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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-20
CHINESE PRISONS.
Terrible Condition of Men
and Women Confined
in Them.

The first thing which impresses the
European visitor to the Chinese pris-
on is the absolutely flimsy character
of the structure itself. If one gets
permission to visit the prison in Can
ton-and shoals of globe trotters do
wend their way thither after they
have seen the execution ground-it
will be found to be a ramshackle
building of no pretense whatsoever.
Without exception the prisoners are
fettered. Many have chains on the
legs only. These are the less danger
Gus. and they have been guilty of the
less important crimes. Others, in ad-
dition, have letters on the arms,
which make it impossible for them
10 escape.
Lastly, a few prisoners were not
only manacled on the ankles, but
wore a chain around their necks, at
the dangling end of which was attach
ed a block of granite. The prisoner
would walk from place to place with
in the courtyard, but ere he could
move beyond the length of his chain
ne must stop and lift the stone, and,
carrying it in his shackled arms,
drop it again where he wished to
stop.
In addition to the chains worn by
day, all the male prisoners are furth-
er shackled at night. BY means OF
two heavy beams, in which holes
have been made for the ankles of the
prisoners, a rude but effective meth
cd is discovered for OBTAINING the
prisoners in absolute security.
The prisoners, who during the day
have been loafing in the courtyard,
are in the evening driven into the
wards and made to lie side by side
on a raised platform. The upper OF
two beams is then raised and each
man Is compelled to place his ankle
into the hole made to receive 1t,
whereupon the upper beam is replac-
ed and the prisoners are held by the
feet in these rude stocks. There is
no possibility of escape. They are
allowed bricks for pillows, and in
this uncomfortable position they pass
the hours.
In addition to this, however, special
cruelties are perpetrated on certain
prisoners who, for some reason or
other, are exempted from capital pun
ishment. Prisoners there are whose
appearance becomes as wild as the
beasts of the forest, who, with heavy
cangues on their shoulders, are in
carcerated in a filthy dungeon for the
term of their natural life. l have seen
them moving to and fro, like Gagged
hyenas in their dens at a menagerie.
Their appearance is revolving.
Night and day, as far as l .remem-
Der, both asleep and awake, this
heavy burden rested on their should
ers, though how it was possible to
sleep therein | was unable to under
stand On the other hand, in a pris-
on l visited few weeks ago ! was
informed that the cangue was re-
moved at nights, that the prisoners
might sleep. A crowd in the prison
=
quadrangle, with their unshaven
heads. their unwashed faces. their
clanking letters, their hopeless looks
their diseased bodies and the be-
bruted souls, can never be forgotten
But although under the recognized
system of punishment, Chinese pris-
rners must live a life which to us of
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-20
Where Indians Rule.

The great Republic of Mexico is not
Spanish, but an Indian country.
The best blood and brains and civili-
cation, the Government, the wealth,
the intelligence, are chiefly Indian
not Spanish. The proportion of Span
ish blood in the whole country is al
most Insignificant.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-20
GA SToEIA.
Bear. tn. n The Kind You Have Always Bought
''s, e &zHzZzM
Said "No" and Then EYES,"

Marion, Ohio, March ia moved
wedding was performed in Justice Con
ley's Court this afternoon when Ed
ward Scott, aged 2S, mute, of Ster-
ling, H., married Miss Cora Kramer,
aged IS, of this city. BY watching the
lips of the Justice. Scott answered
the necessary questions until the lat
ter part of the ceremony was reached,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-20

Does Coffee disagree with you?
Probably 1t does! Then try DR..
Shops Health Coffee. Health Cof-
fee," is a clever combination of parch-
ed cereals and nuts. Not a grain
of real Coffee, remember, in DR..
Shops Health Coffee, yet its flavor
and taste matches closely old Java and
Mocha Coffee. If your stomach, heart,
or kidneys can't stand Coffee drinking
try Health Coffee. 1t is wholesome,
nourishing, and satisfying. It's nice
even for the youngest child. Sold by
Gross Williams. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-20
Found at Last.

]. A. Harmon, Of Lizemore, West
Va, says: "At last have found the
perfect pill that never disappoints
me; and for the benefit Of others af-
flicted with torpid liver and chronic
constipation, will say, take DIR. Kings
New Life Pills" Guaranteed salts
factory. Csc at j. H. Williams Drug
gist. m
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-03-20

where he was asked If he would take
this woman for his lawful wife,"
He misunderstood and shook his head
NO" The Justice then wrote the
words, and, gesticulating an apollo
gy, Scott wrote YES"
Scott. who poses as a strong man
and calls himself Young Sandow,"
recently advertised for a wife.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
The UnderpaId Professor.

am as ready as anyone to pre-,
scribe temperately for the scholar In
the republic the recipe OF plain living
and high thinking; but without fur
ther approach to high living, 1t Is
timely for the scholar and the public
to indulge I'm some plain thinking,
says a writer in Scribners. The SIM
pie life Is a very worthy ideal, which
II required no genius to enunciate.
But / know Of nothing that simplifies,
life SO effectively as the possession Of
a little ready money. know OF moth.
ing that SO complicates matters as the
everlasting balancing OF accounts that,
will not balance and the insistent in
trusion OF petty dimes and cents. All
this distracts and devitalizes, and In
very truth interferes with the rational
ordering of ones life by accepted
standards. The unaninnty with which
Ii is conceded that the professor Is
Iwoefully underpaid Is almost alarm
ing. as the failure Of the magnanimous
admission to lead to any, practical
measures for relief is pathetic. If !,
am to maintain both my household
and my self-respect, I have indeed a,
hard row to hoe; and while gardening,
AS an avocation may be a very benefi-,
cial exercise, ! cannot be laborer in.
the fields and professor at the same,
time
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

Perhaps the largest and most valua-
BILE OF literary treasures the world has
lost was the Alexandrian library. This
collection. the most remarkable OF the
ancient world, Is said to have con-
tanned in It's most flourishing period
100000 or. according to others, 700, 900
manuscripts. It's royal founder col
lected from all nations their choicest
composition. We are told that one OF
his successors went so far as to re.
fuse to supply the Athenians with
wheat until they had given him the
orIginal manuscripts OF Aeschylus.
Sophocles and Euripides. When julius
Caesar laid siege to the city the
greater portion OF this library was
destroyed by fire. 1t was later re-
lplaced by the collection presented to
Queen Cleopatra by Marc Antony.
But 1t was not destined to endure
long. When the Emperor Theodosius
the Great in 391 A. ID. ordered the
destruction OF all heather temples
within the Roman empire, the Chris!
tians. led by the archbishop Theophil
,us, did not spare that of Jupiter, in
which were kept the literary treas.
ures. From this general destruction
about 1000 manuscripts escaped. only
to be burned in Gao by Saracens under
the Caliph Omar.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
Miscellaneous.

Thirty thousand acres Of land is
now available for entry under the
Carey Act in the Eden Valley in
Wyoming The land is irrigated by
government works.
Telegraph operators OF the Asso.
ciated Press at Kansas City have join
ed the employees of the Western Union
and Postal telegraph companies and
struck for increased pay and better
conditions.
Gov. Folk has instructed Attorney
General Hadley to bring custer suits
against Prosecuting Attorney John
son and Sheriff Herpel of St Louis
county for failure TO enforce the Sun,
day ant-saloon law in that county.
The government has filed in the
federal court in New York suit to
compel Il. II. Hartman to answer GER
tain questions regarding his connec-
tion with tie Chicago and Alton rail
road He refused the information to
the Interstate com"ierce commission.
creasing prices to American consum-
ers while lowering them to the export
trade.
Secret agents OF the government
are said to have found evidence tend
ing to show that rebates have recent
ly been paid by the st. Paul road
to the packing firm of Schwarzschild
& Sulzberger OF Chicago and Kansas
City.
According to the figures of the
county assessors. Kansas has gained
$4,000 In population during the past
year.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From al!
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space tor the Ben.
eft OF Our Readers.
Personal.

died at his home aged 62 years.
Prince VI who headed the Korean
commission to The Hague and who
is now in New York. has been notified
that his government has condemned
him 70 death and his associates to
life Imprisonment
Lieut. Graetz Of the Prussian army
will start from German east Africa in
an attempt to cross Africa in motor
car
Ii Is agrain reported that Richard
Mansfield the actor Is seriously ILL.,
Judge III. B. Short was arrested at
Center Tex. while sholding court, on
a charge of murder, court was adjurn-
ed until he gave bond
State Superintendent ]. L. McBrien
OF Nebraska has issued proclama-
tion designating August 10 as ''house
cleaning day" for the schools of the
state.
f.. II. Hartman in an interview at
Omaha predicts n coal famine this
winter.
Mrs. Handeshell who lives near
tracks heard the crash of falling
bridge near Ethel Mo-, and building
a fire on the track saved a fast Santa
Fe train from going to destruction.
Sergeant Wesley Merritt, of the
hospital corps, one of the first to be-
come infected with yellow fever in
Cuba, is dead.
William Allen White, OF Emporia,
Kan, is said to be writing a novel.
Edwin NJ. Morgan has been ap-
pointed postmaster Of New York to
succeed Will Cox, resigned
Francis +. Ieupp, commissioner OF
Indian territory affairs, has returned
to Washington after n protracted fb-
sence.
Prof. w. II. Isely, dean Of Fair
mount college in Wichita, Kan, is
dead at his homo in that city.
The republicans OF Maryland have
nominated George X. Gather, of Bal
timore, for governor.
Maj. Harry +. Hodges has entered
upon his duties as purchasing agent
of the Isthmian Canal commission,
with headquarters in Washington.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

/ could not do housework, and for two
years did not get out of the house.
The kidney secretions were irregular,
and doctors were not helping me.
Doan's Kidney Pills brought me quick
relief, and finally cured me. They
saved my life.'
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
FosterMilburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
One Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid of-that
is, if the proper remedy is not used.
Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees any one
from it promptly and thoroughly. 1t is
guaranteed to cure any kind Of Chills.
One bottle or less will do it.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

from kidney trou.
bles. My back panied
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
s h arp, S h DOT n &
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me,
and l had dizzy
spells. For ten years
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
A Misouynist.

"Me father" said Mrs. Murphy, "al.
ways gifts up whin q lady enthers the
room"
THE ould man is too suspicious"
Mr.. Murphy grunted. 81 never seen
the woman ylt that 'ud be name
enough to hit ye when we was sittin'
down. Daily News.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

Quit trying to exploit your old fam.
flies. A Mexican grandmother has cele.
brated her hundred and thirty-first
birthday. She has a daughter crowd.
ing the century mark and her grand.
daughter has the scriptural allotment
beaten by score. And Texas is right
next to Mexico.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

The Pittsburg high school teacher
whose resignation is demanded be-
cause he kissed girl pupils insists that
his kisses We're harmless; but there is
no evidence that he used the antisep.
tic gargle.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

In spite OF much good-humored fun
poked at them, the new crop of college
graduates will proceed to make
good" as q rule, as usual
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

Again Kerculaneum is not to be ex.
lcsvated. II this thing keeps up Her.
lculaneum will begin to feel like the
Panama cnual,
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
Novel Excuse of No Avail.

A Lander (Colo) man called to serve
on a jury tried to get off by claiming
he was too big for such work.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting. sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address \. 5. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
Unable to Do Even Housework Be.
cause of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clin.
ton ST., Napoleon, o., says: 'For
fifteen years 1 was a great sufferer
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

President Roosevelt has appointed
Earnest A. Mottsmith to be secre.
tary of Hawaii.
A tramp who was put off Pennsyl.
vania railroad train OF Ridgeway, Pa,
exploded nitroglycerine under the
cars and five men were injured
The explosion of car of dynamite
at Essex. Ont, killed seven persons
and broke every window in the town.
Negro soldiers of the 2Jth infantry
the organization that created the
trouble at Brownsville, Tex, started
riot at San Francisco and Is OF
them were arrested
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
OF corporations has submitted a re.
port to the president on the petroleum
industry in which the Standard Oil
company is severely criticised for in.
When a powder house containing
] 900 pounds of dynamite burned at
Boulder. Col, the explosion threw
hundreds of spectators to the ground
fatally injuring two men and causing
4 property loss of $250,O00
Failure to complete the repairs OH
his ship has compelled Commander
Peary to postpone his proposed trip
i'm search OF the north pole until next
year.
A federal grand jury in the western
district of New York has again in.
dicted the Standard Oil company on
the charge of accepting rebates from
railroads.
The attorneys general of the Missis.
sippi valley states met in st. Louis
to formulate plans for a national con.
ference of attorneys general.
New York detectives have arrested
the ringleaders of the Armenian
Hunchakist secret society and OBJ
tanned confession from them regard
ing the murder of priest and a
wealthy rug merchant. 1t is believed
the murderous organization has
been broken up.
While playing hide-and-seek with
her father, the three-year-old daugh-
ter of G. A. Rock, residing near Cuba,
H., lost both her feet by coming into
contact with the sickle blades of a
mower.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Hudson,
an aged couple living near Mobiles
vile, Ind, were recently murdered
and robbed of $4,000, the price of a
farm which they had just sold.
The Federated Trades Council of
Milwaukee, Wis, has passed resolu-
tion opposing the fine imposed re-
Gently on the Standard Oil company
by Judge Lands. They declare gov
ernment ownership the only remedy.
A convention Of the attorney gen.
erals of all the states in the United
States has been called to meet in st.
Louis September so and October l,
to provide for concerted action in
prosecutions against corporations for
violation OF state laws.
The Spanish government has or.
dered the removal of the excess tax
on importations of American -four.
The Farmers State bank of New
Folden, Mimi, was recently entered
by burglars and robbed of $4,000.
President Small of the Commercial!
Telegraphers union has ordered a
general strike of all members Of the
organization
During a heavy storm at st Joseph,
Mo, many business houses were flood
ed and the Moran packing plant
which was struck by lightning, was
entirely destroyed
A negro burglar recently shot and
severely wounded Stella Austin and
G G Hoyt, OF Wichita, Kan. After
rifling the houses the burglar es,
capped.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-08-23

True wisdom is to know what Is
best worth knowing, and to do what
is best worth doing-Humphrey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
There are more than a hundred such

There are more than a hundred such
| letters. which will be read into the
court records. They run over the
| whole gamut of the language of love.
and it took much persuasion by the
old banker to induce her to marry
him.
Early in 1874 the Clinton banker in
! his letters refers to Miss Robinson's
parents and the members of her fam
lily and seems seriously concerned
about their comfort, suggesting that
they will sell the Ohio farm and re-
move to some town where he says they
could easily live upon their income.
Date of Contract a Factor.
The point in the case upon which
the division of the $1,650,O00 estate
hinges is the date on the alleged ante
nuptial contract 1t is dated May 20.
%. The attorneys for Commissioners
Warner say that the date May 20 is
clerical error and that the contract is
ante-nuptial. If post-nuptial it
amounts to nothing. as married people
can not enter into such an agreement.
The story that Mrs. Warner has been
offered 100000 to stop her effort to
break the will is denied by her at
torneys. They say she was offered
$4,000 by Vespasian Warner and that
is as high as the commissioner could
go.
The deposition of Gideon Stuart of
Pasadena, Cal, who was attorney for
Stephen Robinson, the widows father,
in the action against the election off,
Gals of Huron county, o., went into
the record this morning. Mr.. Stuart
says Robinson gothic verdict over the
election officials, securing several hun
dred of dollars damages, because they
refused to let him vote on racial
grounds. Mr.. Stuart said that his client
did not look like a negro, except for
the appearance of his hair. There was
nothing else Indicating African blood.
All the other dispositions read were of
the same character.
Widow Not Crushed by Charge.
Mrs. Warner in the courtroom present.
ed a cool and dignified attitude. Curious
eyes followed all her movements in the
city today. She is a large, heavily built
woman, with hair almost white. She
has clear blue eyes, straight nose, and
thin lips. There is a trace of her faith
er's curly hair, but nothing else. She
smiled bravely as she spoke a few sec
onds in the corridor of the old court
room.
IT am not crushed by this charge"
she said. TT was threatened If I did
not withdraw my suit 1t is brought by
Mr.. Warner to humiliate me. He knows
that it is not true, but he never liked
me. He thought his father never had
right to marry and provide other heirs
to the fortune"
The case will probably end on Satur-
day, but a decision is not expected from
Judge Cochran for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

ana II was particularly made historic
by the trial of Stephen Robinson.
1t was in the troublous time when
the Republican party was being born.
Fremont was blazing the trail, and
back of the pathfinder were rally
ing those hardy sons of the western
reserve. There were a considerable
number of Buchanan partisans in this
neck of the woods. and the nightly de-
bates at the tavern were both pic
turesque and caloric. The Fremont
rooters, however, appeared to be MAX
ing great Roadway, with a correspond
ing detection in the ranks of the pro-
slavery forces.
Democrats Attack ''Taint.'
When the political pot was about to
boil over drastic action was taken by
the Buchanan boomers, which was CAL
culated to at least take one vote from
Fremont. According to the tradition
they learned that Stephen Robinson was
wavering, and about ready to backslide.
They said among themselves, so it is
handed down from father to son, that
Rcbinson's antislavery views were
doubtless due to the faint" At any
rate, they involved the old law in Ohio
that no man with negro blood in his
veins should be permitted to exercise the
electives franchise.
Stephen Robinson, not brilliant sue
cess as a farmer, nor, as the records ap-
pear to show, at anything else, withal
was known as a sincere, well-meaning,
and courage man. When they at
tempted to stop him from voting he
went to law. 1t was memorable trial.
Is Declared White Man
The litigation was heard at Norwallx,
the county seat of Huron county Feel
ing ran high. The countryside for miles
around flocked into the county seat to
hear what stephen Robinson had to say
in defense of his white blood. The case,
as presented by the prosecution, accord
ing to the dispositions now said to be in
possession of Mrs. Warmers counsel, was
largely based on circumstantial evidence.
1t is claimed that no decisive proof of
the charge was submitted, and Stephen
Robinson was finally declared a eau
casian and entitled to vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
Published in The Topeka State Journal
July 26. 1901
NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS
Topeka, Kansas. July 70. 1907.

TO H. H TAINMEN-
You are hereby notified to cut and de-
stToy all noxious weeds growing upon the
following described real estate and in the
streets and alleys in front of or abutting
thereon, to-wit-:
Lot No $50 and N 4 of Lot No. sol
Clay street,
in the city Of Topeka, Shawnee Co. Kan,
within five days, as provided by Ordi-
nance No. 2523 OF the city of Topeka.
Kansas. as said weeds are Injurious to
public health; and n said weeds are not
cut and destroyed within five days from
this date. they will be cut by the street
commissioner of the city Of Topeka, and
the total cost thereof taxed and assessed
against said real estate.
BY. order Of the Board Of Health of the
city of Topeka.
IseaLj c. B. BURGE. city Clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS
Topeka, Kansas. July %. 1907.

TO L. McCABE-
stroy all noxious weeds growing upon tne
following described real estate ana IN a.i inc
streets and alleys in front OF or aouttlhs
Lots Noe $50 and 81 Clay street;
in the city OF Topeka, Shawnee Co, 6 6asss
nance No. 252S, of the city OF Topeka.
Kansas as said weeds are injurious 20
public health; and IL said weeds are not
cut and destroyed within five days rom
this date, they will be cut by the street
commissioner of the city OF Topeka, az
the total cost thereof taxed and aSsesseo
against said real estate.
BY order of the Board of Health OF the
city of Topeka
[SeaIl c. Il. BURGE, City Clerk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
Tried to Kidnan a child.

Chanute. Kan, July ga bold at
tempt was made to kidnap the r.
year-old daughter of Mrs. Margar ret
Osborn by man opening her bedroom
window and trying to carry her away.
The girls screams aroused her sister
and mother and the would-be kfdnaper
ad