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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08

In 1880. when In the third precinct. he
aolvcd a mystery In which was involved
tho assault in which Policeman Young was
seriously injured. Going on duty at
o'clock the next morning. he started out to
locate the man. and within thirty minutes
be arrested Wilson Jackson, Frank Doug
las and Frank Foreman. Each received a
sentence of eight years In the penitentiary
Henry Ernest was arrested by Lieut. Shil-
ling for housebfeaking, and his case Is
noted for being disposed Of the quickest of
sny in the District. He was taken to court
the next morning. sent to the grand Jury
indicted. pleaded guilty. sentenced TO four
years IN the penitentiary and started for
crime was committed. In 1876, while IN the
for the larceny OF SIT 600 from the United
States treasury. Ottman asked permission
to be allowed to sign certain papers while
in custody but was refused by the neuten-
ant. and for that good judgment he was
highly complimented later by the judge In
the case and by the district attorney.
He also arrested Kincaid for killing Rep
resentative Taulbee. Kincaid was out on
bond while the victim fingered In the hos
pttai. but at Taulbees death Lieut. Shilling
went to his house and arrested him. At
the time that man named James Biddle
shot the proprietor of the Metropolftan
fheater Lieut.. Shilling rushed into the
room in the face of the revolver and al
though st the risk of his life, he placed him
under arrest He has been attacked nv
many desperate fighters. but he has always
oeen ON the winning side In the end
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c. L. Bode. the fourth member of the
night inspector squad. was born on Mo-
vember q 1872. in Maryland. and after
being reared on farm he came to this
city and began work as collector. lie
was appointed to the police force on April
Z, 1901. and was first assigned TO the ninth
precinct for duty. He was transferred TO
the second precinct. where he was serving
when mounted on a wheel. When the Dl-
cycle squad was created and sent to head
quarters for special duty ssergt Bode was
chosen to be q member of It. and he was
made an acting sergeant on July 7. 1sAz.
but has not yet been further promoted. He
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n LII Indian tribes with which I am
"a acquainted scalp their enemies
"A killed In battle. or the origin of
Il "a scalp-taking but little is known,
and that s-aglie and. tunefinite.
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engaged. and the caravan started July 1,
1864.
It took tho old Sante Fe trail striking
the Arkansas river at the Great Bend of
that stream, near It's confluence with the
Walnut. The region was very rough ano
called the dark and bloody ground" for
some of the worst Indian massacres In the
history of the plains were peTpetratcd there
Some insignificant skirnshes with the In
dians had taken place. but nothing to cause
any serious alarm, and now, as the caravan
was approaching the vicinity of Fort
Larned, its proximity was believed to be
sufficient protection from further possible
danger.
On the afternoon OF July 1S-it had been
an excessively hot day-the caravan went
into camp at an early hour. The escorting
troops stacked arms about half a mile dis
tapt, but In full view of the train The
men should have kept good lookout for
surprises. probably did In q way, but there
was feeling of security In the knowledge
that q regular attack by savages is rarely
made until the early hours of the morning,
when sleep is heaviest. About o'clock,
however, band of Brule Sioux, under the
lead of Little Turtle. descended from the
sand hills in all the fury of tornado ut
tering their wild war whoops, and of all
the small army of mon employed by the
caravan. young Robert MCGEE alone came
out alive to tell the story OF the massacre.
Every individual was shot dead and scalped
as he lay sat at the mess table. The
mules, of course, went to swell the herd
of the savages, but the wagons were de-
stroyed by fire, their canvas covers cut up
into breech ciouts, and the flour with which
the caravan was loaded emptied from Its
sacks on the prairie.
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Young MCGEE was attacked by Little 1'ur
Ito himself, and knocked to the ground by
one blow of his tomahawk. AS he lay
there partially stunned and bleeding, Little
Turtle fred two arrows into his body, PIN
ming him to the earth. Then, in trans
port of flendishness he took Roberts own
pistol and shot him, the bullet lodging in
his backbone. Not quite satisfied that he
had made good job of It, he stopped over
the PROSTATE boys body, and, running his
knife around his head. lifted sixty-four
square inches of his scalp, trimming 1t OF
just back Of the ears.
Believing his victim to be dead by this
time. the chief abandoned him. but others
of the band In passing hacked him with
their knives and poked holes into him with
their long lances. All the others in the
train were long since dead killed outright
and their bodies mutilated.
After the savages had completed their
work they rode whooping and yelling away
and the troops that had witnessed the
came upon the scene to investigate and
learn whether the Sioux had been properly
met or not by the ill-fated men of the cara
van The officer in command was very
properly court-martialed and dismissed in
disgrace from the service. He never gave
any satisfactory reason for his outrageous
and cowardly conduct.
The only part the troops took IN the af-
fair was to bury the dead. When they at
tempted to put young MCGEE under the
ground they found very lively corpse, de-
spite the fact that he was sollped and had
received fourteen distinct wounds, any one
of which would have terminated the life of
the ordinary man. There were four minor
wounds besides.
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On November @, 1874, his name was
added to the rolls Of the police depart
ment and he was assigned to duty in the
first precinct, being put on the beat south
OF Pennsylvania avenue, then considered
one of the worst in the city. He was
there for about eight years. In 1880 he
H-ns sent to the third precinct and re-
manned there for about two years, when
he was transferred to the sixth precinct,
But his activity and knowledge of con-
dltions made him desirable in the first
precinct again. and he was sent back
there. While still there, on November 10,
1853, he was promoted to the rank of
sergeant and remained there until 1900,
when Mai. Sylvester picked him out for
Il promotion as sergeant IN charge of the
White House squad He was made lieu
tenant on February /, 1904, and was first
put in charge of the eighth precinct But
after q year there he was sent to head
quarters to perform the duties Of night
Inspector. He is a man to whom promo
lions came without solicitation on his
part.
In the number and Importance of the ar
rests he has made few of the members of
the department excel him. When he was
first sent to the first precinct he, with Police
man Block. made the first cases against lot
teries and policy-shop keepers. Those cases
were the test cases which finally decided
the exterminatio of that evil in this
city. He was so successful In the lottery
cases that he was temporarily sent to the
Rum row beat. around 14th and e streets
northwest, and there he ratded many gam
bling joints. and finally put them out of
business. After completing those raids he
was sent to destroy the gambling devices,
and within half an hour $4,000 worth of
gambling devices were destroyed before
legal processes could be gotten out to pre-
vent ghe destruction. On July 4. 1876. he ar
rested Nimrod Norris for the murder of
Richard Lewis. After turning Norris over
to another officer he turned 10 another fight
near by In which William Mccoy was
the leader. Mccoy fought desperately and
finally ran into a stable at 1872 street and
Ohio avenue northwest and seized a pitch
fork with which he attacked the officer
He wis finally oyerpowered and arrested
A report was made to him one morning
that four men had done some wholesale
shoplifting at 9th street store, and within
an hour after he went to work on the case
he had arrested the four men and recov-
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Tho other instance which has come url-
der my own observation is that of Robert
McGee. In 1864 Niece. q slender stripping
of lad, came to Leavcnworth. Kan. seek
ing employment That town was the base
of government supplies for all the frontier
military posts even as far away a. Arizona.
A freight caravan was at that Tina loading
for Fort Union N. NJ. Tho wagons and
whole outfit were owned by contractoT
named H. c. Barret. but he would not take
the chances OF the long and perilous trip
or more than 100 miles through the Indian,
infested plains unless the government
leased tho train outright or gavs him an
indemnifylng bond and assurance against
loss. The bond was given. and Barrett pro-
ceeded to hire teanisters. hard task on
account OF the danger attending the jsur-
nsy. Young MCGEE was among the number
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Five men are now assigned TO the night
Inspector STAFF. one lieutenant and four SER
geauts. For this purpose the District is d.
vided into two police districts, the first dis
trict being the territory west OF 7th street
and the second district being east of It'll
street. each district thus covering five po-
lice precincts and one substation The lieu
tenant and the senior sergeant work to-
gether, each one covering q police district
They work In citizens clothes. The three
other sergeants work In uniform and are
mounted on wheels They cover the entire
District not being confined TO any district
or precinct; and some OF them are on duty
from 10 O'Clock In the morning until am.
These three sergeants report to Capt. Cess
ford. who IS In specific charge of the work
of the men. Their duties airs to see that the
patrolmen carry out the rules Of the depart
ment while on street duty. Whenever a
man is caught violating any of the rules he
is reported al headquarters and an investi-
cation follows, Frequently the policeman is
compelled to stand trial before the police
trial board.
The excellent discipline which is notable
among the members OF the local police de-
partment and its efficiency is largely due 10
the system OF inspectors which is I'm vogue
now. developed BY Major Sylvester.
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er and pays strictly to business when his
employer is watching. and the stenographer
pounds little harder when the boss comes
around, so also with the policeman when
the night inspector is abroad. Just as every
gang OF workmen must have their boss who
is watching them as they work, so also the
pOncemen must have some one who Is to
watch them. Thus is the work of the hon
est and faithful officer discovered and noted
and the work of the lazy, incompetent or
Negligent officer quickly found out. The
work or the night inspector, as the men who
visit various parts of the city at odd and
unusual times, to observe the conduct of no
Ice officers on duty, are called,is highly i'm
poftant. The patrolman will confess that
lie Is more afraid of the night INSPECTOR
than any other official of the police depart
ment, because that person comes when he is
least expected.
The night inspectors work IS very partic-
GlaT work. At times when complaints are
made against patTolman he Is sent to OBJ
serve the mans conduct; but he must do it
UuObserved- Often he may not find him
Tor some time, and then must wait for
hours. observing his movements On cold
winter nights. when the wind is blowing
gale he is often compelled to stand in the
shadow Of telegraph pole for hours, wait
Ing for the officer. The night inspector en-
counters many difficulties in his work His
work is not the most pleasant because all
the force Is combined, seemingly against
him. Whenever his presence becomes known
10 an officer in a certain locality it soon be-
comes general knowledge. Street car men
nilkmen and even citizens out at unusual
hours. 1t is said, give polio men tips of the
whereabouts of the inspector. One inspector
IN citizen 5 clothes overheard q citizen re-
Gently telling an officer that he saw an in
spectOr few blocks up the street: and IL
was found that one Of the other inspectors
was near by. II IS the policy OF the in
spectors now to steer clear OF street car
lines and other weli-traveled thoroughfares
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At the direct head OF the important work
performed by the night inspectors IS Lieut..
Anthony Shilling. one OF the best-1nown
members OF the department and also one
CO the most active during long term OF
service Lieut.. Shilling was born IN Ger
many IN 1913. but after a residence OF only
five years there, he came TO this country
~Ith his parents and settled in this city.
He attended the public schools of the city
uctl he was fourteen years old. He work
FL In brick yard until the outbreak OF the
civil war, when he enlisted In Company +,
9Th Battalion, District Volunteers, they
being among the first troops TO enlist for
service in the war. engaged in protecting
the capital city. After q service of three
months he obtained work IN the quarter
masters department and stayed there until
1862, when he was sent TO Koucher's diyt-
sion OF the Army Of the Potomac with
which corps he remained until the close OF
the war During the retreat OF Mcclellan
10 Malvern Hun Shilling was highly COM
plimented for saving load OF ammunition.
IN passing through White Oak swamp the
load became stalled In the mud. He was
advised TO abandon IL. but with his usual
persistence, and under fire. he pulled the
wagon through 10 Malvern Hill. where the
ammunition was valuable. For that act
he was promoted to the position of wagon
master which he held to the end OF the
war. In ISG2. at the time that Burnside was
stuck IN the mud. on a march to Fredericks
burg, he was wounded by q shell.
at the close OF the war he was ordered
back TO Washington Here II was found
that he had kept his equipment In such
good shape that II could be used further,
and he was ordered with Il to Fort LeaYen-
worth, Kan. and from there, with two
teams and seven men, to Fort wadsworth
Col, to Join Capt. Thomas p. Wilson. On
September go 1868, while crossing the
plains the hand was attacked by the enemy
at O'Fa-reirs Bluff and one of the party
was killed ard three injured. Shilling was
shot shrcusis the left lang. The party re-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-03-29
Minor Topics

Seventy were united with the
NJ. E. church week ago Sunday.
Chas. Jennejohn is erecting a
new $500 cottage.
1t will pay you to invest your
money III town lots in Palermo.
The Minot Drug Go. has in
stalled beautiful new electric
sign.
Jase Hunt. the blacksmith, does sclen
e,rc horse shooting. All faults corrected
ard work guaranteed. Try him. OPP
posite Scofield's livery barn. Minot. tt
Mrs. VIM. Parriott is recover
ing from an operation at the
hospital.
Samples are always free at Fer
ber's but do not forget to buy
after you have sampled our fine
candies.
G. II. Nash of New Richmond,
Wis. will locate at kenmare with
q cigar factory.
Call at Stoltz' lumber yard and
get prices on all kinds of building
material. &C. H. Rudd, Agent.
An American is fond of refer
ring to plain people but he never
claims to belong to them unless
he is running for Office.
Three little rules we all should keep,
20 make life happy and bright,
SnlILe in the morning, smile at noon.
Take Rocky Mountain Tea at night.
W. B. HAwLEY
Tom Cavanaugh, the old man
il charge Of the G. N. cinder pit
was struck by a Greek over the
head with pick in a petty
qAarrel and nearly laid out.
9or pure and wholesome candy
90 TO Ferber. lie makes them to
suit the people and their taste.
The Minot Eagle band will in
the near future present the ia
nous Irish comedy, Shaun
Aroon. Prof. Hepburn, the
dancing master, will direct the
play.
indigestion is much Of habit. Don't
ges the habit. Take little kodol Dys-
Dsps,a Cure after eating and you will
,uit belching, putting, palpiteting and
frowning. Kodol digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet. Sold by
YlcCoY Il Co.
Martin Olson and Senator
Clader of Atwater, Mimi, and
Marcus Olson from Willmar,
Mimi, are in Minot looking over
the field with a view Of putting
in o large furniture store,
John Ehr Of this city will soon
have new lot of western horses
all good big stock and well broken
for sale. See him before you
buy. They will be here and you
can buy before seeding tt.
The Ladies OF the Abraham
Lincoln Relief Corps entertained
in honor OF Uncle Rube's Com
pany and the Opera House Band
who had so ably assisted them
kP giving their play.
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A Greek confectionery store is
said to be slated for Minot soon.
See the Blaisdell- Bird Co. for alb
stracts, loans, and city lots. Blaisdell
d Bird. Attorneys. They have Offices
in the same building. tt
The Branch has been decorated
in an elegant manner.
For the best tanning mill see
the Western Implement Co. tt
F. J. Tromblee sold his farm
south of town to Nels Nelson for
$1,000, and has moved to Minot.
Steel ceiling is being placed in
the Grand Hotel, while a new
floor will be placed in the build
ing.
Ferber makes his own candies
therefore he knows what he is
talking about. He can safely say
his candies are as good as they
look.
Mayor Roach returned from
Hot Springs, Ark, where he
spent several weeks. He says
he feels like a boy again. When
he left the peach trees were in
blossom.
Farm For Sale 200 acre farm
for sale, 10 acres under cult
walton, eight miles north of Mi
not. Heavy black soil, with clay
sub-soil. Will sell on crop pay
ment or for cash. C. D. Woolver-
ton, Minot. N. D. If.
A. Gordon from Petoskey,
Mich. has arrived and is associ-
ated with his brother in the
Eastern Cleaning and Dyeing
works. He will open a shoe re-
pairing shop in the same build
ing.
The best safeguard against headache,
constipation and liver troubles is De-
Wits Little Early Risers. Keep vial
of these famous little pills in the house
and take dose at bed time when you
feel that the stomach aud bowels need
cleansing. They don't grippe. Sold by
Mccoy & Co.
The Leland hotel is being pro-
vided with a complete telephone
system, an instrument for every
room. This system will be con-
nected with the long distance
line. The work Of installing the
instruments is being done by
Electrician Ralph Heustis.
Write DIR. Shoop, Racine, Wis, for his
free book on Rheumatism. 1t tells
about rheumatism. about the causes
the way to live to avoid and free the sys
tenn of rheumatic po;sons in des
perate cases with DR.. Shops Rheu
matte Tablets. Sold by A. p. SLocuM.
Chas. Zeterstrab from Grand
Forks and T. T. Jacobson are
erecting a new building on Refs
hus street and about April /, will
put in roofing and cornice
works. The name of the concern
is The Minot Roofing & Cornice
Works.
One would think the Laxative idea in
cough syrup should have been sd-
vanced long before it was. Itseems the
only rational remedy for Coughs and
Colds would be to move the bowels and
clean the mucous membranes Of the
throat and lungs at the same time. Ken
nedyss Laxative Honey and Tar does
this. It is the Original Laxative Cough
Syrup, the best known remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. Tastes good and harnlass. Sold
by McCoY 4 Co.
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OF this city and surrounding country will
have Of the best entertainments Of tho
opera house Friday evening March 30 at O'Clock
the will be lecture the
laup,aue bn l'ru Ofedal "DET NYE NORGE The
speaker needs introduction being recognized as one OF
tie among the Scandnavans in this country
lie visited Norway the time when the nato
struggling, independence lie eloquent speaker and
should be OF great interest to
understands the language Besides being good
he has excellent baritone and will sing one or
Of local will also participate
the musical the The entertainment which is
given under the Zion Lutheran church promises
TO be every respect The general admission so
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-27

Picayune correspondents in Louisiana and
Mississippi on weather and cotton crop
conditions in those states for the week
ending Saturday, August %, indicate a
wide variance. However, the greater por-
ton of the territory is enjoying weather
favorable to a fair crop. some deteriora-
ton is shown in the hill sections, while
In the low lands everything is conducive
to normal growth and proper develop
ment. The terrific heat wave that swept
the south during the latter part of the
week had no material erect on the plant
or Its fruit
However, little field work could be ac-
complished in some sections for two or
three days because of the burning sum-
the pickers being driven to cover The
cause of deterioration is due in some To-
calities to insufficient moisture, while in
others too much rain is responsible for
the falling off In the crop.
The week has been remarkable for sud-
den reversals. What was considered an
excellent stand a few days ago in some
portions of the territory now admitted
to be greatly under the average, while de-
pressing conditions in other localities have
given way to a brighter outlook for the
planter. Farmers are not disposed to mar
ket their cotton hastily, though a mod
crate number of bales has been ginned
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COTTON CROP IS
POORLY FRU|TED
Also Reported to be From 2 to
8 Weeks Late
LABOR MUST BE SCARCE
Conditions Are Very Unfavorable in
Middle Section-Much Shedding
Is eported-Growth of
Weed is Excessive.

Atlanta, August 26.-The Constitutions
crop report will say tomorrow:
The generally propitious weather which
has prevailed in Georgia for the past
fortnight throughout the state, greatly
improved the growing cotton crop. How
ever the crop is from two to three weeks
late. and poorly fruited. In the south
ern portion of the state cotton is begin
ming to open briskly.
Farmers are apprehensive that the or
binary difficulties they encounter in OBJ
tanning sufficient labor in picking time,
will be multiplied, contractors in the
cities reporting that it is difficult to OBJ
tain sufficient labor to carry on their
operations.
Dispatches from Columbia, S. c., say
the cotton crop in South Carolina has
made fairly good progress in growth this
week. While in parts the weather has
been favorable the plant is not fruiting
very well. In some sections of the state
there has been little TOO mucn rain.
Sunshine for the week has been much be-
low normal, The temperature averaged
slightly above normal, and was remark
ably equitable. The highest temperature
was 81 degrees at Stackvlle and the min
imum 65 degrees at Greenville. The pre-
cipitation was copious over the state
Raleigh, N. C. reports rains throughout
the North Carolina cotton belt and in the
east vast area of the low land Is un-
der water. Tar river is higher than in
several years. Only occasionally is a fair
crop of cotton to be seen. Most of 1t is
drowned by rain or choked by weeds. In
the higher sections and on sandy land
there Is much shedding.