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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
new RECORD TODAY
Cattle Receipts in Chicago the Heay-
lest in the History Of That
Market.
South st. Paul and Other Markets
With Ordinary Receipts
Were Stronger.

4 : 80 81 3 ! )
South st. Paul Mimi. ec.&1.-Estimated re-
ceipts at the Union stock yards to-day: Cattle,
aa5; calves bO hogs, $500; sheep, 1900; horses,
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. !, 1907, to date, as compared with the
same period In 1901:
Year. Cattle Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Horses. Cars
20, I02 80 279 56S, 81 562, 143 7,915 2O69G
Inc..,. los, 1855 6017 36,11s 26o,1e1 5,sSs
Dec. ... .-....+f1, 1858
The following table shows heareceipts for No
Vember as compared with the same period In
1901: = 80 49, = ! 80
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Horses. Cars
1902. q. 42s 2,O29 IS, 251 1872, O42 $50 g 81
1901. 1866 1S75 1888 1861 900 207s
Inc: 1888 1913 S6S 55;455 200 sos
Ohc1h receipts for the past week are as fol
Date. Cattle. Calves. Hogs Sheep. Horses Cars
Nov. 81. 533 IS 3,135 $500 IL 10:
Nov. 25.. $50 1855 1910 2166 90. lbs
Nov. e.. 4le IS 4,4o5 5s7 -. 7t
Nov 2 81 I Holiday -, :,
Nov. %. - sol 4. - g. O91 - 1852 &C
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
Endorses Johnson.

The coming of Mr., Tom l..
Johnson heralds the dawning of
the day, hastens the downfall of
our present barbarous system,
and the approach of the era when
when work shall be the only recog-
nized title to wealth, and, last
but not least, when personal in
terests will be subortinated to
social aims. The nomination of
Johnson would be the national
turning point, the abolition of
the true slavery. 1t would mean
the early realization of the hope
for freedom of access to the soil,
and opportunity of self-employ-
ment.
All true democrats must rally
to the standard of true issues,
and Socialists as a body must not
hesitate to join the only thorough
going party of social reform. First
lie tus work for the extinction of
private property in land, Con-
tributed.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

square to every proposition
brought before congress. He
would command the respect and
support of all honest democrats
who followed the Palmer & Buck
nor flag and thus prove a char
monizer."
The business element of the
country, outside the few who en-
JOY special privileges by govern
ment favor, would rally to his
support with enthusiasm.
And it goes without saying that
the entire so-called Bryan democ-
racy would support him with fer.
vor and avidity.
Tom L. Johnson should be
nominated on the grounds of
availability, expediency and
principle.
He is self made man, mil
lionaire and u match for Mark
Hanna in the power of organiza-
ton and successful undertaking,
which he has proven conclusively
in the latest history of Ohio
politics.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

be made. 1t was only in Novem-
Der 1900 that the Government
placed inspectors at work in the
Lone Star State, hence only ap-
proximate estimates of earlier
movements can be made. Out of
the total of 10000 sheep market.
ed from Texas to date, Kansas
City has received nearly $4,000,
against A, 100 the same period
last year. From 10000 to $4,000
Texas sheep were sent from Texas
direct to Kansas feed lots and u
few went to Missouri farms. This
makes total of 10000 sheep re-
ceived either at Kansas City or in
territory directly tributary to
this market. The other 10000
sheep went to various markets,
mostly to st. Louis, however.
Express.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
Tom L. johnson For President.

A late special from Cleveland,
Ohio, gives the following import
ant bit Of political news:
Mayor Tom L. johnson has
confirmed the oft-repeated state
ment of his friends that he is a
candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination. Here
tofore he has refused to confirm
it, even though he has been intro
duced at public meetings as the
next president of the United
States His candidacy has been
generally accepted as a fact by
those who have watched his politi-
cal progress.
Mayor Johnson Sunday received
visit from "Lafe" Pence, former
populist Congressman from Colo
RADIO, and they had a long confer
ence. As he was leaving the
mayors house Pence said:
NOW, | want you to promise
me to come to Colorao and make
speeches in the interest of your
candidacy for the Presidency"
In reply Johnson said;
81 have received several such
invitations already, and if moth
ing happens / shall make tour
of the West SOON"
This was accepted by Pence as
confirmation of the report that
the mayor is a candidate for the
nomination, and also of his inten-
ton to make fight for it"
While this is not n direct
declaration of his candidacy from
Mr.. Johnson himself, there is
no doubt Mr.. Pence had good
grounds for making the announce
ment, and it will be hailed with
Joy by the thousands of democrat
ic democrats all over the country.
OF all the great men in the
United States who may be classed
as presidential timber, there is
not one to whom 80 many ele-
ments of true fitness attach as
to mayor Tom l.. Johnson.
There are a number of points to
be required of the next democrat
ic standard bearer, and in every
one Tom l.. Johnson will fill the
measure full to overlooking.
Democratic unity, is one point
and perhaps the most important,
in the selection of candidate for
president.
In this respect Johnson could
unite the party and command the
most universal support, perhaps,
of any democrat in the country.
He has been u constant democrat
always and has shown in all his
public acts that he was guided by
democratic principles; he has
supported the democratic nomi-
nees all the way through, while
at the same time he has never
advocated free silver as a panacea
for all the woes of humanity. He
was in congress during Cleveland's
second administration and estab-
lished n reputation as man of
honest purpose by standing four
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

In the splendid edifice of
American humor three books
stand like advanced buttresses !;
two of them are old, and for that
reason alone are not read as much
as they should be, for no one can
have a true appreciation of the
growth of American humor who
has not read "Flush Times" by
Judge Baldwin and Georgia
Scenes" by Judge Longstreet.
The third of the trio alluded to
above is DR.. Willis p. Kings
"Stories of Country Doctor. 1"
The wit in "Flush Times" and
Georgia Scenes" is always
bright, but it Selects the charac-
ter and profession of the writer;
it lis hard and often cynical.
Lawyers are seldom optomists.
"Stories of a Country Doctor"
on the contrary, shows that the
author has seen much that is good
and generous in his fellow beings.
To n wonderfully keen perception
of the ridiculous, he rejoins a re-
markable knowledge of human
nature, which, he judges, howev-
er, from the standpoint of man,
who, himself, possesses warm
and dauntless heart. But, the
book has value, of which, un-
less we are much mistaken, the
author himself is ignorant. Ma
cauley, in one of his admirable
essays, says that the love letters
of a certain young lady are of
more value to the historian than
an equal number of the most
valuable state papers of the same
period. The future historian who
reads DR.. Kings book will have n
better idea of the people who con-
quered the West; who made the
name american" II synonym of
unfailing resource and indomita-
BILE pluck, than he could ever have
from Bancroft or Ridpath. The
little boy who saw his mother
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
SHEEP SHIPMENTS.
San Angelo Leads In Texas, With
nearly Twice as many as
Balance Of State.

The movement of Texas sheep
for the year 1902 is now practic-
ally over. Counting the few
struggling punches that will come
north during the next few days.
The total number of sheep moved
grom the Lone Star State this
season will almost reach 100000
head. Down to the present time
the shipments from the State
since the first of January amount
TO 1872 head, and before the
week is out the belated bands will
swell this to the 100000 mark.
The Government bureau of ami
NAL industry through the local
office has kept an accurate account
of the movement of Texas sheep
this year and a compilation of
figures, obtainable through the
courtesy of Statician West, shows
the origin of shipments within
the State. Sheep inspected by
Government agents in the various
districts in which they were sta
toned during the past six months
are as follows:
Geo. W, Brown'g, San Angelo "a, 800
J. w. Parker, San Antonio...." Al 1858
A. Fl. Wallace, Del Rio........ %, 1926
L. A. Klein, Fl. Worth. ........ q, 4l6
n. 2. Paxton, Dallas................ $3.50
Dan McCunningham, Pecos City 2, l22
Inspected at Brownwood........... 1850
Inspected at Kerrville............. 1908
G. G. Moser, Washburn. .......... 270
II. Mcdonald, Lone Oak. .......... $40
Scattering............................". 444
Total JOG 7oS
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
Has Our Thanks.

The San Angelo Press knows
exactly where it stands, which is
a very good thing to know. Speak
ing of itself, the Press has this to
say:
1t is solid with the best people,
who are good as gold" if not
"fine as split silk" It's most
cordial enemies must honestly
respect it If they can not love it,
for they know it is straight goods
at all times and on every occa-
sion. 1t ever espouses the cause
of justice, "has it in" for nothing
but wrong and, recognizing human
weakness and "orignal SIM"
fights no personality, but con-
tends only for the good, the pure,
the fair of everything.
No wonder the Press is solid.
To live up to such lofty code of
principles requires constant
watchfulness. Altogether, the
Press is to be congratulated
State Press in Dallas News.
The Press feels grateful indeed
for these expressions of commen-
dation and congratulation, ema-
mating as they do from the recog-
nized leader of journalism in the
south, The News is competent to
pass Judgment and never indulg-
es in pleasing expressions for the
qualification of the publication
referred to, which adds greater
value to its comments and makes
them all the more appreciated.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

Searching" for -four was not
apt to give away to difficult
les. No matter how apparently
insurmountable, he never would
forget the lesson of patient per-
sistence. The stories are not only
witty and interesting to the cas-
ual reader, but they are of meal
culable value TO the earnest stu
dent of the development Of our
race.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
Subscribers, Please Notice.

The date opposite name, on ad.
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sents the date up to which your
subscription is paid in advance,
or from which you are in arrears.
If the latter, your kind remit
lance is courteously requested and
will be thankfully received.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
SAN ANGELO. TEX. JULY 23. 1902
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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23
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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

Cut this out and take it TO the
Central Drug Store and get box of
Chamberlain Stomach & Liver Tab
lets, the best physic, They also COR
rect disorders of the stomach
Price 25 cents at the Central Drug
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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-23

Aoon''''''''''' '''''''''.'''','.'.' 'loU, %
The marketing of Texas sheep
this season has been the most
satisfactory in years. The mar
ket declined toward the approach
OF summer but it had reached
such high point in the spring
that the big decline was no loss
to sheep owners. The season
opened in April and continued up
to the present time, closing lit
tie later than usual. Texas NUT
tons sold higher this year perhaps
than ever before. Clipped
wethers opened the season at
So. IS.
All markets received heavier
supplies of Texas sheep this year
than last, owing to the bigger
movement. This years total of
200, 900 head is probably right at
the record mark, although owing
to the absence of statistics pre-
vious to 1901 no comparisons can
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
NEST OF PASSENGER PIGEON.
Immense Numbers of Birds conqre-
gate in Breeding Places.


The mode of building adopted by
the passenger pigeon is worthy Of q
somewhat detailed description. or
the bird itself we need only remark
that it is remarkable for its speed and
range of flight, and for the immense
numbers which congregate in each
favorite breeding place. 1t is rather
larger than the common sized pigeon,
and its feathers lie very fiat and even
These pigeons always breed in the
trees, frequently occupying very
considerable area. From their habit
of building kind of flooring of small
tTigs and roots on the branches to-
serve as nest, they are classified
among the platform builders They
can hardly be called tropical birds.
for they range northward as far as
the extreme boundaries of Canada
On the other hand, they range south
ward as far as the Gulf of Mexico. As
many as a hundred birds will con-
struct their platforms in a single tree,
and as they not uncommonly spread
through a wood of twenty miles in
length and four or five in breadth,
the reader can imagine what myriads
will be gathered together in single
breediDg-place.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
The Simple American Fashion.

Royalty is given to a useless ex-
penditure of words, as of everything
else In drinking to the health of the
car the shah of Persia said: 81 take
this God-given opportunity to thank
your majesty for the kind sentiments
and kind, sympathetic and pleasant
welcome which 1 have received in your
empire. In the hope that the ties
uniting the two countries, already so
firm, will be drawn still closer than
they have been in the past, drink to
the health of your majesty, their ma
jesties the empress and your august
family, to the happiness, glory and
long duration of your reign and to the
prosperity of your states" An Amerf
can citizen would have said, Here's
hoping" with quite as satisfactory re
suits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
The Old Prison Now Disused.

The Old Prison Now Disused.
men awaiting death there will be cleo
trically lighted offices, open and airy,
and tenanted by Industrious workers
The contrast could hardly be more
complete.
The structure that is now being de-
molished is by no means the original
Newgate. Several prisons have occu-
pied this part of London, the first be-
ing one of the towers of the old city,
which was at the new gate of the town
wall, and which thus gave its name to
the prison. 1t was first mentioned in
1905. The building now falling before
the wreckers' hammers was begun in
ITO, but the Gordon rioters in 1880
partially destroyed the unfinished
structure.
Newgate was then rebuilt, and here
were imprisoned the chief criminals
of the metropolis, while those convict
ed of murder were publicly executed
before it's doors. When public execu-
lions came to be considered democrat
izing and evil in their efforts upon the
multitude who witnessed them, the
murdererS were executed within the
prison and buried beneath the paving
stones of the hall leading through to
the OIQ Bailey. 1n1S nan was COIu-
monty known as the Graveyard"
Those who paid the penalty of death
within these grim precincts were OBJ
liberated by means of quicklime placed
in their collins, but a token of their ex-
istence was left in the shape of an
iron letter, representing the initial of
their surnames and fastened in the
wall over their graves.
OF late years Newgate had only been
used for prisoners awaiting trial at
the Central Criminal Court building
and for those there condemned to
death. At Newgate, moreover, only
murderers whose crimes had been
committed in the metropolitan district
were executed. Transporting murder
ers are hanged at Wandsworth gaol.
unless otherwise ordered by the au-
thorities. 1t was in 1858 that the in
terror of Newgate was rebuilt on the
single cell system. In crowded times
the prison held nearly two hundred
convicts.
1t was out of old Newgate that the
notorious Jack" Sheppard broke, and
the story of his escape, although it is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Accented in Cipher.

A young man in Elmira, N. Y, re-
Gently proposed to the girl of his
choice, making his declaration by
mail, because he thought that in that
way he could do himself better JUS
tice. He was in his Office a day or
two later when a messenger boy ar
rived with this enigmatical telegram:
Isle of WE'VE wers." He was con-
WINGED that the message had some
thing to do with his proposal, but he
could not decipher it. He went to
consult his mother. She read the
telegram over once or twice, shook
her head and then read it aloud. But
what she said sounded like: 81 love
you-yours." The son snatched the
message out of his mothers hand and
read it or !, more. Then he shouted:
Its all right, mother" and dashed
for the telegraph office, where he sent
a return telegram.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
( dlll1Pfire1 Idles

The old order ito kill'' has given
place to the gentler command ito
make alive" and for the bitter con-
test forever ended at Appomattox has
been substituted a perpetual contest
of good will and patriotic devotion to
a common country. 1 believe it is
within the power of the surviving sol
diers of the great war to make frater-
nifty a national anthem, loyalty
national creed and charity a national
virtue.
My comrades, as we grow older our
hearts become more gentle and ten
der, and next to the comrade who
stood by our side is the brave soldier
who faceu us.
Fraternally yours,
ELL TORRANCE,
commandments, Grand Army of
the Republic.
With every expression OF gratitude
the camps of Confederate veterans
have declined the offer of the head Of
the G. A. R., but the incident has
brought the veterans into closer COM
munion.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Commander Mclean.

country for a neutral passage from
ocean to ocean, has seen sufficient SER
vice in the American navy during the
Spanish war to justify the administra-
ton in the confidence bestowed in
him. 1t is not expected that occasion
will arise for any hostile demonstra-
ton by this country's forces to pre-
serve the neutrality of the line of the
isthmian canal, but it is not feared
that Commander Mclean will hest
tate to go to extremes if it becomes
necessary to keep either the Colon
bian government or revolutionary
forces in check
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25

now nearly two hundred years old, Is
being retold by Londoners at the pres
Ont time. Jack" Sheppard. like many
another criminal, owed his downfall
to the company of bad women. His
father was a carpenter, and a man of
sterling honesty The boy was also
Apprenticed to a carpenter, Owen
Wood; but he fell into the society Of
bad companions near by, at the Black
Lion. in Drury Lane Here he met
Bess' Lyon and Poll" Maggott. who
began to incite him to theft.
After many robberies of increasing
boldness, Jack" Sheppard was cap
tured. tried and sentenced to death in
Old Bailey. But he had been supplied
with file by "Poll'' Maggott and
Bess" Lyon, and he adroitly man.
aged to escape. His liberty was of
short duration, and ten days later he
was recaptured and placed in the
strongest cell of Newgate, known as
the Castle Here he was chained
with two ponderous staples to the
door- Nearly all London fiocked to
see the prisoner, who, despite all the
care that was taken, had secreted a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
An Old Soldier at Reunion.

The oldest man in attendance at
the State Grand Army reunion in
Hastings, Neb., was Capt. Henry Mas
terman of Lincoln. Intelligent and in
teresting, the old gentlman enjoys a
peculiar distinction, as in point of age
he is the oldest soldier in the nation.
He served eight years in the British
army, was a member of the Royal
Guards at the coronation of Queen
Victoria, served in India, came to
America in 1850, and in 1862 enlisted
in the Twenty-eighth Iowa. He was
the oldest member of the regiment,
his son being the youngest member
of the same regiment. He fought in
seventeen of the notable battles of the
war. He is now serving his twenty
third year as chaplain of Farragut
post at Lincoln. He has officiated at
the funerals of ITO OF his comrades.
all younger than himself. He is now
in his ninetieth year and his COM
rades sincerely hope that he may be
spared to be with them again next
year.-OmaEa (Neb.) World-Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Famous Old Prison
Is Being Torn Down

small file in his Bible, and a complete
set of tools in the rushes of his chair.
The guards inspected his chains on
September 16, 1924, and left him at 2
o'clock in the afternoon for the re-
mainder of the day. Sheppard then
made his last and most wonderful
escape. After freeing himself of his
manacles and swapping the chains
which held him to the floor, he re-
moved a stout iron bar from the chin
ney and climbed up the f1ue. After
forcing several heavy bolted doors by
an almost incredible exertion of
strength and ingenuity, he found him.
self upon the upper leads.
But, just when his escape was all
but accomplished, the convict was
compelled to retrace his steps to his
cell to get his blanket, by which he
might let himself down to an adjoin-
ing roof twenty feet below. The re-
turn trip was made in safety, and,
dropping to the roof, he entered gar
ret window, and thence slipped unob-
served into the purlieus of Smithf1eld-
Passing down Gray's Inn lane to the
fields, he spent two or three days in
an old house by Tottenham Court.
Five days after his escape he went to
a cellar by Charing Cross, where all
were talking about Jack Sheppard.
He then broke into a pawnbroker's
shop. decked himself out in smart
clothes and drove past Newgate in a
closed carriage. The next day he
treated his mother to- three quarterns
of brandy, and then drank himself
silly at Sheer's tavern, Maypole alley.
In this state he was captured and
taken back to Newgate. The turkeys,
despite their disgrace, turned the occa-
sion to one of gain, and charged the
multitude Of curious visitors IS. Cd. a
head to see their capture. He was
watched night and day until Novem-
Der 16, when his execution was wit
messed by over 200, 900 persons, at Ty-
burn. A riot, which broke out over
the disposal of the corpse, had finally
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-10-25
Elephants at Work.

No one can see the elephants al
work at Rangoon, securing and piiing
into stacks the logs of teakwood which,
are doated down the Irrawaddy river
from the great forests of the interior.
without forming a high opinion Of
their utility as workers. Day after
day they work in the yards. pushing
and pulling the logs and conveying
them to the places where they arc
built up, with APPARENTLY human intel
ligence. When required to drag huge
weighSs a long rope is used and they
will put enormous energy into the
business, leaning forward with their
heads almost on the ground and kneel-
ing to the strain. Lighter loads they
move by means of a loop of rope
round the log, which they take in their
teeth and half pull, half carry it ON
their tusks into its place.