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The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
CDNV|CTS LYNCH
NEGRO PRISONER
ENRAGED MEN oVERPoWER THE
GUARDS AND DRAG TERROR.
STRICKEN BLACK,
TRIED TO PROTECT HIM
Taken to Penitentiary to Escape
Angry Crowds-Prisoners Make
No Effort to Flee, After
Hanging.

Rawlins, Wyo., Oct. 3.-"The first
man that squeals is the next man
hung" This was the warning given
to all prisoners in the Wyoming state
penitentiary as the result of the lynch.
ing of George Wigfall, negro and for.
mer convict, aclordin.; to statement
credited . Warden Aston. The Off.
cial declined tc give the source of his
information.
! Convicts lynched Wigfall when he
was put in the state institution for
safe keeping. Wigfall was arrested
at Fort Steel, ffteee miles from here,
on charge of attacking Mrs. Esther
Higgins, aged 70.
The penitentiary lynching, one of
the most remarkable occurrences in
the history of the west, followed the
fetlure Of mob of several hundred
persons to get possession of Wigfall
before daylight today.
Y Wigfall, who fed into the hills near
Cherokee after assaulting Mrs. Hig-
gins, was captured by posses near
Fort Steel and taken back to Rawlins.
A mob of angry citizens, carrying
ropes and shotguns, Immediately gath.
cred about the jail. They became SO
threatening that the prisoner was
taken to the state penitentiary, also at
Rawlins.
Convicts Overpower Guards.
At daylight the 800 convicts in the
penitentiary learned of Wigfalrs pres
WI, hNiv, n
marched to the broom factory the pris
oners suddenly leaped upon the
guards and the turnkey, overpowered
them and secured the keys to Wig
falls cell. Securir rope from the
turkeys Office, tt ~ rushed to the
negro's cell. They looped one end oil
the rope about Wigfall's neck and fas
tened the other end about railing
fifty feet above the main floor of the
prison rotunda.
Cursing loudly, their yells minglins
with the pleadings of the negro fol
mercy, the convicts seized Wigfall ant
hurled him over the railing into tho
rotunda. The victim fell twenty-five
feet and his neck was broken in
stantly.
A remarkable scene followed. Sat
isfied that their victim was dead, the
prisoners made no effort to escape
from the prison. Instead, without {
word, they reformed their lines ant
waited ready to march to the broom
factory. At this time additional
guards rushed to the cell floor and or
dered the convicts to their cells in
stead of sending them to the factory
Negro Chops Down Door.
Wigfall appeared at the Higgins
home, and finding only the aged Mrs
Higgins there, demanded admittance
The woman refused to open the door
Securing an ak, the negro chopped tn.
door down and rushed into the house
Wigfall escaped into the hills, bu
was closely pursued by posses. Wor1
out by a chase lasting thirty-six hours
he was easily captured.
Wigfall had served two penitentiar!
terms. The last one, recently fin
1shed, was for assault.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
George M. Reynolds III.

Chicago, Oct. 3.-George M. Rey
nolds, president of the Continental and
Commercial National bank, was taken
seriously i'll with acute indigestion
while on the witness stand in the
court of United States Judge Lands
where he was testifying.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
THINKS GIBSON GUILTY
Attorney Accused Of Killing Client Is
Held Without Ball.

Goshen, N. Y, Oct 2-Burton w.
Gibson was held without bail at the
conclusion of his examination on the
charge of numbering his client, Mrs.
Rosa Menschik Szabo. Judge Boyce,
said he was so thoroughly convinced
that crime had been committed and
that the defendant was guilty that he
did not care to hear the accused law.
yer's plea for dismissal.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Yawn pislocates Her Jaw.

st. Paul, Oct. Mrs. Ralph Downs,
wife of the former chief of police in
South St. Paul, yawned slightly in ex-
cess of the limitations prescribed for
that expression Of WEAKNESS. Her
Jaw was dslocated and it required tho
services OF a physician to restore the
bone to it's normal position. Mrs.
Downs suffered great pain and could
not speak until the doctor finished his
work.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Directors to Be Reduced.

New York, Oct. 2.-Stockholders of
the CRANKY Consolidated Mining,
Smelling and Power company, limited,
at the annual meeting voted to reduce
the number of directors from Is to -.
Thirteen members of the old director.
ate were reelected.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Congressman Burke Recovering.

Congressman Burke Recovering.
Chicago, Oct. 3.-Congressman Chas
E. Burke Of South Dakota, vice presi
dent of the last national Republican
congressional committee, who has
been in Chicago hospital for the last
10 days as result of surgical opera
ton, is reported to be convalescina
rapidly.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Football Injury 10 Fatal.

Longmont, Colo, Oct. 3.-Acton
shrontz. captain of the Longmont High
school football team. is dead at his
home here as result of injuries re-
ceived in game last Saturday be-
tween Longmont and West Denver
High school,
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Eiraf Elrlnfi.

Belgrade, servia, Oct. "a Turkish
patrol OF fifty soldiers fired into the
Servian frontier town of Russia, rak-
ing it with repeated volleys. The in.
habitants fed.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Detroit MIX Trust SOUGHT,

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 3.-Charges that
milk trust exists in Detroit have
been laid before Prosecutor Hugh
Shepherd. The retail price Of milk
Tuesday, was raised from 8 to 8 cents
per quart, the highest rate ever known
here.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Vanderbilt Race On.

Wauwatosa Race Course, Wauwa,
tosa, Wis, Oct. 3.-Teddy Teztlaff, az
ter leading for more than 200 miles,
burned out the engines Of his big Fiat
car in the Goth lap and was forced to
withdraw from the race. De Palma
then took the les.d, closely pressed by
Hughes.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
r. r. eacker Quits.

st. Paul.-James A. Larson, assist
ant secretary of state, has resigned
his membership in the Roosevelt com.
,mittee' of fifty. Notice of his desire
to cult wac hanlsl IN today.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
Explosion kilIs Officer.

Newport, r. L., Oct. 2.-Lieutensnt
Donald p Morrison was killed and
eight men were injured by the explo.
sion of a steamchest on the torpedo
boat destroyer Wake
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
EIv MIners On strike.

Ely. New, Oct. 3.-The $500 EN-.
ployees of the Nevada Consolidating
Mining Co., of Ely, has struck. The
strikers demand an increase Of wages
and other concessions
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05

Mother Dies Of Shot Wounds.
Fargo, N. D.. Oct. 3.-Mrs. Martin
Sundbey, who was accidentally shot
by her 12-year-old son at their home
near Moorhead. Mimi. is dead.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05
RUSSIA REBUKEs CHINA,
Proposes Joint Demand for Payment
of Boxer Indemnity,

Washington, Oct. ga joint de.
mand upon China for immediate pay.
nent of arrears in the Boxer indem.
nifty, about S50,000,000, has been pro.
posed by Russia to the other five in.
terested powers. It is said that this
movement is intended as sharp and
forceful rebuke to the Chinese gov.
eminent for contracting with indie.
pendent bankers in disregard of the
proposed international loan.
The Irish standard., 1912-10-05

Sir Thomas Upton Coming.
New York, Oct. 3.-Sir Thomas Lip.
ton is expected to leave England for
O visit to this country on Saturday.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
SALMAGUNDI
Miss Oleta Clark returned from
Reno yesterday.

For Sale Everything from a
mop stick to nice Steel Range at
20. K. Second Hand Store.
Miss Alma Plumb and her sister,
Mrs. Ralph King, arrived from
Tuolumne, California. last night
and left for Tuscarora this MORN
ing.
Meals % cents and up at the
Little Inn Cafe, near the Western
Pacific depot. Chicken dinner
every Sunday.
There was fine rain last night
that laid the dust and freshened
up the atmosthere. 1t was doubt
less unwelcome to the haymakers,
but it just suited the rest of u.s.,
William Calvert and Ernest
Williams, the honor convicts who
escaped from the prison farm near
Carson over a week ago. were cap
tured by Sheriff Ferrel of Washoe
county near Gerlach last Sunday.
They were headed for the Oregon
line and we're nearly worn out by
exposure. They have been taken to
the prison.
Progressive republicans can get
little if an comfort out Of Senator
Massey's votes since he has been in
the senate. He has answered to
several roll calls on important
questions during his short service
ard on every one of them he has
voted with the standpatters.
There were several roll calls on the
wool 'ariff bill and on every one
Senior Massey voted with the high
tariff republicans.
Editor Harroun of the Silver
State was visitor to this Office
this forenoon. He arrived last
night and this morning he left in
auto for Mountain City to get
Mr.. Thomas Nelson's signature to
his nomination papers as Taft
presidential elector. He met Mr..
Nelson the other side of Tucker
station and had the papers signed.
He returned to Elko and this after
moon left for Winnemucca.
The indications are that there
will be several hot fights in this
county this fall between rival can
didates for office. Among them is
the fight for recorder. clerk, and
commissioner from this district.
So far no republican candidates
has shown up for sheriff assessor
or commissioner from the northern
district and no democrat as his hat
in the ring for commissioner from
the southern district. Only a few
more days remain for candidates
to get into the ring for the primary
election.
1t is currently reported that an
advisory committee, consisting of
the president of the First National
Bank of Elko. the president of the
Bank of Wells and the editor of the
Free Press, passes upon the quaIifi.
cations, ETC., Of republican candi-
dates for office in this county. 1t
is reported that Metropolis candi-
date for the assembly was turned
= down by the committee the other
day. This may not be true hut we
give it as told to us yesterday by
a prominent republican.
There is more catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together and
until the last few years WAS sup
posed to be incurable. For u
great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Scier &C has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31

Twenty four states of the Union
this year have women candidates
for congress, and it is believed that
several women stand a very good
chance Of ele. ton. Sarah Platt
Decker, who died the other day
after surgical operation, was an
avowed candidate for the United
States senate from Colorado, and
some political observers in that
state belived. Mrs. Decker would
have been successful if she had
lived.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
GIVE US THE 1896 FIGURES

While the investigations are
going on of the cost of recent
presidential elections, we hope the
committee will go back and give
the people the cost of the cam
paign of 1896. A few people Of
the west, some of them mine own
ers, raised and sent to the Demo-
cratic national committee some
$50, 900. There was no secret
about it: no concealment. The
property and future prospects of
the subscribers depended in great
part upon the reconciliation of
silver. But the World of New
York got hold of the statement
that combination of silver miners
had formed trust and were flood
ing The country with an unheard
of amount of money to corrupt
the voters in order to enable them
to double the value of their mines
and force upon the people half
weight dollar. 1t did this know
ing that Mark Harmon was spend
ing every week in order to
debauch the country more money
than the whole amount the Demo-
Gratis had during the whole cam
paign.
Belmo' admitted the other day
that he put $24O,OOO to try to
elect Mr.. Parker. How much did
he and Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Rock
Teller and the rest subscribe to
elect Mckinley in 1896? The
$4,000 given by Mr.. Belmont to
try to elect Mr. Parker was nearly
as much as all the silver mine own
ers gave to try to elect Mr.. Bryan.
Mark Hanna is dead, but the books
must be somewhere, and tv find
them and publish the facts would
supply mighty interesting read
ing" to the people of the United
States. Carson Appeal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31

Annual Output Of Books.
According to the calculation of a
French statistician, the number of
books published throughout the world
is 1858 each year.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO
COLONEL KINKEAO

A few weeks ago word came to
a citizen of Salt Lake City that
James H. Kinkead, the Nevada
pioneer. was dead. And the
tribute of the man who knows
man was paid Fifty years ago in
mid-winter a disappointed young
man walked from Carson City to
Washoe City, Nevada, along road
that was guttered and cluttered
with debris from recent flood.
He got to Washoe City at nine
o'clock, tired and bitter and sore.
About the only light in the little
place came from its one store; he
entered and asked the usual ques-
ton: SIS there any place in town
where can put up?" The answer
of the man who met him was
prompt: eyes, right here!" And
the storekeeper fed the young man
and made bed for him out of
blankets spread on the counter.
Kinkead, as vital force in his
state, was pictured by his friend.
He served term as sheriff of
Washoe county years ago, when it
was job for cool and nervy men.
AS justice of the peace for two
years all of his decisions stood; he
had an explanation which revealed
the pioneers opinion of book law:
Don't give me any special credit;
whenever | have been in doubt
about decision I'd gone to our
district judge, stat! d the case as
carefully as l could, got his opinion
and then coppered it," lis there
anyone who doesn't know that to
"copper"" means, in faro, to bet
that a card W mt VIM When the
Virginia City mining boom "bust-
ed" Kinkead began to work out
the plan of quartz mill for work
ing the low-grade ores of the Com
stock lode which everybody else
was leaving as worthless. He got
promises IF money backing, but
when money was most needed these
hackers failed him, and Kinkead
turned everything he owned into
cash, perfected his mill, and ground
fortune for himself out of the
abandoned ores. "Tkere was nc
quit ia him" said his friend. "No
one ever heard him boast.
He possessed an Indomitable
manhood. He never lost faith in
himself: and he believed that
Nevada had everything to satisfy
the man with the brains, the
physical strength and the pluck to
carry through his plan. By such
as Kinkead our western states have
been built into orderly units He
sets high standard of physical
courage, enthusiastic service. and
moral stamina. We like his old
friends praise; and we echo his old
friends hope that his 'last bed may
be as soft and his sleep as sweet as
was his friends on that winter night
half a century ago. Golfers
| Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
c. N. HAWS

Another sturdy democrat throws
his hat in the political ring today.
Charles NJ. Haws, a practical civil
engineer. announces himself as a
candidate for the nomination for
county surveyor. Mr.. HaWs has
served one term in that Office and
gave good service. He is willing to
try conclusions again with the re-
publican candidate.
Mr.. Haws is one of the first
residents OF the county. Nearly
his whole life has been spent here.
He has always made good, both as
citizen and as an official. He
has all the qualifications necessary
to fill the Office to the entire salts
faction of the people of the county.
He has always been a consistent
democrat and he appeals to his
party for its support at the primary
election. ."4s..
If nominated he will do his best
to win in November. If successful
then, he promises efficient service.
While the Office carries no salary,
there are times when proper per.
Torrance of its duties are of i'm
mense value. He will give value
received as county surveyor.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
An Easier Job.

An Easier Job.
IAN easy job will suit me, sena-
tor"
How about winding the clocks
every week."
y might make that do. But what's
the matter with my tearing tho leaves
OF the calendar every month";"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
Doubling Tom.

Young men believe in nothing
nowadays" says Mrs. Ramsbothan,
with deep sigh. why, there's my
nephew, Tom, who was brought up az
Christian, and nov he's an acrosuc."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
rive Languages at TaIIors' Meet,n,
Horae and Han.

II takes blacksmith to shoe
horse. but anybody can shoe a han.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31

OF Blko county, subject to the decision of
the Democratic voters of the County at
the primary election.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
HIS PENSION

In 1932-"Poor man. 50 you have
nothing but your pc nsiOn on which
to live? The government should
be ashamed to neglect its old
soldiers So"
II wasn't soldier ma'am."
"Not a soldier?"
mo. ma'am: get my pension
for attending the republican nat
ional convention of l9l2."-s
Buffalo Express.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcements under this head will
be made from the date Of first publica-
ton up to the primary election for un-
successful candidates and to the gener,
al election for the sum Of $40 payable in
advance
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31
Sympathetic.

"Einhl! was robbed by a footpad
last night
"Tll bet the hair on his head stood
up straight"
'DiDkle hasn't any hair on his head
to speak Of, but he says the fuss e.
his fuzzy hat stood up straight"
Five Languages at TaIIors' Meeting
At the meeting of the international
Journeymen Tailors' Union over eight
hundred people employed in the trade
turned out. English, Irish, Scotch, He
brew, French, Italian and Finnish wero
used by the speakers in their ad.
resses.-Toronto Globe.
Horse and Hon.
II takes a blacksmith to shoe a
horse, but anybody can shoe n han.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-07-31

The Souvenir edition of the Reno
Journal has been received. 1t is
handsomely printed and illustrate d
and is the best advertising paper
ever issued to boost the state.
Elko county is given an interesting
write-up that should be appreciated
by its citiz ems. We congratulate
the Journal NJ the excellency of
its Souvenir edition.
Eureka is surely on the overland
auto route, for there is hardly a
day now that several autos bound
either east or west do. not pass
through town, and many of them
remain here over night. This
helps out the hotels, and as several
of the stores carry automobiles
supplies aud our blacksmith shop
do considerable repairing, the auto
travel through Eureka is causing
few dollars to be left in the
town.-Sentinel.
If you like large figures try to
remember that there are 1885,
900 miles Of telephone wire in
the world, with 18,179,00 miles
in this country.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-24
ENVOY HAS
SECRET TYPEWRITER
FOR WRITING IN CODE

LONDON July 24.-Baron Marschall
VonBieberstein. the new and gigantic
German ambassador, has brought with
him a private typewriter with special
type which only the baron and one or
two members of the German foreign
office can read. The baron allows no
enc else to work this machine, and al
ways carries on him the key of the
patent lock with which it is fitted. He
himself types out all his private code
messages.
Private typewriters have been in use
among some English business men for
some time past, and the use of such
machines by firms who are accustomed
to write their important correspond
ence in a secret code is becoming com
mon.
Nearly all the standard typewriter
makers are ready to quote for the max
ing of typewriters fitted with any par
ticular kind Of type. Machines have
already been constructed for Oriental
languages, including Turkish, and also
for Yiddish and Hebrew In fact, no
cipher Is now considered too difficult
for the engravers.
1t took many years to bring to per-
lection the construction of a typewriter
for writing Turkish, owing to the diff
ficulty of joining the Turkish charac-
ters
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-24
TURKISH WOMEN ARE
LIKE ALL OTHERS; TEN
OTTOMAN PROVERBS

-CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24-The
Shall LILLIAN is distributing gratis a
little pamphlet of ten Turkish sayings.
They will be of interest to everybody:
1. Under a mothers sole heaven itself
springs into life.
2. Whoever is good to a sorrowing
mother will be rewarded tenfold.
8. A woman's words are a witness to
her work.
4. Woman can make heaven or hell
for a man in his home.
.. The brain of quarrelsome woman
is night without a moon
6. stupid wife will harm man
more than his deadliest foe.
Z. A happy love must be held with
both hands, with the eyes, the ears,
and with every thought
8. Who wishes to marry must have
money in his safe and credit in his
pocket.
8. Whoever wants to know his own
worth let him go accounting without
money or possessions.
10. Love makes man rich woman
poor; 1t makes man strong, woman
weak.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-24
JOHN DIS LATEST STUNT
Is PROBATION OFFICER

NEW YORK, July 24-John d.
Rockefeller has suspended John Riley.
foreman on his Pocantico Hills estate.
for being cruel to his family. Riley
will not be taken back until he proves
he can be a model husband. He re-
Gently kept his wife and seven children.
all under twelve years old, out of his
house all night
Agent Charles Warkner, of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, investigated and induced the
wife to have Riley taken before Police
Justice Foley Of Mt Pleasant on a
charge of cruelty.
Without waiting for the judge to act,
Mr.. Rockefeller ordered Riley laid off
until he promises to treat his family
better. The justice thought Mr.. Rookie
Teller had punished him sufficiently, so
he let him go on probation
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-24
ODDFELLOWS Of
STATE ASSEMBLE
Grand Encampment Opens at
Griffin Tonight With Degree
Work by Atlanta Team.

GRIFFIN. GA, July 24.-About 200
delegates to the grand encampment of
the Odd Fellows of Georgia are here
for the annual meeting. The session
will begin tonight, when the patrt-
archal degree will be conferred in the
Odd Fellows hall by the silver Link
encampment of Atlanta This en-
|campment has won first prize in every
contest that it has entered Tomorrow
morning the business session will open
at the city hall. There will be no pub
lie exercises during the day. as mat
ters of a routine nature and of interest
only to the order will be considered
One of the most important items of
business will be the election of officers
The following officers have served fer
the year that is Just drawing to close:
c. II. Bell, of Gainesville, grand pa
triarch; George Q. Cook, of Alpharetta
grand high priest; r. l.. Bramlett, of
Athens, grand senior warden; F. H.
Stout, of atlanta grand junior warden;
w H. Abbott, of Atlanta, grand scribe;
William NJ Pitman, of Athens, grand
treasurer: ]. l.. Bass, of Rome and
gorge o. Berry, Of Columbus, grand
representatives..
The grand encampment of Georgia is
made up of So subordinate lodges, hav-
ing a total membership of 2.791. Silver
Link encampment of Atlanta has the
largest membership in the state.
Tomorrow night Griffin lodge No. 346
l. O. O F. will put on the initia tory
degree at its hall in West Griffin. w.
j. MaHathie is captain of this team,
which won first prize in the degree
work at the recent Gainesville meet
Ing.