in addition.
Full particulars are published in the Daily and
Weekly Banner, which may be obtained from
agents in your vicinity, from rural route carriers
or upon application to this Office by mail.
Agents wanted, on terms which win enable
them to realize handsome sum for three months
work In this field Address
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Box 443. Nashville, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM BETHLEHEM.

Special correspondence
Miss Verde PalIord is sick this week.
b. =. Lashlee is on the sick list this
week
Mrs n. p. Lashlee is on the sick list
this week.
Miss Mollie O'Guinn Is recovering from
an attack OF chills.
Miss Mamie Farrar is visiting relatives
and friends at Dickson.
Rev. J. NJ. Pickens failed to ill his APP
pointment here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Galbreath are Wis
iting in the Postoak community.
Dr. l. J. Anderson OF Huntingdon is
here this week doing some dental work.
Bethlehem and Flatwoods crossed bats
on the latter's yard last Saturday. The
score was 20 to u in favor Of Bethlehem.
G. w. and Frank Galbreath and a
number of others from Postoak were
visiting in this community and fishing
on Tennessee River last week.
BETHLEHEM, July IA.