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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-08-27
An Injustice
Righted
BY OSCAR cox

There is a region In Mississippi that
,, Is occupied almost exclusively by col
ored people. In the interior OF this
region the only way to dispense JUS
tce has at times been for the negroes
themselves to organize a court and try
some case of such importance as SEEM
ed to demand attention. As for small
breaches OF the law. such as stealing
chickens, watermelons and the like.
the individuals dispossessed were ex-
pected to attend to the matter them
selves.
One day a gentleman from vicks-
burg, who was travelling through this
region, had occasion to speak with a
certain colored man and was told that
he was sitting IN a woodshed con-
Quoting a murder trial Going to the
humble courtroom, the visitor looked
In and saw the court in session. TAX
ing a back seat. he observed the pro-
ceedings.
Caesar Henderson, black as coal,
was on trial for the murder Of Te-
cumseh Rodman. a rival for the affec-
lions of Dinah Ochiltree. The rivals
had visited Dinah during the evening
before the murder and had left to-
gether They were heard quarreling
on the road. The next morning Te-
cumseh was missing. Since he did
not turn up for some days Caesar was
accused of his murder, and, there be-
ing no regular court within many
miles, he was tried by his peers In the
woodshed. Dinah. the object Of con-
tention. was being questioned by the
| Judge, who also acted as counsel for
the state and the defense. He was
also the twelve jurymen.
"Dinah," he said severely, "wha' 70
yo' hab two lubbers hangin' roun' yo'.
persuadin' 'em to fight TO- yo'? Don
yo' know dat wo'se'n murder"
81 couldn't help dey fghtin' TO- me-"
replied Dinah. with toss Of her head.
"Wha' time did dey leah yo' dat
81 didn't kill Tecumseh." protested
Caesar.
"Shet up" cried the judge. glarlng
at the prisoner from under a pair of
heavy gray eyebrows, "or fine yo' 70
contempt OBJ cou't."
The question having been repeated,
the witness said that she reckoned the
two men left her between "'leben
o'clock and some time In de mawnin."
She reckoned it was near the latter.
How do 20 know datT asked the
Judge.
"Kase / heard Zeb Parker, dat lib
mex doc to me, comm home from
chicken huntin'."
"How yo' know Zeb been chicken
huntin'?"
"Kase 1 hearn de squawkin' Of de
chickens he was bringin' home"
did yo' see Zeb?"
mo, sab; didn' see Zeb. De dark
and Zeb war of de same blackness."
II thought yo' said 1t war mawnin'T'
$50 did. Zeb nebber goes chick
en- huntin' 'cept just befo' daybreak."
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The witness was excused, and Lem
Barker was called to the stand.
Lem" said the Judge, looking at the
rafters. tell de cou't how 70 know
Caesar killed Tecumseh."
"Kase l hearn 'em fightin'."
(which war lickin' de udder?"
"Hov l know dat? | couldn' see 'em
fightin' in de dark"
Don yo' know no mo- bout de
tight?"
Goose 1 don know nothin' at all
bout de fight"
Another witness testified that he
lived next door to Tecumseh and that
the latter had been missing since de
dark OBJ de moon" and that Tecumseh's
dog twas a-whinin' all de time kase
he marster didn' come home no mo-
Then Dinah was recalled and testified
that the call on her by the rivals was
made during de dark OBJ de moon.
This completed the evidence. Inc
Judge called upon the prisoner to stand
ND and, being obeyed, proceeded to
convict and sentence him at the same
time. He was to be taken out to de
ole tree wild de low branch convenient
TO- hangin' pussons" and hanged by
the neck until he was "daid.'
The sentence reused Dinah's ire.
"Wha' To- yo' gwine hang Caesar
iudgeY" she shouted. "Dah amt no
sinse in dat At de dark OBJ de moon l
hab two lubbers to choose from. One
killed de udder, and now yo' gwine TO
hang de one lef'. Wbar do come In"
At the statement of this obvious In
Justice the Judge scratched his WOOL
"Ps might sorry bout dat, Dinah-
But it's too late now. done sentence
de prisoner"
There was a babel Of tongues, some
insisting that, sentence having Deen
pronounced, there was no going back
on it. Others claimed that 1t was
mighty hard on Dinah. The hubbuo
was quieted by the gentleman observer
who stepped to the front and said:
"Your honor, | am an attorney In
vicksburg. and if you will listen to
me | think can tell you how the pr1s-
oner can be legally saved from the
gallows."
Every eye was turned to the white
man. who continued as follows:
1--WE derive our laws from England
An English king, Edward H., issued
an edict that when a man was SEN
fenced to be hanged for any crime, II
a woman could be found to marry him,
he should go free. According to this
law, which we have inherited from
England, If Dinah will marry Caesar
he will escape the gallows."
There was nothing in the learned
speech that the darkies understood
until the speaker came to the last ten
words: then a shout arose, and the pair
we're forthwith united in marriage.
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INDIAN TRIBES OF
new YORK FALL OFF
More Than 6O9 Fewer Than
Ten Years Ago.

Albany, N. Y.--There are 600 fewer
Indians on the reservations of New York
state than ten years ago. But three
tribes, the Onondagas, Tonawandas
and Tuscaroras, show any gain In
numbers, according to the official cen
sus figures made public by Secretary
of State Francis NJ. Hugo The total
number of Indians now living on the
eight reservations is 4,451 as compared
with 5000 in 1905 According to the
federal enumeration of 1910, the popu-
lation of the Indian reservations was
5,729, but the figures included whites
and other persons as well as the red
skins.
Out of the 4,451 now on the reserva-
lions 7G2 confess to being pagans, and
74S speak little or no English.
In the eight reservations there are
S7i676 acres, of which the Indians are
this summer cultivating 30.556, or an
average of Cos acres for each man,
woman and child The census figures
reveal that the St Regis, Onondagas
and the Tuscaroras are the largest
tillers of the soil; the Allegany and
the Cattaraugus Indians the least.
At the Onondaga reservation 4,266
acres out of 1900 are under cultivation;
st. Regis, 1063S out of 1900; Cat
taraugus, 4,447 out of 21,6S0; Allega-
ny, 1858 out of 30,469; Shinnecock, II
out of 400 acres: Tonawandas, 2,527
out Of 7,54s; Tuscaroras. 4,749 out Of
6,249.
Pagans are shown as follows: Onon-
daga, 113; Cattaraugus, 300; Allegany,
2S7; Shinnecock, 5; st. Regis, O; Tona-
wanda, 81; Tuscarora. O.
The 74S found speaking little or no
English are divided in the following
manner: Onondagas, "a; st. Regis, 232;
Cattaraugus, SO; Allegany, 101; Shin
necock, O: Tonawandas, 239; Tusca-
roras, Sc
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BACK BROKEN, LEG OFF,
HE WINS M. D. DEGREE
Doctors Didn't Reckon With
Keith'S IndOmitabIe VIII.

Philadelphia.-A broken back, loss Of
one leg by amputation and the other
by paralysis couldn't keep Jim Keith
from achieving his life ambition. A
spirit that would not be conquered
overcame the tremendous handicap of
his infirmities, and, having successful
ly passed final examinations at Jeffer-
son Medical college, he is now doctor.
Jim's home is in Schaefferstown, Pa,
but he probably will never see 1t again.
Nor will he practice his profession. In
the little white room on the sixth floor
of Jefferson hospital Jim is destined to
spend the rest of his days.
At his side when news of his success
reached him was his young wife, her
eyes radiating pride and happiness,
matched by the triumphant glow in his
own.
81 told you you could do it," she ex-
claimed rapturously. Jim, you're
doctor. DIR James Keith my, but 1t
sounds goodr'
yep" assented Jim. well have to
tell the baby about it" For there is a
baby, Ida, cute and winning, just a
few months old. but full of wisdom
and understanding. Jim Is sure she'll
know all about it when he tells her.
DR.. Keith-but he will be Jim always
to ''the fellows''-is twenty-seven years
old. 1t was in April year ago that he
was taken into the jefferson hospital,
his back broken from a fall from a
window. Physicians said he couldn't
live, but they reckoned only with med
icaI science and not with their patients
indomitable will.
Jim was then a senior in Jefferson
college and had been married but a
few months before.
Last January Keith lost his leg. 1t
became infected and had to be ampu-
tated. by special permission l was
going to take my exams. last Christ
mas" he explained, "but then l got
sick-really sick-and l didn't take
them" 1t was this sickness which re-
suited In the loss Of his leg. And
through 1t all Jim came victorious.
Only death itself, it seemed, could
quench his spirit and his winning, ever
ready smile.
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REAL YOUNG CHINA.
Girls Learning Dancing and Athletic
Games.

Girls Learning Dancing and Athletic
Games.
Shanghai, China.-A gymnastic exhi-
bition given the other afternoon was
an eye opener regarding what is being
done for the development of China
through the younger generation.
Only a very few privileged males
were allowed In the grounds. but there
were perhaps hundred or SO foreign
ladies and a matter of 400 or 500 Chi
nese mothers of families. and the lat
ter certainly were a study.
Pupils from the Shanghai Girls
school, the Chi Sue, Sung Char, Eliza
Yates, South Gate Presbyterian and
Bridgman Memorial schools and the
Y. w. G. A. went through the regular
western gymnasium drills, exercises,
games and a variety of dances, such
as certainly no Chinese woman would
have dreamed of a few years ago. All
the while Miss Chun, bundle Of con-
centrated energy, was skipping about
the lawn, rapping out commands like
drill sergeant.
Why, she just stepped back. took
preliminary hop and landed on the
top of table as easily as you like.
The old fashioned mothers, just as the
fathers at the Olympic games, at first
gazed expressionless, then smiled Gym
ically, next very nearly approvingly,
and 1t was not very long before they
were applauding vociferously and evil
IDENTIFY quite converted.
The dancing was a treat. Evidently
it appeals to the Chinese. The girls
went at it as though they thoroughly
enjoyed it, and, though most of the
movements were quite simple, yet the
few that were intricate We're very well
done.
AS DR.. WI Ting Fang said: This is
the real young China. We have shown
what our boys can do. Now we have
the girls in hand. and this is good
beginning"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-08-27
RACE SUICIDE LAID
TO GIRLS COLLEGES
COGduCation Is Urged as the
More Desirable Course.

Pittsburgh. = Separate colleges for
women in the United States should be
abolished and coeducation substituted,
according to Professors Roswell John
son and Bertha ]. Stutzmanp of the
University of Pittsburgh.
This conclusion is based on the
charge that women's colleges contrib
ute largely to race suicide among the
best elements of the American popula-
ton.
In support of this contention the rec
ords of Wellesley college have been
analysed and the results published in
the Journal of Heredity, the organ Of
the American Genetic association Of
this city.
The investigators found that twenty
years after graduation fewer than one
half of the girls have married. These
have borne only one and one-half chill
dren each.
Taking all the students into account
and allowing enough time to elapse so
that it is probable they will bear no
more children, the investigators next
found that the Wellesley girls contrib
ute less than one child each to the
race-that is, they do not even repro
duce their own number. And the hon
or students, who from a eugenic point
of view are assumed to be the pick Of
the lot, do only about a third as well
as this.
To maintain a stationary population
the writer's say that every married wo-
man should bear four children. From
this point of view they believe that the
women's colleges are fastening the ex-
tinction of the old American stock.
The colleges are blamed for failure
to give girls an opportunity to meet
young men and for failure to make
them DESTROYS or competent to be wives
and mothers. 1t Is shown statistically
that the marriage rate Of ''coeds' Is
considerably better, and 1t Is remarked
that at Wellesley the students are for
hidden to receive men callers even on
Sunday, their only free day.
Viewed as to marriageability, the in
vestigators consider a woman most at
tractive during her college years, and
they declare 1t of vital Importance that
young men should be allowed to meet
her in that period.
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Whole Family Dependent

Mr.. E. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio,
writes: Our whole family depends on
Pine Tar-Honey." Maybe someone
in your family has severe cold-per-
haps it is the baby. The original DR..
Bells Pine Honey is an ever ready
household remedy-it gives immediate
relief. Pine Tar-Honey penetrates the
Innings of the throat and lungs, destroys
the Germs, and allows nature to act.
At your druggist, Csc.
Get butter wrappers at Echo Office.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-08-27
BEARS FRUIT BY COMPASS.

When North and South Branches Fail
East and West Are Laden.
fredericksburg, Kan.-Noah Jones,
farmer living between fredericksburg
and Wheatley's camp ground, has on
his farm an apple tree which is very
much of a curiosity. The tree contains
four branches which point to the north.
south, east and west
Last year the north and south
branches were laden with fruit. while
the east and west branches did not
bear a single apple. This year the
conditions are vice versa. the east and
west branches being laden with apples,
while the north and south branches
are bare.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-08-27
lnvsnts EyeIess Needle.

Pierpont, S. D.-Dr. r. W. Murphy
and Frank Johnson of this city have
invented an eyeless needle for use by
surgeons. All of the surgeons who
have tried this new invention declare
It to be the greatest thing In its line
In place of the thread being run
through the eye. thereby causing irri-
tation to the wound while 1t is being
sewed up. this needle is so arranged
that the thread is fastened in the butt
and is held In place by secretly con-
structed spring appliance.
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GIRLS KILL RATTLERS.
Spend Vacation Hunting on Lake Che
Ian and Fishing Like Men.

Ian and Fishing Like Men.
Wenatchee, Wash.-Four girls who
left Wenatchee for a hunting and
camping trip on Lake Chelan have re-
turned. In the party were Miss Louise
Wedell and Miss Glare Turner of We
natchee and Miss Lucille Relans and
Miss Edna Leon of Spokane. They
slept outdoors one night in a pine
bough house they made themselves.
While on the trip they caught sew
eral big trout, kille@ several rattle
snakes and also shot lynx.
Miss Wedell and Miss Turner are
both good marksmen and have had
similar experience In the Michigan
north woods and in the Maine woods.
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Get butter wrappers at Echo office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
Observers Subscription
Contest Full of Interest

Never before has a subscription
campaign attracted so much excite
ment in this section as the contest
that The Observer has under way. A
large list of ladies residing in all sec
tions of this territory were nominated
as candidates in the contest. So far
fifteen have signified their intention
of entering the contest. Several have
already started their campaigns. The
general public is taking as much in
terest in the contest as the candidates.
Quite number of coupons are being
sent in to be voted for candidates al
ready announced in the contest. In
Fridays issue will appear list of
the candidates, together with the
names of those who have been nom
mated, and with whom the contest
manager has not had an opportunity
to get in touch yet.
The large and valuable list of
prizes that will be given to the candi-
dates is attracting much favorable
comment. Any one of the prizes is
well worth three times the effort that
it will take to win it. Each and every
nominee that enters the contest will
get a prize. So far the management
has announced twenty-five prizes, sew
en- more than there are candidates. If
more than twenty-five should enter
the contest, however, there will be
added prizes, none of which prizes
will have less worth than the ones al
ready announced. Two of the prizes
that have attracted attention are the
scholarships in Holmes Business col
lege of Portland. Quite a number of
the younger ladies have stated to the
contest manager that these are the
prizes they want to win. and, in the
opinion of the management, they are
the best prizes in the contest. An ed
ucation increases with use; the more
you use it the more valuable it be-
comes.
Only a few Of the candidates met
the special offer last week, and for
the benefit Of those who did not have
the time to make up their clubs the
management has decided to renew the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
SUITS ARE RECOVERED.
MEMBER OF BARNUM PARTY
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY.
Raiment Found on Back Of Man
Charged With Appropriating
Clothes At Albany.

j. R. Vyant, a member Of the Bar
mum, the hypnotist, party was arrest
ed by Sheriff Orr on Friday on com
plant of Sheriff D. III. Bodine of Linn
county, the charge against Vyant be-
ing robbery. Two suits of clothes had
been stolen from merchant tailoring
establishment at Albany during Bar
NUNS stay in that city, and one of
the hypnotist's party was suspected
of having committed the crime. Sher-
iff Orr, who had a minute description
of the suits and also sample of the
goods from which they were made,
found one suit upon the person of
WANT and the other in the possession
sof Barnum, who alleged that it had
been given to him by Vyant, who in
turn alleged that he had procured the
raiment from another member of the
hypnotist's party, who has unceremo-
sniously disappeared without leaving
an address. After having discovered
that Vyant was wearing one of the
stolen suits, the officer proceeded to
his room and there found an extra
pair of trousers, also appropriated
with the other garments.
When Sheriff Orr requested the un-
lawful possessor of the Albany wear
ing apparel to disrobe that he might
have the suit, there was no hesitating
in the fulfillment of the order. WANT
gladly shucked the duds. Sheriff Bo-
dine, who had come hither from the
Linn county town, recovered the
clothing, but owing to the plausible
story told by both Vyant and Barnum,
refused to take either back to Albany
to answer to the charge of larceny.
The raiment found on Vyant was an
ordinary business suit, but that in
possession of Barnum was of better
pattern. The latter had visited To-
cal tailor for alterations.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
APPRECIATES BOOKLET
DIR. DUNSMORE SAYS IT WILL BE
TAKEN AWAY AS SOUVENIR.
Our Representative Pronounces Com
munity Advertising at Exposition
Splendid Work of Art.

The following communication from
H. C. Dunsmore, who is representing
Polk county at the Panama-Pacific ex-
position, evidences his appreciation OF
the community booklet, supplied by
the county for distribution at the big
show. The doctor believes the booklet
will be instrumental in inducing many
to come to this section.
March 11.-Editor Observer: My
dear sir-I had intended writing you
before this, and through you my many
friends in Polk county, but have wait
ed delivery of the booklet shipment,
of which I had been advised. AL
though the boxes have been in the city
more than a week delivery was made
only this morning. I already have
them opened and carefully examined.
| am delighted with the booklet, not
only because of its excellent subject
matter, but also on account of the
typographical neatness. Its half-tone
engravings are works of art and can
not fail to make most favorable i'm
preston on the readers. In compari-
son with many other booklets being.
here, it certainly is away
above the average. I shall take
pleasure in the careful distribution of
the booklet, and am confident that
many visitors will carry them away as
valuable souvenirs of the exposition.
AS so much has been already pub
lished about the great exposition, L
will not go into any details in this
letter save to say that "Oregon" is
a winner. Our building is the SUBJ
ject of continuous favorable comment.
and the exhibits in the agricultural
and horticultural palaces as well as in
the Oregon building are daily admired
by thousands. The old battleshipl
Oregon is anchored almost opposite
our building and is drawing great
crowds daily to this part of the
grounds. Every day has its own spec
ial event, sometimes several of them,
while the daily ascent Of Aviator
Beachy, and the thrilling stunts he
performs thousands of feet above the
ground are always watched by won
lering and admiring thousands. Many
have registered here, the
majority being from Portland, but
presume the smaller towns will be
more largely represented later on.
Will write again in the near future
i. Chas. Dunsmore, San Francisco.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
Cutting Down Expenses.

Patrons of the Western Union Tele-
graph company no longer will have to
hunt over various kinds of message
blanks when they want to send a wire
to a friend or a business eorrespon-
dent. The company has put out a
new form on which all kinds Of mes
sages are sent, including day. night.
day letter and night letter. A place
is left in the upper left hand corner for
the customer to make notation by
drawing an Y opposite the class of
service desired. The new forms will
not be used until all the old ones are
used up.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
JAIL DELIVERY PLANNED
INCH BAR SEVERED BY USE OF
SAFETY RAZOR.
Information of Attempt Volunteered
By Prisoner Incarcerated for
Minor Offense.

When John Richter of the sheriff s
Office visited the county Jail Friday
night at clock "Coots" Guy, who
is confined in the public bastile for
dispensing liquor to minors, informed
him that there had been an attempted
delivery, and to substantiate his story
led the officer to the end Of the corri-
dor, where an inch bar had been saw
ed in two, leaving space sufficiently
large to accommodate the body of a
man. Sheriff Orr was at the Jail a
few minutes later, and the prisoners
were confined.
In all probability the bar was sever
ed by the use of the blade Of a safety
razor, in possession of one of the pris-
oners. The sheriff made a thorough
search of the Jail and found this to be
the only instrument in the hands Of
either of the two men confined in the
bastile. The razor was taken away
from them. Just why the informa-
tion was volunteered to Mr.. Richter is
quite beyond the comprehension of
the sheriff.
Later investigation proved to the
satisfaction of Sheriff Orr that the
attempt to break Jail by saving the
iron bar was some time back, and not
an effort on the part of those now in
carcerated therein.