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The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-23
tin Enjoys Itself

The people of Atlin and Discovery in the Atlin district are enjoying them selves this winter with skating clrni- vals. One was held at Atlin last Sat urday night and next Saturday one will be held at Discovery. Hockey and curl ing continue to occupy the attention of lovers of outdoor sport in the British ColumEia Camp, also.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-23
Not a Land of PugdOm

Alaska and Yukon are threatened with the invasion by dozen or more pug fighters shortly after the opening of navigation. The steamboat owners should keep tab on theso fellows as no doubt many of them can be had for their board when the are desirous of leaving the country. y.-Whitehorse Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-23
Pardonable Pride

In proportion to her population Whitehorse has large number of peo' pie with keen appreciation of high class entertainment as was evidenced on the appearance of Miss Longacre and Miss Spalding at the N. s. A. A. hall Saturday night.-WhitehOcse Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-23
Mrs. Snyder Gives Dinner

Mrs. P. W. Snyder entertained at an early dinner Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. NJ. J. Hillery, whose birthday it was. The guest of honor received several appropriate birthday presents.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-23
At Wholesale Prices

The Mascot saloon sells liquors, either b k or case goods at wholesale prices. All the old brands always On hand. l0-l-tf.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-03-23

Spring dress goods, for street and party wear, at Harrisons',
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

lected only after the greatest efforts.
Now and then. Indications would APP
pear on the surface Of what was really
happening. and Il was from these small
clues that the detectives finally an
earthed the chief oonspirators and
turned them over 20 the law for pun
ishment
or this gang OF fearless criminals.
Homer Morrison. once a respected son
Of well-to-do parents, was the leader
Ills cunning brain devised most OF the
daring jobs during the long years he
and his pals worked. unmolested burn
ing any building for which the owner
paid the required fee Once a man
employed the arsonists 20 transact
business he was in their meshes. for,
II he was not aware that he was just
as liable to punishment as II he had
applied The torch. he was so informed.
and thus became an addition 10 the
ranks
The Killing Of Ayers.
II vas Morrisons avarice that re-
suited In the eoncoction Of a plot 70
Kin Samuel Ayers. November 27. 1897.
Ayers was wealthy catt.eman. who
lived near West Unity q small village
in Williams county The old fellow
was peculiar. believed everybody his
friend. and feared harm from % one
\ Every Friday. IS regularly as that day
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people OF the town. and In a moment
or two several were hurrying 10 the
scene
Flight Of the Murderer.
Ayers had fallen in such a manner
that his wallet. filled with bills. could
not be reached and Ely was obliged
10 scud away In the darkness. leaving
the PROSTATE body OF Ayers 10 be found
by the villagers. fastening 10 Nor
risons barn he found that arsonist be-
side himself with rage.
why did you shoot? Why didn't
you belt him over the head?" he asked
Ely.
shut up. you fool | had TO shoot
or he would have got me. Ely replied.
cooliy; and what's worse, didn't
have time TO get the money"
Morrison. cowardly even IN crime,
wanted TO leave Ely TO his own fate
The Kansas City crook, however, was
TOO old at the business You got me
into il. now get me out. or therell be
somebody else beside me sent up for
this little job, was his admOnitlon
and il was up 10 Morrison 70 furnish
the assistance.
With the help of a farm hand who
afterwards confessed Morrison rail
roaded Ely several miles away where
he was TO remain for a week or two
but a posse Of indignant citizen!
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pressed too closely on his trail and
immediate escape was necessary. Flee
ing before the officers and farmers.
Ely's escape as subsequently described
By himself. was one so hazardous that
he does not to-day know how the
shower OF bullets sent after him failed
To end his life With the horses push
ing him TO his Utmost he came upon
a farmer driving peacefully along the
road stop or I'll shoot" he yelled
The farmer pulled MP. Paying no at
ten to the men following. a quarter of
a mile behind. ne stood behind the
agriculturist and ordered him to drive
like h. or I'll blow your bloody
brains out" Again the farmer obeyed.
Suddenly coming upon a dozen ditch
men directly in his path. all hope Of
escape seemed % be cut of. II was
then that the remarkable GOODNESS Of
the man and presence Of mind as
serted themselves Hurriedly jumping
from the wagon he cowed the crowd in
front with his revolver. calmly un-
hitched one OF the horses and before
anybody knew lis intentions he had
Jumped on the animals back and with
half a dozen shots. dashed on O mad
gallon TO a stretch Of wooded land
three miles away Reaching the
thickct he dismountcd turned The
horse loose. and escaped from his pur-
\ suers. II was then that the rlans Of
+ Morrison to aid in the escape were
useful. for Ely found the home OF Jack
4 Taylor. one OF he eng. gave The pass
word. and was sheltered until he had
time 10 burgiarize tho residence Of
William schwartz. farmer. and ulti-
mately found his way to Kansas City
Ely's Confession.
In the investigation of recent year.
the robbery OF Ayers was looked into
and information given by Jate Pas,
resulted in the apprehension Of Ely
Tie was brought to Williams county
from his residence in he west. an,
when the evidence prepared by tn
state fire marshal was shown him h'
confessed to the deed took the officer
over the route of his escape and VERT
fed ali that had been related by Pag
IN his confession. lie served one yea
in the Columbus (OD. ponitennary 70
his crime justice having been side
: tracked to some extent because h
turned states evidence and SUPPLE
the officers with information which. b
, part. resulted in the arrest and con
, victicn Of Morrison. who is now sery
/ ing a sentence Of 80 years in prison.
, Jack Page. first in crime after MOI
rison. enjoys freedom because he CAV
/, information OF SO much value IN hun
. ine down the frebugs. A crippled oil
man now. he does not hesitate TO sa
!. the. he cannot hes In to remember no
a many houses he dred, and how man
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cess baggage Morrison said. and Pays
never forgot the insult lie left with
the parting admOnition that he would
some day get even, and he has, for Nor
rison Is serving In the penitentiary, and
a score OF his cronies have been indicted.
a dozen found guilty and sent TO prison,
while Page breathes free air and Will
probably live the rest Of his days outside
OF prison walls.
The barriers in the ay OF confession
by Page were broken ~ Jim Saunders,
a respected West Unity man. Saunders
and Page were boys together, when they
left England, the country Of their birth.
to Try their fortunes in America. Saun-
ders grew up in the straight and narrow
path living as he had been taught TO
live. Page forgot the good teachings cr
his youth The officers got the two men
together. Saunders well posted as 70 his
duty. He resolved 10 do all he could to
assist ia wringing q confer sion from the
old frebug But this al first seemed 10
be useless, for Page wary to the last,
eyaded the efforts 10 get at the truth.
Arrest OF Page was finally necessary.
/ sweatbox was 10 be tried on him. Saun-
/ ders accompanied him. The good man
! denounced the firebues talked OF the
days Of long ago when both stood On the
/ threshold. with an even chance at the
world They had reached nearly the al
lotted three score and ten. The one was
an honest man; the other wasa criminal
Of the worst type. A few rounds OF drinks
in the Widdell hotel brought out admis-
sions from Page. Then he confessed to
some Of his actions and asked Saunders
advice
Tell the whole truth. you can't AFFORD
to lie, now, Jack. said Saunders. and
Page. seeing an opportunity TO make
good the threat of vengeance upon his
former pals. disclosed so much that
conference with the fire marshal was
arranged.
A man, conscious of the fact that his
criminal operations are even partially
known to those in authority, and wish
ing 20 bring upon his partners in crime
the punishment he had already suffered.
is easy picking for detectives. Thus II
was that Page the stole, revealed the
inner workings OF the gang which had
terrorized the community for years.
Names were mentioned, and when the
disclosures were substantiated by fur
Their investigation, the grand juries OF
Williams and Fulton counties were kept
busy for months. indicting men connect
ed with the conspiracy.
Number of Fires Unknown.
I Nobody knows how many fires were
, caused by the torches of these criminals.
The number is more than hundred. but
more accurate count than that has not
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State Officials We're Baffled Until They Sc
cured the Confession of Eighty ear-Old
Jack Page. After Which Indict-
ments Followed Rapidly.
t4;etorv of This Remarkable Band of Incendaries
and Their Methods of Operation Boldness Marked
Every Move-A Desire for Revenge on the Part
of Page Finally Caused Their Exposure.

nieht a dual existence it was. With
church worship an outward sign OF the
piety IN heir bosoms Nothing es-
capped slhoolh0uses were fired with
impunNy. just as willingly as were
farmhouscs. stores ard barns made
,he objects Of the.r incendiarism. for
one class Of timber made a. pretty a
flame as another
Made Arson a Business.
As lar a. known. only one Of the
band made arson q business. just 70
see things burn This was Freddy
Bowman. a genuine pyr0mariac. whose
lust ior adventure induced him TO set
FIRE 10 The Methodist church in Stry
o. From a mall shed nearby he
watched the flames devour the small
structure Taken in because he was
Young and precocious be was entrusted
with small Jobs. where the risk Of de-
lection was NOT great. and where he
would be given opportunity 10 become
proficient in the ar, and ultimately de-
gelop into a talented hrebug One
night. without orders from bis superb
ors. be touched OH the church and his
subsequent apprehension and confes-
sion almost ensrared The remainder OF
the gang. But. SO high in the commu-
nity did the ringleaders stand. the ad-
missions OF the youth were pronounced
falsehoods. and nobody but the officers
placed faith in them. Not until within
The last year. when ~ boys conies-
sion was subsjantiated did il become
public that his arrest was one OF the
first OF an organization 81 men who al
lowed The commission Of no crime.
however enormous. 20 stand between
hem and the money they coveted
The Traveller unacquairted with the
happenings Of past years would see lit
de I'm the scared country nowadays 70
attract his attention. The fire-destroyed
buildings have been replaced with new
Y structures and. under the protection Of
the state IRE marshal. protection has
: been given sufficiently 10 allow i'm
movements Bur the time was when
every man. woman and child stood In
mortal fear az ne gang. One man
could hardly speak cnnfdentially to his
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heen kent The insurance companies
have Maid. IL is estimated, more than
81 500 600 to the members of the gang
Homer Morrison and Jack Page were
indicted nearly a dozen times. principal
IL for arson. April ,. 1878, they burned
Morrison home. and got the insurance.
Morrison hired Page for that job. lit
tie later. Page was duped into burning
John Kellers property, west OF West
Unity. Then Keller, trapped because he
emploved Morrison 20 90 the dirty work.
was forced into the gang ana he became
enc of the worst Of the lot lie was IN
ficted several times fer aiding Morrison
and pace. October l3. 1908. he pleaded
guilty to arson. and served a year In the
penitentiary
Waldo ely. Morrison, Wesley Ship
man and Frank Colon, all Of whom par
,icipated IN the attempt on Samuel Ay-
.rs' life. we're indicted. Morrison got
ten years in the penitentary- Shipman
two. and Ely one.
In 1895. new men were taken into the
fold and their work resulted In the in
dictment Of Harry Kirhendall, William
Bonner. Freddie Bowman. Charles
i smith William Davidson. and hair
\ dozen others. Most OF them confessed.
and were given sentences ranging from
ore 10 four years in prison William
Matthews was another Of the later day
criminals. lie was sentenced 20 serve
two wears. Newton Omey, Jackson
swisher. Charles Hultzbers and one or
two more are still at large. having iied
from the state They have remained
away fearing to take the equences
Of their actions.
Even with the excellent work already
accomplished. the state believes u mas
not done its full duty. More prominent
men are 20 be dragged from their high
pinnacle in society, and their work Or
no mast exposed TO the public view.
some have ceased 70 be active particle
nants IN the saturnaliua Of crime and
are leading respectable existenees. But
,heir reformation will not carry them
through the present storm Of justice.
They must answer for their m'saeeds,
aud the confessions. being made almosE
! daily. will cause their downIai'' ana
none but their disgraced tsmilies can ems
10y the fruit OF their III gotten wealth.
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came each week he visited the little
bank in the village. drew cnf from
81 500 10 $1,000 with which 10 trans
act business the week following
Morrison was Ayers best friend. TO
ali appearances One night. Morrison
casuaIy asked the cattieman why ne
never carried a revolver for protection.
What's the Gse?" Ayers asked.
Nobody knows I have money in my
pockets bu' my friends and ] trust
every one Of them
Within a week Morrison. fearing TO
do the Job himself. imported Jim Ely.
a Kansas City crook, who was 10 hold
ND Ayers and murder him II necessary
"a get the money lily baked on the
killing II have a brother who Will DO
that he will be here soon. he told
Morrison and In two days c. Waldo
rlv dropped in at West Unity. met
Morrison in the latter's barn and the
details OF the crime were planned.
Norriscn's scouts watched Ayers.
learned thS~ he drew about 5000 from
the bank. and Swallowed his every
movement until the time came z
strike
Meanwhile Morrison remained al
home conscious az the fact that hall
,be swar was 10 BE given him. tha0
fha division was 10 be made IN ms
barn. where the plans for the robbers
were made and thar Ely was 70 by
planted there Until he found gooc
ouportunity TO escape.
Vet Morrison and the cattle buyer
had been life long friends. ard Ayers
n he was TO choose any one man mor'
friendly 10 him than another. woul'
h.ve selected Morrison But Morrison
e.w his chance end his wicked min'
eould not be- restrained by mere BOND
OF friendship
The night OF the assault a disma
r,in and cutting wind. almost blindln
All who CHANGED 70 be out. Kept nearl
everybody in the village indoors
49, had played his usual game g
c,r9s and was oa-his way home. MOI
Ems men spotted him. signal
rfv Who was lying in ambush. an
80, Ayers clme 90 the designate
sro, he found two big guns thrust
front Of his face
Els was behind them. well maske'
..v,rr dough. pleas. was all the az
oomplishea stttk-up man said
Ayers reached for an old-iashione
"a, revolver that BE had. by mel
: cssrce put into his pocket befol
Z leaving home Afterwards ne sa
5 that Morrisons admonition made hi
suspicious.
As he pulled the gun there we're ~
! sharp reports as sireaks q nan
poured from the barrels OF the gu'
4 Ely held Ayers fell with groa
!. The noise OF the shooting attract
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-10

r..fD Northwestern Ohio. "lth as
.ty farms and prosperous landO"n-
nearing the end OF a reign Of
rfar III so years, during when ume
c al incendarles. hungry Tor sud
IN. wealth. have desecrated It's beauty
Ms flaming torches. and committed
r.-- every crime on the caiendar.
M the smallest burglary 20 attempt
murder.
criminal history tells no story q
r..nfs So bloOd-curdiing As those
have shocked the residents VI
section in the asst quarter century
widest dime-nOvel dreamer could
iv imagine so terrible me.otrana
las been acted by this conspiracy
mereenary hrebugs Revelations
In the past few weeks. by comics
ana investigation by state ON
are So startling as 20 be almost
Ievable Against one man have
returned II indictments, against
,hor there are ten and iucky indeed
~ member OF the organization who
tred with only a single true Dlll.
tr ne WOrh OF the slAtt Na0 "''- 9-~'
srn and the laws firm hand has been
fs. wffh unreientinE visor On those
r.wn ID be connected with The organ
cation
Only a Beginning.
WIN the 40 or more indictments.
however. it is believed that only a
r..i beginning has been made. Deep
arsr ire surface. il Is known that
More disclosures. still more startling
a. t1 come. Those men effected BY
fntes- ration now completed. fuily con
sase- ,aat their long terms IN prison
vii enectualiy prevent them from par
tuuauon an more work. have shown
disposition 10 tell al least some q
fae secrets. and. with the aid OF these
omissions Williams and Fulton coun-
tes where the more exciting events
have transpired. are determined %
u.sh an the guilty. and remove the
lin II dishonor which has been made
IN them by their tardiness in ierre +
ont The criminals
Thirty wears ago Jack Page one 81
tle most daring and notorious ~ me
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IL - .N iAAn AAl.+-t.~ ~ ~
frehuEs. was a young man. possessed
II 4 valuable farm and surrounded by
friends who wished him only pros
prty Homer Morrison. also young
and weilto-do was his neighoot.
Whatever induced these two boys "
leave the Puritanic path laid ont TOT
them ~ Christian parents cannot m
explained. except in their greed iof
cold But The desire 20 tcfraud came
and Is years elapsed before Il was
sataied. Gathering as clansmen ap-
parenuy honest and respectable farm
ers the gang pursued is course. stop
ping al nothing. making Insurance
companies It's prey. and ponncing upon
them every time an occasion presented
Itself
Working as honorsd men ~ day
they became the vileat despcEadoes by
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raiphbnr for fear that ne would thus
address \ member 10 the organization
ana "a jcopardire. not only hts prop
ertv but The lives d himself and fam
uy 50 hieh in social Standing We're
he criminals that their identity was
unknown. except in the inner circle
once a building was fired. De who ap-
riie1 TIE flames was covered with me
rafb y. good citizenship and even the
rr,yest feared Il point at him the hn-
-sr " suspicion. fir such meant speedy
revenge a remark by one ooasiinE
farmer resulted in the burning q M
barn the same night
Task Of state Officers
To hunt down such lot OF beings
vas the task Of state officers The un.
der,akinp was known 70 be big an
fraueht with peril. Evidence was col
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arranged
Number of Fires Unknown.

Nobody knows how many fires we're
caused by the torches OF these criminals.
The number is more than hundred, but
more accurate count than that has not
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PARIS

-Une lettre du prince Victor
Napoleon Bonaparte, en- date de
Londres, a etc publi6e ce mat1n.
Dams cette lettre, lie prince Vic.
tor fait l'6loge de Napoleon Ter q
qui on devait 10 concordat r6glant
les rapports de la France avec le
saint-siAge ct de lEtat avec re-
elise.
lie prince dit entire autres cho-
SEES que la c6lebre Convention a
maintenu en- France la paix reli-
gleuse pendant plus dun steele ct
il croft que la France regrettera
pabrogation du concordat.
LIE president du groupe par
lementsire francais de l'arbitrage
a recu une lettre du president
Roosevelt pour lie remercier de
|lenvoi fat r6cemment de Pexem-
plaire dun edition rare des INC.
moires'' de Sully, ministre ct ami
de Henri Nv.
Ce present a 6t6 tres appr6cie
par le president Roosevelt car,
dams ses Memories le grand mi.
nistre SONNET au rol un projetpoul
lun1on pacifque de toutes les ma
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DEcEs

Nous annoncons avec regret la
mort de M. Frank Andre de Fran
kiln, Mimi. frere du R6vd. j. A
Andre, cure de PEglise Notre- Da'
me de Lourdes. II est d6c6d6 ven
dredi dernier a 10 hrs. du soir
mum de tous les sacrements de
notre Salnte Mere lEglise Catho-
lfque
Mercredi ct jeudi de la semaine
derni4re le Revd. P6re Andre eat
demeur6 q son chevet ct au lende.
main de son retour q Minneapolis
il recut un t6legramme lui annon-
cant la triste nouvelle de sa mort
quill ne comptait pas aussi pro-
chaine.
II laisse rour d6plorer ca mort
une 6pouse ct sept %enfaDts.
Nous,prions le Revd. Pere An.
DIRE ct la fa1aille du d6funt de rec0-
volr nos slncares sympathles dan s
le malheur qui Went de les trap
per-,
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Tn Mot au Sage est suffi

I'm Mot au Sage est suffi'
SAINT. ST vous etes malade, soul
frant, GU NAL a false, vous ne vous
irompez pas en- faisant usage .du
Novo1od u DR.. Pierre, le vieux re-
EIDE herbeux eprouv6 PAL lie
temps. II fortife, vivife ct ra aleu-
nit CONNIE rien autre ne peut faire
Des milliers FONT trouv6 6tre I'm
secours dams lie besoin. Ce nest
pas une medicine de pharmacie,
mails il est fourni directement au
public par DIES agents speciaux.
Adressez-vo1s aux seuls propri6-
taires, lie DR.. Peter Fahrney &
Sons Co., ll2-ll8 SO. Hoyne Ave-,
Chicago, Ill.
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LIE Club Les M.ontagnards a

LIE Club Les Montagnards a Gu
ga dernlere reunion chez M. ct
Nine. Jos. Fort1n, lundi derrier'
Les prix du jeu de cartes ont etc
gagnes par lie Dr.. g. 81. Dumas lie
prix des messieurs ct Nine. O.. II
Dumas lie prix DIES danes. La pro-
chaine reunion aura lieu le 81 Dc.
cembre chez M. ct Nine. Louis
Bolduc, lll8 Plymouth Ave
Nine. j. Faubert, Sec.
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LIE Club Bon Ami s'6st r6uni
mercredi dernier chez Nine. Des-
lauriers ct les membres ont III une
int6resssnte partie de cartes. NJ me
Forth emporta lie Ter prix; Nine
Paquette le 2e ct Nine. Kertson
lie Be. La prochaire reunion aura
lieu mercred1 lie 3 Janvier chez
Nine Jos. Corriveau.
Nine o. Lalibert6, Sec.
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LIE Club Bon Ami s'est r6uni
mercredi dernier chez ct Nine.
N. Parisault. Les prix du jeu de
cartes ont etc gagn6s par Nine.
johnson, Ter prix ct Nine N. Pa
risault 2e ct Nine X. Paradis, Be
prix.
Reunion du club mercred1 pro-
chain chez Nine. Deslauriers.
Nine. O. Lalibert6, Sec.
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Les personnes qui ont l'inten-
ton d'aller passer les Fetes dc
Noel ct du Jour de Fan au Cana
da devraient s'adreseer q NJ. Ed.
st. Pierre, 3 Eastman Ave pour
leur billete de passage. II leur OBJ.
tiendra q prl4 r6duits.
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La "Dufaud Wine and Liquor
Co''vientsde recevoir une grande
cuantit6 de liqueurs impo1t6es ct
acmestiques pour les fetes. Cette
maison est sans contredit la plus
ff BILE de la vile. Qu'on sen rende
compile en- lui PENDANT une visite
d'ici aux fetes.