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He told them nothing but disaster could
come of it and privately warned the
chiefs not to believe the predictions Of
the medicine man
Mckay Diet KLINE pretended to agree
with all that Colonel Carr had said, but
when a few days later he was summoned
TO report at San Carlos to the Indian
agent of the government he not only
ignored the order but retired to his camp
on Cibiou Greek, about forty miles FROM
FoEt Apache.
A soon as this move was reported
Colonel Carr was ordered to arrest the
medicine man
Knowing that the Indians were al
ready inhamed, Colonel Carr telegraphed
for additional troops. He believed that
BY a show of overwhelming force he could
Overawe the Indians and prevent an up
rising.
The additional troops were denied, and
As no move was made Immediately the
medicine man tried to convince his fol-
lowers that the white soldiers were
afraid. His influence grew and spread
to nearly all the Indian camps In the
White Mountain reservation. To make
matters worse the prophet Of evil ad-
vised the Indians to brew and drink
''tizwin," strong intoxicant made from
corn With the liquor and the incanta-
lions Of the medicine man together they
were ready for any crimes.
On receiving the order from head
quarters to arrest Mckay det KLINE
Colonel Carr sent a runner to the camp
of the medicine man, telling him that
no harm was intended. but that he must
obey orders and report to the agent. To
this message an evasive reply was sent,
and 50 on Monday, August %, the little
command under the leadership Of Colonel
Carr left the fort and took the trail to
Cbiou Greek.
The next morning. as the soldiers were
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SColonel Carr meanwhile walked calmly
tosHhere the scouts had been standing
and commanded the guards to kill the
Medicine Man"
Sargent Mcdonald. in charge Of the
guard. 'shot the Medicine Man through
both thighs, but Mcdonald was immedi-
ately shot By the Indian scouts. The
Medicine Man even after being shot
called loudly to tbs Indians to fight on
and made Efforts to reach the scouts
Lieutenant Carriers orderly trumpeter,
seeing that the Medicine Man was still
alive, drew his revolver and, thrusting
the muzzle into the mouth of this yelling
Apache. fred all the cartridges.
The scouts and other Indians were
finally driven from the camp, but they
drew OF into the underbrush to renew
the battle.
With every man under his command
on the firing line Colonel Carr began an
engagement that was to tax to the ut
most the mettle of his men As dark
ness came the dead. including Captain
N~SAe 80 1As OroeAAyg were oaElco IN
a single grave dug inside Colonel Cars
tent The burial was done By the few
men that could be temporarily spared
from the firing line The Indians lurking
about were still full fight, and, re-
membering the queer prophecies Of
Mckay det Kline, Lieutenant Carter
was sent out on the hazardous duty Of
finding his body 30 that his followers
could not carry 1t away.
Cropping toward the spot where his or
derry had fred the last shot into the head
of the medicine man, the young Of,eer
reached there just as rides amid the
woods sent Missiles Of death about him.
as If to remind him that the medicine
mans person was sacred
Lieutenant Carter, unmindful Of the
danger. knslt down % get good lock At
what was left Of the medicine mans
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~ HREE officers Of the United
States stood, the target for more
than hundred rifles fred at them
at close range By Apache Indians
Two of the officers fell, theil
bodies riddled with bullets. One
escaped and fought the battle to its tragic
close, and at the eri Of it the Congress.
Eional Medal Of Honor for distinguished
bravery" was awarded to him The hero
of that fight was Major General william
d. Carter, until recently in charge of the
American forces on the Mexican frontier,
at present acting chief Of stah in Wash
ington.
So little does he look like an Indian
fighter that it is told how a young attache
Of the State Department went 20 General
Carriers Office soon after he was appointed
to Washington, and after watching the
clerkly looking man working at the desk
for some time he went to him and asked :
"Can you tell me what time General
Carter is expected in?"
he explained afterward that he thought
he had been talking to a civilian friend
Of the General
In 1881 General Carter was first lieu
tenant of the Sixth United States cavalry,
commanded BY Colonel Z. A. Carr and
stationed at Fort Apache. Ariz. For a
Iong time the White Mountain Apaches
had been on friendly terms with the whites.
but in August 1881, there was evident
gign Of dissatisfaction among them. and
day BY day they grew more sullen and
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She replaced the broken cast, put on
another fly and silently took up her old
position could not find it in my heart to
chuckle. even quietly. for the loss of the
FIRST fish hurts.
Very slowly my Hy swept across the
salmon that had risen. and he took II
with a vicious rush, tearing OF twenty
Eve yards of line without the least idea
of stopping.
about the same size asyours."
This chap few all over the pool now
skittering on the surface ike mad thing.
then plunging recklessly backward and
forward.
Little By little I wore him out until be
was content to Aoat in an eddy, his fms
barely moving.
Ny gafber came across. A quick, def
jerk and beautiful fresh run female fish
was lying on the pebbles, the sunlight
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The rivers that we fshed later include
the Fortesu, Pinware, Red Bay, Mays
Rive Gin St Lewis Bay, North East
River, White Bear Arm, Hawk Bay,
Partridge Bay, Black Bear and the rivers
in eros Water Bay, the voyage taking Us
well north Of So degrees.
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Done with you for ny amountP J
shouted.
An ideal spot for salmon. Here and
there powders created great eddies, where
the silver fish like to rest and accustom
themselves to the taste of fresh water.
Long ribbons of foam trailed away down
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started at once for the open sea, my Lady
keeping pace as best sh, could over the
rough shore until she could 90 no further.
-Snub hiE" 1 yelled. She did. The
rod tip few back and a limp line dangled
forlornly from Il
Gone, By thunder!'
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him started matters. and out Of water h
came for the second time
"A vera, vera guild flush. Twill gans
ava yon thirty pun" Angus said slowly
Round and round the Big One went
banging deep and shaking his head dog
sedly. / crossed 20 beside Ny Lady, and
there was a pitful little look of pain on
her face.
"My arms" she whispered. but shool
my head. She did not ask again
Monotonously the salmon kept up hi,
itinerary Of cireling the pool, and she could
not gain a foot Of line Sometimes be
would stop. suIking. but few sharp raps
on the rod but. Jared him into moving on.
Then she gained a few inches. a few
inches more-whiz! He had it all back.
But after forty minutes fighting Ny
Lady began to gain steadily.
@You gaf him, please" she almost wspt.
I waded knee deep. In the strong sun
light I could see his great length rolling
from side to side, and as he came nearer
the eonvulSive moyemer. of his gills
flashed bitI Of reflection
Nearer AtiIL By JoEe, what q fsh!
Now could see the Durham Ranger
and, to my horror. the hook had worn
through the tough jaw and was holding
him BY what seemed the merest thread Of
skin
STEADY, steady" I begged of my lady
as reached under water, took deep
breath and struck the gaF home through
the solid shoulders
A quick, merciful knock on the head
and it was over.
No one spoke as the magnificent fish
lay on the rocks, his hns teebly quiverinI
at their very tips The crimson stais
from the gaf wound ran slowly across thG
silver, dark ruby in contrast
You are the winner for the season, o
Big one!" said respectfully, and so il
proved when the trip was over h
weighed thirty-siK pounds Eve ounces and
was as handsome in proportion a fish a
any Reshgouche salmon that ever saw.
So ended that which We always speak Of
as the big fight"
Our success on the Alexis was most
gratifying, the pools being full Of fish that
were keen on rising.
The next day we poled and struggled
away up river, camping when night
dropped down.
But it must be admitted that va
boarded our little "shippie" for further
north one evening under deep, far
OF skies and q sinking sun that glim-
mered from between fleece lined dark
clouds, with a feeling Of gratitude for her
solid. simple comforts, as the black flies
and mosquitoes on the Alexis are devil
ishly attentive and persistent
The rivers that we fshed later include
the Forteau, Pinware, Red Bay, Mary's
Rive Gin st. Lewis Bay, North East
River, White Bear Arm, Hawk Bay,
Partridge Bay, Black Bear and the rivers
in Gros Water Bay, the voyage taking rs
20
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causing its scales to radiste all the eOlors
Of the rainbow.
looked for my Lady, but she was gone
Down stream? No; should have seen
her.
With my rod i scrambled up the low
cliff that lay between me and the next
pool, and there she was, lying fat on u
projecting ledge. staring into the crystal
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On the Upper waters

clear water below. She beekOned impe
riOusly. motioning to be careful crep
beside her.
See himT' she breathed.
When my eyes became used to tn
Wavering of the eddies l. too. saw "him-"
Thirty pounds If an OunceF' begAr
to shake.
Slowly moving to and fro as the watei
pushed him, lay huge salmon. WHOSE
dark length was magnihed By the angIi
from which ! looked. until he seemed &
veritable monster.
slip Of and get out on that point; yOU
can reach him from there, and III watch
She wriggIed out OF sight, and with ny
gaHer at her side to steady her. reached
the desired p0sition. As her line length
ened 1 could see the Hy plainly. drifting
nearer and nearer to the giant
He saw it. made half hearted lunse
upward, then settled back behind his rock.
Three times more she tried, but he refused
to move.
Try a Dusty MiIler'g'
No result.
Durham Ranger No. f." / advised As q
last resort. though this is a large, gaudy
fy. rarely used except when the water
is heavy and dark from rain
King Salmon's Fight.
Rush! Splash 1t was done so quickly
that could not see it, but she had him!
In my excitement and delight slipped,
and rolled comfortably head over heels
into the river. When my head came up
the first thing that appeared was the
monster, as he leaped full and clear Of
the surface and not fifteen feet from me.
With that / made for the shore, fear
ing that might foul the line.
The battle was on in earnest, and
right royalty did this salmon uphold the
title Of his kind, viz, the king Of sweet
water game fish
AS I wrung the icy cold water from
my clothes it seemed as If he took adTan-
taxe of every assistance that Nature could
give him No matter how Earily my lady
tried to get below him, he always dropped
down stream as she moved, rising the cur
rent to help his fight and setting himself
across It.
Suddenly he began to pound his way
upstream
This is your finish, o Big one!" !
muttered. But was It?
With almost incredible strength he bored
his way suIlenly against a seething rapid,
Ny Lady butting him all that she dared.
Up and up, and still up without falter.
Where the water slid smoothly from the
next pool it was rather shoal He crossed
il in a cloud of foam or spray and sank
heavily in a nearly still, very deep hole.
my arms! Ny arms"
laughed. They will be worse than
that before Angus gatfs him"
1t was a sort of truce for q few mo-
ments, neither side apparently ready to
commence hostities. A stone flung over
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81 attIin8 With the kin8
Of Sweet Water Fish.
Thrills of Landing > Big Salmon in
the Alexis River Of Labrador

head of the lower pool. And such pool!
Beginning at the top in heavy whirlins
rapids It slowed bit by bit until it was
lost in the weight Of the ocean.
INVADED across, and my Lady Dainty
reached a fat rock just under the quick
water.
Here goes for the hHt fish," she called.
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BY LAWRENCE MOTT.

~ -
1NNTEELL se there come day
M Skipper All. Of tie httl.
w schooner that / had char
tered. spat vigorously t.
lee,ard-"BreeEe II freshe1
up bitty-my thinkr' he added.
At last the long winter months Of wait
ing and Of longing were behind US: N,
Lady Dainty and 1 were once more bount
down the grim Labrador coast, this yea
70 cast our flies for salmon in as ye
untried streams.
Although it was July the night air wat
very cold, made the more so BY huge ice
bergss whose massive forms and nina
retted peaks seemed to appear mystic
riously from the hazy, moonlighted dis
tanees over our bows and, as strangely
to vanish astern.
To port the black line of the Labrador
swung past as a whole sail sou'westerly
wind hurried US on, to the drone and
swish of disturbed waters and the com
planning creak of an INCREASED main
throat ballard block.
pass the word below, Skip. when you
make Alexis Bay"
AYE, zur-g'night, eur"
But the sun was just coming over the
rim of the world as stepped on deck.
We were slipping easily down long. "
Grey and green, green and grey-alvays
the same mouotony OF rock and barren
tundra. A tracery Of white at the foot
of the cliffs showed clearly and the pom
derous roar of the heaving ground swell
rs it dashed itself to foam came softly
over the laughing. run-kissed waters.
First white Water"
"Yon,s he" the skipper sung out, as we
ounded a bold headland, and an hour
later the anchor was let 90 Of the mouth
of Alexis River, of whose wealth of
salmon had so often heard from the
Montaignais Indians.
Ny boys took all the camp dunnage in
the two big dories, the Lady Dainty and
!. following by canoe.
Good luck an good fshin', EUR IN
hang on onless it comes fer Z blow, then
I'll stan out till de wind shifts Ofn de
hn'."
Cur hungry eyes Toasted on the mag
uiicent stretches of river as It came rush
ing from the hinterland in q wide sweep
to the sea. The first white water" above
the tidal pool glistened brilliantly, and we
blessed the day that We were born.
A most comfortable little bank, that was
protected from easteriy winds, offered an
excellent camping place for the first night
and while the boys were uptenting / put
the rods together.
What shah it beg"
"A silver Doctor, No. 6, double" she
said, fastening the cast on her line.
"Pn try my luck with a Jock Scott,
Ehen."
We crossed a long, peBbiy bar to the
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stream in which SEA trout broke re-
peatedly; over it all the bluest of blue
skies and a genial sun
At my sixth cast, the hy wen out in
the stream, saw the old familiar fash
of silver side and the hirt of 4 black
fail
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Camp 90 the Alexis

First riser 1 whOoped sIeefully
Whe-e-e-e-e-e!
First FISH," she called In return, AZ
her reels music came shriIly over the
rush Of the river.
Out of water he hoped.
Mice onei About twelve poundsr'
What life and go tAat fsh had! He
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
RESIDENTS
GREET KNOX WARMLY
Secretary of State Receives
Hearty Welcome From the
People of 1sthmus.

Panama. Feb. 2S.-Thc newspapers
here give great prominence to the visit
of Secretary Of State Knox. whom they
welcome to Panama IN the warnlest
terms. Ever. movement OF the state
secretary Is recorded and many inter-
v!ews with prominent men are pub
lishetl as to tho effect of his visit.
For tho second da,- of the visit full
program of entertainments and tunc-
tions il provided Early th;s morning
the entertainment committee came to
the hotci where Mr.. Knox lis staying
and took tho secretary and the whole
of tho party accompanying him on a
sight seeing trip to the site of the or
igina! city Of Panama.
On the!- return the parry has bean
invited to luncl. at the home of Maui
rice II. Tnhtcller, governor of the Pan
ANA canal zone. In the afternoon B.
recepticn Is to be given by Rodolfo
Chiari. the acting president, at the pal
ace Gnd tonight (. state dinner is to be
given by Governor General Parades.
after which Mr.. Knox viii make his
first formal speech of the tour.
Ir the ara. aay % his; sojouru in
Panama MAJ te taken as q sample OF
be the busiest OF man during the next
few weeks The t.see periods between
the various fu.sctioils are occupied by
him In receiving an endlcss stream Of
callers. Before he retired late last night
he mad made haii GoEs1l .:nproE:ptu
speeches.
Special precautions i.avs been taken
to guard Mr.. XEax during his visit, q
largo number of socret service iilen al
wsys being or Grty IN ht8 inascediats
vicinity.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
BEN FOX BADLY
HURT IN WRECK
Old Time Engineer Is injured
When Driving Shaft On
Engine Breaks and
Strikes Him.

Storm Lake, Ia. Feb. ga. Ben Fox,
of Fort Dodge, one Of the pioneer en-
gineers of the Illinois Central rail-
road, was badly hurt when driving
rod on his engine, pulling No. 81. the
Fort Dodge Sioux City local passenger
train, broke and q part of II thrust
1t way up into the cab In which he
was sitting. 1t is reported that both
his legs were broken. The break
down occurred two miles east of town
and the engine and train was stalled
there until Il fresh locomotive was
sent from Cherokee 10 take the train
on, together with the injured man.
He was taken to Fort Dodge on train
No 104. No part of the train except
the engine was damaged, and it was
not derailed.
Ben Fox is we'll known over Iowa
for his labor and political activities.
fIe is a close personal fricnd of Sena
tor Kenyon and has at times acted as
the Legislative agent of his labor union
al Des Moines. He is a member of
the G.. A. r.
Zen Fox is well known In SIOUX CITY
having made this city every other 'lav far
years. He comes in about II O'Clock in the
morning and taxes train out al O'Clock
In the afternoon.
The accident Is particularly unfortunate
at this time as MS wife is spending the
winter at Houston. Tex. His home is at
Fort Dodge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
CAR Of COOKERY
LOSES HIS PLACE:
HENCHMEN STRIKE
Pleheian Hotel Man in Chicago
Has Nerve 10 Bounce the
Famous Chef as he
Would BeI|boy.
HIS RETAIMERs QUIT POSTS
Famine for Guests for Awhile
Until Positions of Those
Who Walked Out
Are Filled.
HIS RETaINERs QUIT POSTS

Chicago, FEB. 20. Tsugsno Laper
ruque, of world wide fame as a poet of
cooking, formerly of st. Petersburg.
Paris. Dclnonico's and the Hotel Plaza
i'll New York, has been fired by the
Hotel La Sale manager. He has been
called the emperor OF chefs
The wrath of the great man was
Sampson like. The pillars of the tenn
pie on La Salle street trembled-
Sevcntytwo assistant chefs, cooks
rastry makers and ssullions SC, departed
with the great man This was the news
he told his train: children, l am fire
from YOU
Marie Antoinette Bessctl dropped Il
tilet mignon into a pan of pommes de
ierre au naturel and covered her face
with her apron.
Mon Dicu." she cried. Our papa
fire oh. mon Dieu,"
All Join ia Chorus.
There We're II other voices Seventy
of them We're CRYING in French. One
that of John Grady, the chief broler
WAS in rare old Irish "Wnin the aul
boy quits We'll all quit.
Well all so, papa. lead on. we fol
low" they announced. and a double
procession started. All the followers of
Papa Laperruque started out one door
and as they went they passed :, second
procession Of II retainers of Frank
Cucco. an Italian chef late Of the
Manager G; III. C;azelly was aston
isbad '', =, the exten 1 ''~ Of the %, ou,hound s
PROCESSION Orders we're coming from
several hundred guests. The service
was donorali.eG. The manager called
up restaurants and other hotels Little
doing
Advises No Violence.
once outside Laperruuue addressed
his Followers. ,' ''''4' ''>',' >'''''1'A
..Nothing rude mes enfants, > he c,,,
toned ..Remember. Won arc soldier.
and YOU obey me. im.plye-itm ment
will take care OF YOU. Laperruoue
never forgets his chidrer. They shaII
.ar,, % M c,alslly I i shall ~ te,, tht,n s sl far
he i., my fren.. have have made the
LaSallc i have made 'rchn- cnpo eat
Pah, these western Indians dd not
know what food was until Laperr,laue
show them. They neve, hear OF guinea
hen.
.,rhrv could NOT buy thoy ,.oula nor
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
MANY INVOi we'd IN
ThXICAB ROBBERY
Five Are Under Arrest, But a
Number of Others Said to
Be Implicated.

New York. Feb 2s While the police
have the names of 10 alleged highway
men, five of whom are under arrest.
the evidence so far uncovered in the
taxicab holdup in the Wall street dis
trict in which two men We're black
lacked and $4,000 in money stolen,
shows that several others knew of the
planning and execution "tssnr plot and
perhaps shared in the loot
Deputy Commissioner Dongherty has
the name of five men who arc wanted
and expects that arrests will be made
within the next "a hours. The police
are especially desirous of arrestins
three Italians, two of whom are known
as Matteo and PAUL.. These Italians
arc known to their fellows as tho three
brigands.'
Two of the prisoners, who have con
fessed, say that the three brigands2
supervised the rol3he,r. but took no
part in IT until the division came. when
Matteo at the point ~ 4 gun. seized
$4,000 So far b,it 5000 has been re
covered by the police
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
KENYON in talk TO
TEMPERANCE PEOPLE
Explains His Bill to Forbid the
Shipment OF Liquor Into
Dry" Territory.

Special 20 The Tribune.
Washington, Feb. rs Senator Ken
yoil spoke last night AT a mass meet
ing ~ the First Congregations! church
under the auspices OF the Anti Saloon
league Ne explained the bill he has
introduced In the Senate
There is Il bin now in congress bear
ing my name. said Senator Kenyon.
(which is intended to prohibit a ct-
zen of /, wet state from possessing in
!, dry state rights which a citizen OF
that dry state may not possess. be
lievc in states rights. and when Il
state desired that the saloon must go
! don't believe that the federal gov
ernment should enter into q partnership
with q trafiioker in liquor TO break
down the state laws.
Il am told that the strongest lobby
which has ever formed in the ci;5 is
here to fight my measure. If they came
here seeking fight. IL is fight that they
are .oiilg to get. contend that the
federal government should stop selling
federal licenses to nlca in these dig
i,icls whneh the individual states have
declared shall be dry.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-29
NORRIS RHYMES His
RAP AT DEMOCRATS
Parodies Riley In Expressing
View Of Attitude On the
Money Question.

WASHINGTON. lte.5 2S Representatives
i orlis, of Nebraska pr@sressive repub-
iicai. In opposing lhc Democratic mon
~ trust resolution, changed than dur
ing the years The democrats were out
af power tIcN spent th"ir time twisting
tllc tttil OF the moneN deHil.
Then followed this outburSt with
apolenies TO jones Wllteplnb Rlley
There vas a l!ttle peiaocra WHO wouldn't
A.a So tho caucus gobHlod him and
spaaktd him tuawsfos
They threatened HIM they noundcd him.
tllcy rolled ninl tliu aud sleek,
Am, when the rob wa finished. le vas
humble sore and mock
And the oailcusA VI Ncu T you don't
warch out
There wore some 4taiwasi democrats who
5worr they saw trust
with Bulls and Tears II pams1iee there
IN Wall strrots dirty dust
Hut when the cauctis finished them they
,"as just a dreain
They lu.d tnoir h"aes in Wall streets lap
aud sllnbcred on again.
And he caiicus'.i git you II s9u don't
watch out.