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James may be related mere After the
the widow of an old comrade. 1t hap
peued that a mortgage upon her home
was to be foreclosed that day and she
was momentarily expecting the Sheriff
and the money lender The sum she
needed was $500. Jesse had this with
him, but no more, aud he was far from
home, but he gave it to her. Then he
secreted himself by the roadside watch.
ed the officials and the lender arrive
and depart, and stepping from ambush
with leveled pistols, made them dis
gorge the entire amount. with which ne
went on his way, happy in having saved
the widows home mt the cost of n fri
fling Inconvenience not in itself disa-
greeable.
When fully launched upon his crimi.
nal course. Jesse had with him Bill An
derson the Centralia butcher. and four
of the Younger brothers. as well as
some others, including his own brother
Frank. Frank has been for many years
now Il reputable, law abiding individ,
uaI. He always lacked initiative, ana
never had a 1.-THE Of the singular abil-
ity Of Jesse The first act known to
have been committed by the gang was
the robbery Of n bank at Corydon. iowa
Il bold and open raid, which the PEI.
petrators announced to Il gathering Of
citizens as they rode away firing their
pistols. In July, 1873, they robbed a
train on the G. Il. l. & L. near Council
Bluffs, numbering an unarmed engi-
neer. At intervals followed a robbery
on the Iron Mountain, netting $1,000
one on the Union Pacific. where the
loot was $4,000. and another with a
$1,000 haul on the Missouri Pacific. In
each instance there was displayed ut
ter Indifference rs to the killing Of
trainmen or passengers. although pos.
sibly an inclination to leave a few dead
TO lend impressiveness 10 the occasion.
With sporadic outbreaks the James
gang did nothing especially notable
after the Missouri Pacific robbery IN.
I'll September. 1876, when they under.
took to rob bank at Mortified. MINI.
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ed out of their car, stood in a line and
slaughtered to a man.
Soon after 800 troops under Major
Johnson sought to punish this deed.
and approached a rendezvous where
there were 2G2 of the guerrillas. John
son adopted suicidal tactics. Evident
" he did not understand Quantrells
way He caused his men to dsmouut
and thus they stood awaiting the on
slaught. On came the guerillas like a
whirlwind. They could not be with.
stood Human courage could not en-
dure against these grinning devils. who
rode with teeth barred and holding the
reins. After one volley the troops fed.
They were pursued as foxes are pur-
sued, and of the 300 only eighteen cs.
capped. The rest were not wounded.
They were dead.
in this charge Jesse James, having
the best horse, was in the lead. 1t was
a bullet from his unerring revolver that
laid poor Johnson low, and many Others
were accredited to him that dreadful
day. The guerrillas lost four men. Such
was their usual fortune. BY expert
ences Of this kind Jesse James was
hardened. He was butcher Of men.
An incident characteristic Of Jesse
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MAD CAREER Of
BANDIT JESSE JESSE JAMES
Death Of His Stcpiather Recalls
Memories OF Americas Most
Desperate Outlaw.
WAS A SLAYER AND R0BBER
,outrages Upon His Family melted
Him to Deeds OF Maniacal
Fury.

Recently the death of DR.. Reuben
Samuels. Of Missouri, has been an
nounced in a line. To the majority of
readers this item conveyed no sig
nificance Yet Doctor Sanuels was n
figure In the guerilla warfare that
made of Missouri and Kansas settings
for the bloodiest and bittercst strife
ever waged by banded assaSsius. Sam
uels was, however, a passive figure, the
accidental center Of affairs in which he
took no part. Conflict waged about
him, its fiery pillows surging UP to the
threshold of his home For he was the
husband of the mother of Jesse James.
woman with the heart of lionesS,
loving her own with an intensity as
fierce as the hatred she felt for her
enemies.
The death Of Doctor Samuels recalls
the mad career of Jesse as intrepid Il
freebooter as ever murdered ard
robbed a man who for years, moving
in community where everybody knew
there was a price on his head never
tlinched il the presence Of danger
James was a man Of curious paradoXcs
He was strong in friendship. terrible,
unrelcnting in battle whether under
the black flag Of Quantrell or warning
on the society that had made him an
outlaw. TO his mother he was always
kind and affectionate; to his wife a
model husband. His children found in
him, so far as their tender senses could
appreciate, every desirable element Of
fatherhood. For a long time he as
sumed the name Of Howard. There was
no better citizen than Mr.. Howard"
no more thoughtful neighbor. Shortly
before he was killed there had been Il
municipal procession in St Joseph
marking a local event At the head IF
the parade was platoon of police
Immediately behind the police rode
Jesse James on n blooded horse. his
little boy Jesse held before him. Such
We're the chances the bandit took.
There have been attempts to exalt
Jesse James That he was driven into
the hard school OF Quantrell must be
admitted. His mother was a native Of
Kentucky, and when the mutterings Of
civil war We're first heard her sympa
thies We're with the South SO were
those of Doctor Samuels. In these sym
pathies it was but natural that the boy
should share. Quantrells guerrilla or
ganization had operated before the dec
laration of war 1t was sinister
group, wholly without mercy. hideous
in its methods, its members made up of
social renegades STEPPED in crime. and
bent upon revenge.
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trell gained prestige some soldiers de,
serted the Confederate ranks to join
him. impeled by a hlood-lust not to be
satisfied on the battlefield. They craved
the JOY of murder. They gave no quar-
ter. No prisoner was spared. AS fight
ers they were demons. They relied up
on skill as horsemen and with revol-
vers When they went into action it
was with a fendlsh Zest that could
not be withStOod.
It was the practice Of every Guam
trel follower to take the rens in his
teeth. guide the horse by pressure OF
the knees alone and, with a revolver
in each hand, plunge at full speed in
the heart of the enemy. There was no
preliminary order "Trot, gallop!" but
the trained horses sprang to the utmos-
gait on the instant. The rush was Il
terrifying spectacle, pitiless, awful; a
veritable swath of death.
Bad as was Quantrell, as monstrouS
his cruelty and measurelcss his passion.
there We're bodies opposing him that
lacked none Of his malignity of pur-
pose, but did lack bis leadership. ore
day the representatives, of one Of these
bodies rode up to the Samucls home.
They found Doctor Samuels at work
with Jesse in a corntield. With oathS
they demanded the whereabouts Of
Quantrell. Samuels could not tell
them. They hanged him to tree and
kept him suspended until nearly dead.
Thrice did the doctor have to submit
to this torture. and was left Senseless
and bleeding Jesse had been obliged
to look on. Then with whips he was
scourged up ana down the corn rows,
prodded with bayonets. Little wonder
that there arose within him tumult of
hatred. Unwitting!y the visitors We're
training him for a place with Guam
trell that grim individual who with
his own hand had slain thirty out of n
band of thirty-two that had killed a
brother.
Leaving Samuels to suffer the inter.
lopers next demanded Of Mrs. Samuels
that she betray Quantrell. Il am like
Marlon's wife," she responded, what
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I know I will die knowing" They did
not Kill her. A little later she was
taken to jail in Liberty, and there, with
her daughter, subjected to hardship and
grossest insults. She was a Southern
sympathizer and, far from denying the
fact, gloried in It. In community
afame with excitement and prejudice,
growing accustomed to every express
sion of violence, this was offending
enough.
Slaughter of Troops.
1t was enough, too, to drive Jesse
from the perils of his threatened home
into the ranks of the Quantrell guerril-
las. There he found himself among
men fittingly described as crossed be-
tween highwaymen and tigers. He was
a smooth-faced boy, yet soon there was
not one of his comrades a more dan
gerous fighter He was as good a rider
as any, a better shot than any, and
the ferocity that had slumbered within
him was reused to pitch that made
him as demoniac as the rest of the mi
quitous brotherhood of butchery.
The exploits OF the guerrhlas, in
which Jesse soon took active part,
were almost beyond belief in their
reckless daring, their frenzed brutal
ity. The affair at Centralia illustrates
the actuating spirit. One day-it was
September "a. 1SG4-a train bearing
twenty-four Federal soldiers rolled into
the little station. Upon the platform
trell's most savage followers, ana
enough of his associates to overawe the
soldiers. The twenty-four were march
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HAS VETERANS TALENT
NINETEEN YEAR-OL BOY TAKES
MONEY OF HIS HOSTESS.
Held on Charge of Burglary After Hear
ing, at Which Police Say
He Confessed.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 3, 1905
The ceverness of August Stroh in
gaining entrance to the home of Mrs.
Fredercka Hensler on Walnut street,
and his ready wit in au emergency was
deemed by officers who arrested him
worthy of an older man. Stroh is only
10 years old. He was bound over for
trial on Il charge of burglary this morn
ing.
Stroh is musician Of some talent
He graduated from the juvenile band of
Prof. +. lIenSler. whose widow he
robbed. Because he once served in the
reform school. Stroh was suspected,
when Mrs. Hensler, returning to her
home from the thcatcr. found the place
ransacked and SD worth of jewcIry and
money missing. The boy called ut the
Henslor home on the day of the robbery
and told a story of being out of work
and Of his parents forcing him to leave
home. He asked permission 10 board at
the HcnSler home, but Mrs. HcnsIer re-
fused.
She excused herself in the evening,
saying that she was going to the theaicr,
aud limited that he should leave, She
locked the doors from the. inside IN
Stroh'S presence, and when she returned
upstairs for her pocket book he hastily
unlocked thp rear tONT, llf l'll w itll
her through the front door and escorted
her to the ear. assisting her to board it.
Then he returned to the house, entered
through the rear door which he had pre-
viouSly unlocked, and ransackcd the
house
Taking everything he wanted of value,
Stroh made himself ut home. He drew
up an easy chair in the library, and Sc
Letting book. composed himself for sew
1,.,
ing callers came and he answered the
door. explaining that Mrs. llonslrr was
at the thcatcr, bowed the visitors out,
and returned to his book. Before clos.
ing time for the thcatcr he left the house.
When Mrs. Uensler returned. she did not
ut first suspect Stroh Of the burglary IN.
I'll he was suggested by Detectives Krnac
and Rooney. to whom he was known. He
was searched for and and found, and
confessed The jcwclry was recovered
and returned to the owner. Strohs bail
was fixed ut $500.
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STATE NEWS NOTES.

GREEN BAY-Mrs Minnie Zrhms, form.
ery of Milwaukee, is suing Gustayc Iohms
of the town of Scott for divorce, alleging
cruel and iuhuman treatment
NEENAH-Fears are being entertained
for the safety of the Ncenau dam, when
is being threatened by large cakes of ice
carried down in the annual rush from the
lake.
HELOIT-A dog poisonyr Is ut work in
Bcot and owners OF valuable CANNES arr
up In arms. Within twenty four hours five
dogs have died from strychninc and many
are sick.
OSIKOSII-Thc steamer Leander Choatc,
built for the Oshkosh Steamboat company,
was launched Thursday afternoon II viii
be used for passenger and freight truiLc on
the Wolf and Fox rivers.
JANESvILLE-Edwa Wray, year
ago last September was sent to Porto Rico
to assist In putting an electric railroad
through the Island, has finished his WORK
there and will return home
WHITWATER-A telegram was received
announcing the death Of pr. r. +. Mickey
at La Jolla Cal. Or. Mickey was a dentist
and well known in Wisconsin. lie leaves
wife and one daughter.
EELOIT-Thc BcIoit college baseball team
will open its schedule Monday afternoon
with "A practic" game "iia the Hel"it high
school Eleven games are scheduled with
Beloit, Rockford and freeport high school
mines.
SHEBOYGAN-The city viii ask to have
Its suit against the city water company con.
tinued until the fall term of circuit court
as the attorneys Tor the city are not ready
to proceed me spring term OF court VIII
open next week.
LA CROSSE-Thc city Of Onolaska IS put.
ting up strong fight for the new county
agricultural and manual training school to
be established this spring. The village OF
West Salem has offered the La Crosse coun-
ty fair grounds and a large bonus
RIACK RIVER FALLS-Thomas NJ Dun.
nipan n middle ngrI farmer of the Town
of irving. who last Tuesday shot ana
mo r. shoot his wife ms been udiudp,I In.
sane ond committed to the Mendotn nsy-
Ium
,cr~r oro 1,tr,roa tho ham, -.
~ -, - ~ 10 ,, ,Ia,ga,, ,,.i, W.,
y9nh ,,H i romii, ~, TOO In tb,ir IhI
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DOLLAR A THOUSAND.
That Is What Corporations Must Pay
for Increase of Capital
Stock.

MADISON, Wis. April 3 Special. |
Attorney General +. L. Gilbert has
rendered an opinion to the secretary of
state regarding the fees To- be paid by
corporations for amendment articles.
The opinion says:
1T is my opinion thar all corporations
organized for profit, eNcepr as are spe-
cially excepted in that statute, must
upon filing an amendment tn their arti-
cles of incorporation, pay to the sccrc-
tary of state fee of SO and in addi-
ton thereto. 81 for each $1,000 of in
crease of capital stock and that rrespec-
tive of the original amount of capital
stock of such interpretations
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IS MYSTERIOUSLY HURT
Madison Business Man Found Wander
ing About Unconscious Two
Miles from Home.

MADISON, Wis, April 81 Special !
Charles +. Waterman, senior member
of local coal and wood firm, lies in
the city hospital today in an unconscious
condition, believed TO be the result of
a fall from train during the night. At
about ) o'clock this morning he was
found in the house of Martin J. Olsen.
two miles from his home. He had wan
dered INTO the house in Il dclrious spell.
He is unconscious.
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ASK FOR AN EXPLANATION.
Attorneys Are in Quandary Over SUI
preme Court Decision.

OSHKOSH, Wis. April 3.-ISpc-
cial. Just what status quo is to be
meant by other wording in it's decision in
the case of X. II. Ilackctt, receiver of
the Winnebago Traction company,
against the city of Oshkosh and the
Eastern Wisconsin Railway and Light
company, may be determined ny tnat
court in rehearing. Since the decision
of the court was rendered the attorneys
have disagreed as to what the court
meant by its ruling. Consequently n re
quest has been made of the court 70
explain The entire matter will be sub
mitted TO the supreme court ON April 10.
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Burglars Disturb Manitowoc.

MANITOWOC, Wis., April s. Spe-
cipl The third arrest for burglary
within week was made yesterday
when William Bernat was tnkcn into
court on Il charge Of entering q barn and
hon roost Of NJ kaminski. \ plea Of
MOI guilty MS entered and the casr nd
iourucd. Albert Booker Mishicott, VINO
was arrested Monday, pleaded guilty to
petit larceny and was sentenced u three
months.
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ASKS FOR EARLY PARDON.
Youth Serving Term for Shooting Girl
Wants Freedom.

RACINE Wis. april 3.-Cornclius
McCunc, who was sentenced to serve a
term in the state prison, has filed notice
that he will cndeavOr to secure Il par
don. Two years ago he WAS sent to
Waupun for thirteen years for shooting
Dorothy Nelson, a young woman en-
ployed by Mckunc's father in piano
store. McKunc declares that the true
story leading up to the shooting has
never been made public,
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KENOSHA MAN IS ARRESTED.
Prominent German Seized in California
on False Pretense Charge.

KENOSHA, Wis, April 3. - August
Kraft, one of the best known German
/, sidcnts Of Kcuosha, has been arrested
mt Redwood City. Cal, ON warrant is
sued here charging him with obtaining
large sums Of money under false pre-
lenses.
The arrest Of Kraft has caused sen
sation as he always had held a splendid
reputation. Kraft left here two weeks
ago after having raised large sum by
mortgaginE his property
He also secured money from banks
and from the German Lutheran Church
SMGIntN.
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EXPLOSIONS HAUNT HOUSE.
Racine Family Deserts Home of Strange
Noises.

RACINE, wis, April 3, Special. J.
ON account Of mysterious explosions ut
his home. Louis Mcrtcus and his wife
and children have deserted the promises.
The officers cannot find why any one
should cause the explosions. Mrs Mcr-
tens is i'll on account Of the trouble
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JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE DEAD.
Was American Consul at Bcrne, Switzer-
land

BERNE, Switzerland, April 3 Jumos
Jeffrey Roche, the American consul ut
Borne. died here this morning after Il
long illness. Mr. Roche was appointed
10 Bcrne III 1907. He wa, a poet and
author of considerable note.
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The citizens fought good fight upon
learning that the bank cashier had been
killed. Bill Caldwell, Clell Miller and
Charley Pitts were shot to death and
Bob and Jim Younger, with Jesse
James, were wounded. The wounded
Cole, were captured and sentenced to
prison for life. Bob died in prison.
Cole and jim were pardoned in 1901
and year later Cole committed sui
eide. Frank James managed to get the
injured Jesse into Dakota and away.
Killed by Treachery.
Such a life as Jesse James led was
bound to eliminate in tragedy. Coy
ernor Crittenden. of Missouri, disguised
at the futile efforts of officers and de-
tectives TO take him, offered reward
of $4,000 for his capture. One Bob
Ford, with his brother Charles. deter
mined to secure this sum. They had
won the confidence of the outlaw, the
solitary instance, perhaps. in which his
judgment of men led him astray. These
boys had the freedom Of the James
home. They were both there one warm
day in 1852. Because of the heat Jesse
had removed coat and vest and then laid
aside his arms, a lack of prccaution he
had never before been known to eXhib-
it. Observing that n picture on the
wall was askew, he mounted a chair
to adjust it. This gave the Fords their
chance. They had edged between Jesse
James and the bed on which lay his
pistols. Bob then shot him in the back
Of the head. There were a few gasps
and Jesse James bandit and outlaw.
was dead. He lived just long enough
10 be gathered into the arms of his
wife The revolver that was used for
his undoing had been his own gift to
the man who used it. The Fords go.
their money. a pardon from the Gov
ernor and the dctestation of even the
enemies Of Jesse James. Thereafter
they knew no peace. There was none
so mean as to extend hand to them.
Charles Ford committed suicide In
Richmond. There were no mOurnerS
Bob Ford drifted to Colorado, became
an unwelcome habitue of gambling
halls and was shot in drunken brawl.
For long there has hung in the Sam.
uels home a framed scroll bearing this
inscription:
In Loving Remembrance of my Beloved
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QuantreII's GuerriIIas,

Quantrell had grievance against
some of the maurauderS of the border.
Others had sworn TO kill all the Fed
erals they could in reprisal against
outrages committed by sympathizers
with the cause of the North. AS Guam
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j ESSE w. JAMES
ninl Anil Q 1880

Aged 81 years q months 2S days
Murdered by a Traitor and Coward
Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear
Here.
Such is brief sketch Of JESSE
James, dauntless desperate, brutal, 4
soldier of vengeance, who warred upon
society. his hand against every mani
his legacy the memory Of bitterness.
At once loving and merciless, tn,
strange and paradoXical product of
hercdity and environment, it may bn
said of him, I'VE never shall see hil
like again. but in the saying therd
can he no cadence of sorrow.-IIenr,'
James In Philadelphia Ledger.
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$50 you have determined to ciyiljze
our country said the swarthy native
We have" answered the resoIute
white man. Nov, tell me what fea-
ture of civilization interests you most !"
well, If you are absolutely deter
mined to ciyilize US, Ia like to take
ont some life insurance Washington
Star.
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A RAT-KILLER WARsHIP.

CHamburg Dispatch TO Seattle Times.)
In view of the movement in England
for the determination of rats. il is Of
interest TO know that the Hamburg
harbor authorities have verita bic
''battleship" engaged in the campaign.
The specially built steamer Disinfec-
tor Is employed here primarily for the
destruction of rats on ships that have
arrived from plague-suspected ports.
The system used-pOisOnOuS gases
which do not damage property-was' de-
vised by Professor Nocht
A mixture of per cent carbonic OK
ide gas, IS per cent carbonic acid and
n per cent nitrogen is conveyed from
the DisiDfector by pipes into the holds
of the ships being treated, and after
thorough fumigatiOn currents of fresh
air are blown through
Many vessels have been successfully
cleaned and countless thousands of rats
destroyed. AS many as 900 dead rats
have been counted after one disinfec-
ton.