The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1898 Page: 3 of 8
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Perry’s Ola Biot-p.
Buried deep in the sands at the edge
of Spring Lake, near Grand Haven,
Mich., lies the hull of the) old sloop
Poreupine, which was one of Lieut,
OHver H. Perry’s fleet in the battle of
L&hie Erie. The old boat is nearly
gone. She has lain there sihce 1873,
when she went out of servioe, and was
beached by a gang of men who had
tried to rig her up as a lumber lugger.
D. M. Perry, later a United States sen-
ator from Michigan, owned the land
where the discouraged sailors flung the
hull, and he left her there to work
doeper and deeper into the sand. Sho
is juet at the end of one of his docks
nowi but he knew the honorable part
she had played, and while he lived he
refused to move her.
When a man has anything- to throw-
away, he throws it where it will an-
noy others as much as possible.
DsnA Tobacco Spit and Smoko Your Life Away. ~t
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag-
netic., full of life, nerve and. vigor, take No-To-
Bao, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 60c. or Si. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
A man handles a needle very
awkardly.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering- it througrh
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
•damage they will do is tetifold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act-
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Hall’s
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine
It is taken internally and made in To-
ledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free. Sold by Druggists, price
Htyot*
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
The sins a man confesses are those
he is too old to any longer commit.
I believe Piso’s Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.—Anna M. Ross,
Williamsport, Pa., Nov. IS, ’95.
No man can claim to be a favorite
with the fair sex until some woman has
taken poison f*r him.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes, 30 for 5 cts.
No-thing looks so well, or eats so
poorly, as roast pig.
Stamps with a Fancy Value.
Stamp collectors have invented the
term “speculative” to deal with the
special issue of stamps which are pro-
duced to mark certain occasions, and
which are a source of revenue to Che
govern moot which owns them, for
they, of course, must be bought by
everyone who desires hie coUeetion to
be complete. In order to p»t a stop
to these speoulative stamps a Boaloty
has actually been formed, bat whether
it witi have any eueceas in fulfilling
the object of its existence is a Question
which time may answer In the affirma-
tive, but which, it would be saier to
assume, will oaly be replied to in the
negative. Into this category of spec-
ulative stamps will, of course, come the
Prince of Wales’ jubilee hospital stamp
and the jubilee issues of the Canadian
stamps which give the portraits of the
queen in 1837 and 1897, and those of
Newfoundland with pictures of Sebas-
tian Cabot, his ship, the place wh«r®
he landed, and so on. The Canadian
government has issued only 25,090 seta
of its stamps, ranging in value from
half a cent (a farthing) to five dollar*
(£1). and which, except in the case of
the three lowest values, are sold oaly
in aets. The American philatelists, a*t
all events, have condemned the idea,
no doubt basing their view on the fact
that four years ago the United State*
government issued centenary stamps
to mark the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of the United
States, and thcee desirous of possessing
complete sets of these stamps had to
put up a goodly sum of money, as the
denominations ran into comparatively
larg8 figures.
In a Fix.
Policeman—Riding is forbidden in
this street; get right down efl that.
Bicycler—My name is Meyer, oftcer,
and I live at 277 Tulip street. Plaase
send a warrant there for my arrest. I
can’t get off my machine and I can't
mount—I can only ride.—FUegente
Blaetter.
TTe-To-B»c for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobscoo habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c. $1. All draggtsts.
COTTON MILLS.
In housekeeping whist aad fancy
work go together.
“THAT TERROR of MOTHERS."
How it was overcome by a
Nova Scotian mother
Who is well known as an author.'
Of all the evils that attack children
scarcely any other is more dreaded than
croup. It so often comes in the night.
The danger is so great. The climax is so
sudden. It is no wondar that Mrs. W. J.
Dickson (better known under her pen
name of “ Stanford Eveleth,”) calls it “ the
terror of mothers." Nor is it any wonder
that she writes in terms of praise and
gratitude for the relief which she has
found both from her own anxieties, and
for hor children’s ailments, in Dr. J. C.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral.
"Memory does not recall the time when
Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral was not used in
our family, for throat and long troubles.
That terror o4 mothers — the startling,
croupy cough—never alarmed me, so long
as I nad a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
in the house to supplement the hot-water
bath. When suffering -with whooping
cough, in its worst form, and articulation
was impossible on account of the choking,
my children would point and gesticulate
toward the bottle; for experience had
taught them that Telief was in its con-
tents.”—Mrs. W. J. Dickson ("Stanford
Eveleth”), author of "Romance of the
Provinces,” Truro, N. S.
C. J. Wooldridge, Wortham, Tex., writes!
“One of my children had croup. One
night X was startled by the child's hard
breathing, and on going to it found it
strangling. It had nearly ceased to breathe.
Having a part of a bottle of Dr. Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral in the house, I gave the
child three doses, at short intervals, and
anxiously waited results. From the mo-
ment the Pectoral was given the child’s
breathing grew easier, and in a short time
it was sleeping quietly and breathing nat-
urally. The child is alive and well to-day,
and I do not hesitate to say that Ayer’s
Cherry Pebtoral saved its life.”—J.
Wooldridge, Wortham, Tex.
These statements make argument in
favor of th»9 remedy unnecessary. It is
a family medicine that heme should bo
without. It is just as efficacious in bron-
chitis, asthma, whooping cough. and all
other varieties of coughs, aJ it is in croup.
To put it within everyone’s reach, Dr.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is now put Up in
half size bottles, at half price—go cents.
Send for Ayer’s Curebook (free) and read
of other cures effected by Dr. Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral. Address the J. C. Ayer
Co., Dowell, Mass.
AGENTS WANTED
TO SELL
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The Great Blood Purifier and Liver Regulator
200 Bay’s Treatment $1,00,
Containing A Registered Guarantee.
32-page Book and Testimonials FREE.
Sent by mall, postage paid.
THE ALONZO O. BLISS CO.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
S3P~Not Sold by Druggists.
OOKS ADOPTED
Vft STATE
Phe following books, published by Gtnn &
apanv, and adopted by the State, can now
.w obtained at the State contraot prices, as
cllOWS RETAIL. EXCHANGE.
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Stlekney’s Third Reader____30c 24c
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■Whitney & Lockwood’s
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The allowance for an old book Is the differ-
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price. Address,
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Texas.
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The Spinners of Lowell and New Bedford
to Strike.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 10.—Th9 mule
spinners of Lowell and New Bedford
were given permission to strike by the
Executive committee of the Mule Spin-
ners’ union yesterday, and as assess-
ment of 25 cents per week was levied
on the members of the union. The ex-
ecutive committee also ordered $500
from the national funds to be placed
A, the disposal of the strike committee.
The meeting was attended by every
member of the board, and delegates
representing every mill center in New
England were present Several dele-
gates made application for permission
to strike, but the board denied per
mission to all places except LoweJl and
New Bedford, it being thought advis-
able to have the strength of the or-
ganization centered in those places.
In the event of Lowell declining to
strike, the assessment, which will
amount to between $750 and $890 a
week, will be devoted to the New Bed-
ford strike. It was voted when reduc-
tions in wages occur which bring them
below the union scale to leave the mat-
ter to the execuftve committee, for
them to decide as to the advisability
of a strike. It was decided that in
cases of strikes the hack boys * and
doffers would receive $2 a week during
the strike.
In Dover, N. H., notice of a reduction
has not yet been posted. The men
claim they are working for 8 per cent
less than the Fall River operatives
were, and they will oppose any reduc-
tion. In case a reduction is threatened
at Dover, the matter will be brought to
the attention of the national board for
Immediate action. Many suggestions
were made regarding the cut-down by
the Fall River spinners. All agreed
that the Fall River operatives should
have resisted, and that there wo*ld
have been ample funds to back them.
The speeches of the delegates present-
ing the various cases where cut-downs
had been posted or had been threatened
all advocated resistance, and in every
instance they petitioned the board for
permission to strike.
The New Bedford representatives ex-
pressed themselves as exceedingly
pleased with the hearty co-operatlcm
of the executive hoard, and said they
had a gooi fund of their own, and
would be glad to assist as far as pos-
sible with their funds the cause in
other ettioe.
The Lowell men said they would no
doubt strike, but the decision would be
left to the operatives, and a meeting
would be held during the week to de-
cide the matter. The cut-down in
Lowell will take effect on Jan. 17, and
about 15,900 people will be affected
directly.
The Lewiston representatives stated
that the reduction in their city would
equal $17,000 a month on the pay roll.
NEW MEXICAN RAILROAD.
The Government Has Begun Minting New
SO Cent Pieces.
City of Mexico, Jan. 10.—The. minis-
ter of communications and public
works yesterday signed a declaration
of forfeiture of the concession granted
June 30„ 1896, for the construction of a
railway by the Mexican Southern Rail-
way company. The concern should
have built, according to its obligations,
on 100 kilometers of roadbed with rails
in place by the 30th of last December,
hut had only completed 40 kilos. The
company was composed of Chicago
people, and was organized under the
laws of New Mexico, but has not com-
plied with the conditions of its charter,
and the treasury will receive from the
National bank $5000 in 3 per cent
bonds of the federation, which had
been deposited as a guarantee for the
fulfillment of the terms of the con-
cession. The total loss to the com-
pany through its failure is about
$80,000 silver.
J. D. MeLennan, of Cleveland, Ohio,
general manager of the company, is
here with a claim against the company
for services.
The government has received a prop-
osition from William H. Prltehard of
this city, who procured the concession
for the company and was afterward
displaced, to take over the charter,
putting up a deposit cf $100,000 in 3 per
cent bonds. Mr. Pritchard Is backed
by local capitalists, who declare thecn-
aelvee ready to begin work on the road
within thirty days.
The affair has created a sensation in
railway and financial circle*, and the
forfeiture is regarded as fully justifi-
able. The road is to run from the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec down to the
Guatemala border, and Is an Important
line. It was reported last night that
other Amerioan capitalists have pin-
posed to the government to lake over
the line.
The government has begun minting
new 20-cent pleceB, and will- withdraw
the 25 and 50-cent pieces from circula-
tion.
Burned by a Mob.
Little Rock, Ark., Jon. 10.—Charred
and burned beyond all semblance of hu-
man beings, the frames of Markus Mc-
Geisey and Palmer Simpson, the two
Seminole Indians who a few days ago
murdered Mrs. James Simmons, are
still reclining in chains against the
blackened trunk of a post oak tree in
the Seminole nation, where on Friday
night they met their death in the
most awful manner conceivable at the
hands qf an Oklahoma mob. The flesh
is burnt from the bones and lies in
greasy and ill-smelling particles in the
ashes on the ground. The fingers and
hands are burned from fifie frames, and
the ghastly skeletons, bereft of feet
and ankles, stand on blackened bones
in the ashes on the ground. Every
veetitge of hair and flesh are burned
from the heads and the clenched teeth
of the dead men. show the dogged de-
termination to endure their awful
punishment in silence with which red
men died. The scene is a fascinating
c©e for the curious, and has been vis-
ited by many people since Saturday
morning.
Additional details c-f tbe horrible
work of the mob near Maud postoffice,
in the Seminole nation, last Friday
night, were received here yesterday.
According to this information the
mob’s work is not yet finished, and will
only be completed when four more In-
dians have been dealt with in the same
manner as were McGeisey and Simp-
son. The citizens’ posse was scouring
the country for the four men when the
messenger left Maud, and it is prob-
able that at least part of the quartette
have by this time paid the penalty de-
creed by the maddened populace.
The crime which led to the burning
of the Indians was committed on last
Thursday. Markus McGeisey was the
owner of some property. On his land
lived a white family named Simmons.
During the absence of the husband on
Thursday McGeisey went to the Sim-
mons cabin and asked for a drink of
water. Mrs. Simmons was at home
with her four small children. The In-
dian was given the water and he then
asked for a saddle. On being refused
the saddle McGeisey grabbed the wom-
an, who had her baby in her arms, and
dragged ber out of tbe house. When
the woman attempted to run away the
Indian seized a winchester and dealt
her a deadly blow on the head, crush-
ing the skull. The -woman died in-
stantly. The murdered woman’s hus-
band did not return home Thursday
evening and the children were unable
to remove the body into the house from
where it had fallen in the yard. The
little ones stood up and watched their
mother's corpse until the bitter cold
compelled them to relax their vigil and
seek shelter from the weather in the
cabin. During tbe nigbt the body waa
almost devoured by hogs.
Tbe news of tbe murder spread rap-
idly Friday morning and tbe whole
populate for twenty miles around were
aroused. About twenty Indians were
arrested. The eldest child told the
crowd that McGeisey was the guilty
man and a posse of twenty determined
men went to arrest him. Simpson was
at McGeisey’s home when the posse
arrived and both were taken, into cus-
tody. A rope was procured and the
prisoners were strung up by the neck
On being let down and given an oppor-
tunity to talk both confessed to the
crime and named four others who they
declared Were equally guilty.
It developed that the Indians desired
to get rid of certain white settlers and
that McGeisey had been hired to do the
murder. Posses were at once sent in
search of the ether four Indians and it
was decided to have a wholesale lynch-
ing as soon as they could be captured.
As night came on, however, and the
other four were not captured, the citi-
zens changed their plans and deter-
mined to dispose of McGeisey and
Simpson without further delay. The
feeling against them was so bitter that
the crowd would not be satisfied with
the ordinary method of lynching, and
It was voted to burn them at the stake,
The victims were accordingly chained
to a post oak tree. Fence rails and dry
wood was then piled high about them
and in a few minutes the Indians were
wrapped in roaring flames.
A BIG BLAZE.
Injured in a Hurricane.
Queenstown, Jan. 19.—The Norwe-
gian bark Hovding, Capt Reynolds,
which arrived here from Pensacola
Saturday was terribly battered by a
hurricane on December 20. She was
submerged for a time. Afterward a huge
sea washed off the captain. One of his
legs caught in the spanker sheet and
he was dragged in the boiling surf. A
few minutes later another wave
washed him on deck. The flesh was
torn off his leg. The cabin was gutted
and the charts and compasses were de-
stroyed. Several of the crew were in-
jured.
Several Business Houses aVMLpison Con-
sumed by Firl^P'
Denison, Tex., Jan. 10.—Denison suf-
fered a severe loss Saturday morning
by the burning of a third of the busi-
ness block on the north side of Main
street, extending westward from Rusk
avenue. The large dry goods and
^thing establishment of Madden,
^caham & Co., on the corner of Rusk
avenue and Main street; the hardware
house of Pollard, Hoerr & Co., the sa-
loon of Felix Tachini, and the barber
shop of Joe Thompson, were a total
loss, and W. A. Hallenbeck, confec-
tioner, is considerably damaged.
The fire was discovered a few min-
utes before midnight in the third story
of the hardware house of Pollard,
Hoerr & Co., the second building from
the corner, three stories high. Aigen-
erai alarm was sounded, and the fire
department responded, reaching the
fire after the flames had burned
through the roof of the building, and
were leaping high in the air above the
roof. The story of the fight with the
flames is best told by Chief of the Fire
Department W. H. Linden. He said:
“It was nearly midnight when we
got the alarm, and the entire depart-
ment was turned out in short order.
Arriving at the fire, which was but two
blocks from the fire hall, I saw the
flames leaping forty feet above the roof
of the three-story building occupied by
Pollard, Hoerr & Co., and gaining
ground rapidly. The fire hose was di-
rected to the flames of this building,
hut about the time the third-story wall
of the building, which was higher by
several feet than the McCarthy two-
story building on the east side, and
the Murphy two-story building on the
west side, gave way and fell in, setting
fire to the store of Madden, Graham &
Do., and to the saloon of Felix Tachini,
The three-story building being too far
gone to save it, tbe attention of the
fire men was directel to the buildings
surrounding, but on account of an in-
adequate water pressure, from some
cause, we had bard work making any
headway with the buildings already on
fire, and our time was employed mostly
to save surrounding buildings. It was
after 3 o’clock when we had the fire
under thorough control and the other
buildings in the block were out of
danger.”
The fire was extinguished about day-
light, and all morning was spent by tbe
fire department pulling down standing
walls that were dangerous. Tbe Ford
building, across Rusk avenue, east of
the burned block, was considerably
damaged by being slightly scorched
and the large plate glass windows be-
ing cracked by the intense heat. The
State National bank building, south oJ
the burned block, across Main street,
was also scorched slightly and glass
broken by the heat. The telephone,
electric light and power wires were
burned, broken down, badly damaged,
and telephone connection cut off.
SHAW CASE ENDED.
Tlia Jury Returned a Verdict of Murder in
the First Degree.
Cleburne, Tex., Jan. 10.—At 9 o’clock
Saturday morning tbe jury in the Shaw
murder case brought in a verdict of
“guilty as charged in the indictment,”
and as*6386*! his punishment at death.
The defendant heard the verdict with-
out moving a muscle, except his under
lip seemed to move as if repeating thfi
words of the verdict. His mother, who
has been with him all through thfl
trial, was not present. The great
crowd, which has hung around the
court-room for several days, immedi-
ately dispersed. Shaw was taken back
to the jail, and Saturday evening news-
paper reporters who called found him
deeply Interested in a game of check-
ers, which he was playing with a fel-
low prisoner. He would make no
statement for publication, hut said hi
was not guilty; still,, since hearing th«
testimony, was not surprised at tha
verdiet.
A remarkable coincidence is that jttst
two years ago the jury in John Wil-
kins’ case brought in a verdict ol
“guilty,” and Wilkins was hanged a
short time thereafter for the murder of
old mam Grince Taylor. Another co-
incidence is that the murder of Taylor
was committed on Oct. 31 and that of
Crane on Nov. 2. In each case a
speedy trial was had. Shaw’s attor-
neys have filed a motion for a new
trial.
Three counterfeit $10 gold pieces were |
received by the secret service at. Wash- i
ington recently.
Charters Filed.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 10.—Chartered:
The Texas Printing company of Fort
Worth; capital stock $25,000. Furpose
transacting of a general printing and;
lithographing, business. Incorporators^
J. W. Beall„ F. S. Boulware and Zane
Cetti. Also chartered; Charles Schrei-
ner company of Kerrville, Kerr coun-
ty; capital stock $100-,000. Purpose, to
do a general merchandise business. In-
corporators, Chas., A. C., L. A. and. G»
F. Schreiner and Hiram Partek
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