davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-28
IMPROVING ON NATURE.

For years the scientific gardener
has been gathering apples from pear
trees, and picking cherries and dam
sons off the same branches, and,
though the quest of the black tulip
has SO far been in vain, the blue rose.
We are told, has at last arrived at
Kew Gardens. Years ago horticuI-
turists were interested in the an
nOunCemCnt that a nurseryman at
Essy. in SIavonia, had secured a wild
rose from SCryia which was said to
give blooms of a deep violet blue, and
that, after two years of cultivation,
the rose retained its color But there
is still an uncertainty whether the
blue tint was natural or produced by
chemical means, in the same way as
another hOrtiCulturist is known to
have produced a black rose Most
people will be content. no doubt, with
the red. red rose that sweetly blooms
in June" and nobody will very much
doplore the failure of the efforts to
produce roses of black, or blue, or
green or any other unnatural color.
More pardonable, perhaps, is the
bobby of the man who would grow a
universal fruit tree Even this, of
course, is contrary to all laws of ma
ture, and ought by natural law to be
abolished. But there is a farmer in
Herefordshire who insists. it is said,
on gathering-not grapes from this
ties, but pears and plums and apples
from cherry trees. Many years ago
the enterprising farmer grated these
alien fruits on to his cherry tree, and
by careful cultivation the four
branches have been brought to full
fruition. Many of the visitors to
Naples have seen a famous tree there
on which oranges and lemons grow
side by side.-St. James Gazette.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-28

consequence. Recent literature of
fiction has teemed with protagonists
whose claims upon the sympathetic
consideration of readers consisted
mainly in successful evasions of for
nal and constituted justice.
His Early Career.
There is no lesson or moral that Is
not perfectly obvious in Tracy's ca
1eer and end. The dispatches say
that the members of the posse who
were in at the death are quarreling
over the geographical disposition OF
his body-not than anybody is ami
mated by a desire to give it decent
burial, but because there is a fear
OF crookedness in the dividing of the
considerable reward the state of
Washington agreed to pay for the
cadaVer. The most charitable and
reasonable supposition is that the
man was hopeless degenerate
that fibre of his moral and ethical
being had been twisted and tortured
III such manner that he was without
consciousness of right or wrong eA.
cept as they were distinguished bv
the law which he spent the create,
part of his life in defying and violat-
ing.
He had lived under aliases here
and there. Some of his kinsfolk
have been described as good, gentle
jewellers in New York city. 1t is
known that Tracy was never big
thtef-never a man who went after
large booty-and this would seem TO
argue that he was simply moral
anarchist, lacking in intellectual guiu-
ance. He was a thief in small
way ten years ago in Cincinnati. and
atterward was in a punitive institu-
ton in Chicago He went to Colo
RADIO in 1896, became a rustIer, and
killed one man in quarrel and all.
ether in abiding arrest.
He afterward killed a deputy sher,
if who tried to arrest him for the
earlier murders, was jailed in Aspen.
Col, escaped after stunning the gaol-
er with a blow of his fist. became a
highwayman in Utah, and went to
oSdIIle 10 become the associate of
petty criminals. He drank and
gambled whenever he had money.
but was not dissipated with regard
to women, although the northwest
towns like Seattle swarm with the
worst
He Joined Merrill at Portland and
there shot a detective who tried to
arrest him for highway robbery. The
two were captured, but Tracy stole
locomotive, and managed to get
away for week of liberty before he
was recaptured. After conviction.
he coWed his jailer with a revolver
and engaged in a pistol fight with a
deputy. That was his last fight be-
fore being taken to Seattle to serve
the twenty-year term. three years
ago.
There is no question that we shall
have Tracy on the stage and. in the
course of a few weeks, in the dime
novels; but the world in general were
better had somebody able to take
the mans measure, spiritual and emo
tional, known him and observed him
as he was.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-28

| ~ ~ . ib'i5"''
you have had hard days travel
ing, Lady Ianthe," he said; will you
not go to your cabin and rest?"
She looked up into his 'aca and
! laughed.
you do not yet know my whims
and Caprices," she said. 81 never care
to enter those close sitting cabins. A
night on deck is my greatest delight"
Then | must find you a comfortable
! @heltered seat, and plenty of wraps"
he returned.
Thank you; my maid will do that. ;"
Seeing him draw back vita a sad
dened face, she added:
perhaps you will manage it better.
though. / shall be glad if you will at
tend to it,"
He looked delighted, and FASTENED to
] obey.
He made for her a pleasant little
I nook, sheltered from the wind; and
she was compelled to own that she
was very comfortable.
"You are quite sure" he said, that
! you will not take cold?"
mo, there is no fear"
And then he stood for a few mo
mcnts thOughtfulIy by her side.
"Ianthe," he said "if in our strange
life there is to be any degree of com
| fort, we must be perfectly straight
forward It will give me the great
est pleasure to sit here with you; but
! | am afraid of presuming. If you
! Ip al tDI
81 would rather be alone she said
If he felt any pain at her words he
would not botray it to her. He held
out his hand and then, rcmembering
his agreement drew it suddenly bach
again.
Good night" he said--"good night
and Heaven bless you"
She had forgotten all about him be.
fore he had been five minutes away
from her He crossed to the other
side of the vessel and sat where he
could see her without being seen.
The first few days of their travels
passed happily enough. The novelty
charmed her, his kindness and atten.
| tion pleased her-indeed his attention
! was something WONDERFUL lie never
/ seemed to forget her-her least wish.
7",S''' =, ",2'lt nv, ,"l''l'''
w. an Is "',"'" 'rr''e S'''
smoke 70 her Of Iovo-bo novor enoI,o
IN hor NJ himself br+ no s,rronnaod
, bor with an ot,noe,boro or ofrootinno4o
roro which soon hnnoro i,disnoneaLI,
to bor che booor ~ roIy nnon NJ,
for tho comfort NJ bor ira Int as
for Iovirg hin, tho idoo diJ not o,,o,,
nrcnr 70 bor ' ''N' '>''
Thoy won't r,borovo,. sh, ovnroaoo,,
o. ui,b a. mn Che, ao,,, par,a
Vo,ico NonIos poiorn,o cho ,onoiia5
+, tho man,, a,d a,,tnonni,,o ,;c.' n.y.,
husband Too Whom aIa oorI1 ror,at
r,ot hn ,,,os hor hnaho,d ,,,ho,, 80 a.
rnnId rorrot no, TO n,aa ,,Ia,,,'on n'''
y,s most intnIIinant on,,non,a,
ITis clara ~ ,nfarnatian ham, l','','u,,
hor Lo,,I,d bar. NV nn,a,,
u,o hjstar,, ~ a,on,, , ,,iat,,n -" "', ,,,
/ .,ot,,n - ,,,..,,. .,I,,,., ,,.N
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-28
Tracy's Mental Makeup.

The pity OF all is that now that
he is dead, there is to be found no
body with an opinion worth having
who knew Tracy at all well-that is,
we'll enough to give us a clear idea
o. the manner of man he was at
heart and in spirit. From what can
be learned. he would seem to have
been a very low order of being, O.
cially and mentally; yet, one forgets
the ruthless wiCkedness of the man
i'll consideration of the unQuesuoned
courage and bravery and grit he dis
played. 1t is not easy to despise a
man who fought so valiantly against
odds that were reinforced by legal
right common Justice. and popular
sentiment. Whether he had any
emotions or not We cannot now
learn: but he does not appear to have
left any passing sentiment of regret
in the hearts of those whom he en-
CCuntercd in life He must have
known that escape was all but i'm
possible; yet, he did not become ter
rCrized by mere force Of numbers at
any time. and took chances that We're
really brilliant in their daring.
1t may have been that. in spite of
his ferocity, savagery. and lack of
conscience the man took some intel
lectual Joy out Of the flight pursuit,
and battling that ended in his death.
With slim prospect of success, he
had run away from seventeen years
of prospective Imprisonment at hard
labor To he recaptured, he knew
meant an addition to the sentence
even had he not effected his escape
by killing four men before he left the
confines of the Jail Surely. he ha0
nothing to live for. but just as sure
IL does it seem that the very effort
he put forth in his own oehalt was
dictated by a JOY in the achievement
"a zest Of something akin to
vanity and a perverted sense of what
constitutes glory. perhaps. but die.
uifed by the fact that. at least. he
was paying a big price for the indu
genco In not very remote past. q
nan who did what Tracy did would
have been a hero and person Of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-28
FRONTIER OUTLAWRY
TRACYS EXHIBITION SOMETHING
TRULY REMARKABLE.
MANS MENTAL MAKEUP
\ Truly Strenuous Life for Two
Months as an Escaped Convict,
With Self-Murder to Cheat the
GalIows and Give a Dramatic FL
male to II All.

With Self-Murder to Cheat the
Galows and Give a Dramatic FL
male to II All.
Could Harry Iracy, who killed
himself in the last ditch to which he
lad been driven after a pursuit eX-
tending over two months, all but
three days recently, be regarded as
reasonably representative rather
than as an isolated case of curious
moral degeneracy we might look up
on Jules Verne as a prophet with
cause. That genial and original ro-
mancer, who has lived to see much
Of what he imagined for the purposes
Of fiction become the facts of scien-
tific and mechanical achievement,
recently told an interviewer that the
day is near when the newspaper
shall have taken the place of the
novel as a means of diversion and
cntertainment-that the reporters
and editors of the near future will
bring to bear upon their handling Of
the day news an art of writing and
literary decoration that shall drive
fiction out of vogue.
But, Allah be praised Harry
Tracy's are few and far between.
His final operations were conducted
many miles from Philadelphia, but
it is very doubtful if the newspaper
readers of this vicinity had expert
enced such exquisite thrills since
they read of Dewey's bold entrance
into Manila bay as were given by the
daily reports that followed Tracys
escape from Jail June 9 lasC He
was, without question, a remarkable
man; but his claims to distinction
were not attractive, however interest
ing were the manifestations by which
they were called to the popular no.
tiCc
A wo Months Record.
Our esteemed fellow citizen and
br Their, Aguinaldo, managed to con-
tribute an interesting share to each
days news before he finally came to
terms with our assimilatiVe govern
ment, but he conteaded against no
such odds as Tracy met and over.
came after killing guards and a fel-
low convict in the Salem, Ore, pcni-
tertiary Here is an incomplete but
eloquent diary of the Tracy itinerary
from his escape to suicide.
June 9-Escaped at Z o'clock in the
morning from the Salem penitentiary
i'll company with his brother-n-aw,
David Merrill, with whom he was
serving twenty-years' sentence,
three years of which hau been pass
ed. He Killed S. II. Jones, Frank
Terrell and b. f. Tiffany, guards, ana
Frank S. Ingram a convict.
June 10 Returned before dawn,
robbed a man of his clothing. stole a
team Of horses and went with Mer-
rill to Portland, Near Gcrvais they
robbed two members of the pursu-
ing posse and stole a horse and bug
gy.
June ll-Ambushed and fired on
the posse near Gervais.
June l2-Made their escape Dy
night through a Gordon Of $50 militia,
men who had been summoned to cap
tUro them
June IT. Stole two horses near
Oregon CITY and made their way
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-28

The funeral Of Senator James Nc
MILAN as held at Detroit. Mich.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17

cry. These boards should be ! inch
thick by II to IA inches wide and ~
to 10 feet long. The cheaper grades Of
pine viii do, but new boards are liable
to impart an unpleasant flavor to the
celery. The kind used by growers in
Michigan. Ohio and New York at the
rate now prevailing cost S21 to S23 per
1000 feet.
In placing the boards in position slip
OF the plants. then bring this edge up
ward until In n vertical position along
the row. having another board at the
same time placed on the other side so
that when in position there will be as
little space between the boards as the
thickness Of the plants will permit.
These boards may when used on a
small! scale only be fastened in position
by means OF stakes driven In the
ground by mailing short pieces of lath
across the top every six or eight feet
or by mems Of notched sticks placed
Over the tops of the boards.
Any one of these methods would be
too i~nconyenient when applied on a
large scale. and a far better one is that
practiced by the large growers-name-
1y, that os using hooks or spanners
about six inches long made OF heavy
galvanized wire bent somewhat in the
shape of the thumb and first finger dis
tended. These spanners are slipped
over the upper edges Of the boards
every few feet to hold them together.
and the plants are rigid enough TO keep
the boards In an upright position.
Two or three weeks time will be re-
quired TO complete the blanching Of
kept In position until the crop is re-
moved from the ground. after which
they may be used again two or three
times during the season.
IL the celery is allowed to remain in
the boards too long after 1t has reach
ed o marketable STACEY it loses in
weight and flavor and Is liable to be
injured or eve destroyed by the at
tacks OF blight.
Perhaps the most satisfactory way
of branching early celery on a small
scale Is by means or ordinary farm
draintiles OF about four inches inside
diameter. placed over the plants after
they have become almost fully grown.
To facilitate the work OF placing the
tiles over the plants some OF the out
side leaves should be pulled away and
the main part OF the plant loosely tied
together by means OF q soft string or.
better, with what is known as paper
Irvine. being n etring made by twist
ing a strip OF soft paper. This string
will lose It's strength as soon as It be-
comes wet and will offer no resistance
to the further growth OF the pant.
The presence OF the tiles will
the leaves all to draw up above the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Rrnna WIZ Tell.

On the Pacific slope much good food
has been lost by feeding 1t to inferior an
imals. This is true of all kinds Of stock,
but especially so OF hogs, In q statis-
teal inquiry relative to the hog indus
try q few years ago more than IS per
cent of the correspondents reported
that the scrub hog prevailed. Within
the past five or six years, however,
great improvement has been wrought
among the herds of swine found in the
west. Berkshire and Poland-C China
blood predominates in the west. Ches.
ter-White, Duroc-Jersey and Essex
stock are also found scattered over
these states. Recently the Yorkshire
has been brought TO the Pacific coast
for breeding purposes. As a whole.
little attention has been given to keep.
ing the breeds pure. Blood will tell in
pigs. as in any other kind of live stock.
The old saying that 1.-THE breed is in the
swill pail" or 'in the corncrib" is no
longer taken for more than half the
truth among intelligent agriculturists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Contest Nnti.,o

Contest Notice.
Inited States Land Office, WATERFOWL,
"A sufficient contest affidavit having
peer MED In this Office by Bellest Nerland,
CONTESTANT, against timber culture entry
No,W9i. made October 23, 1883, for the sell
OF section IL, township I24, range 81, by
Anna Sundquist, contestee, in which IL il
alleged that the said Anna Sundquist did
nor break or cause to be broken five acres
the hrst year after said entry; nor did she
break or cause TO be broken any part or
portion hereof; that she did not break or
cause 70 be broken five acres the second
year AFTER SAID entry, nor any part or por-
tion thereot; that the aid claimant did
NOT plant to trees, tree-seeds, nuts or c,1t-
tlngs, nor cause the same to be done. any
pait OF portion on said tract of land the
third, fourth or fifth year after said entry.
nor at al; that the said claimant has not
az any time from the date of her said
niing 70 present time, broke or caused to
ne broker any part or portion of said tract
no has she at any time cultivated or
caused to- be cultivated any part of said
tract; neither has she planted or caused
10 be planted to trees, tree-seeds. nuts or
cuttings any part or portion of said tract
at any time from the date of her said
enity untn the present time; that the
said Claimant has not made or ATTEMPTED
70 MAKE any Improvement upon said tract
from the date of her filing until the pres.
emu tinie; all OF which defaults still exist
that said default was not caused NV her
enlishng as q marine in the army or navy
IN the late war with Spain; said parties
are hereby notified TO appear. respond and
offer evidence touching said allegation al
uociock a.. m. on September rs. I9U2, before
2 register and receiver at .he United
states land office in Watertown, S. ID.
The said contestant having, In a proper
afhdavit, filed July o, 1902, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence per
sopai service of this notice can not Ice
ntade. Ii s hereby ordered and directed
TINT sucir notice be given by due and
proper publication in the Reporter and
Farmer, Webster, S. 10. ~
No record address given.
J. III. Lund, III. ]. Mowrey
! At'o8ney. Receiver.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Contest Notice.
I..l. q -

July 3 WI
United States Land Office, Watertown, SD"
June IL, 1872
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Jennie BjeTke, contest.
ant. against timber culture entry No. 1886,
made April 20, 1885, for VIZ seA of section 30,
township 40, range SO, by Frank A, TalcOtt,
contestee, in which IL is alleged that the said
Frank A.. Talcott, claimant, has wholly failed
To cultivate to trees. tree seeds, nuts or cut
tipgs any portion of the land embraced in
his said timber culture entry, at any time or
during any year or years sIuce the date OF his
said entry that lie failed TO plant any trees,
trse reeds, nuts or cuttings on said tract. or
any portion thereof. or at all, since the date
Of his said entry and never planted or culti-
waited said tract at any time TO trees, tree
seeds, nuts or cuttings, IN any manner and
further, that although more than thirteen
years have elapsed since the date of his said
entry, said claimant, Frank Taicott, has not
made or offered bis final timber culture proof
for said entry, all of which defaults still
exist; said parties are hereby notified to
appear, respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation, at 10 o'clock a. M. on Aug. Is,
1902, before the register and receiver, at the
United States Land Office in Watertowu. ). ID,
The said contestant having. in a proper ati.
dayIt, hled June 10, 1902, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
of this not ice cannot be made. il is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication in the
Reporter and Farmer, Webster, s.. ID.
Record address: Warren, ID. L.
II, j, Mcyrev. Racaivar.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Hammerbacker & Co. Phone Al
Notice OF Settlement OF Final Account and
Distribution.
July 10, WI
State of South Dakota,

Notice Of Settlement OF Final Account and
Distribution.
July 10, W.
State of South Dakota,
Comfy Of Day s'
In County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Bjorn Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Henry S, Morris
administrator of the estate OF Bjorn johnson,
deceased. has rendered and presented ~,
hnal settlement aud filed IN this conrt ne
final account Of his administration 81 said
estate and q petition for the final distributIon
OF said estate. aud IL appearing that tho
estate Is ready for distribution, it is ordered
that Thursday the 24th day of July A. d.. 1872.
at z o'clock y, m, of that day at the cour,
room OF the county court In the City OF We !.
ster in Day county, South Dakota, has been
appointed By the judge of said court for the
dnal settlement 81 said final account. n,
which time and place any person Interested
ia said estate may appear aud file his excen
tlous in writing 10 said final account and con.
test the same, and may show cause, il any
why said estate should not be distributed,
~ Is further ordered, that ut said time and
place npon the settlement of the accounts ol
tho administrator, the residue OF said estate
Miii bs distributed TO such persGns as are b,
said settlement and distribution shall bt
given disqualification of this notice In III,
Reporters nd Farmer, a legal weekly news
paper published at Webster in said count,
Tor at least ten days aud by mailing copies ~
this notice 10 the heirs of said deceased n
least ten days before the date OF said hearing
Dated At Webster, South Dakota the 7ti
day OF July a.. d.. 1902.
by the court: John II. Lund.
Seal Judge OF the County Court
Attest: Albert Smith. "
Clerk q County Court.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Of Sale OF Real Estate by Admins

Notice of Sale of Real Estate by Admins
TRAITOR.
July Ww3
State of South Dakota, -
County of Day.
In County Court.
John III. Lund Judge.
In the Matter or the Estate of
tGeorge b.. Hubbard, Deceased.
To All Whom il May Concern:
Pursuant 10 AN order of said court, made
on the 5th day of July, 1902, the under.
signed, j.. Il, Goodwin, administrator OF
said estate, will sell the following
described real estate belonging to said
estate, to-wit; lots eight tSl, nine tb, ten
tl0, eleven III aud twelve (l2 of block
nine 90 in Leech's addition TO Webster,
South Dakota, and the southeast quarter
tseA) of section twenty eight l2Sl town
ship one hundred twenty-one an, rangs
tifty-six (56), Day county, South Dakota.
Said land TO be sold at private sale on or
after the 18th day of July, 1857,
The terms of said sale are as follows;
One.third cash and the balance on not 10
exceed two years time with security back
on said land.
Offers for said land will be received Ivy
tbesnndersigned at his Office ia the CITY
of webster, 5. d., N all bids must be in
writing j.. Il. Goodwin,
Administrators of above estete,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-07-17
Notice OF Hearing Petition for Letters Of

Notice OF Hearing Petition for Letters of
Administration.
July IL WI
state OF South Dakota IS.
In County Court.
In the matter OF the estate OF
John fuhainajin, deceased,
The State of South Dakota sends greeting
to Elizabeth Nnhaiusiin. Nancy Iron Star,
Thomas Shaker and Ida May YuhainaiiD.
heirs next of kin of John Yuhainsjin,
deceased. and TO all TO whom these presents
may come.
Notice il hereby given that Elizabeth
YGhainsjin has iiled with the judge of this
court a petition praying for letters OF admin
ittration of the estate of John Yohaiusjin.
deceased. and that Friday, the lat day OF
August. ls2, at J0 o'clock a. m. of said day,
being q day Of a regular term OF this court,
to-wit OF the August term. lyJ2. at the court
room of said court, at Webster, in the County
of Day have been appointed ~ the time and
place for hearing said petition, when and
where any person may appear and show
cause why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness the Hon. John II. Lund, judge oi
the county court. and tue seal Ut said coart
this 10th day of July. A. ID. 1907, at his office
III the City Of Webster. Doauty Of Day, state
of south Dakota.
ISeatl Job0 n. I.nnd
Attest. Judge of the County Court,
Albert Smith, Clerk.