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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-01-14
Belt GETTING
BETTER

LONDON. Jan. IA dispatch
from Cape Town this morning says
that Alfred Belt is better. The doc
tors are now hopeful Of his ultimate
recovery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-01-14
BRITISH
COMBINE

GLAaGow. Jan. it.-Three Of The
largest locomotive manufacturing
firms Of Great Britain have merged
into a combine with a capital OF $40. =
0aa 1s}a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-01-14

Steamer Cottage city departed for
Lynn canal today with 50 passengers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-01-14
FOR A new
CITY JAIL

After Iyfag Dormant for sew
srsi months tbe new city taIl
proposition has again been re-
tivet1. The council committee ON
public buildings and grounds se
ia session this afternoon eonsta-
sring the matter.
II IL stated that this time the
council IL really in earneat
about the matter ard NiIl use
all diligence ffs obtaining a new
city prison an quickly as poHsi-
BILE,
A considerable sum has been
expended recently on the old
barn Of a jail. making it barely
hahifable. Much more money
vii have 60 be spent on the old
structure II n new jail o. not
provided within short time.
II T. argued that this II really
throwing away good money.
that II the council had dane ne
Il promised Il would do months
ago, new Jail would have
been completed BY this time and
money spent on old prison re-
pairs saved.
, 1903-02-19
TWO dinner. One Meal,

II have a lawyer friend whose name
Ia not Henry Peck. but Il might be-"
said a city official.
Last week my wife and | were in
vited to his house for dinner. INT you
never saw til sr silver and china ON u
table. hut ford vas at extreme low
tide. Ny wife gave me u significant
glance. and ! say the color rise to the
cheeks Of our host. but he played the
agreeable without a word or look OF
disapproval.
Both my wife and I were awfuny
hungry when we started for home. and
she at once accepted my Invitation to
enter the first restaurant we saw for a
good square meal. We were no sooner
seated than we Jaw our dinner host
come sneaking In and take u seat In
an obscure
"'Make believe that we don't see
him. said my wife. with u woman's
tact. We did make believe. and. the
funny part is. so did our late host. By
the friendly aid Of n mirror ! saw
whom be first observed US the color
, 1903-02-19

The %Guillotine and Its Inventor.
One Of the most widely disseminated
Of popular errors Ia that DIR. Guillotin
invented the grim machine which still
bears the name. The real inventor OF
this sinister contrivance vas DR..
Louis. a well known medical man and
permanent secretary Of the Partisan
School Of Medicine. or Academic de
Medicine.
DIR. Guillotin. who died in 1914. ener-
g~etically but vainly protested against
the use Of his name In connection with
this disagreeable subjeet-an evidence.
II m were wanted. of the great diff
Guilty there Is of correcting a popular
error. Needless to say that the legend
that DIR. Guillotin was among the vic
Tins Of his friends ingenious and ner-
ciful instrument of destruction is
wholly a~pocryphaL He died at a good
old age and In his bed. surrounded by
his children, who. however. obtained
permission to change their name.
, 1903-02-19

II is really difficult to understand
how the word cafe" a French term.
has come into such general use In this
country md how 1t happens hat 1t is
70 grossly misapplled. The term
mean coffee. or a place where coffee
is sold. and what relation there is be
tween a coffee shop and a place where
liquors are sold we are at n loss to
know. 1t is not Improbable that the
Idea comes from combinations of bar
rooms and restaurants. in the latter Of
which of course coffee Is sold. but to
our mind nothing seems more absurd
or more emphatically marks h mod
ern disposition to follow blind custom
than sticking up on the window where
only beer. liquor and wines are sold
the word coffee" and that in a for
eign language. Were 1t not that an
age of misnomer gives recognition to
this anomaly we would just as soon
the word meat" or bread" signalized
places where liquors are sold. Either
would have as much sense and logical
application as "cafe."-Exchange.
, 1903-02-19
RAwLINS ITEMS.
tRawlins Republican. }

Mrs. F. L. Jennings is confined to
her home by sickness.
DR.. j. E. Osborne returned from
his trip to Honolulu.
Marriage lie. nse was issued yester-
lay To Anti Lehtime and Miss Mary
:. Wisilnan, both of Hanna.
Ben Dalbit of Medicine Bow was in
he city yesterday afternoon proving
up on some land in eastern Car ION
county.
Ralph Campbell OF Saratoga, a
student of the Wyoming University
has been chosen personal and local
editor Of the Wyoming Student, the
university organ.
Mrs. Geo. W. Perry and son, Arih
ur, went yesterday to Cheyenne.
They will spend Sunday in Denver,
returning to Cheyenne where they
will spend the remainder of the week.
The ninety fourth anniversary OF
Abraham Lincoln was observed by
the schools last Thursday. Aside
from the postofice and the two
hanks the business houses were not
closed.
Next Wednesday evening the
Dloomer dance will be given by the
Royal Neigbbors at the opera house.
The affair promises to be a very en-
joyable one and a large attendance is
expected.
o. @. Buehler has been promoted
to day engineer at the mines and Pat
Russell to night engineer. Bnehler
having grown up here, we now have
IA c~rackajack engineer of our own
make.-Hanna Items.
Thos. Cooper and Frank McCarty,
charged with robbing a box car at
Howell station, near Laramie, pleaded
guilty Thursday 10 Albany county
court and were sentenced to eighteen
moiths in the peu. Elwird Cims-
ron also plea Il = iilty t, fotyery
an ! was given the same sent c
They will DO brought to Riwlins in "a
few days.
, 1903-02-19

SARATOGA CHIPS.

F. E. Sterrett was in from Brush
creek Tuesday.
Jack Holt came in from the uppei
country the first Of the week.
Robert Gregg has been quite il
"nh The Grippe The past week.
MIS-. VIM. Mannahen gave birth tc
ID gi'l baby last Thursday evening.
A paby boy was born to the wife OF
David Wilcox last Thursday morning
All are doing nicely.
l.. q Cook has been quite i'll the
past week with pueumJul but is I'M
proved at this time.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Jen
sen, on Sunday e. eniug, a girl baby
Mother mt baby ooius nicely.
All library books should be returned
or renewed. within two weeks after
taking out, ii, books out are constan.
lily being called for.
M. D.. Houghton left last Friday
iot his hume iii Laramie, where he
Will visit Tor II week or ten days be-
tore returning TO his work.
w. S. Adams ard E. b. Steadman
returned Sunday from Green River,
where they have been surveying in
connection with the Boulder Canal
Co.
Saratoga has a genuine epidemic of
Grippe, and those who haven't got 1t
are kept busy taking care of those
who have. Most of the cases are i'm
proving nicely.
Otto Huston, who has been sick at
Encampment with small pax, was re-
Saratoga sunday. he will remain in
town Tor a while.
The Ieplt vin suit instituted by DR..
Ellis against +. Il. Wolf was conlinu.
Ell from yesterdi y afternoon until
this afternoon. 1t Is thought u sat
tie nent will he reached.
Letter Palmer came in from the
Syndicate mIue yesterday and left
today for Grand Island and other
points where iie will be absent until
about June, looking after business.
DR.. Bun Ike went out to the ranch of
j ID Parker, on North Sp,ing creek,
last Friday and found Charles Park
er suffering from a mild cas-. Of small
pox. He placed the family under
quarantine.
Word comes from Cheyenne hat
Representative Rowen IL in the hos
pital at that place in a critical con.
dhion. The ,aus- of his sickness
seems 10 be over work, and it Ii fear.
ed pneumonia will set in.
And still the population of Sarato-
"a increases. Jack Johnston 10 the
, 1903-02-19

appealed to you to find her a GER
tain kind of male man with a view
of corralling him for a husband.
The selection was confined to your
city, but that might be got around
with proper management. Then
the wild Nv shears so close t. the
line there is not much margin to
go on. You know, friend Mayor,
that "all men are liars'' except
You and l. Therefore it seems
that that fact onght TO let me in
on the race. Then, again, Iowa
claims that whatever Iowa has is
best" hence the desire of all Iowa
people is to hold all things good.
Il do not know that l can score
up to the standard set by the
widow. However, will give a por-
ton of what she wants set forth.
l nm a widower, Just a little older
thnn the widow, am five feet ten
inches tail, weigh ITO pounds,
other people say l dress neat, have
the reputation of being intelligent,
agreeable and entertaining and
some of the habirs called bad by
some people. 1 have a lovely
modern home, some means and
hold IA position in my W town
and my salary is the envy of most
men. Now, friend mayor, if the
widow has not found among your
worthy brethren just what she
wants, tell her to look closer home
rs there is a man here who wants
a good wife. She must be "A good
locker. stopper, entertainer, dress
er. She must be of a loving
cheerful disposition, religion no
bar, yet she must not be too much
stuck on her church. If she will
direct a letter to - at this
place she will hear from it. Best
of references furnished. No fool
~ Denver Post.
, 1903-02-19

possessor of a baby boy, born Tuesday
morning. Jack has several girls but
his small son has swelled him all up.
The mother and baby are doing nice
ly.
Lon Reynolds. tie inspector for the
Carbon Timber Co at their French
creek tie camp, came down from there
last week. In coming down from the
camp he froze his face qui 9 badly,
and has remained in town for meaiical
treatment.
Archie Moon received n letter Sun
da, stating that his mo- her was Yer,
i'll al Haworih, Kans., and was moi
expected to live. He left on Mon
days stage for the railroad aud ex-
poets to he alb ent in Kansas sons
two or three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs c H. Mckee left to
lay for Cripple Greek. Colo. Mr.. Nc
kee has been one If the managers of
he Transportation Comp my. and he
and his %estinal,lr family have made
man. friend- Will here whs regret
very much to See them ], ave.
Sunda, morning Re-. Brundhge
Will preach on 'rbe will to b-leive
or the will to doub," ano in thr even
my on he de, elormrnt Of bert,
from the time Of w shington to oui
iay"-'Wh, 1T constitutes liberty"
Mrs. George o. Baker returned
from Denver Saturday. Mr.. Baker
went to the railroad to meet her.
Ms. Baker will remain in Saratoga n
few weeks visiting friends when she
will go to Dillon, where her husband
vent ON Mondays stage.
S. f. McAnnl'y returned from a
ten weeks visit to his home in Kan
sas. Ed is looking a great deal bet
ter than when he left, and feels as
well as he looks He had to intro
duce himself To most of his old friends
Dut nevertheless we are all glad to
SEE him back again.
Georgia editor in a fit Of despera-
ton, dashed off the following: "The
wind bloweth, the water f1oweth, the
farmer soweth, the subscriber oweth
and the Lo'd knoweth that we aIe in
need of our dues. So come II runnin'
re we Sp d p.nuin tniS tninB Oh
dunnin' gives us the blues"
Frank Crout returned Saturday
from his trip to New York bringing
with him u bride. Mr.. aud Mrs.
Crout we're married in New York on
the 9Th of January. Mrs. Crour whose,
name was Miss Eta V. Lazard, is a
sister TO Mrs George E. Brown, of
Beaver creek. They will make their
nome or MI. CIRCUITS ranch on Beaver
creek and the hest wishes of a hos,
Of friends is extended to them.
There has been no mail from the
last for the past two days, and the
report came in yesterday that there
vas nine trains stalled on Sherman
Hill on of the drifting of the
snow Monday and Tuesday. Word
anne in from Rawlins yesterday that
one train with three engines had
managed to get through from the
"'"st. aud that five of the engin. :
which have b, EN- out b cling til; q
SHOW We're So badly knocked out thu,
it was necessary 10 SEM them to t e
shops.
, 1903-02-19

Commenting on the tremendous
amount Of food consumed on the aver
age Atlantic liner nowadays. a writer
In the Springfield Republican says: "At
) the monumental breakfasts ut
II the deck steward fills up the coma.
tose figures In the morgue with their
beef tea from those thick, obese Eng
lish cups. at l the magnanimous lunch.
con; at B the sleepers assaulted by the
deck steward again; at Z the awesome
English dinner: at $50 u trihing lunch
to ballast you for bed. Besides this bar
barrie mounds OF sandwiches. olives.
cheese. crackers, perpetually stare you
in the face In the smoking room. food.
food. food: the sight and smell OF II
pursue the unwilling stomach In every
corner of the place: food tasted. vast
ed. thrown away. There is one port
hole on the steerage deck. from the
galley apparently, which belches II
forth In a continuous stream-half
loves of bread. great remnants OF meat:
we have left u trail Of 1t across the At
lnntic. II some IL would only esti-
mate the tons Of wasted food which
are annually thrown into the Atlantic
or could calculate how much cheaper
these steamship companies could give
us our travel II they substituted plain.
self respecting fare for this gilded glut-
tony. 1t would certainly be interesting
and worth while.
, 1903-02-19
A. Others See Him.
Paul the Tyrant.

Paul |. of Russia was very deaf and
also very t%yrannical. One day an
aid-de-camp. intending to please him,
approached and cried in his ear. II
am glad to see, your majesty, that
your hearing is much improvedv'
what is that you sayT" growled the
z
Raising his voice. the ~aid-de-camp
said. Il am glad that your majesty's
hearing Is SO much ~improved!"
"Ah, that's 1t. ehf" chuckled the
car. and then added. Say 1t once
more"
The aid-de-camp repeated the words,
whereupon Paul /. Numbered. sc you
dare to make fun Of me. do you? Just
wait awhile"
Next day the aid-de-camp was on
his way to the mines of Siberia.
, 1903-02-19
Chance Here for Manageable Women.

Mayor Wright is is receipt of
the following letter. appertaining
to manageable girls. All young
Colorado women will be pleased
to know Iowa has heard of their
beauty.
"Marshalltown, Ia, Feb 4.-Tu
Hon. Mayor Wright, Denver,
Colo: Dear SRI accidentally
saw an article in some newspaper
wherein u widow Of Sac City Ia,
, 1903-02-19

A snake found In Africa is called the
splitting snake by the Beers. II is be
tween two and three feet long and ID
especially bold and active. readily at.
tncking every Ii who approaches II
In confinement it is very savage. open
Ing Its mou and erecting its fangs
from which the poison may be often
observed to drop IL ever sometimes
to be forcibly elected; whence the
name given II by the Beers.
, 1903-02-19
Phonetic Spelling.

The teacher of II country school was
hearing" ner spelling class recite.
She had just given out" the word
Aaron" which, according to her in.
struction. had been spelled In this
fashion: Big a. little II. ron"
The next word was gallery" The
pupil said:
CAL gal-g-a-l, gal." two or three
times and halted. Then. after hard
thought. he added:
Rig gel. little gal. cry. gallery
New York Times.
, 1903-02-19

This hunting story comes from Scot
land: When the beaters came out of
III covert, IL Of the guns said to the
keeper. HIVE you got all you heaters
sutf'
Aye" said the man, astonished.
Are you sure? Have you counted
them! !"
Counted themf' said the keeper.
AYE. they're all right"
Then" said the shooter. with a sigh
of some relief, II have shot n roe"
, 1903-02-19

ONE terribly potent liquors. it is said.
can be distilled from the Innocent look
ing banana IL also from the milk OF
he The japanese make a
beverage from plums and from the
flowers OF the motherwort and the
peach. The Chinese produce several
qualities of spirit from rice and peas,
all of them intoxicating. besides which
they can make an alcoholic drink from
mutton.
, 1903-02-19
same Old Thing.

Tom-Did you call on hat pretty tel.
ephone girl!
Dick-fes. but | guess there was
another fellow there ahead of me, or
maybe 1t was only force OF habit.
Tom-How do you mean?
Dick-My card came back with the
message: Busy. Please call again.
Philadelphia Press.
, 1903-02-19

AS for pansies. every n you pick
h have II different character. Some
are perverse, like bashful babies, and
will not look you In the face. Some
IRE conhding. aud some are ever bold.
Go aud study them II you are an I'M
believer. and you shall find tina many
things that we call human traits be
long Ia almost equal proportions to
plants and animals"
, 1903-02-19

come to his cheeks, as It had at his
own table. He turned as far from us
as possible and ate as though he were
not enjoying his meal very much
New York Herald.
, 1903-02-19

You married a rich wife. didn't
your" asked Jones of his friend.
YES" he sighed. but she's not de
clared any dividend yet"
, 1903-02-19
Renssuring George.

She had been shopping. and he was
naturally disturbed.
Il hope you didn't spend much mon.
~ while you were downtown today"
&c remarked.
Not a cent except car fare. George
she answered reassuringly. II had ev.
.rythIng chnrged."-Chicago Post.
A. Others See Him.
"Ah. he'll never be able to ill his ia
theirs shoes"
mo. But he thinks his hat woult
rome down over the old mans ears al
tight."-Chicago Record-H Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10

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EVEN
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vony shots wall scaled it by ladders
zee
thrown the wall the ground inside and kept from escaping.
Another Frank Dayton killed All the others recaptud
both
o
in Lake, years
for shooting John IT, Kmll OF the Salt Lake Livery Transfer CO..
killed, while dropping outside A G
Harry Wadde rga1er in attempt sentenced in Ogden Feb q
kin witness
The oom in leg by Turnkey Edgar NJ Janney and
Connors ngeader sentenced
wall
where by Turnkey NJ Janney
Abe Majors third nseder life the murder
@ m Of by
after desperate with David Wlcben
Sandal
capped unnured
Inch sentenced 70 death in salt Lake May 1901 for the
gambling house believed wounded
NJ
J.. in ogden
unnjued
David Wncen guard: left hip while
likely injury received shots between
prisoners guards; who the
suTEle cell Majors Waddel
T.. Of gang
fenced for eighteen participating the robbery the Spring
vile bank received wound blow sIunsshOt
Aexander ROBERTSON paying teller
a
F. s Naylor wall guard had While he
ride bounded glanced his right shoulder making only bTrse
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10
GUARD BRIGGS TELLS HOW He KILLED
FRANK DAYTON AND WINGED ABE MAJORS

the wall. I know it was that distance,
for after the affair was all over I went
back and stepped it off
When ] got TO the base OF the wall
I pointed my revolver up at the men
on top, taking aim to shoot Just at
that instant Guard Wilcken shouted
to me-
" For Gods sake don't kill mel,
He evidently thought ] was aiming
at him. The next instant Majors threw
out one of his arms and I fired. The
next minute he disappeared over the
side of the wall on the inside, Guard
Wilcken having knocked him off the
to1.
They tell me Majors has a bullet
wound through his arm. guess fit
was the last shot which I fired that
pUnctured him. I aimed at the fellow.
intending to XIII him. I would have
killed him had not Guard Wnckeu
called to me just as he did was a
little careless In my aim then, for fear
Of hitting Wilcken.
LAS soon as the last man had dis
appeared Off the wall I called 20 TWO
rten to carry the remaining man lying
at thu base of the wall into the in-
closure. They told me afterwards that
il was Dayton, and that he was dead
when the two TRUSTEES picked him
u-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10

Il gave them to Connors."
In the meantime Conuors had lef-
the tier of cells, and was down stairs
making the last break for liberty. It
was at that moment that Waddell. to
get rid Of Schuckers. pushed him into
the end cell, and threw the bolt, lock-
ing him i'm.
After the men had gotten down stairs
Schuckers heard Waddeu ask Connors
if he had fixed that Up stairs. -
meaning Robertson. to which COnnors
nodded i'm the affirmative, although he
had been unable TO ind the former
bank cashier. 1t was then that Con-
nors asked if he had "his--ixed."
meaning Schuckers, and he answered,
Yes"
As soon as Robertson saw the men
enter the court, take the ladders and
disappear from view into the south cell
house enroute to the south wall he left
bis cell, and came down TO the door
below. AS he entered the room. he
heard Schuckers call to him from the
cell in which ne had been locked. ask
ing him TO let him out. Robertson
threw the bolt. and released Schuckers.
The two prisoners then turned their
attention 10 Guard Jacobs. II did not
take but "a most superficial examina-
ton to convince them that he was NOT
dead, but unconscious In a few mo-
ments they revived him.
In the meaptime the fight at the wall
had taken place. and Waddeu was ta-
ken prisoner. He was escorted to the
room where he had held up Schuckers.
and was turned over to Schuckers and
Robertson They placed him IN the cell
IN which he had locked the fOrger only
= few moments before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10
MORTENSEN BEGS FOR LIBERTY
Pleads With the Escaping Convots to Unlock His Cell and
Give Him Chance to EsCape-NO Attention
Mas Paid to Him.

n ETER MORTENSEN begged the flee
ing convicts 10 unlock his cell that
he might escape with them. But in
the hurry and excitement no attention
was paid to him.
1t was evident that It was a part Of a
well COncOCted scheme TO Hberate all the
condemned men. and give them the first
chance to scale the wallis and make the
break for liberty Had not Trusty
Schuckers Docketed the keys there is
every reason to believe that MOrtensen,
together with King and Botha, would
have been released.
The five cells occupied by the con-
demned men are about Oue-third Of the
distance east on the north tier of cells
in the south cell house. King occupies
the extreme west cell Of the five. being
number 156. Next him is MOrteusen.
Then comes BOtha. HawOrth and Lynch.
Just why Waddeu passed four of the
men before he began opening the cells IS
not known. He had to pass all the other
men before he reached Lynch cell
It was the work of but a moment to
insert the KEY in the lock on the outside
fastening Lvnch's cell door. When lac
stepped out the keys We're given 20 him
was Haworth's duty to unlock the next
cell and let that man unlock the one adj
Joining his. In that manner each man
=yas to release the man next to him, Nor
Jensen to free King. But the dropping
of the KEYS and the pocketmg of them
by Trusty SchuCkers spoiled the game.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10

MOrtenseu realized that something had
gone wrong when his cell was not opened.
and the men on either side of him had
not been released. He begged the men
"for Gods sake 10 open his cell and let
bin 70 along with them But ne called
20 deaf ears apparently. for no atten-
tiOu was paid to him. or 10 King or Bothl
after the first hitch occurred
Although he called loudly for help, no
suCcor was accorded him; plead as he
might for his freedom, there was no one
to HELM him. for Waddell had locked
SchUclers in the end cell and had gone
downstairs 10 find Corners to get the
KEYS from him, SchUckers having told
Waddell that he had given them to the
life convict. When Waddell reached
Corners. and asked for the keys, Corners
was heard to reply that he did not know
what he had done with them. Not dar-
ing to go back and look for them for
fear of being caught Waddeu Joined the
men who were then trying to escape.
All this time MoTteusen. King and
BOtha were standing at their doors wait
ing, expecting and looking for some one
of the seven men who were out of their
CeAs. to come back and get them. But
thew waited i'm vain. Their cries to their
fellow cOnvicts I'm crime were echoed back
TO them from the steel cages i'm other
PARTS of the cell house.
a few moments later shots rang out ON
the evening air. and the three men left
behind knew that the break had been
announced. and tina their clsance to make
their escape had me.