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Fort Sill it was thought that the mill
tary reservation, containing %, acres,
in addition to a wood reservation OF the
same size, would be continued for mil
tary uses, and the officers In charge
urged that additional lands be secured
SO there would be ample land to provide
an allotment Of 100 acres for each mem
her Of the captive band. The land sur
rounding this post then belonged to the
Kiowas, the Comanches and a tribe
known as the Kiowa-Apaches, these being
Oklahoma Indians in no way related to
the captive tribe. Army officers on be-
half Of the captive Indians asked these
nearby tribes to donate certain tracts
of land for homes for these captive In
dams. The simple red men. strongly
sympathizing with the captfves of their
race, willingly contributed $4,000 acres OF
such land. The intention Of the Indians
was of course, to give this land to their
fellow Indians. There was a clause In
the transfer which said that the land
was ito be used only for military pur-
poses and for the permanent settlement
thereon Of the Apache prisoners of war .
The present tendency is to So interpret
this transfer as to give these prisopers
Of war no rights whatever in this land.
A quarter section of land is worth 81. 600,
so 1t is no small matter of which each
of these Indians is to be deprived
y
The Indian office insists that these cap
tives should be allotted the lands which
were decided to them by the neighboring
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DUNGEONS OF THE ANCIENT PALACE OF ROBERT THE

to explored catacombs under different
parts of Paris are marked-quite apart
from the bone-infected section inflicted
on tourists. The stairways leading down
to them have. regularly. from eighty to
40 steps.
SECTIONS will be chosen and cleaned up
for tourists. The aristocratc feudal
quarter west Of the Bastille is particular
ly rich in beautiful subterranean archi-
lecture, often connecting with the cata-
combs. In the Rue des Lions and de la
Cerisaie there are houses still possessing
fragments Of the middle age gardens Of
the royal Hotel st. Pol Of magnificent.
but sinister memory. Their cellars are
vast monumental halls, floor below hoor.
They prolong immensely, and were 1t not
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for huge partitions Of later-day individ-
ual owners they would be found to cross
each other in veritable labyrinth OF
the days when security only began to
exist at a depth of 100 feet. Beautiful
arches and graceful columns. hexagonal
rooms and veritable halls. alternate with
the long straight corridors. On one side
they lead to under the ancient walls OF
the time Of Etienne Marcel-the present
boulevard-where their owners could es-
cape into the open country. On the other
side they converge to one circular room
that has q hole, anciently concealed by a
trap, leading to q stairway. This stair
way-at present the property of private
family-leads to catacombs that. have
been explored only short distance.
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Paris such a search would be impossibly
complicated and expensive. The police
would waste their time penetrating to
unknown labyrinths tangled as they are
by cut-offs of heavy masonry, for who
knows what secret purposes. in what
epochs. modern or ancient, and blocked
by cave-ins of many an epoch.
Elaborate plans made Atty years ago
by Delesse and Lefebure de Fourcy were
burned with the Hotel de Vile in 1871.
over by the service of ancient quarries,
but not published. No map of subter-
ranean Paris exists in commerce apart
from the book OF Dunkei, incomplete and
reduced.
In Dunkers book sixty three entrances
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JINGLE SAM Has in Cap
tivity a Tribe Of Apache
Indians, Remnant of That
Band Which Was Led by Old
Geronimo - They Are the
Only Prisoners of War OF
the Present - These Bold
Warriors of the Far Rockies
Have Languished in Inaction
and Their Ranks Have Been
Greatly Thinned-They Now
Ask for Final Freedom-Are
Being Subjected to That Sort
of Juggling Which Usually
Results in 10, the Poor Red
Man, Being Robbed of His
Deserts.
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lNe.R1oR OFACAPTrvE Hor1E,

left only Geronimo and his followers:
This chief was one Of the widest old
savages that American history has ever
known. All the force Of the American
army pitted against his small band re-
quired many years to finally bring him to
the end forced to surrender 1t Is main
tanned by some authorities that there
were actually but seventeen of his fight
ing men who were captured.
The men of the army, however, rounded
up all the Apaches that could in any
way be associated with the Geronimo
band. Altogether 4O7 men, women and
children were taken from their mountain
prisoners of war. All shared the fate of
the members OF the more warlike band
and all have ever since been in cap
tivity.
These Indians were first taken to Flor
ida, where they were confined at Fort
Marion and Fort Pickens. A little later
they were transferred to Mount Vernon
barracks. in Alabama. There they re-
manned for seven or eight years. and
there the ravages of consumption first
began to rapidly reduce their numbers.
Mount Vernon barracks was in climate
which was damp and sultry and directly
in contrast to the high. dry air of Ari
IONA. To this climate was added the irk
someness Of captivity. and this combi-
nation proved SO great trial to these
sons of the mountainous west that in
1904 count showed that despite the
normal birth rate among their number
there were a hundred less Of them than
there had been eight years before.
The War Department realized that I'M
the west would be practically extermi-
mated in a few years. 1t was conse-
quently decided that they should be re-
moved to Oklahoma, and In 1894 they
were taken to Fort Sill and settled upon
the government reserves at that point
and have since been constantly under
the eye of the War Department through
the officers stationed at Fort Sill. 1t Is
now eighteen years since these Indians
were taken to Oklahoma. During that
time their number has decreased from
3OS to 24O The more healthful surround
ings of the Oklahoma post have had lit
tie effect In stopping the ravages Of tu-
berculosis which had earlier gained its
hold upon these Indians.
This remnant Of an Apache tribe which
Uncle Sam is holding as prisoners of war
is by no means the tribe Of Indians that
he captured twenty-six years ago. The
ried off the older Indians at a much
greater rate than they have the younger
ones. Many Of the original captives were
children at the time the tribe was brought
east anu hdo III no way pafuclpaled IN
the depredations of their fathers. These
children have. however. been held pris-
oners through the twenty-six years that
have interviewed. The great mass Of the
present tribe is made up of them and
their children. Probably half of the pres
ent tribe has been born in captivity, and
is therefore suffering punishment for Of
lenses OF parents or grandparents that
were committed before they came into
being.
So 1t comes to pass that the federal
government has been holding as prisoners
of war an ever diminishing tribe of peo-
pie very few of whom have ever commit
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II I should the catd-
combs of Rome be
a first-class tourist
attraction, and the
catacombs of Paris
remain unknown,
unvisited and un-
productive?
The catacombs of
Paris are greater in
extent than those
OF Rome. more
grandiose In execu-
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ONGRESS IL at

this session cons1d-
ering the advisable
ity Of giving free
dom to that bandfof
Indians which has
been held prison.
ers of war for a
quarter Of a CEN
fury and Is still so
held despite tho
fact that 90 per
cent Of its person
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Probably no one would have even gone
so far as to propose the present release
of these unoffending prisoners of war
had 1t not been for a local condition in
Oklahoma which causes such plan to
favor certain project that the people
living near Fort Sill are interested in.
These Oklahomans are ambitious to de-
velop a great military post at Fort Sill.
There is an extensive tract Of land sur
rounding this post which in reality be-
longs to these Indians, but which. under
a certain vague Interpretation may be
considered as q part Of the military post
If the Indians were out Of the way the
people Of Oklahoma feel that the pos
session of this attractive body of land
about post which already had some
military importance would lead to an ex-
tensive development Of that post: There
fore the desire to send the Indians to
New Mexico.
When these Indians were first located at
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mel is known never to have raised D. nd1iu
against any man. There are 24O OF THESE
men, women and children who nave the
distinction of being held as prisoners OIL
war by Uncle Sam. They are members
Of certain tribe Of Apache iholah0
which is held captive by the war ne-
partment at Fort Sill. Oklahoma Iney
have languished in captivity for a quar-
ter century and now. but the skeleton OIL
the active tribe that was captured py
Cen Miles in Arizona, are ASKING tnal
they be no longer held prisoners, put pc
allowed the privileges that are accorded
other Indians
The nrosenitors Of this handful Of
Apaches were members OF the tribe Oh
Geronimo the last of the great war
chiefs that disputed with the white man
the ownership of the border JANUS VI
civilization. 1t was in 1886 that the rem,
nant of this Apache tribe which nau
been fighting the Entertainments OF the
whites for twenty years was mary over
powered by the ever replenisned IUrce "
the arms of a great nation and suDoueu.
When this final submission came tneTe
were hut few of the real warriors remain.
ing These Apaches, most warliKe' mos
cunning and most effectual OF the ngnting
Indians of the southwest, had Tesisteu
the arms of the United States TOT Two
decades Under their previous great chlei
Cochis. they had fought hitner anu
tbither throughout the high mountains
~ Arizona. New Mexico and that sectlon
of old Mexico which borders on these
two states The military had begun IN
the southwest by using the iron nano
in avenging depredations, real and ailegeo,
on the part OF these Indians. Inc "in.e
man had failed absolutely to get tne III
dian's viewpoint and the Indian mao nat
urallv resented the encroacnment upon
his hunting grounds.
After the death of Cochis his son Not
sli had become the hereditary war cmei
of the Apaches Naiche had great deal
of the war spirit of his father, but there
was a certain medicine chief. Geronimo.
Who Inv the force of his native ability
as warrior, forced himself TO the
actual leadership of these depredatng
Attaches. For decade previous to 1850
Geronimo and his band had taken re1uge
in mountain retreats that were almost
immune to attack From these hid1ng
places they had sailed forth from time
to time and fallen upon some isolated
brutally murdered all the whites they
found, had seized all available supplies
and live stock and retreated again into
the mountains.
First there had come Gen. Crook. who
had for ten years faced all the hardshSps
of an inhosIitable and unsettled west In
lighting these marauding bands or In
dams One party after another had been
driven to its lair and practically extermi
mated. Yet the depredatIons continued.
In the end Crook was withdrawn from
the command in Arizona and Gen. Miles
took his place. For yet another decade
tie fighting continued Finally there was
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Mescalero reservation is chiefly great
mountain waste most inhospitable and
particularly unpromising to tribe that
has grown up to agriculture. The MEM
bership Of the Apache tribe at Fort Sill
is made up almost entirely of individuals
that have grown up in that surrounding
They know nothing of the life of their
fathers nor OF the life that they
would be called upon to live on the Mes
calero reservation. Further than this the
country about Fort Sill is the only home
they know, and they have no desire to
leave IL.
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PARIS. February IS. 1912.
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From this retreat he and his warriors
used to break forth, cross the line into
Arizona, and make such q whiriwind raid;
as was almost impossible to stop. They
knew every inch Of the ground. Their
plan was to raid different ranch each
day and thereby secure always fresh
mounts These they would ride to eHs
haustion for a day and turn them loose,
Thus they covered seventy-ave miles q
day, and no cavalry detachment was aolo
to overhaul them. For years this young
warrior thus defed the military OF tive
nations.
Notshi, the son OF Cocllis and by her3-
tage the war chief OF the Apaches. still
lives. This war chief had given over hfs
prestige to Geronimo. the medicine chief.
in the days Of the border warfare, ana
he always submitted to the domination
Of that old pagan when the tribe was
transplanted. Notshi Is q handsome In
dian and was a good warrior. In captiv-
ity he is merely an idler and loafer about
the villages and shows no trace Of the
war blood that flows In his veins nor the
adventures he has passed through.
Copyright. 1912. by W. A. Du PuyJ
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FoRT Sill
WHERE.H1aE. CAoTNESxAREsHELD

and w1y shouid they b hsld prisoners.
Dr. walter q Roa who II a che head
Of certain missions among than. recently
held . conca.we with the leaders O. the
their hearts and tell him what eheT
most wanted Finally b called On JasoA
Betsanex foV IN an1WsN jason answveed4
81 want . homo thai oAn oaN mn
Hs caIlsd upon Hsnediee yo.s to enswsq
the same question. and Benedict seidi
own property for hlmsek.s
school they are stn prisoners o. wa
they are peroled that they may leave
the reservation. Should they learn sum-
dently Of the white MANS ways 70 a.
themselves credit. thay still may NOT d
30 because they arc prisoners or WA
and their prison - tho BAout SIN sseesvA>
ton.
~ /!
A short time ego tho WY wfies man a
tho phase Of the United States govsrn-
ment submitted to these captive Indians
the proposition as to whether they would
prefer to go to the Mescalero reservation.
in New Mexico. or remain az captives at
Fort Still. Nothing was said Of the alter
nate possibility OF their remaining at
Fort Sill with the ban Of their captivity
removed and tho lands which Justly be-
longed to them allotted among them. The
proposition was merely to go to this
mountain reservation in New Mexico or
remain captives. Some Of the young In
dams. however. felt strongly the justice
OF their claim to these Oklahoma lands
and believed that in the end these lands
would be allotted to them. Further. they
a home
youth and their mature years. and they
did not want to leave 1t. OF them 1877
voted to 60 to New Mexico. while ninety
Ave insisted on remaining in Oklahoma.
The present status Of the bill before
Congress gives little indication as to
whether or not 1T will pass. Members
Of Congress are inclined to regard it as
a local bill Of q particular representative
from Oklahoma, and to let him have his
way in the matter. There is no bill in
troduced which provides for an allotment
Of the Oklahoma lands to these Indians.
but 1t is expected that one will soon be
brought in.
Old Geronimo died a year ago. Up to
the the time of his death he was still
recognized as an unregenerate old pagan
and about as tough a proposition as the
government ever had to deal with. OF
the men who fought with him there are
two Of prominence who still remain al
members Of the tribe. These are Chato.
or Flatface, who was a most active
leader Of raiding parties IN the old days.
Chato's following mostly found refuge In
the Sierra Madre mountains. across the
line in Mexico.
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So 1t comes to pass that the federal
government has been holding as prisoners
of war an ever diminishing tribe of peo-
pie very few of whom have ever commit
ted any offense against the government
Those who are best acquainted with these
Indians state that they are unable to find
more than five survivors Of the old war
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Ec1o n HY should the cata
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The Indian Office insists that these cap
tives should be allotted the lands which
were decided to them by the neighboring
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
FOREIGN.

The bethrothal Of Victoria Louise.
daughter Of the Emperor of Germany,
to Grand Duke Adolph Frederick Of
Mecklenburg-Strslitx has been an.
nounced.
Fifty-three Of the crew of the Brit
ish steamer Wistow Hall were
drowned when the steamer foundered
ON the Buffers Of Buchan, off tho
coast Of Aberdeen, Scotland.
News reached London Of an attack
by 5000 Turks on Italians engaged in
repairing the water supply at Derna
The Turks were repulsed, hundreds
being killed. The Italians had three
killed and seven wounded.
Reports are current OF blizzard in
Newfoundland that is said to be the
worst the colony has even known. In
some districts the snow is thirty-five
feet deep. Traffic is at standstill
and telegraph systems are demoral-
ized.
A score of fires swept across the
southern half of Osaka, Japan, famed
by strong wind. According to Of
iicial figures, 5,26S buildings had been
destroyed and 10000 people rendered
homeless. During the first four hours
the flames consumed 1900 houses.
AS the result of the finding of mug
gets of gold in numerous fowls killed
upon a farm, four miles from Mini
tomas, Man, stores and shops have
been closed while their keepers has
tened to the place to stake out claims.
More than fifty claims already have
been marked.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
SPORT.

There is a chance that real inter.
national battle for the featherweight
championship will be arranged some
time this year between Abe Attell, the
present holder. and Jem Driscoll, the
British champion. Some time ago Jem
announced that he would retire from
the game. especially after his match
with Owen Moran was called off. but
now he writes he has changed his
mind and expects to visit the United
States again early in the spring.
Frankie Burns OF San Francisco
and Jack Britton of Chicago have
been matched for n ten-round fight in
Oakland Cal.
Tally John of Butte was given the
decision over kid" Davis OF Salt
Lake, at the end OF fast six-round
boute at Butte. They are feather
weights.
The University OF Iowa led the
Western Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting
League in the first weeks shooting,
registering score of 951 out of pos.
sible 1000 points.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
Fire, Two shots: MIsses Heart.

Pueblo.-William Spencer. an EN-.
ploye of the gas plant here, made two
unsuccessful attempts to commit sui
eide. The first bullet aimed at his
heart crashed between his body and
left arm. His landlady, Mrs. Emma
Swalley. who hear the explosion. en-.
tered his room and jokingly remarked
that he was poor shot and suggest.
ed that he try again. Spencers sec.
ond attempt resulted in the bullet
gtriking rib just over the heart and
glancing off. lodging in the back.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
SURPRISED DOCTOR.
illustrating the Effect Of Food.

The remarkable adaptability Of
Grape-Nuts food to stomachs so dis
ordered that they will reject every
thing else. is illustrated by the case
Of a woman in Racine, Wis.
1.-TWO years ago." she says, II was
attacked by q stomach trouble so 50
rious that for long time could not
take much OF any sort Of food. Even
the various kinds prescribed by the
doctor produced most acute pain.
I'VE then got some Grape-Nuts food,
and you can imagine my surprise and
delight when found that could eat
1t with relish and without the slight
est distress.
when tho doctor heard Of II he told
me to take several small portions each
day. because he feared l would grow
tired Of 1t as had of all other food.
But to his surprise, land that of
everybody else), did not tire Of
Grape-Nuts, and became better day BY
day, till. after some weeks, my stom-
ach entirely recovered and was able
to eat anything my appetite craved.
my nerves. which had become so
weakened that I feared I would be-
come insane. were also restored By
the Grape-Nuts food in connection
with Postum which has become our
table beverage. appreciate most
gratefully and thankfully the good that
your food preparations have done me.
and shall be glad to answer any letters
inquiring as to my experience" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book. 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a rea.
son."
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time to time, TheY
are genuine, true, and full OF hIIaa
Interest.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
Railroads to Aid Farmers.

Denver.-Ten million dollars will be
poured into the laps OF Colorado farm
ers and fruit growers through in
creased crops this year, il the plans OF
Rio Grande, Union Pacific and Burling-
ton railroad officials are successful.
The traffic experts intend to show
the agriculturists how to raise more
and better produce Of all kinds. and
will spend millions to accomplish this
result and SO swell their tonnage in
this state.
Each system proposes to establish
its own state commission Of agricul-
ture, employing the most capable men
who can be found to aid the farmers
and fruitgrowers Of Colorado in every
possible way to increase and improve
the quality Of products.
President B. F. Bush OF the Rio
Grande, President Darius Miller and
General Manager George w. Holdreg ,
Of the Burlington and A. l.. Mohler,
vice president and general manager Of
the Union Pacific. are equally inter-
ested in the plan to develop produc-
tion and freight.
Chemists will conduct laboratory ex-
periments with soils and water. Bull
letins will be issued frequently. Farm
ers having difficulties with crops will
be visited by practical scientists and
advice freely given them. No efforts
will be spared to insure as many sue
cessful crops as possible in all parts
OF the state.
Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
FROM rELEGRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEk'o
EVENTo.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPo RTANT
CURRENT ToPlce.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Two women jurors in Seattle swung
ten men into line for verdict by
which woman was convicted OF as
saulting a man.
Dynamite exploding in business
house at Grand Forks, N. D. result
er in the destruction Of the Masonic
temple and several stores.
Assemblyman John E. Mullally,
member of the last California Legisla-
ture. was shot and killed by three rob-
bers in his saloon in San Francisco.
According to cattleman from For
est City. S. D. several thousand cattle
are gathered at Swift Bird creek and
hundreds are dying from starvation
and cold.
Much excitement has resulted from
gold discoveries at Dunlap, in the
Sierra Nevada mountains, Calf. Min
ers are rushing to the new fields and
a tent city has sprung up. Rich
pockets" found by prospectors start
ed the rush.
Miss Leona Mary Jewell, daughter
OF Jue Sue. one of the wealthiest of
Portland's Chinese merchants, will
soon receive a commission in the
Chinese revolutionary army and will
lead company of soldiers in the
field.
During the annual meeting of the
South Platte Millers' Association at
Lincoln. Neb., three newspaper report
ers who had been taken for mill own
ers sat through the proceedings and
heard all arrangements made for con-
trolling the price of flour milled this
year.
Pavlof volcano, on the Alaska penin-
sula. west of the Shumagin islands, is
in violent eruption. Andrew Grosswali,
a storekeeper at Sand Point, sixty
miles from Pavlof, sends word that a
discharge of stones from the crater
can be seen and that lava and smoke
are issuing.
After travelling through five states
to find a place where they might wed
legally. Miss Anna Sietama OF Woon-
socket, s. D., and Sistee Seitsma of
Forestburg, 8. D., were married in La
Crosse, Wis. The pair are first cou-
sins and because of that fact were un-
able to marry in South Dakota or the
neighboring states Of North Dakota,
Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.