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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09

Here is picture of twentieth
century farm house when electricity
will have come TO It's own as a power
factor on the farm: II has a cool. clean
kitchen. laundry where all the hard
work is done by an electric motor.
good lights. with no lamps TO MI; and
a small vacuum cleaner run by cleo
tricity replaces the broom. A cleaner
house and better food in half the time!
tricity and the incubator In the cellar
is heated at an even temperature in
the same way The tank on the top
Of the house is filled by an electrically
run pump and there Is running water
in the house. The woman who lives
In this house has not the dull. tired
look which we see so often nov.
This Is as Arthur w. Page. who
writes OF the Age OF Electric Ser
wants" In the Worlds Work. sees H.
and he proceeds 20 explain how the
farmer Is 90 procure his electricity
20 do these things. Down In North and
South Carolina n company has been
VI NhhAAiu NhAAN HNiAAatH tN' NaAfN
powers OF a district TO produce cleo
tricity The extent OF the company's
service covers more territory than
many a state and the company stands
prepared TO sell power to farmers.
mills and factories II charges $50 per
horse power a year which Is about
the same as $40 Of cent per klowatt
hour. rate which. II doubled. would
still be as cheap a. Wood. coal or gas.
The region operated by this com.
pany IS not exceptionally well sup
piled as 10 water power. and what o.
being done there may be done In many
part of Canada There are indeed.
few farming regions IN this country
that are beyond the reach OF cleo.
tricity generated by running water
Even in the arid and semi-arid regions
tho same water that Is used for irri-
cation could often be made 20 gencr.
ate power
But electricity can be made 10 help
the farmer as well as his wife II r.
10 make farming moro profitable. An
electric motor would save farm labor.
and labor Is now hard 20 get. II would
supply energy 10 draw water. TO run
the milking machines. TO thresh wheat.
and 70 DO a hundred other things on
a farm In Germany. near Berlin. is an
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09

yousiy. his eyes lingering on that bru-
tai face.
"Slavin.' he said at last, his voice
hard. metallic. I've figured II out,
and | do know you now, you lying
brute. You are the fellow who swore
you saw me throw away the gun that
did the shooting. and that afterwards
you picked II up"
There was the spirit OF murder In
his eyes. and the gambler covered
back before them. trembling like a
child.
IL only sworel TO the last part.
Captain" he muttesed, his voice
scarcely audible. IL never said !
saw you throw"
"And 1 swore." went on Hampton,
that would kill you on sight. You
lying whelp. are you ready to die7"
Slayin's face was drawn and gray,
the Precipitation standing in beads
upon his forehead, but he could Meth
er speak nor think. fascinated by
those remorseless eyes, which seemed
TO burn their way down into his very
soul.
mo? Well, then, will give you, to-
day, just one chance TO live-one, you
dog-one. Don't move an cyelash!
Tell me honestly why you have been
rying to get word with the girl, and
you shall go out from here living. Lie
60 me about IL, and ! am going TO
kill you r'.ere you sit. as / would a
mad dog. You know me. SlaYln-now
speak,"
so intensely still was It, Hampton
could distinguish the fain. ticking OF
the watch in his pocket. the hiss OF
the breath between the giants clinch-
81 teeth. No wretch dragged shrek
Tag to the scaffoIa could have termed
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09

feet, looking down on the motionless
body. For a moment the room ap-
peared TO swim before his eyes. and
he clutched at the overturned table
for support. Then, as his senses re-
turned. he perceived the figures of a
number OF men jamming the narrow
doorway. and became aware OF their
loud excited voices. Back to his be-
numbed brain there came with a rush
the whole scene. the desperation of
his present situation. He had been
found alone with the dead man. Those
men, when they came surging in at
tracted by the noise of strife. had
found him lying on Slayin. his hand
clutching the knifehilt. He ran his
eyes over their Mortified faces, and
knew instantly they held him the muir
derer.
The shock Of this discovery steadied
him. He realized the meaning, the
dread, terrible meaning, for he knew
the west. its fierce, implacable spirit
of vengeance. its merciless code OF
lynch-law. The vigilantes of the min
ing camps we're to him an old story:
more than once he had Witnessed
their work. been cognizant OF their
power. This was no time TO parley or
TO hesitate. He grabbed the loaded
revolver lying upon the noor. and
swung Slavin's discarded belt across
his shoulder.
Stand aside. gentlemen" ne com
manded. Step back. and let me
passl"
They obeyed. He swept them with
watchful s.es, stepped past and slam
med the door behind him. Men were
already beginning TO pour into the ga
loon. uncertaIA yet Of the facts. and
shouting questions to each other. To
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a more pitifui sight but there was no
mercy In the eyes CT the man watch
ing him.
speak. you cringing hound!"
Slavin gripped his great hands TO.
gether convulsively. his throat swell
ing beneath its read beard. lie knew
there was no way OF escape. II
had to do I'll My God. Captain. / had
70 do it,"
"Why?"
Il had to, l tell you. Oh. you devil.
you fiend, I'm not the one you're af.
ter-it's Murphy"
For a single moment Hampton star
ed at the cringing figure. Then sud
denly he rose to his feet in decision.
stand up! Lift up your hands first,
you fool. Now unbuckle your gun
belt with your left hand-your left.
said Drop IL on the floor"
There was an unusual sound behind.
such as a rat might have made, and
Hampton glanced aside apprehensive-
ly. In that single second Slavin was
upon him. grasping his pistolarm st
the wrist, and striving with hairy
hand to get a death-grip about his
throat Twice Hampton's left drove
straight out into that red. Gloating
face. and then the giants crushing
weight bore him backward. He fought
savagely. silently. his slender figure
like steel. hut Slavin got his grip at
last. and with giant strength began TO
crunch his victim within his vise-like
arms. There was a moment of su.
perhVman strain, their breathing
mere sobs of exhaustion. Then Slayin
slipped, and Hampton succeeded in
wriggling partially free from his death
grip. IL was scarcely an instant. yet
Il served; for as he bent aside. swing.
his burly opponent with him, someone
struck vicious blow at his back: but
the descending knife. missing its
mark. sunk instead deep into Slavin's
breast.
Hampton saw the fash Of a blade, a
portion of an arm, and then the
clutching fingers OF Slavin swept him
down. lie reached out blindly as he
fell. his hand closing about the de-
serted knife-hilt. The two crashed
down together upon the floor. the
force OF the fall driving the blade
home TO the gamblers heart.
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reach here until this morning. That
fellow is hiding somewhere in this
camp. and the two OF you have been
trying TO get at the girl. Now, damn
you. what is your little game?"
The big gambler was thinking hard.
er then. perhaps. than he had ever
thought in his life before. He knew
Hampton would kill him IL he needed
to do so. but he likewise realized that
he was not likely to fire until he had
gained the information he was seek.
ing. II he only knew how much infor-
nation the other possessed 1t would
be easy enough. AS he did not, he
must WELD his weapon blindly.
You're maxim devil Of fuss
over little or nothin'." he growled.
Stimulating a tone of disgust. Il amt
never he'd no quarrel with ye, except
in fer the way We managed ter skin
me at the table bout two years ago.
don't give two screeches in he'll for
who you are; an besides, reckon you
amt the only ex-convict arranging Da-
kota either fer the matter o. that No
more does Murphy. We amt no
bloomin' detectives. an we amt buck
in in no business O. yourn; We kin Just
bet your sweet life on thet"
Where is Murphy, then? / wish to
see the fellow"
Il told you he'd gone. Maybe he
didn't git away till this mornin'. but
he's gone now all right. wha. IN
thunder do ye want o. him? l reckon
l kin tell yc all that Murphy knows"
For a GREATNESS moment neither
spoke. Hampton lingering his gun ner-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09
SYNOPSIS.

A detachment of the Eighteenth In
fantry from Fort Bethune trapped by
Indians in a narrow gorge. Among them
IL a stranger who introduces himself by
the name of Hampton, also ellis the
post trader. and his daughter. ellis and
a majority of the soldiers are killed dur
ing a three days siege. Hampton and
the girl only escape from the Indians.
They fall exhausted on the plains. A
company OF the Seventh cavalry, Lieut..
Brant Ia command. md them Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners Homo in
uiencaid. Mrs. Dufy, proprietress. Hamp-
ton talks the future over with MISS Gil
bs-the Kid. She shows him her moth
er's picture and tells him what she can
OF her parcntage and life. They decide
she shall live with Mrs Herndon. MAZDA
the Kid-runs away from Mrs. Herndon' =
and rejoins Hampton. he induces her 20
SO back, and TO have nothing more to do
with him. Hampton plays his last game
o. cards He announces to Red s a,v
caid. Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives in
SsIencaid TO teach Its first school Miss
Spencer meets Mazda, Rev. Wynkoop'
Mazda aud Lieut.. Brant again meet with
out TITS knowing who she Is. She informs
him OF the coming Bachelor club ball In
meets Silent Murphy. Clusters scout He
REPORTS trouble brewing among the Sioux.
Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor
Spencer Lieut. Brant meets Miss Spen-
Ger but she is not his acquaintance OF the
day before. She tells him OF Nadia, and
he accidentally meets her again as he Is
returning 60 the ballroom with a fan for
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nadia
home from the dance. On the way she
informs him as 10 who she Is. and that
She is 10 meet Hampton. Brant and
Hauipton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions TO Nadia
must cease. and proclaims an authority
Rrart tells Hampton OF the presence OF
Silent Murphy, ana the fact that Red
Bfavin receives government messages for
him. Miss Spencer called on Bob Hamp-
tor. Tells him of red-faced stranger
tuistaking her for Nadia. Brant inter
Views Red Slayfu.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09

electric pillow. II runs by trolley wire
which II automatically moves over
three rows ON every trip; Il plows
three burrows at a time and does the
work OF 10 horses. When the farm
ers see the uses they can make OF
electricity. n companies do not sup
ply them with power they will build
their own plants. as they have built
their own telephone lines. A farmer
living In an electric" house. efficient
~ working his farm by electric power.
loading his produce on the freight
cars OF trolley line. and settling It's
price with a purchaser hundred
miles away by teiephone-perhaps by
a wireless telephone. for there Ia al
ready such a thing I'm existence--may
seem a Utopian dream. but u Is com
ing He can send his photograph. n
be wish. or sign a check over wire.
He may sit In his home and listen To
music from a teLharmonium In
neighboring city All these things are
possible with apparatus already made
And these are commonplace achieve
MAAAAAH AhMNANNM WIN AMN NNHftNAAANAN"
OF electric development The storage
battery that electricians are working
toward will eliminate the worst fea-
lures Of automobiles. take the trolley
wires from the streets, and make most
farm machinery electric. Sir Hugh
Bell has predicted tina; century
hence. with little or no machinery
aboard and scarcely any crew. ships
will be sped on their voyages hy cleo.
tdcity generated at Niagara Falls and
transmitted wlrelessly over the Allan
tic Either the invention 81 the sto-
rage battery or the discovery ~ wire
less power transmission would b. al
most enough 20 insure commercial
flying machine Yet should no nov
electrical invention be- made. We have
already enough 20 make ms Tar more
comfortable and so enable rs TO save
much time and lost motion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09
system Of ventIlstins Horse Barn.

Ventilation is a matter that should
receive attention in preparing plans
for stables and barns. The health of
animals depends upon the supply OF
pure air they get when confined In
doors. In the above Illustration is
shown the system adopted in a horse
barn erected at the Michigan Agricul-
tural college. For the removal of air
there are four fiues IL inches by 21
inches, built of sheet-iron. These are
set into the walls. two on a side and
run up in pairs. each fiue pairing with
the one opposite it. The iues OF
pair after passing up into the NOW
follow up Just under the roof and meet
under a cupola. unite and extend up
into the cupola half way to its top.
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These hues take the air from Jus,
above the foundation wall. but are
provided with registers is inches by is
inchee just below the ceiling which
can be opened when IL is desired 10
remove the warm air from near the
ceiling. Ten intakes are provided for
admitting fresh air. These are six
inches by 20 inches. are lined with
sheet-iron and each occupies the space
between the inner and outer walls and
two adjacent studs. Each opens TO
the outside at the bottom and to the
inside at the top as ahown in the
small diagram to the right of the illus
tratlon. The openings should be fixed
to permit OF their being closed partly
or wholly on windy days.
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CHAPTER xIx.-con.inued.

Il suspected as much" Hampton
went on, coolly. Indeed, | should
have felt hurt had you been indiffer-
eut upon such an occasion. II does
credit to your heart, Slavin. Come
now. keep your eyes on me. 1 was
about 20 crafty your curiosity. and. in
the FIRST place, came to inquire solic-
itously regarding the state of your
health during my absence. and Incl
dentally to ask why you are exhibit
ing so great an interest in Miss Nadia
ellis"
Slavin Strengthened up. bis great
hands clinching nervously. drops Of
Precipitation appearing on his red for
head. Il don't understand your damn
ed fun"
Hampton's lips smiled unpleasantly.
"Slayin, you greatly discourage me.
The last time | was here you exhibit
ed so fine sense of humor that was
really quite proud of you. Yet, truly,
j think you do understand this Joke.
Your memory can scarcely be failing
at your age.-Make another motion
like that and you die right there! You
know me.-Howeyer as you seem to
shy over my first question. I'll honor
you with a second-Where's Silent
Murphy"
You DEVIL" slavin roared. what
do you mean7"
With revolver hand resting on the
table. the muzzle pointing at the 81
ants heart, Hampton leaned forward.
utterly remors~less now, and keen as
an Indian on the trail.
do you know who | ann"
The horror In Slavin's eyes had
changed to sullenness. but he nodded
silently.
How do You known"
There was no reply. although the
thick lips appeared to move.
Answer me. you red sneak! Do
YOU think / am here to be played
with, Answer"
Biavin gulped down something
which seemed threatening to choke
him. but he burst not lift a hand to
wine the sweat from his face. If
ff didn't have this beard on you
might guess. thought you knew me
all the time"
Hampton stared at him. stili puz-
zled u have certainly seen you some
where. thought that from the first
Where was it?"
Il was in d Troop. Seventh cav
AIRY"
ID Troop? Brant's troop"
The big gambler nodded That's
how | knew you. Captain" he said.
speaking with greater ease. but
never had no reason to say anything
about It round here. You WAS alters
decent 'nough ter me-"
'Possibly"-and 1t was plainly evil
dent from his quiet tone Hampton had
steadied from his first surprise, the
boot was on the other leg. and you
had some good reason not to say any
thing"
5iavin did not answer. but he wet
his lips with his tongue. his eyes On
the window.
who is the fellow Murphy"
HE was corporal In that same
troop. SIR" The ea>cayalryman drop
ped insensibly into his old form Of
speech. He knew you too. and we
talked It over, and decided TO keep
still, because II was none OF our affair
anyhow"
Where Is he now"
'He left last night with army dis
patches for Cheyenne"
Bamptons eyes hardened percepti-
oiy. and his fingers closed more tight
sy about the butt OF bis revolver. "Yos
aie. SIavin. The last message did not
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-09

Increase Grain Produetion.--Il tho
farmers OF this country could
Increase their production OF grain only
ten per cent they would increase the
nations wealth s2is.O0O.OOO In most
sections Of the country il Is possible
10 Increase the production fully 100
per cent. Are YOU doing your part to
assist In the increase
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CHAPTER *.

The Cohorts Of Judge Lynch.
Hampton staggered olindly to his
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-19
SIX MEN FALL TO
BOTTOM OF MINE
Dropped From the Cage Over TIVE
Hundred Feet, the Bodies Being
Mangled by Falling Timbers.
Almost Miraculous Escape Of others,
Who Seemingly Were Doomed
Tragedy Was Result OF Most
Peculiar Accident.

Pittsburg.-Six men were instantly
killed. another was dangerously in.
jured and three others had narrow es,
oapes in a mine cage accident late
Monday at Ellsworth mine No. /, To-
Gated in Washington county The
mine is owned by the Ellsworth Coal
company of this city. Three of the
men killed were mining operators,
the others being foreign miners.
The three engineers. who had been
employed by the company several
years, had just completed a survey
OF the mine preparatory to starting
new entries, the six foreigners having
assisted them. A heavy wooden beam
was loaded into the cage and its ends
projected beyond the side, the men
riding on the timber. All went well
until they were within seventy-five
feet of the top of the shaft. when the
projecting beam struck one OF the
planks Of the shaft cribbing, displaced
by expansion due to the cold, and
most of the men were dumped out OF
the cage. Six fell to the bottom, o
distance OF 225 feet. the heavy tim.
ters on top of them, and were crushed
almost beyond recognition.
Randolph, drilling machine opera.
tor, who was badly injured, although
almost unconscious from blow on
Ids head, caught a chain at the side
OF the cage and chung to it until res.
cued at the surface.
Three of the foreigners were
thrown with the first impact to the
floor OF the cage and reached the sur.
race stunned and slightly bruised but
little the worse for their experience.
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AN UNUSUAL SITUATION.
Democrats Favor Increase in Duty,
While Republicans Object.

Washington. Democratic mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee favoring an increase in the
rate OF duty and the Republican mem.
bers assuming an attitude against a
protective rate on barytes. an article
listed in Schedule A or the tariff, was
the unusual situation which developed
at Wednesdays hearing before the
committee. Former Representative
NJ. Il. Rhoades, A. G. Nelson S. NJ.
Evans of North Carolina, and Charles
j. Staples of Buffalo, spoke in favor Of
increasing the duty on crude barytes,
and when Mr.. Evans took up the argu-
ment, speaking of the barytes deposits
in North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia
and Tennessee, the members of the
ways and means committee became
interested.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-19
OFFICERS BATTLE
WITH DESPERATE
Four Men Killed by Negro and Ten
Others Injured Before Black
Man is Killed.
Occurrence In Oklahoma Leads to Be.
lief That Race War is Imminent
and Governor Orders Out the
state Militia.

Okmulgee, Okla.--Five persons
were killed and ten others wounded
Sunday afternoon in fight between
Jim Deckard, negro desperate, and
local officers.
The disturbance began at the ST.
Louis G. San Francisco railroad sta.
ton when jim Deckard engaged in a
fight with an Indian boy, Steve Gray
son. and beat him into insensibility
with rock Friends Of Grayson no
titled the police, and when Policeman
Klaber went to the station, Deckard
fed to his house nearby, barricaded
himself In, and, when Klaber APP
preached, Deckard shot and killed
him.
Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse
In a few minutes and hurried to the
scene. Part of this posse was made
up of group of negroes, whom the
sheriff commissioned as deputies. AS
the posse approached the house Deck
ard opened fire with rife. firing as
rapidly as he could load his weapon
Sheriff Robinson fell first, Instantly
killed. Then the two Chapman
brothers. negro deputies, were slain
Deckard's house was surrounded by q
frenzied mob OF armed men. Fire
was set to house just north of
Deckard's, volleys were poured into
Deckard's house and he was shot
down. He was seen to roll over on
the floor, strike match and set fire
to his own house, which was soon a
roaring furnace in which his body was
baked. Deckard evidently had large
quantity of ammunition stored in his
house, for many cartridges exploded
while the house was burning.
Governor Haskell at Guthrie, was
| notified Of the battle and of the bad
feeling between whites and negroes
that had grown out of 1t and threat
ened race riot The governor at
once orderd the militia company at
Muskogee TO prepare to go to Okmul-
gee, and a special train was made
ready to carry the troops, the gov
ernor remaining at his Office to keep
In touch with the situation. News of
the preparation to send militia here
had good effect on the disorderly
element OF both races, and at Z O'Clock
Sunday night the crowd had dispersed
and further trouble Is not expected
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Makes Partners Of credltors.

Los Angeles.-Fred Door, the New
York, San Francisco and Los Angeles
broker, who recently failed with liza
bilities aproximating half a million
and assets totaling but a small por.
tion of that amount, has evolved a
plan of settlement whereby he is to
resume business with his creditors as
his business partners. He offers 10
pay in full all prior claims, amount
Ing TO about $4,000, and make %
per cent payment In cash on his
whole indebtedness. the remainder TO
Re settled from the profits Of his
business after resumption.
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ONE DAYS DEATH TOLL
AS RESULT OF WRECKS
Nine Are Killed and Four Badly Hurt
in Wyoming. While Eleven Are
Killed and Score Injured in
Louisiana.

cheyenne. Wyo.-As result OF the
collision of two freight trains near
Bore, eleven miles west of here, nine
persons are dead and four severely in.
iured.
The dead: j. C. Schley, freight en-
gineer; Martin Christensen, fireman;
John Murphy, conductor; Clarence
Slit, brakeman; c. w. Rodgers, brake
man; j. C. Duncan, brakeman; three
Japanese laborers of the work train.
The collision was caused by a
freight train going east down Sherman
hill losing control of its air and run
ming wild The train was going sew
enty miles an hour when the crash
came, which piled thirty-one freight
cars in a mass, the cars catching fire
and a scene of terror ensuing.
A chemical engine sent out from
Cheyenne fought the fire, but It could
only keep the flames from the engine
The bodies of seven have been recov-
cred from the wreck and brought to
Cheyenne and placed in a morgue.
Eleven Dead and Score Injured.
New Orleans.-Eleven persons are
known to be dead and score or more
are injured as result of a wreck
Wednesday morning on the New Or.
leans & Northeastern railroad at Lit
tie Woods, twelve miles from New
Orleans. Between Slidell and New Or
leans the tracks of the New Orleans &c
Northeastern are used by the Great
Northern, and ii was suburban
train of this road from Covington that
crashed into the rear of local North
eastern tran from Hattiesburg, Miss.
telescoping the four rear coaches.