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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
HANGED 80 AT ONCE.
Remarkable Scene of GruesOme Ma
ture In the Northwest.


One of the few survivors in this
country of the Indian scrimmages car
ried on in Minnesota during the Civil
War is Carlton WHY'S Roberts, of Chi
cago, who claims the distinction of hav-
ing taken part in the biggest Indian
massacre recorded in this country, when
thirty nine Indians were hanged at one
time, and the medical colleges Of the
Northwest got the largest number Of
| bodies that they ever received.
When the Civil War broke out Rob
! ertS was living in Minneapolis and was
one of the first to volunteer in that
State for service. But it was not until
August, 1863, that he was ordered out,
net to fight Southerners, but the In-
| dams, who had broken loose in the
northern part of Minnesota.
When he with the regiment Of which
he was a member, arrived on the scene
of the trouble. 400 red men had been
captured and were at Fort Ridgeley,
| MINI. The authorities were preparing
to hang them all, when word came from
| President Lincoln, according to Mr..
Roberts, that he would not cOuntenance
any such wholesale massacre. After
some parley, the President consented
that some forty of the most desperate
of the gang should be hanged.
In describing this event, which was
Il gala one in the town, Mr.. Roberts re-
called nearly every incident of the day.
1 hn OIL
about noon,' he said, "and when the
| time drew near we were ordered To- take
our places near the gallOws, which was
made Of timbers In the form OF
square, suspended by ropes from the
four corners to large pole i'll the cen
ter Over the suspended PLATFORM
which was raised from the ground elght
or ten feet, was another framework %
tie the ends of the ropes to.
Everything being in readiness, the
| Indians were marched in single III"
from the prison. They walked with 9
firm, unfaltering step up to the plat
form, which they mounted with no ap'
! parent dread. They stood ten on slde
and formed a square, except there was
one vacant place where one OF the con-
demned ones had died the preceding
night in the Jail.
"While the hangman was adjusting
the ropes, the Indians began TO sing
their death songs, which an Interpreter
said consisted in shouting, Great Splr-
it, l am coming; see me, for am com
ing
There was great rivalry among the
men for the privilege of cutting the
ropes which let the whole suspended
pluatfOrm down at once. When the sig
nal was given, which was the nrlhg ol
cannon, a man, whose wife ana chI'
dren had been butchered by the IndlaIS
stepped forward with an AK and cut the
rope which hanged thirty-nine lndians.
Although the soldiers that night made
thirty-nine graves en- the shore OF ~
island near by, and buried the Indians
iii a day or two there was not q grave
left. the bodies having been stolen Iol
medical colleges for dissection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
PRISON FOR YOUNG CROOKS.

Two Fifteen-Year-OId Boys Given
Five Years in the Penitentiary.
Two 15-year-old burglars were sentenc-
ed to Waupun for five years at hard
labor by Judge Brace in the municipal
court in Milwaukee and third was sent
to the Industrial school at Waukesha I'M
til he is u years old. They were John
Mielenz, Roy Brown and Ralph Fayee,
who are charged with entering forty
stores in the downtown district of the
city during several months past. Fayee
was the one sent to the industrial school.
This is one of the heaviest sentences ever
given in the municipal court for boys so
young. The culprits had no excuses to
make for themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

n ENERAL railroad men were gath
~ cred in the round house of one of
the big railroads in c. recent
", waiting for time" As usual when
men get together they were telling
stories of thrilling adventures and final
" one old timer was asked for story.
He thought Il moment and then said
that he thought about the most thrill
ing adventure he ever had was a race
with a tornado, and told the following
story:
1t was in 1873 OF 1879, forget
which. Anyway it was some time in
July. The weather had been pretty
hot and it was just the sort of day
for breeding a tornado. l was work
Ing on one-hOrse railroad in southern
Kansas. The superintendent wired me
to fetch my engine a distance of about
seventy miles to a place called Peters
town. 1t was wanted to haul lot of
perishable freight. mostly market prod
nee which had got shunted off by some
accident 20 a side track and was in
danger Of spelling A suit against
the company might have followed and
the business had to be attended to in a
hurry. There were only seven locomo-
tiyes on the road. barring two or three
that were disabled.
got fuel and water aboard as quick
" as possible. and started for Peters
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
CLAIMS BOY WAS KIDNAPPED.
Brother of Wisconsin Woman, How
ever, eliminates Lack of Sympathy.

Brother of Wisconsin Woman, How
ever, Intimates Lack of Sympathy.
Police of Chicago and La Crosse are
investigating the alleged kidnapping OF
Gordon Wayne Mollette, the 12-year-old
son of Mrs. Gordon MOllette, who is re-
ported by the mother to have been seized
by two men while playing on the streets
of La Crosse. Mrs. Mollette claims to
have received a message from the kidnap-
ers that unless $4,000 in gold was forth
coming within four days the boy would
be put to death. Mrs. MOllette at once
FASTENED to Chicago and secured the CO.
operation of the police. Mrs. MOllette's
brother, Leonard Haynes, and reputed
to be wealthy, said that he was not af-
fected by the alleged disappearance of
his nephew. Il have nothing to say" he
said. THE matter does not concern me
and my sister cannot look to me for
sympathy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
CHARLES sAGER TO JAIL.

Madison Man, Who Admits Having
Two wives, Sentenced for Assault.
Charles Sager, who came into the lime
light when he admitted that he had two
wives and that they were living together
under the same roof, was sentenced in
Madison to six months in the county
Jail for assaulting a bartender. 1t was
during the trial that he made an admis-
sion of bigamy 1t is probable that he
will be arrested on that charge upon his
release from Jail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
PROFITS OF STATE FAIR.

Secretary True Says Board Has
$16,135 on Hand.
According to Secretary John NJ. True
the net profits made on the last State
fair were $f6,135. The gross receipts
were $S9,475 and the gross expenses S13,-
$40. The board had $19,S4O.l2 in lis
treasury on Nov. / and had $4,000 due
from the State and $500 from outstanding
claims, making a total Of $50. 1902 with
which to begin preparations ior the fair
next year. The board spent a little over
$4,000, in addition to special State APP
Preparations, in permanent improvements
on the grounds this year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
DEER ARE BECOMING FIERCE.

Several People Near Marinette Are
Attacked by Them.
Buck deer near Marinette are becoming
so ferocious that hOmesteadcrs threaten
to kill them in spite of the law which
prescribes a closed season until the mid
die Of November Philip Sucher was at
tackled while on his way through the
woods near Faithorn, Mich, and terribly
lacerated. He was found unconscious,
but will probably recover. Hugh Nichol,
a woodsman, was attacked near Wausau-
kee, but was saved by the timely arrival
of two other men. Two ribs were broken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
1Iangled on Thresher Pulley.

George KilIian Of the town of Burn
side. while attempting TO cover a thresh-
ing machine with canvas while the ma
chine was in operation, became entangled
in the canvas, which had caught in a
pulley, and his legs were both broken and
badly mangled. 1t is thought that his
limbs can be saved,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
TURKEY UNLUCKY BIRD.
Rock County Man Paid Nearly $40
for Dinner that He Never Ate.

After having stolen turkey, being
detected, paying the owner $50 to settle,
escaping from a constable by hiding under
a shock of corn, and then having the
bird thrown away by his wife before it
was thoroughly roasted, William Collins
of the town of Lima was fined 50 and
costs, amounting to S7.95. The prosecu-
ton was carried on by the State without
. complaint from the loser OF the bird.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
PAIR OF OLD SOCKS.

There holes in the heels that gaping and wide,
And the toes have departed long since 1t is true
While the knees a curious mixture of darns
OF every conceivable texture and hue.
As best they only pair of old socks,
Bearing the tatters of days that are fed
Just pair of yarn stockings my grandmother knit
Striped gaily with ribbands Of white and Of REQ.
With her little white cap tied under her chin,
And the snowy apron smOOthed over her lap
She would sit all cay by the chimney fire
And gossip and knit and knit and nap
And always her knitting would prove TO Dc
pair of stockings white and red'
For other color quite as good,
that's what grandmother always said
Years have passed and the wooden chair
Is vacant now by the chimney place;
The shining needles dull with rust,
Where times rude finger has left its trace.
And myself am changed,
All that remains from chidhoOd's flight
Are these little tattered wooden socks,
With candy tripes of red and white.
And no rich gift that the years may yield
Ever will prove dear TO me,
Linking to-day with the youthful past
When life careless and gay and free
When life a mystery fair and new,
Ere darkness came, and hope lay dead
AS this pair Of boyish worn-out socks,
With candy stripes of white and red
hicago Interior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE FALLS.
Number of Children Enrolled Shows
Decrease of 1O.255.


The discovery has been made IN the
office of the superintendent of public in
struction that there has been a falling off
in school attendance in Wisconsin this
year of 10,255. The usual annual in
crease has been about 1000, showing d
discrepancy this year of about 1900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Skeleton Reveals Tragedy.

w. 4. Huntoon, a farmer residing near
the town Of Beaver, found the skeleton Of
a man in the woods. One arm was shat
tered and that probably tells the story
of death in the forest, after being shot
The bones were in an apparently reclin-
ing position. 1t is probable that the
man, wounded, crawled into a windfall
for shelter
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
STRUCK BY BULLET FOR DEER.

Minneapolis Man Perhaps Fatally
ShOt-Drags Himself to Aid.
Mistaken for a deer, Fred Hansen Of
Minneapolis was shot and probably ia
tally injured near Ashland. While walk
ING through the woods he was struck by
a bullet intended for deer. He crawl
ed through the brush to the nearest farm
house, whence he was hurried to hos
pital in Ashland. Physicians say he
cannot live.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Robbers Mt Grand Rapids.

Three safe crackers blew open rhe
vaults of the Grand Rapids brewing
Company and the Twin City xjOttling
works in Grand Rapids, securing about
5000 in the brewery offices. They broke
into the Green Bay mad Western railway
roundhouse for tools. 1t is supposed they
went to Sturgeon Bay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Gil Rnrns tn nenth.

Stella, the 1O-year-Old daughter of Will
liam Kramer, burned to death in the
town of Forestville. Her clothes became
ignited while she was endeayoring to Light
a fire in the kitchen stove with kerosene.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Frank p. Dgle died in Superior of
lockjaw, the result of a hunting accident
some time ago, when his right arm was
torn by the discharge of a shotgun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
question Right of Indian to vote.

The question as to whether an Indian
has the right to vote is to be tested by
the Democrats of Outagamie county. In
the second district of that county Charles
Hagen, Republican, was elected to the
Assembly BY a plurality of ., the vote
of the Oneida Indians giving him the
Office
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

The official closing of navigation on the
Mississippi river took place on a recent
night when the government lights were
eXtinoniShed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

If old men would talk freely, how
many of them would have complaints
against their daughters? Daughters
seldom treat fathers as considerably
as they treat mothers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
OLD MAN WAS TORTURED.
Chained TO Post by Ear and Out
All Night.

After stripping the clothes from Hans
Olsen, tailor, administering hot and cold
water, then claiming him to post by a
steel trap, which was fastened to one ear,
allowing him to remain out Of doors all
night in that condition, Oscar Melgard,
John Sherpe and Tony Won Ruben of
Westby pleaded guilty to the charge Of
assault and battery and were fined $50
and costs each. Olsen is in c serious con
iitiOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
EPIDEMIC OF SMALLPOX.
Spread of Disease at HOrtOnvilIe
Due to Breaking Of Quarantine.

Reports from Hortonville are to the
effect that that village is experiencing
an epidemic of smallpox. According to
the report the ladies of one Of the
churches prepared for bazaar IN
Thanksgiving day. They deposited goods
to be sold at home in which the family
later was found to have smallpox. Some
of those who were sewing there at the
time of the discovery are said to have
broken quarantine and returned home af-
ter being exposed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
nenth Of Lnmea Knann.

James Knapp, a resident OF Washing
ton county for nearly fifty years, was
buried the other day. lie was 80 years
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01
Losses Arm in Shredder.

Maurice Hyland, aged , years, farm
er residing five miles west of Beloit, had
his left forearm torn off in corn shred
der
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

How slowly BARRIERS work on Satur'
day! And how many men ahead OF
YOU get their hair cut and whiskers
trimmed on Saturday!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Everything is fair in love, war and
politics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-12-01

Don't send agents to your friends
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
Badly Hurt
FAY MICHAEL OF GRAY's FLAT
THROWN FROM TOP OF CAR
AND SERIOUSLY IN
JuRED.

News reached this city late Fri
day evening Of serious accident
which occurred to Mr.. Fay Michael. a
well known lumber dealer, of Gray,s
Flat, being a partner Of Mr.. Erney
Lemley, also of that place.
Mr.. Michael was loading lumber on
a car, SO the story was wired. AMI
had the load finished or about so, but
was still on top Of the car, when the
train or engine moved and the jar
threw him off the top of the loaded
car and the result was a very badly
injured man. At first 1t was thought
that his skull Was badly fractured but
on the arrival at DR.. Hartigans hos
pltal at Morgantown an investigation
by the physicians made the case more
favorable and 1t is thought his in
jnrfes although painful are not SO seri-
GUS as first rumored, which his many
friends will be glad to learn. His
father, Mr.. James Michael, went to
Aforgantown last night, and will be
with his son until change is made
in his condition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
Very Latest
Trust Formed

NEW YORK, June SO-The Amerl-
can Farm Products Company, with I'm
limited capital, is the name Of the
latest trust to be toisted upon the
American public. The purpose that
this company has 1t to take absolute
control OF all dairy products, chick
ems and eggs. The scheme conten
plates the invasion of every State in
the Union and it is ascertained in the
control that 1t will bring about in
ducers, diminished prices TO consun1-
creased and uniform prices to pro.
ers and provides superior and proper
grade Of dairy products and greatly
improve the present methods Of dis
triButlon. Behind this great enterprise
are a score Of the wealthiest men II
America. Among The capitalists n.
terested are Leyi r. Morton, Thomas
Ft Ryan, Harry ayne hItneys m
thony Brady Bery 1ndsS Kuhn,
loeb G Cos elsll tler. lAtgs
tanklns hptls IS ana dual capt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
FAIRvIEw JoTTINos.

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
Castro's Triumphant Return
Marred by Nations Poverty

sunoH ffpm SEashins on, tins con
corn NilI pFobahis md Itself hi the
t,pstt ion AZ The coEapatas
sppiled 81 is Iltpiietts ana with;
Judicial country
9tiere tiie court
frt machines Of lie
1T would not be SO had the conn
try as a whole prom tied BY the sies
sspoilation of foreign capita MS q
mater OF fact Castro and his ftends
work for their personal prctlt such
tribes as the Caracas gas works.
steamship ltles. asphalt lakes and
other property owneh by foreign com 1lnl
panies but seized ION one pretext or
another BY the government Ia the,
person of Sthes chief executive.
The latest instance Of presidential,
graft. comes to light in the story Of q
Chicago slot machine company AS.
soon as the machines were in operas
ton the manager received a call from
!Castro's nephew who stated that the.
profits must be divided with Uncle
iCiprlano. When this demand was
refused the machines were seized
and kept running, but the collections
all, go to Castro.
IN addition to natural desire ito,
avoid the foreign COMPLICATIONS he.
had brought upon himself, it now APP
pears that Castro had another reason
for gretiring.' = AS soon as he left
the capitol last April. his emfssariesf
began working up a popular demand,
for his return to power. His agents.
Of course. had NO difficulty in In
Guiding town officials to get up petit
lions begging the President to come
back to Caracas, SO that now the
General can pose before the world
as the indispensable and greatly be-
loved executive Of an applauding ma
ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
M yy UP 5 Eiic lEks
& WEATHER TILL AFTER
z III MI NJ 4TA. " III Il l;;i ~
4, JULY 4TH.

- Z d Z r. 3 & he
Hicks predictions for July show
that there Will be nothing doing in
the way OF storms till after the Fourth
. "A regular storm period tsscentral on
July s. Anyone can Of course predict
warm weather for July SO we predict
that an excessively warm wave viii
pass over this country generally, and
other countries as well, during the
first ten days of this month. This con;
iltlon will increase in area and inten-
sity as 1t moves eastward, reaching q
crisis from the 4th to the 9TH. The
astronomIc conditions. on and touchs
ing Wednesday. the 4th, to Sunday,
the Sth, indicate disturbances Of mere
than ordinary violence. Terrific cleo
trical disturbances, with heavy, tor.
nadic storms over central to north.
natural. If severe and general thun.
der storms do not relieve tie cleo
trio ana magnetic strain, about The
4th to the 7th, the high temperature
will increase to phenomenal readings
ami be followed by seismic and Kindred
performances over our own and other
quarters of the planet. Normally.
heavy rain, hail and thunder storms
should occur from the 4th to the 7th
and be followed by almost unseason-
able change to cooler.
A reactionary storm period is cen
trail on the 10th. 18th and 18th. The
crisis OF this period will fall on and
touching Thursday, the 18th. The
Venus period extends up to about the
25th, SO that the extremes are liable
to characterize the storms and wealth
err changes at all SE.,ly storm periods
up to that time.
IA regular storm period covers the
18th TO the 10th. central on the 18th.
Notwithstanding anybody can pre-
dict It will be warm. in July We
predict that it will be warmer at
some times than others, and that this
.period-the 18th to 10th, will lead up
to one of July's warmest periods
More thunder storms and5local "cloud-
bursts" are probable about the nth
to 18th.
a reactionary storm period is cen
tral on the 22d and 2$d, in which
storms and seismic disturbances VIII
be reported from wide extremes OF
the globe. Change in rising barometer
oraS come cooler will follow the re-
dictionary disturbances for two OF
three days-say from 23d to 25th pro-
pressiyely from west to east.
A regular storm period runs from
the 26th to the Both, being central on
the 2Sth. Hence as early as tie 26th
the last storm period in July VIII
show decided indications of approach
ing summer storms.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
National Banks
GET NEW LAW AS REGARDS TIE
MATTER OF MAKING OF
LOANS.

The West virgtnian is indebted to
National Bank Examiner. Chas. w.
Robinson, for the following excernt
from law recently passed relative
to the National banks. s1's
(Public-No. 2G9.)
An Act to amend section fifty'two
hundred, Revised Statutes Of the
United States, relating to
national banks.
Be It enacted by the Senate aud
House of Representatives Of the Uni.
ted states of America in Congress as
sembled. That section f1fty.two hun
bred of the Revised Statutes OF the
United States be, and the same is
hereby; amended to read as follows:
"sec. 5000. The total liabilities to
any association. of any person, or of
any company, corporation, or firm for
money borrowed, including in the liza
btlities Of a company or firm the liza
bilities of the several members there
Of, shall at no time exceed one'tenth
part Of the amount of the capital
stock OF such associations, actually
paid in and uninpaired and one-tenth
part of its unlmpaired surplus fund:
Provided, however, that the total OF
such liabilities shall in no event ex'
ceed thirty per centum of the capital
stock Of the association. But the dis.
count Of bills Of exchange drawn in
good faith against actually existing
values. and the discount Of tcommarclal
or business paper actpallg owned by
the person negotiating tie same shall
mot he cons teti amor, on borrow
AnnrnNfsli aItfita ~ 1nnh.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
WON ANS LONG SUIT.

From the Chicago News.
she found that her gown didn't meet
in the back.
So she cried about 1t,
She punctured her thumb on the point
of a tack,
So she cried about It.
She found that a mouse had been:
gnawtng her pies,s
She found herself short in her Sum.
day supplies,
SO quick went her apron up over her :
SS And she cried about i.
one daughter. it seemed, couldn't
marry at all,
So she cried about. it.
one hitched to a fellow too gawky
and tall,
So she cried about It.
one welded a chap that her ma had.
picked out
A lad with a bank roll substantial
and stout
The wedding had pleased her. past
every doubt,
So she cried about it
No odds what befells her, Of sorrow or
JOYS
Why; she cried about it.
Did happiness please her or greatly Il
annoy,
Why, she cried about II.
She wept right along through the
varying years,
sobbed over her hopes and sobbed
over her fears,
Her safety valve always q torrent Of.
tears
Yes, she cried about it.