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The Marshall republican., 1907-04-19
County News
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Miss Mamie Rehkop fell
from the top of IA hen house
Monday, broke her nose and
cut n cash in her lip that re-
CURED five stitches 10 close
1.-THE new town trustees
met Thursday and organized
by electing the following of.
iiccrs:Gco. BrunkEorst, chair.
man; F. Beckmann clerk; l..
Sundcrbrink, treasurer; Aug.
Papc, collector. They post.
poncd action on street COM
missioner and marshal until
the next regular meeting when
these two will be made one Of
fee with salary sufficient for
n man 70 attend To IL right
and without extra cost to the
taxpayers. And fines not paid
will be worked out on the
streets. Blackburn Record.
A Runaway.
Wednesday evening n few
minutes after six o'clock Mrs.
s. Martin and Miss Carrie
Mctcalf drove the latter's
horse down town stopping in
OF Pellets grocery store
II few moments. When they
turned around TO go home the
horse started TO run and after
going a short distance began
To kick and near the water
tank ran the buggy onto an
embankment thro wing both
ladies out. The ladies are
considerably bruised up, and
Mt first Nj ~ Metcalf who was
picked up unconscious and
oozing from her mouth.
was thought to be seriously
but she soon regained
The Marshall republican., 1907-04-19

cess. The company is max
ing many new improvements
in the yard here building an
addition to the north side OF
the already large lum Der
: building, aud fitting up the
south side Of the shed in
, which the hardware stock OF
10. S. Russell will soon be
placed. This when complet-
ed will be the most rp-to-date
Lumber, Hardware and I'M
plement concern in Saline
county, barring none. Malta
Bend Qui Vive.
Capt. Richardson was taken
violently i'll again this morn
ing shortly after reaching the
store. He had to be carried
home by Mar hal Cross and
Joe Norvell. On last FRI
day night the school board
met and employed the fol.
lowing teachers for the en-
suing year: j. NJ. Coleman,
principal, Miss Nell Dalton,
Miss Ida Gillian and Miss
Louise Davidson. There is
one more to yet elect. All OF
the above taught here the past
year, and their re-employ-
ment shows that they did
their full duty. Gillian
Globe.
j. W. Clayton has sold his
poultry house to the Warsaw
Produce Co. MIR. Clayton
has not decided just what he
will do but may stay here and
engage in some other kind OF
business Warsaw Times.
II. b. Hennasy and wife
loaded their household goods
Saturday and left Monday for
Marshall where they will
make their future home
VIM. G. Stewart, who resided
in Sweet Springs, then
Brownsville, from 1858 to
1882, died on April /, 1907, at
the age of "a years. He was
born in POOL, Crawford coun-
ty, Ind, May l2, 1884; lived
in Iowa from 1913 to 1858, in
Missouri from 1853 to 1882, in
Colorado from 1882 to 1905,
when he moved to Caldwell,
Idaho, where he died. All
the old residents will re-
member im.--Sweet Springs
Herald.
The increase in the wages
paid railroad men, it is said
will make an increase of 49,.
900 per month, in the pay roll
Mt this place. Herman, the
little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sphluns, died at the home of
it's parents, z miles west of
Slater, last Monday, and was
buried in the City cemetery
at this place last Wednesday.
The service at the grave was
conducted by Rev. W. p.
Clark Il. II. B. Ish
received q letter q few days
ago from a former Saline
county boy, James Hays, who
left this part of the county "a
years ago and located in
Washington, where he now
owns 900 acres of the best
land in that state and has
been honored by the people of
his county by being elected
county judge for two terms.
An electric railway runs
through his farm and he has
The Marshall republican., 1907-04-19
PARTITION SALE
OF
Beautiful Residence Lots.
For the purpose of a division of the proceeds of
sale, | will on
Saturday, April 20, 1907,

sell at public auction, at the south front door of the Court
House, in the city of Marshall, Saline county Missouri,
five choice residence lots, located on East Eastwood street
in Marshall, Mo-.
These lots are no feet in width by 1920 feet in length,
aud on one of the best m~acadamized streets i'm the city.
Eastwood street il a leading residence street. The lots
have a magnificent south front, and contain about three
and one.third acres each.
Have splendid forest trees with plenty of shade.
Water main and electric light line pass in front. Gas al.
40 convenient.
Terms of Sale: One.half cash, balance in one and
two years, evidenced by notes. bearing six per cent inter
est, secured by deed of trust on the property sold.
Abstract of title can be found at the Office Of ID. d.
Duggins, Marshall, Mo. Sale to commence Mt 1870 p. IN.
JESSE p.
D. oodd itNEssv Trustee.
The Marshall republican., 1907-04-19
Elsea n Woodsmall
REAL ESTATE, lOANSAND INSURANCE

rEy-W We loan money on teal estate in sums Of
$1,000 and up at 8 per ent for ten years with
privilege of paying M sum at any interest
pay day.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
ShO IT,.
Jim Weeks, of Clark County, Killed Today at Noon by Jay
 Dickerson, of Same Place
DECEASED WAS SHOT 6 TIMES.
The Trouble Leading up to the Killing Presents Delicate Aspect. Weeks on Trial Today for Attempted
 Rape on Assailant's Sister.

Today about 11:50 a. m. Jay Dickerson, of Bertsell, Clark county, shot and killed Jim Weeks, of the same place. The shooting occurred in front of the Miller Hotel. At the first shot Weeks fell, and was hit five times afterward, by his assailant who emptied 3S Colts special at the dead man as he lay in the street. Dickerson was in com pany with his father, Wm. Dick erson, at the time of the affair, and as soon as he finished shoot ing, they both started up West Main street, pursued by the off cers, who kept up fussilade of shots at the fleeing parties.
 The elder gentleman was over taken few blocks north; the son got beyond reach of the officers, but finally returned and gave up, and both were landed in jail at l2:30 o'clock.
 The dead man was immediate ly taken to the undertakerS shop, where Undertaken Pittman had instructions to prepare the body and remove the same to the home of Mir. Weeks Son-in law, w. K. Yancy. During the progress of preparing the body for burial, an examination made by Dr. Buch- anan, who stated that six shots took effect, five of which struck the deceased in the back three coming out through his breast and stomach, and the oth. CT two lodging somewhere in his body. Besides, there were three wounds on his head, one on the cheek and two on the skull, which were inflicted by some heavy instrument.
 The deceased leaves a wife, four daughters and one son.
 The trouble leading up to the killing is quite a sensational one.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
Robbery and Arson.

Bentonville, Aug. 9.-Robbers blew open the safe in Mitchell X Sammeon's general store at Cen tertOn, five miles west of Benton vile, at } a. m. today. To escape being arrested the robbers set fire to the store building, which was consumed, with three other buildings, at loss of $15,000. The insurance is S5,000 There are no clues to the indentity of the robbers.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
Increasing Floor Space.

The McDaniel Hardware Com pany are increasing their floor space. Deciding to quit hand ling wagons and buggies, they are converting the large ware room used for storing the ve- hicles into a handsome appor- toned furniture house, and ex- pect to extend their brick hard ware room to cover the vacant 15 foot space between that building and the are-house just as soon as the brick men can get the ma terial on the ground. This ar rangement gives them ample fa- cilities for their business.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
Forfeiture on Bond.

Perryville, Aug. 9.-The state scored today in the Perry circuit court when the forfeiture case of Senator A. T. Gross was taken up. Cross forfeited his bond at the February term of the court, and this morning Judge E. W. Winfield rendered a judgment of S2,00O against Gross and his bondsmen. His bondsmen are T. l.. Wallace and A. Goodney, of Van Buren.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
BIll QuantrelI Turns Up.

Victoria, B. C., Aug. 9.-Bill Quantrell, leader of Quantrell's s guerillas in the Civil war, who, according to the story, died of wounds in Kentucky hospital, after his raiders were cut up, is alive at Qualsino, on the north west coast of Vancouver island, under the name of John Sharp, according to number of people who have cOnverSed with him. J. F. Duffy, prominent timber man, who recently became inter. ested in timber land at Qualsino recognized John Sharp, who is over 70 years old, wiry and gray, as Quantrell, Duffy having been a member of the Michigan troop of cavalry which cut up Quan trell's force. He stated to Duffy that he was correct in his rec ognition.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
STRIKE
135 Telegraph Operators at Dal- las, Texas Walk Out Through
 Sympathy.
THE ENTIRE FORCE INCLUDED.
Every Operator in the Big Western Union Office Join the Movement. A Meeting Was Immediately
 Held and Statement Issued

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 9.-At o:30 o'clock tonight 135 telegraph op-
 orators, comprising the entire force of the local offices of the
 Western Union Telegraph Com pany, left their instruments and
 went on a strike. The men went at once into a meeting, and a statement as to the cause of the
 strike was given out which, in substance was to the effect that the local lodge is in receipt of advices to the effect that when the-Operators went back to work in San Francisco it was under stood that their grievances would be taken up and satisfactorily considered, and that union men were not to discriminated against in San Francisco, and that one or more prominent union mer had been dismissed from the force in Los Angeles for no other reason than that they were members of the union. They said that about S5 operators haC
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10

been dismissed in Chicago be- cause they had refused to work with nOn-u union man on the oth- CT end of the wire, and about 50 minutes later the entire night force of the Chicago office walked out. The same thing, they said, had happened in Kansas City, Denver and other places. This, and the dismissal of non union man in the Dallas office for refus- ing to work with Denver strike breaker, is the reason the local men walked out.
 C. c. FeltOn, local manager. said the company had no state ment to make. It was stated that hereafter the company would re- fuse to treat with the men as an organized body, but that they would consider communications from individual operators.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
A Big log.

JnO. Chamlee, who is hauling logs for the Ozan mill, today ere ated quite sensation in lumber circles, by bringing in huge 16 foot log that scaled 39 inches at it's smallest end, which meant pay for 1925 feet of lumber, and an actual scale of about HOO feet. At S7.50 per 1, ,000 feet meant pay for 5000 for this one log, which was the second cut of a mammoth pine grown on Luther Bryson's place eight miles from town.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10

There are many rumors, and we shall avoid giving any thing but facts which are undisputed by both parties.
 One day about two weeks ago, Miss Rhodie Dickerson, daugh ter and sister of the two men in jail, desired to come to Prescott from Bertsell. Mr. Weeks, the dead man, whose nephew mar ried Miss Dickerson's sister, of fered to bring her in his buggy. Miss Dickerson charges Weeks with an attempt to rape on the route, and had sworn out a war rant to this effect. The trial of the case was set for this morn ing at 10 o'clock. c. C. Hamby was counsel for the prosecution, and T. C. McRae represented the defense. The case was called be- fore Squire B'Shers promptly at the hour, but the absence of Mrs. Maud Weeks, sister of the aggreived party, who had been subpoenaed as witness, caused a delay. An officer was sent to the home of the absent witness, who lives in the cottage on the side street, at the rear of Mrs. Beaufort S, and returned, report. ing that she was unable to attend court. The attorney for the de fense being dissatisfied at this report, requested the court to require a physician certificate to that fact, or issue an attach ment, and pr. Arnold was called to examine the lady. During the progress of his visit the defend ant was killed, and no certiti cate was made.
 Court had adjourned in the meantime till 1 o'clock, and Mir. Weeks, the defendant, had gone to the Miller House. Going to the water cooler he got a drink, and returning out at the front door, he was followed by friends of the aggrieved girl. Reaching the street the shooting began as above narrated.
 Mir. Weeks is a brother of w. NJ. Weeks, the blacksmith, and has many relatives and acquaint- ances here.
 The attempted rape as charged by Miss Dickerson is said to have occurred in Missouri township, near the Iron Springs, and for that reason the preliminary trial was to have taken place here.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
News of Hope.

From the Star.
 Mayor J. D. Montgomery is away on ten days vacation and Recorder Sanders is "in the desk" Lon is ready and willing to dispense justice to all corners.
 Earl Brazell has been a mem. Der of an Philadelphia fishing party this week. Earl still con- tends that Paradise" is the proper name for Philadelphia and vicinity.
 There is a movement on foot for holding a county fair at Hope this fall which should receive careful consideration at the hands of all our people.
 Capt. J. T. West, who has been in feeble health for some months past, and confined to his bed for several weeks, died at his home in this city Thursday, shortly after nightfall.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10

Coroner Mcdaniel arrived in the city at 2:30 o'clock from BOughton, and will probably hold the inquest late this afternoon.
 (LATER)
 Sam Meadors was arrested as implicated in the shooting and he, too, is in jail.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10
Negro Hanged

Greenville, Ky, Aug. 9.-Har- rison Alexander, a negro who as saulted Mrs. Florence White house, a half witted white wom- an, in this county, was hanged today.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-08-10

Don't fail to try Pengro flour. You will find it only at Hit Bros. Gro. Co.
The Washington times., 1907-04-07

cisco. as we all had an idea It was a
very bad place
That night, or rather early
next morning, I felt him get up.
saw him. or least felt shy
him, go down on tiptoe 10 tha
sluices with bis big-toed shoes In
his left hand. J felt about, got
held Of a TanIFOd. and pOked the
nearest sleeper, pointing down TO.
ward the sIuices. Some men fol-
lowed and found the man, deaf
ened By the rush Of wafer. pick
ing up the nuggets In the tail of
the sIuiee and filling the big toes
OF his San Francisco shoes.
They quietly lad him up putting his
shoes where they always sat the gold
pan and then tied him to a tree and
went back to bed ] got up and got
breakfast and then the men eot up.
heard the ugly STORY as they washed
and ate and got ready in 2 very few
minutes to try the man for his life
1t was a sad case 1 pftied him win
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browning It in a frying pan. with the
poll of my Ratchet on a stone; had TO
use piece Of my buckskin coat-the
tail Of tiff you please. to pound It on,
But I was happy. ! fried the beans.
brown to a turn, ny aapjacks were
pronounced perfect. and I was IN a
new world. ] could feel that I was
going 10 get on
IN a very few days. the men. work
ing all the time from sun TO sun. and
often by the great camp fires till late
al night. had hewn out slices for
washing and were soon shoveling in
gold gold and gold. from the deep
bed rock OF the narrow little gulch
with great trees hanging over head.
We cleaned up every Saturday
evening. The GOLD was left sitting
aside by the pile of provisions and
saddles till Sunday morning, when the
foreman dried 1t. weighed It and di-
vided it evenly among the twenty-eiaht
OF the camp. The men always left
their bags under the head of their beds.
or by the roots OF the trees where they
slept We rested and washed np SIM
days. The rnen were as kind as they
could be TO me It was quite a task
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Dig his Own Crave

hanging of some sort. sure. All
the miners round about here
RROw. and all are a-eOming to a
hangln'. So ii he is not here we
2 asst hang some one else. Seegs
.yeiit over 70 help the dazed. dumb
sailor man. with MS hair parted in
INC middle. and when we had dug
down a few feet he SAT down on the
edgs. wiped his snesking face, and
took out Z small newspaper 1t was
headed ''The Matrimonial Moose. He
explained that a party Of many convict
men and women had come up from
Australia snd that two of the party
had put in the long days Of that voy-
age printing this paper. He read
some very startling personals from the
women Of the party setting forth their
merits am their charms. There was
nor one. with a single exception, who
did not boast her beauty. virtue. youth.
1r something of that sort.
This one exception was that of
7eoman who wanted to get out into
TIE gold mines and so to work The
man said she was already over in
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"reminiscences

20 get wood and to carry all the water
up from the guich. but on Sundays
when they were Idle they all lent a
hand when they could.
Sneak Thief Caught
Stealing Their Gold
Finally one Sunday there came
along with others. a bright appear
ing and svell-dressed man with an
English sailor accent ana hair part
ed In the middle. He sang most me-
lodiously and with great rest. The
preacher liked him. had a talk with
him. end finding he was foot-Ioose and
looking for a place. asked him to stay
with Us and help cook TIL he could
do better. I vas about worn out and
gladly offered 10 let him sleep with
me. as almost all the men slept double,
II be would only stay and help for a
little time. n ever so little
He had the broadest toed shoes I
ever saw on any mans foot They
we're almost If not quite new. The sec
ond day I asked him where he got
them. He said in Sac Francisco. Re
membering how the Oregonians dis
liked the CaIifornians. especially the
convict and San Francisco sort. I ad-
vised him not 70 mention San Fran
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For California Gold

in wit and wisdom. for he had lived
in cities and mixed with people. while
I had always been afraid of both.
Ny bright young companion fell in
with a rich man who took a liking
to him. as he rode his mule behind
his long pack train, and so he found
employment at once. Right here.
where Fremont had crossed the Kla-
math-narned by him the Klamat-al-
most within a stones throw and far
down the turbulent river toward he
ocean were found some of the richest
mines ever known
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NOidb Describes the
Capture of a Thief
and Hoqv He Was
Compelled TO Dig HIS
OqUn Grace But Was
Pardoned.
Pardoned.

Yreka, a big town only a day OF so dis
tant. and was q good cook took
the paper. told the man 70 keep on
digging. and went down TO the fore
man with f. I left half a dozen heads
huddied together over that personal
reading and rereading IL OF course,
they must hang the man; but as /,
their cook, was already half dead.
what could they do7 Why not one OF
them go and get the woman7
They took the terrified. half dead
and helpless convict over to dinner
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and asked him sll sorts of questions.
No, the woman was not bad woman.
only not pretty. That was the only
fault he would be persuaded to admit
SO Il was settled that Long Dan. or
Daniel Long. as he was afterward
known. set out and bring her If he
could. We would build her a cabin
The wretched man with his grave only
half dug had been told that If his
story about the woman was true and
Dan could bring her. he would have
to help her cook He meekly agreed
that he would prefer this to being
hung.
Telling Truth Saved
Him From the Moose
1 can now see that they had no In
tention of hanging the man at al.
They set him 70 filing up his grave
and to cutting cabin logs close by so
that they could throw up a cabin.
The logs being cut they put them in
place at once. covering the cabin with
cedar stats. from which they had made
the sluices. Then the preacher who
would marry them. If they wanted TO
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mule loads of beans, bacon. coffee,
sugar. and -four. They had chosen
their foreman. their moderator, every
thing but that most important person,
the cook. said timidly 10 the preach
er, who was moderator: will you
let me cook and come in as a partner
7 used TO help mother eook!''
But. my boy. you vii have to get
up long before daylight. You viii have
to brown and grind and make the eof-
fee. You will have 10 cook the beans
and bacon. Get the wood and water;
weigh and keep the gold dust and bags
of gold. and stick right in camp all
the time. -
'T'n do It; please let me try It"
There was a consultation. The
preacher was on my side. and II was
finally agreed that If I would stick
to it I could come IN as full partner:
but that II I did not stick close to my
contract I would have to lose not only
the place. but my share of gold.
made but one provise: / would stick
to It until they could get better cook.
Toll Early and Late
For Precious Metal
We had no coffee mill. and 1 had to
pound up the tough coffee, after
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Lea0ing Home for the
Gold Fields of Cali
fornia and HIS First
lob as Chief Cook.

the stock. this brutal now element
made them hesitate now
Two Lads Start
For California Gold
But 20 I must. The wheels Of the COW
cred wagon IN which had been born
and bred were whirling and whirling,
and I must be off. Many were going:
BOYS, men, and even some families were
off. or about TO set or. for the newly
found mines out toward the south OF
US, on the very edge OF dreaded Cali
fornia. but 1 must be one Of them.
Another boy OF about my age joined
me. He vas bright, precautions,
comely. but ever 80 much beyond me
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all my heart, but knew that by every
rule OF miners law and equity the
man must hang.
Prisoner Compelled
To Dig His Own Crave
They tried him found hin guilty.
ard sentenced him 10 hang that night
Mt early candle light" as the preach
er put It. A big oak tree stood. broad
boughed and stately. on the fertile
bank, only few feet from where the
men we're at work He must have been
very good or very bad, for he made no
defense at ali. he. in & dazed and
helpless way. confessed be came from
San Francisco, a crime IN the eyes OF
Oregonians 10 begin with. And he
hopelessly admitted that he had got
blg-toed shoes on purpose to plumber
miners.
They took him over to the big
tree, tied him securely, marked
of the grave and set him 10 dig
ging. i was told to help him dig
his grave and not to let him get
away. The foreman said, grufiiy:
"Kid, there's going to be a hang
Ing at early candle tighten! 4
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Enrolled as Chief Cook
For Twenty-seven Miners

For Twenty Seven Miners
Left alone I rode to where I found a
party from Oregon trying TO arrange
10 open = placer mine IN a deep wood
ed guich down on the Klamath river.
There we're twenty-seven Of them
One OF them. a preacher. knew papa
Each man had 8 horse, blanket. pick.
shovel and pan, a tin cup, a sheath
knife. ana long. big rubber boots.
They were fairly well equipped. as
equipments went in those days. with
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Pa &c Three
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.R second crop in Ore
gon was a miracle of
natures generosity.
The wheat was tall,
strong, bowed down
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. u = NtHsEN7tIl n Nt1I
we had no coffee mill. and I had to
pound up the tough coffee, after
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