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Shield. She reused the hate of che rug
ged warrior and died at her post of duty.
Ten years ago Walking Shield, then a
rugged, handsome youth, daring and
reckless, attracted the attention of Mabel
Ghost-Faced-Bear, a girl of tender years.
Notwithstanding the discrepancy in their
ages the Indian returned the affection,
But within a short time after they be-
came engaged according to the. tribal
custom Walking Shield betrayed a love of
adventure which led him finally to crime.
He robbed the store Of Sylven Winter, the
post trader at Lower Brule agency. He
was caught and thrust into jail, from
which he escaped: by saving his way out
with saws furnished, it is said, by Mabel
Ghost-Faced-Bear. The Indian police
were aroused and opened fire On the fee
ing prisoner. " Z.
Defied Their Bullets.
Shouting defiance to his enemies, Walk
ing Shield ran amid a hail of fying lead,
leaping in zig-zag fashion to discomfort
the marksmen's aim. He reached the
Missouri river a half mile away and, al
though exhausted by his exertions, he
boldly threw himself into the murky
stream. While the bullets OF his pur-
suers battered about his head, sending up
spurts of water, he swan across the river
and, taking 10 the bluffs, went south OPP
posite White river, where he again swan
S~S w. Gil al1u 1SJOlllSu Ill IIlUe On llo
Rosebud reservation. "
HIS exploits made him q hero among
the young braves and. emboldened, Walk
ing Shield defed the police, who feared
MIN. He was never re-arrested. Four
years later he and his brother ran Off a
herd of cattle and were captured and
jailed at Deadwood. The brother COM
mitted suicide by hanging and Walking
Shield later escaped, struck out for the
foot hills and was left In peace. "
While these shady transactions in no
manner injured his social standing among
the Indians, Mrs. Ghost-Face-Bear OBJ
Ejected to her daughters engagement and
forbade her further association with him.
Exponent Planned.
REQ blood flows under red skins as well
as white and Mabel planned to elope with
laer reckless lover. The mother blocked
the scheme by locking her daughter In her
70 I'M. The nextaday she was taken to the
agency and the outgoing stage bore her
away to the Carlisle Indian school where
she remained three years.
When she returned 1t was a different
girl who met her faithful lover. Sae
looked coolly past him and avoided him.
The influence of the religion and educa-1
ton Of the pale face had wrought the
change
But Of this Walking Shield knew noth-
Ing In the shade OF his lonely tepee at
the indian camp he smoked his kinni-
kinick n pondered. The memory OF the
opposition of the mother of the girl ac-
counted for the change Of heart mani
Tested by the daughter. He would re-
move the obstacle to his happiness. He
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On Way to Scaffold.

At<6:15 o'clock breakfast was served.
He ate heartily of oat meal, eggs, beef
steak n wheat cakes. He drank two
cups of black coffee. Then he called
for a'cigar and sat smoking contented-
ly until $3.50. The murfner of the
crowd which had gathered about the
Jail reused him.
He rose to greet the Rev. NJ. Doe,
pastor Of st. Johns Lutheran church,
who came in the place of the Rev. Mr..
Babcock, who was too i'll to be with the
Indian in his last moments. Rev, Mr..
Boa, through the interpreter, talked
briefly Of the murder, and the Indian
expressed his willingness to die. Rev.
Mr.. Boa departed as the clock above
the Jail doomed 8, the hour of execu-
ton. = -.
AS the bell ceased, Walking Shield
asked for a cigar and a match, which
he lighted with a steady hand. Two
minutes later he handed the half
smoked cigar to Bear, just outside his
cell, and donned the black robe Before
the ropes were placed around his wrist.
he raised his hand and noted that his
little finger twitched slightly.
'Ughi They think me squaw. But I
die brave" he said. a,
As h deputy and the chief.o police
took their places, one on either side,
Walking Shield said: Il
Dragged Of Bravery.
Me brave; want sing death-song.
Me holler out there" nodding toward
the scaffold.
but Q mustn't holler," the deputy
advised him. IF you do the rope may
hurt your neck"
All right; no holler,' and Walking
Shield laughed.
Placing on his head his white SOM
brero tied with blue ribbon, the depu-
ties began to march to the place Of
execution. The murderer was led
through Sheriff Houston's apartments
downstairs, and, as the Indian passed
through the Kitchen, he nodded cor
daily toathe sheriff's wife and the do
mestic5and said, .aGoodby. goodby."
The door3of the stockade opened and
up the steps with the guardsaWalking
Shield strobe firmly. The cold north
west wind, laden with mist, lifted his
long. robe and the Indian smiled as ne
SaWsit.
His deep-set eyes rolled curfously oyer
the crowd. No time was lost after the
ma stepped an the scaffold. Deputy
Petrie stepped quickly to the lever. an
other deputy placed the broad strap about
the arms and legs of. Walking Shield, lust
as the black cap and moose were put ION.
The executtoner al Q given signal pulled
b lever and the boSy shot downward.
Standing near the body were two Sioux
Indians, the only members of the tribe
admitted to the execution.T They wers
gFlg NS@EF AWt LII fNE -
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LOVE LED TO MURDER.
Romantic Story of the Crime for Which
Walking Shield Mas Today
HANDED, 5'

Love for a woman whose regard for him
underwent a change because of the civil
izing influence Of the white mans relig-
on led Walking Shield to commit the
crime for which he paid the death pen
atty today. Not understanding why his
affection was not reciprocated, but blam-
ing the mother of Mabel Ghost-Faced-
Bear for standing between him and his
hearts desire, the stalwart savage stole
at dead of night to the cabin of the wom-
en-, shot and killed the mother and, seiz-
ing the daughter, rode away to his camp
three miles distant. 1t was an atrocious
crime and so revolving in its cruelty that
the jury which tried Walking SHED at
Deadwood last month recommended the
death penalty.
The story Of this untutored Indians
love for the Sioux maiden possesses many
elements Of q romance. ending In tragedy.
Walking Shield was a blanket Indian"
one who adhered to the belief Of his fore
fathers. The great spirit and the happy
hunting grounds Of tradition were his
nav was, according to his reasoning,
merely ar incident in the attainment of
happiness.
Victims Were Christians.
His victim and her daughter were
Christian Indians. Education at the Car
Isle Indian chool was a factor In OPEN
ing the eyes of the girl to the imperfec-
lions of her former lover. The mother.
ignorant n old n ugly, but possessing
the instinct Of a parent, prevented an
%elopement of her daughter when the lat
ter was blinded to the faults of Walking
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their native language and g~esticulated
.excitedly. i =
Last Night on Earth.

excitedly. :
Last Night on Earth.
Walking Shields last. night on earth
began with a request that a minister
be sent to him.. He asked for an Epis-
copal clergyman. To this church Mrs.
Ghost Faced Bear and her daughter,
Mabel, belonged. Rev. John H. Bah
cock, assistant pastor Of st. Augusta
cathedral, an old a who had spent
twenty ear among the Indians, visit
ed the Jail. He talked briefly with the
condemned man and prayed with him.
With the aid of an Interpreter, Walk
ing Shield repeated the Lords prayer
after the minister. Rising from his
hands with the minister and bade him
farewell. 80 .,
Thirty minutes later the Salvation
Army was admitted to the room. Walk.
ing Shield greeted the Army cordially,
and stood with bowed head while the
captain prayed. The service concluded
with the singing Of Nearer, My God,
to Thee"
Walking Shield shook hands with the
members Of the army, and said Good
bye, ~good-bye."
Talked With Another Murderer.
The murderer spent the next hour
conversing with George Bear, the Sioux
Indian now awaiting trial for the muir
der at Rosebud agency Of E. c.. Tayloe,
government school teacher, and John
Shaw, an Indian. Bear occupied the
cell adjoining that of Walking Shield.
Walking Shield was cheerful and joked
continually. Bear vas morose and sui
len.
At times Walking Shield rallied his
brother murderer. At II o'clock, after
talking briefly with the death watch,
Joe Dickson and James Robbins, the
Indian threw away his cigar, rolled into
his bunk and soon was sound asleep.
g The morning dawned chilly and a
heavy fog overhung the city. At 6
o'clock Walking Shield was aroused.
He rose, laughed gaily and dressed him.
self with the clothes chosen for his
shroud. Then he asked for perfumery
and sprinkled a few drops on his coat.
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sand a slight twitching of the shoulders,
no movement was made by the body.
3#H The Indian walked with a firm step
10 the scaffold, a deputy marshal. on
either side Of him, airily bade goodby
TO the crowd lining the passageway be-
tween the Jail and the stockade In
which the execution took place, and
stepped at 1903 on the same trap from
which Harry Hayward, the Minneapolis
gambler, and John Moshek, the Bohe-
txnian murderer, were launched into
eternity.
While the deputy marshal was ad-
&-Justing h straps, a slight shudder
lsshook4the Indians stalwart frame; his
lips moyeda in PRAYER.
z z53Ss8s2s5#$ aTttedd Them to Hurry.
AS the moose was dropped over his
head and the knot was being adjusted
fsslrder his left ear, Walking Shield
smiled grimly, shook the rope into place
about his brawny neck, and whispered:
Hurry up; hurry up"
the black cap was drawn over the
s.dusky features, the murderer raised his
seyes ~heayenward, and his rugged face
twitchedneryously.
he next instant the trap crashed
duly as it struck against the sand
bank be~neaths$the scaffold, the black
ROBBED figure shot through the air and
swung at the end of5the rope.
THE drop. vas six feet. The broad
shoulders lifted twice, the breast
sheaYed land the body turned half
around. After that there was no move
atnent, except by the swelling neck, from
which blackScap fell away under
the h~anglnaIss knot.
Heart Worked long. q
AS the minutes licked by, the ply
:asielans, with hands$on the pulse, noted
the sloW58apassing Eofathe mans spirit,
$5When@the pulse was almost iinpercep-
3%tible,8th black robe and clothing were
opened and the physicians listened to
beating of the;heart. Fifteen min
FF7utes after j trap was sprung, the
heart recorded 81 beats toSthe minute.
STwoSminutss later, it had dropped to As.
lone minuteIater it had ceased.
HA NE tegecution WssaWitnessed by about
fifty I'll he eal
closure south of the scaffold. Outside
the stoekade, curious crowds occupied
streetsao1i every side. In the tower
ssof theAceurt house seventy feet above
the ground were many on-1ookers. IN
assage-Way between the Jail and.
gthsastockade, a distance L fifty feet, a.
Observation-Disclosures an hour before
execution was scheduled. sSs 1870
Indians Saw Him Die. 4g3
Qnsfie opposite side Of the street
south of the stGckads from which part
ID view of the leross-baTaof4the scaffolds
andpart OF the ropes could be- had.
fsteodla6FbeEy#n indians whoSWeres at
IteEdlng federal curt.
Tines Indian .lrluttered nerVously In
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would wait an opportune time to carry out
his plan. b.
His Atrocious Crime.

' ~tSt0StoAS SEitItcs- T.
1t came the night of May S. A sky
overcast by black clouds from which the
great spirit hurled his thunderbolts, kept
the redmen Of the camp within their te-
PEGS. Walking Shield remained in his, but
he did not sleep. AT midnight he stole
away on the back Of his broncho and was
soon at the lodge Of the girl. Crouching
before the cabin which housed all that he
held dear, the recollection of his fancied
wrongs stirred him to frenzy. He raised
his rifle and fired through the door. A
startled cry came from within and by q
flash of lightning Walking Shield next saw
the distorted vision of Mrs. Ghost Faced
Bear in the doorway. She quickly re-
treated, closing the door behind her.
Stealing softly to the rear of the cabin
the savage peered through the window.
The next instant a binding flash. lit up
the interior, a rifle cracked spitefully and
the mother Of Mabel rolled to the floor,
blood squirting from q jagged wound be-
tween her shoulders. The next instant
Walking Shield was rousing the girl in
the room adjoining that in which the VIC
tim of his murderous aim lay dying.
Lied to His Sweetheart.
Somebody shot at me as I passed the
tepee,' he whispered to tho frightened
girl. 'Your mother has gone for the po-
lice."
what Is hat noise?" asked the girl as
Walking Shield led her through the dark
ened room past the body Of her mother
who lay gasping her last breath.
tits nothing; only the splitting of the
lightning" the murderer replied.
Once outside the cabin Walking Shield
threw off the mask. Despite the terrified
shrieks Of the girl, he seized her about
the waist, swung her INTO the pony back
Of him and rode away to his tepee, where
In terror she crouched in a corner be-
wailing her fate. Walking Shield appar-
emily realizing the enormity of his crime.
stalked about the tepee until daybreak,
when he went into the bluffs and eluded
the police and deputy marshals on his
trail until a week later, when he sent
word he would surrender. He gave him.
self up at the Rosebud agency and, by
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-10-31
FIRST TRAIN OF COAL.
Reading company's Output for First
Day of Mining Amounts tE9 Re.
tween 5000 and 1000 Tons.

Reading, Pa, Oct. 27.-The first train
OF anthracite coal mined yesterday In
the Reading company's c6liieries was
started from the Schuylkill region att
er midnight and passed here shortly
before moor today bound for tidewater
points. More is to come this afternoon
and evening. The probable shipment
for the tWenty-four hours ending at
midnight will be 5000 to 1000 tons,
Compared with a former daily run OF
10000 to, $4,000 tons.
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EMULATES ROOSEVELT
Premier ~ombes confers With Leaders
in E,ndeavor to Settle French
Coal Strike

Paris, Oct. 27--Premier Cornbes had a
conference with the national COMMITTEES
Of the Miners federation today and the
latter agreed to submit the demands of
the miners to arbitration. The action
OF the French premier is regarded as
being an emulation Of RooseeyIt's in
PREVENTION in the American coal strike.
Dunkirk, France, Oct. 24.-The dock
laborers today formally decided to re-
surne work. The town is quiet
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WANTS kATE'S JEWELS.
Mother Of Kate castIeton Brings Suit
5 Against Administrators.

Against Administrators.
Oakland, Cal, Oct. 24.-After having
waited in vain for ten years to obtain
possession Of diamonds and ! tewelry
valued at $4,000, that were ~bequeathed
to her by her late daughter. Jennie
Elizabeth Phillips, better known as
Kate Castleton, the famous vocalist
and actress. Mrs. Eliza Freeman, Of this
city, has Instituted proceedings TO have
the administrators sof her daughters
estate removed. The administrators
are Joseph IT. Hoad1ey, of 223 west
T~Wenty-thtrd street, New York, and
Arthur II. Hoadley, of Providence,5R. I,
upon Mrs. Freeman's petition Judge
issued citation requiring
the administrators to, appear In the nro.'
bate court on February 2, 1908, to show
cause why they should not hs removed;
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CONTINUE STRIKE.
Operators in HazeIton District Refus
to Treat With Men Save as
: ~ ~. IndividuaIs. 49, f4%G3&

Hazelton. Pa, Oct. 27.-The employees
OF Markell 6 CO., Coke Bros. & Co., and
J. s. Wentz & Co, last night voted to
continue on strike until the conditions
under which they are to be taken back
by the firms are changed. The firms
insist that all shall apply as indiyid-
.uals&if they wish to return, and will
not permit the men to return in a body.
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Daniel n John Milk, son OF the famous
chief, Milk.
The body was cut down at 9:35, and Civ
en- over to c. H. Bennett, boss farmer at
Rosebud agency, who left on the Sioux
City passenger for Lost Nation camp,
where burial will take place,
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IkbfAN PAYS
DEATH PENALTY
walking Shield Goes 6toically
q to His Doom at Sioux
+. Falls.
DROP FALLS AT 9:o4 A. M.
lEighteen Minutes Later the
Physicians Report the
Murderer Dead. ,
CONSOLATION OF CHURCH
iRev. Dr.. Babcock and Salvation Army
Pray With Condemned Man
His Last Hours Were
Gay.
DROP FALLS AT 9:O4 A. M.
CONSOLATION OF CHURCH

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Oct. 25.-With the
display of nerve characteristic of the
Sioux Indian, Allen Walking Shield,
murderer of Mrs. Mary Ghost Faced
Bear, vent coolly to his death Friday
morning.
The trap fell precisely at 1904. His
was not broken. At 1922, eighteen
minutes after the black-robed figure
shot through the opening he was off,
rcially pronounced dead.
Except for the heaving of the breast
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IS LITTLE CHANGE.
General Resumption ofEcoai Mining III
Lehish and schuylkill Region Not
IIn&il

Wilkesbarre, Pa.,sOct, 24.--There As d
situation In the Wyoming and LRcka-
wana regions this morning, but In the
Schuylkill and Lehigh regions there iii
but little change from yesterday. Cen
eral: resumption is notlooked for until
Monday, s&g
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South Omaha.

South Omaha, Oct. a.-aogs-Market Id
915c lower: Light and mixed, 8ss.65@6.S0:;
Cattle-Market steady to lower.
Sheep-Market sSSStE
Oficial Observation-Disclosures Zoe
Heavy, se.6oQ6;7o; light and mixed, 5000
Catt!e-Market for steers STEADY is loa
lower; cows. 10c lower. Steers $d.6ID1,0Q:
COWS, SL.2504.3O; feeders, 81. 25Q4.75.
S. ~Sheep-Market active and steady.
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KILLED The
Robbers Held Up Northern Pacific
Train and Rifled Mail Car.

st. Paul, Oct. 27.--Word was received
here today of the robbery OF the North
ern Pacific mail train between Der
mount and D~rumlnond, Mont, about
midnight last night. engineer was
killed and the mail co broken into
and robbed OF all the registered mail,
but no qthsr cars We're touched.
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Kansas City.

Kansas City, Oct. Observation-Disclosures
steady to lower. Native steers, $4.25@aaAe; g
Texas and Indian steers, 81. 6o@4.25; stock
Hogs-Market 100l5c lower.s%sHeayyi $500
GO rs; packers, $6.55a6.70; medium, $B.65l
6.75; light, Sc. 1906. IS. -
Il Sheep-Market steady: Muttons. 5000
40; lambs, $A.00a5. 80; range Wetherg. $40
@3.95 ewes, $3.05Q3.S5. H3
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THE MARKETS.
Sioux. CITY I;va stooLl

@.a- I. |WIEs,4 0IVN|NHSI1T NFTU 9NSUUKs lMN98EINSs9
Sioux City, Oct. 25.---sioux2icity Stock
Yard--Hogs--Mixed& and common heavy,
700. 9.55HI NJ
e, Cattle--F,at cows and helfers, 81. so ne.
stock COWS and 4heifers, S2.0e@3.8; sIocE-
ers and feeders. $2.7b04,5 80; butcher steers,
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Deputy Marshal Petrie was taken to
DeadWood, where his former fiancee tes-
tined against him. Her evidence con-
Vlcted him and today he gave up his life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-04

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Febru-
airy 24-Dr. Charles II. Gilbert, head
of the department of zoology, is to
leave San Francisco at the end of this
week or the beginning of next on his
long contemplated trip to Hawaii,
where he will take charge Of the Unit
ed States Fish Commission work COM
menced last summer by President Jor-
dan and DR.. O. p. jenkins. His COM
panions will be Professor c. G. Nut
ting, the head of the zoology depart
ment at the University of Iowa; John
O. Snyder instructor in zoology at
Stanford, and Walter *. Fisher, a
Stanford graduate with the class Of
1901. The Fish Commission steamer
Albatross is to be placed at the dis
posal of the party.
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WAR TAX TO END SOON
THE HOUSE PASSES THE BILL
UNANIMOUSLY.
An Almost Unprecedented Situation
in Legislation-Rule That Cut OF
Amendment.

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
happened in the House to-
day, when the bill to repeal the war
revenue taxes was passed unanimously
without a word of debate. This action
was the outcome of a challenge thrown
down by Richardson Of Tennessee, the
minority leader after the adoption by
a strict party vote Of a special order
for the consideration of the bill, which
permitted debate on it until 4 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon, but cut off all OPP
pOrtunity to offer amendments, except
such as had been agreed to by the
Ways and Means Committee.
The adoption of the rule had been
preceded by a stormy debate in the
course of which the Democrats pro-
tested against the application of the
gag" which Hay of Virginia claimed
was made to prevent a free expression
not only by the Democrats, but by
some Republicans, special attention
being directed toward BabCOCk of Wis
cousin, the father of the bill to amend
the steel schedule of the present law.
They also charged that such method
of procedure was minimizing the in
fuence of the House and making it
simply a machine to register the de-
crees of the few men in control
When the rule was adopted by vote
Of 1853 to l2O Richardson, to emphasize
the fact that debate on the bill could
accomplish nothing and that delibera-
ton on it would be fruitless, asked
unanimou consent that the bill be
placed upon it's passage. Not an OBJ
lection was voiced, and the vote was
taken forthwith. Every vote, 27S in
number, was cast in the affirmative
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-04
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Paragraphs shat Give Condensed
News of the Day,

A secondhand pianlla is wanted. See
classified ads
The Hawaiian Jockey club will meet
next Monday night.
A fine large driving horse viii be sold
by Morgan on Saturday
Brigudier General Furston is reported
to be entirely recovered
The Senate has passed the bill Great
ing a permanent census bureau.
The Womans Board of Missions's
meeting is postponed to next Tuesday.
Mill i'm part or complete at the Ha-
moa Plantation is for sale. See ad on
page 8.
You need wet weather goods. w. w.
Dimond & Company carry the best
assortment.
Bears are satisfied with quick sales
and small profits. Call and see the
stock of wallpaper.
The Hyades did not sail from San
Francisco until February "a and is, in
consequence. not expected before to-
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AUCTION SALE OF GARRIHGE HORSE.
IN SATURDAY, MAR 8,
AZ Y O,CLoCK NOON.

At my salesroom 65 Queen street, I
will sell at public auction One Fine
large driving Horse suitable for fam
lily surrey or an express.
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e. Swenszen a sailor on the bark
Kaiulani, fell from the bridge into the
hold of the vessel this morning, down
the forward hatch a distance Of 80 feet.
He sustained a fracture of the hip it
is thought and was otherwise injur-
ed. Captain Dabel the master of the
vessel, had the man removed to the
hOsDital