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The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-11
NEGRO lYNCHED.
Attempted to CriminaIly Assault the
 Daughter of a Farmer.

Nashville, May 11.-Elmo Harvard, an eighteen-year-old negro. arrested Wednesday at Pulaski for attempted criminal assault on Claudio Allen. six teen years old daughter of I. P. Allen, prominent farmer, was lynched Fri day afternoon by a Mob of 300 un- masked men. The men broke open the jail, and over the protest of the sheriff, carried the negro to bridge and hanged him. Several shots were fired into the negro's body by mem. bers of the mob. but no further disor- der occurred.
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BOYS BAD PLIGHT.
Walked Part of the Way and Rode In
 Wagon and on Cars.

Wagon and on Cars.
 Fort Worth, May 11.-Three brothers Luther Cooper, aged ten, Lee aged seven, and Sidney aged four-arrived at this city penniless. They are on their way to their grandfather's farm near Memphis. Tex. The boys had nothing to eat for two days. Bystand CTS at the train station made up a fund and bought them food. clothing and provided car fare. The young sters came from Arkansas, where their father has lately died, leaving them alone in the world. 1he boys had walked and ridden in freight cars and wagons from Pine Bluff, being week on the way.
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HAMPER GOVERNOR.
Speaker Is Acting Until Pindall Re
 turns From Washington.

Little Rock, May 11.-Allan Hamiter speaker of the house of representa- lives of the Arkansas legislature, Sat urday took the oath of office as gover' nor. He will serve until the return of Governor Pindall. president of the state senate. who Is serving as act ing governor. and who has gone to Washington to attend the governors conference, thereby leaving the state without executive.
 Acting Governor Hamiter. 1t Is said will probably call special session of the legislature.
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MURDERED IN TENT.
James Warmers Head Nearly Severed
 and Stabbed Several Times.

Dallas, May 11.-Near Hutchins, in the southern part of Dallas county, the remains of James Warner, a charcoal burner, were found in the tent he oc. cupied Warner, who was forty-five years old, lived alone, and had no relatives so far as known. His head was nearly severed with an ax, while the chest had been stabbed several times. A dollar bill was found on his person, also two matches. He Is sup posed to have had over $500 in cash
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DAVIS CENTENNIAL,
Great Preparations Being Made t
 Properly Celebrate the Event.

Austin, May 11.-Great preparations are being made here for the proper celebration of the anniversary of the centennial celebration of President Jefferson Davis birthday, June 3, at which time the Confederate women's home will be formally dedicated. Among speakers for this occasion are Governor Campbell. former Governor Savers and Associate Justice Brown.
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Centipede In Tickinq.

Olustee. Okla. May 11.-While un- wrapping bolt of ticking at the store of l. R. Williams a centipede measur- ing seven inches was discovered in the bolt The store was crowded with GUS toners at the time, and great excite ment prevailed. The Hentin de cs- capped from the bolt and chased around over the store for a while. but was finallly killed
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for the same purpose before the end of the fiscal year.
 The reports of the organization for the year 1907 show that during the year the society distributed 1,S00,000 Bibles. testament and scripture DOT tions. These were printed in about 100 different languages, and were cir. culated in all parts of the globe
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American Vice Consul Injured.

Guayaquil. May 1.-Robert B. Jones of New Jersey, the American vice con sul general here, has been injured In a serious railroad accident at Bucay. Two trains met in collision. and the total number of dead and wounded Is large
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Pure Food Bill Adopted.

Guthrie, May 1.-The house and senate passed very complete pure food bill with more exacting require ments than the national bill. A pure food analysis station was established at Oklahoma university.
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Refund Bill Introduced.

Washington, May 11.-Representa- tive Sims of Tennessee in the house introduced bill appropriating $7,S73.. AGO to refund to the state of Tennessee the money collected from the citizens of that state for taxes on cotton for the years 1863 to 1868. inclusive.
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Fire Damage Is Great.

Atlanta, May 11.-Thirty-one build ings destroyed, forty-two business con cerns burned out, 1000 persons thrown out of employment and financial loss conservatively estimated at $1,25O,O0O, is the result of a fire which started about 8; 30 o'clock Friday morning, and ragged for four hours in the business district of this city.
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.IELEGRAPHIc NEWS FROM POINTS OF THE NATION

H. Baker, United States marshal for west Tennessee under President Nc. Kinley, leading Republican newspa- per editor and colonel of the Fifty fifth Tennessee infantry in the Con. federate army, died at his home in Me KenZie
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MOTHER CONFESSES.
On Death Bed Tells of Murder of Two
 of Her Children.

Nashville. May 11.-Mrs Moxie Pot. ter, dying in a hospital at Bristol. Tenn. confessed to the murder of two of her children, one an infant. She claims to have thrown them from a rapidly moving train into river, and she involves a prominent young man of that city. She claims he squander. ed insurance money left by her hus. band.
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MRS. SAGE'S GIFT.
Large Conditional Donation For
 American Bible Society.

New York, May 1.-The American Bible society has received from Mrs. Russell Sage an offer to contribute $500,O0O toward a permanent endow. ment for the society, on condition that another $300,000 shall be contributed
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Not to Be Permitted.

New York, May 11-Attorney Gen. eral Jackson will not be permitted to bring suit against the lnterborough. Metropolitan company to vacate its charter and annul Its corporate exist ence
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KILLED WITH AK.
SiIas DooIey, an Aged Negro. Loses
 His fife While at Work

His Life While at Work.
 Dallas May 11.-Near West Dallas a negro named Sllas Dooley. sixty-three years old, while engaged in chopping wood with another negro. s. B. Smith, twenty-three years of age. had a gash four inches long cut on his head with an ax. His right ear was also cut off Death resulted instantly Smith was placed under arrest.
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No, s'one' Baker Passes Away.
 ''i'e' >May1L-Colonel Thomas
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-05-23
HOW HE SHOT THEM.
Made Little Difference to Sportsman
Where His Birds Were Hit.

Down in Florida, where I spend
the greater part of the winter" said
the sunburned New Yorker, they are
not so particular about observing the
game laws and the little niceties OF
hunting as we are up north, / had
frequently seen water fowl shot with
out giving them a chance to rise. Com
ing up to Jacksonville big German
got on the train at Port Orange with a
nice string of duck. He sat next me
in the smoker and l struck up a con-
versation with him.
"Nice lot of ducks you have there.
! said.
"Yah,' he replied.
Where did you get them?' asked.
"Down by de inlet up de creeks
he said.
at suppose you shot them on the
wing ventured, remembering the
trick of the pot hunters.
"'Yah,' he replied solemnly, ON de
wing, und in de feet, und in de head,
Everywhere. Dere dey are. You can
examine dem und see for yourself"
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WHISKY AS sNAkE-BITe CURE
German Emigrant Pours Liquor Down
Big RattIer's Throat.

Port Jervis, N. "a German emf.
grant employed by farmer four miles
above Lackawaxen, Pike county, Pa,
was sent to field the other day to re-
move stone preparatory to blowing.
Before going to work his employer
gave him bottle of whisky, with in
structions how to use it in case he
should be bitten by a rattlesnake.
Snakes infest the locality.
The workman wore felt boots. He
had been working until 10 a. m, when
he saw rattler summing itself on a
fiat rock. He got his flask of whisky
ready and then stuck out his foot to-
ward the snake.
The snake coiled up and ratified. 1t
jumped its length and buried it's fangs
in the mans felt boot. Grabbing the
snake about the neck, the man poured
good drink down its throat and
released 1t. The RATHER was probably
the most astonished snake in Pike
county, and for a minute seemed
dazed.
worked upon its system, the snake
began to strike at everything within
reach. 1t would crawl backward, try
to get into imaginary holes, and twist
about. 1t struck itself several times in
the body, but, as whisky is a proven
tive for snake bites, 1t had no effect.
1t acted as though suffering with a
Jag" and the men left it, expecting
1t would soon die.
About five o'clock in the afternoon
they went back to see what had be-
come of the snake. They were unable
to find it at first, but finally discovered
it at spring from which it was drink
ing freely.
At their approach the snake lifted
its head and eyed them sadly. as
though it considered that they had
played mean trick.
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T|PSY CH|NAMAN
FOUND UP A TREE
HARLEM ORIENTAL SURPRISES A
PATROtMAN BY FALLING
ON HIM.
OFFICER HEARS ODD SOUNDS
Goes to Investigate and Is Greeted
with Shower of Ladies' Wearing
Apparel Followed by Gin
Filled "Gin."

New York-Of course any expo
fienced playwright knows that the
climax really comes in the third act,
when Chin Kung Gig sits down on a
hot heater in the Harlem police court
and arises therefrom substantially at
once and emits several loud, singed
shrieks, but to begin at the beginning
the other morning Policeman Lycur-
gus Hemmer was walking north on
Broadway, near One Hundred and
Ninety-fifth street.
There are trees In this portion of
our great city, and from a close
boughed cedar standing on vacant
lot Policeman Hemmer heard sounds
emerging. The sounds were something
like a dollar watch being wound up
and something like the finish OF a
six-day hiccoughing contest and some
thing like throwing an apple core in
the monkey cage.
So naturally Policeman Hemmer
went over there and stood directly
under the cedar trees and looked up.
One of those felt slippers that turns
up at the toe like a runner on a bob
sled hit him in the mouth.
Brushing the slipper out Of his face
with a careless gesture, Hemmer
looked up into the tree again. The
mate of the slipper was in the act
of descending from an upper Dough,
accompanied by ladies' sweater, red,
with large pearl buttons and roll
collar. pair of long black tights, and
uncoiled queue, an advance block
straw hat and small chrome-yellow
Chinaman. The Chinaman was wear
ing all of these things except the Sec
ond slipper.
They all hit on Hemmer's chest In
such manner that he accompanied
them south to Manhattan island.
where he seated himself in a recum-
bent posture and recovered his breath.
1t was the Chinaman who opened
the conversation. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Gin"
Il knew that already" said Hem
mer. "and not only gin, but If I'm any
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die. the very foundations Of her lie
fell In ruins.
The old man fingered on. He may
grow better" said the doctors. He
may even regain his speech and his
mind, but it will be for a short time
only. 1t is question of weeks at the
best He can never attend to business
again."
Virginia knew nothing of business
and, despite capable subordinates, the
lack of the customary firm hand at
the helm grew daily more apparent.
until at last the lawyers told her that
she must face the situation and make
arrangements for the future.
AS a first step, she went to her
fathers office and looked through the
papers in his desk And almost the
first packet she opened was a sheaf OF
old florists bills.
Even then she did not understand.
Instead. she wondered, and the won
der grew as she realized the length of
time and the amount Of the purchases
represented. They ran back more
than ten years and counted up hun
dreds of dollars annually. And her
father was not rich! And all for
roses! For roses!
The blood fed from her face and
she gasped for breath as suspicion
first dawned. With trembling fingers
she futtered the bills and noted their
1oto. uo~o -ae <ta ao<o ~ bor Grad.
uation, here that of her debut, here q
birthday, there a Christmas. Merciful
heavens! Her dream hero and her old
father were one.
In a daze she remembered that he
had declared again and again that the
way to succeed was to appear success
full; to be popular was to seem popu-
lar; to gain admirers was to seem to
have them already. She recalled his
anxiety-anxiety over which she had
smiled-that she should marry well
before death should leave her double
orphan, not too well of in this worlds
goods. Oh. it was all plain now. He
had set out to make her a social sue
cess, and he had succeeded. And by
the fullness of his success he had
ruined her life With less measure
she might long since have been
happy wife!
1t was easy now to understand the
reason for numberless petty econo-
mies-economies that had bought her
roses-economies that always affected
mot her, but him alone, and that he
had passed of as personal desires.
For long time she sat and pom
dered. Then her eyes grew tender.
He must never know" she mur-
INJURED. He must never know. But
thank God found him out before Paul
and he had both gone out Of my life."
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the bullet few past Mrs. Bailey and
she ducked also.
One Saturday night recently Mr..
Bailey purchased revolver and box
of cartridges for burglars. Sunday he
sat down to overhaul and oil up the
mechanism. He began finally to snap
the hammer on empty chambers, much
to the delight of his little five-year-old
daughter Doris.
At the request of the little one to
do it again." Mr. Bailey repeated the
trick and even showed the child how
to pull the trigger. Then Mr.. Bailey
carefully loaded the gun and placed 1t
on the chamber stand near the head of
the bed in his room. Mr.. Bailey tells
of the shooting as follows:
MY wife lodged and rolled around
on the floor and so did 1. / stumbled
over chairs in an effort to get behind
the child and so did my wife. Bang
went a bullet into the top of the mir
ror; smash went another into the
hanging lamp; biff went a third
through that light of glass there; a
fourth landed in the cover of the
sewing machine, the fifth made hole
in the teakettle and the sixth and
last hit my wife's work basket.
my wife and l both yelled to the
child to stop, to drop the gun. When
the ammunition was all exploded and
she could make no more noise, Doris
sat down on the floor and screamed
with laughter"
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BABES AIM IS BAD,
so PARENTS ESCAPE
FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL KEEPS
MOTHER AND FATHER DoDG-
ING BULLETS.

Oakland, Me. -"Oh, papa, see me
shoot" said five-year-old Doris Bailey
to her father, Edmund Bailey. on Up
per Fairfield street, as she walked into
the dining room at breakfast time the
other day. The child carried in her
hand a revolver and as she spoke she
pulled the trigger, as she had been
shown how to do by Mr.. Bailey few
hours before, when the weapon was
unloaded. :
The revolver was pointed at Mr..
Bailey, held tightly in the two chub-
by hands of the baby. Bang" 1t
went, and a bullet flew past Mr..
Bailey's head. He ducked. Bang
went the revolver again. This time
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Judge, beer and whisky straights, and
high wines and denatured alcohol and
fusil oil, and Worcestershire sauce,
and horse liniment, and hearth var.
nish, New Orleans molasses and win.
tergreen chewing gum. You have a
breath like bonded warehouse. What
dye mean by trying to push a pack.
age like that up tree?"
The explanation wearied Hemmer.
and, besides, he didn't understand any
of 1t except that the Chinaman was
named Chin Kung Gin, and was a cook
and lived at 20 Mott street; and, any
way. Chin had liquid style of con.
versational delivery like a seller
siphon, and when he put his face close
to Hemmer's and talked fast Hemmer
felt as If he were taking the needle
showers at Turkish bath. So he rang
for the wagon and they all went down
to the West One Hundred and Fifty.
second street station.
In Harlem court Magistrate Ker-
nochan told Gin that he (Gin) was the
first drunken Chinaman he ever saw
in his (Kernochan's) life, but that he
(Gin) was drunk enough to make up
for all the Cinnamon he (Kernochan)
ever saw that were sober.
And Gin, through an interpreter.
said the diagnosis was quite correct,
and then he retired to the prison pen
and sat down carelessly on the steam
heater and got right up again, as al.
ready described. and patted himself
on the reverse side. 1t is opined that
while waiting for the second arraign-
ment he viii not be greatly discom-
NODDED if there should be only S. R. o.
in the station house.
But none of these things explain to
Hemmer's satisfaction how Chin Kung
Gin happened to be so far from Mott
street. up tree in Harlem with those
clothes on and that package, ct six
O'Clock In the morning.
or ever win.
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How I Cured sweeny and FlstuIa.


IT want to tell you how l saved one
of our horses that had a fistula. We
had the horse doctor out and he said
it was so bad that he did not think he
could cure it, and did not come again.
Then we tried Sloan's Liniment and
1t cured it up nicely.
zone day last spring was blowing
for a neighbor who had horse with
sweeny, and l told him about Sloan's
Liniment and he had me get bottle
for him, and it cured his horse all
right, and he goes OF now like colt.
I'VE had a horse that had sweeny
awfully bad and we thought it was
never going to be any good, but we
used Sloan's Liniment and it cured It
up nicely. told another neighbor
about it and he said it was the best
Liniment he ever used.
I'VE are using Sloan's Sure Cole
Cure and we think it is all right"
A. D. Bruce, Aurelia, Ia
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EXCITING TIME IN THE WOODS.
Death Narrowly Averted by "Teddy's'
Presence of Mind.

The tiger crouched for a moment to
take breath, then, gathering all his
strength, he sprang again.
This time he almost succeeded in
touching my shoe q could not draw
up my feet for fear of overbalancine
myself, and felt the hot fetid breath
from his mouth fan my face.
In a silence which seemed to en-,
force his determination he prepared
for a third spring-a spring which ]
knew must end fatally to me. AL
hope seemed to have fed, and had
given myself up for lost, though ]
still continued to scream feebly, when
an answering shout was borne back tc
me and caught the sound Of running
feet.
The tiger heard them, too, and
turned instantly to face his new foe;
and a second later Teddy, rifle in
hand. came into sight.
His bewildered glance fell on me
From where he stood he could not see
the beast, which now started to worm
its way slowly toward him, its body
nearly touching the ground and a Lit
tie track of crimson marking its
course.
Its there! It's there!" I cried
Historically, and fortunately he un
derstood what meant.
Never for moment did he lose hi
presence of mind, but, cooking hi.
rife. quietly awaited the brute's on
slaught. A slight waving of the gras,
alone showed him. as he stood on tbs
ground, the direction from which the
danger was coming; but I, from my
point Of vantage, could watch the
whole scene. helpless spectator.
The brilliant eastern sunshine lit M
Teddy's quiet, set face and the CLEAN
ing yellow and black of his adversary
The trees stirred softly in a gentle
breeze that had sprung up, and q
cuckoo called quite close, as 1t might
have done in peaceful English wood.
Suddenly there was a flash, a roar
was it the noise of the rifle or the tri
umphant roar of the tiger? II
seemed to me as If that smoke would
never clear away, but when at last
my staring eyes could see again the
beast lay dead on the ground, and the
man stood there unharmed.-E.
Hobart-Hampden, in Pail Mall Maya.
zine.
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q
There is nothing that will make
naint go wrong on the house more
quickly than poor oil. 1t Is as oao IN
its way as authorizations In the wnite
lead. Petroleum oil cheapeners may
be detected by placing drop OF the oil
on a black painted surface. II one sees
the Characteristic iridescence or play
of colors which kerosene exhibits. IL
Is evidence Of adulteration. Corn ana
fish oil can be detected by the smell.
Adulteration in white lead can best
be discovered by the use OF blow
pipe, which National Lead Company
will send with instructions free 70
anyone interested in paint. Address,
National Lead Company. Woodbridge
Building, New York.
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Responsive.

Responsive.
The lecturer had announced that
among the Athabascans, on the Kos
kowine river. the females were 81
preme.
Pardon me for the Interruption
said q resolute looking spinster, but ]
must 60"
Are you ill?" asked the speaker.
with proper concern.
Never BETTER" responded the de-
parting, but I'm hitting the trail for
the Koskokwine."
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Rats Make Nest Of Savings.

Washburn. Wis.-Joe Ferro, a la
borer who for years has been deposit
ing his savings in an old trunk instead
Of trusting the banks. the other day
discovered that his money, consisting
of some $500 in bills, had been chewed
to pieces by rats. which made a nest
of the remnants. Ferro was about to
use the funds in making trip to Can
ada. His loss viii be total.
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f.. The man of power, of strength. who
can turn adversities into advantages,
who has the courage to dare and do
and the will to carry him onward and
upward. is he who controls the storms
and tempests of his mind and subdues
them into ready obedience to serve his
purposes and consummate his desires
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The Entire Family.

Grand Pop used it for rheumatism.
Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises.
Nanny for Burns. Scalds and Aches.
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. / use
1t for everything, and it never disap'
points any of us. 1t surely yanks any
old pain out by the roots.
Hunts Lightning Oil Is what I am
telling you about.
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Accounted For.

Naturally she turned to her husband
for information.
why are so many of the police
mentioned as plain-clothes nen" she
asked.
Il suppose" he answered, that
they're like the rest of US. 1t takes all
their pay to keep their wives from be-
ing plain-clothes women.
phia Ledger.
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New Dinner Card idea.

From Paris comes decorated card
rack with trail Of artificial flowers
that may be changed to suit the din
ner colors and makes pretty addi-
ton to the table. These racks are to
hold a plain card upon which the
guests name is written and they may
be used for good many dinners, thus
obviating the expense of the decorated
dinner card every time one enter
tainS
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~Nails.~
malls are q mighty good thing
particularly finger nails-but l don't
believe they were intended solely for
scratching, though I used mine large
ly for that purpose for several years.
l was sorely afflicted and had 1t to do.
One application of Hunts Cure, how
ever, relieved my itch and less than
one box cured me entirely"
]. M. WARD,
Index, Texas