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Show MINING EDITION BEAVER COUNTY NEWS PAGE 18 THE CEAVER COUNTY NEWS W U Klswirk. Editor Manager. UTAH MILFORD & (BGMPTTEDa UEMDKA m Not quite time to bonnet the liornea yet. We will soon see buttermilk cliecae sandwiches on the menu. mark again, Hog rrotii the eaya a headline. Just like a hog. G&tPDJimJL8 TTD0E albert Tur,r:LOW paine COPYRCHT or fCWJOf . (Gang- - to H!) 9 d the years that ended the old centhe new from about tury and lhOd to 1 or later there occurred in Texas a s lies of strike and mob disorders of various kinds. To quiet troubles of this sort Is the special province of the Ranger service, and as the I'unhamlln became more tractable , more as one may hla say Capt. lilll McDonald and little furnt were summoned to points r far und to put down disturbance and to check agitation. Not long alter the bank murder at Wichita Falla, and the capture of Lewis hud Crawford, Capt. Bill Mclionuld was miiiiiiioih-ithere again, this time to Investigate a strike on the Forth Worth and Denver railroad. Things were in bad shape at the Falls. Trains wen- - not sliowod to run; engines wetc not periiiltted to move. Riot and bloodshed were imminent. Cupiuln Rill went up to Wichita Falls alone, and leumlng where the main body of the strikers waa assembled, went over there. They hod gathered In a hall, and were bolding a secret meeting when he arrived. Captain Rill knocked on the door. A doorkeeper came but refused admission. I am Captain McDonald of the Rangers," said McDonald quietly, "and Im hero to talk to you men and see what the trouble Is. Youre all here now, and I think I'll talk to you together." The doorkeeper went away and reported, and presently returned. Where are your Rangers? be asked. 1 didn't bring any. I don't need any Rangera to help me talk. Im pretty good at that, single-hande- d I 'RING y walks tiro In order. Beware the fearsome garter snake! Cross-countr- Nix on the big hatpins, says Now for the protruding umbrella. In spite of the objections to the long women refuse to see the point. range-broken- hatpin some Your perfectly equipped aeroplane will have water-tigh- t ciunpurtments, plus hip boots. m-n- Until the boy wonder builds his airship and takes a trip to Venus there will be doubters. I King Menellk will have to be dcnd some time before foreigners will believe that lie la In earnest. The man who doesnt mind hla own business la likely to wind up with nc business of his own to mind. The angling season approaches. In Chicago the fish are coming out of the water faucets to meet the sportsman. It Is said that I'arls Is cleaner than It has been In yenrs. It ought to he, after being washed out by such floods. It keeps the weather man busy these days telling what kind of weather weve had, without doing any prognosticating. There was another consultation inside, and the door opened. Captain Rill went in with a friendly greeting for everybody, given In hla genial natural way. Then he got up where he could see hla audience. ltoys," he said, In his slow, friendly way "I Men and women who cry out loud- understand you-aarc acting mighty sorry over est against vlvlsertlon wear furs nl here, Interfering with business and making out like animals and the plumage of birds. Con- you're going to tear up things generally. Now, you a thou art virtue! sistency, know me, and you know that I dont want any-thing that aint right, and If a man behaves himA Milwaukee actress desires to exself Ill try to get him whats right. If I can. I periment on the harmful nature of the kiss. Dont crowd so, fellows. There suppose you think you have a grievance and perhaps you have, but youll never get it setwill be enough to go around. tled this way, and Its my business, as you-aA route to the Pacific by way of 0B brie time the men were nearly all Hudson bay la soon to ho opened. Peo- You have1 aperf ec t laht to In who that winter the go way ple At various other points McDonald or bis should not forget their snowshoes. working, or to Injure peoples business, or to brink up property. Nothing good can come out Rangers quieted the strikers and prevented The near revolution In Nicaragua Is of euch troubles of various kinds. Usually Captain Bill doings. I didnt bring any of my men at an end. The government will now along, because went alone. It was his favorite way of hanI didnt believe Id need 'em, put all the spare cash Into paying the and I, dont think so dling mob disorders, as we have seen. It Is told now; hut of course If this war debt It costs money to of him In Dallas how he once came alone to thing gvon. I'll have to bring 'em, and then concluding with the statethat city in response to a dispatch for a comIt will bewoo late to talk all ment that he would bring friendly here topany of Rangers, this time to put down a Sullivan back as soon as a Newport's new fad to fly In aero- - gether as were talking now. prize fight fm message and steam would of- jVVnafHMd uJUl rtrfiMrJUA-Cao' "Where are the other; I'J disapget blm. The sheriff reI thls and know road, can't you end get anything monkey or bathing suit parties, net who flra the at pointed mayor, depot. this plied that Sullivan and he if way; and you take my advice you'll go may even show the aeroplane to be a waa the response. could not stay In the same town. "Hell! aint I enough: back to work and tell blm your troubles afterfriend, "you'll be killed, aura." commercial vehicle. Then move," said McDonald, the bounty "Well. Ill go over and aee," Captain Bill re ward. Now, boys, that's all I've got to say, and "there's only one prize-fi- t M! tho one rascal. of will will be be rid It rid of more The supreme court of Georgia hae I reckon if you listen to It you'll come out a 4 plied quaintly, continuing straight toward But the San Saha affal was a different mat-I here." before get through mob store. derided that a woman iossesses the good deal better than If you listen to one or ter. It waa In 1897 ths certain citizens at Aa he entered there wae a little stir, then Captain Bill went to Austin, himself, after Inherent right to change her mind. two men that for some reason of their own are San Saba county petit! o ted the governor to exeo that there be no Sullivan, mttaVi a alienee. might Evidently those present had not Human nature continues to play trying to stir up a lot of troublo, and will be ecud Rangere to lnvestlga e the numerous among He hie about walk would straight coming. In Jail before night, as like aa not" presented the case to pected that he strong hand In Georgia. in that locaders which had bern con Governor Culberson and got his sanction; then them. Here he waa they could kill him and of assas lisations then aggre-o- f the Dill number went down on Ity the and Captain street, order. sent word to his men at San Saba to meet The man who Invented the automatput an end to aU this trouble In short seemed ten years. soon followed. A good many came gating 43 within a period he arrived with Sullivan promptly and There ic baseball pitching machine will now the crowd do didn't them, somehow it But they to hlin and expressed willingness to go to In an earlier day a son of vigilance commiton time. He had expected that there would be work hla gray matter to Invent a no good moment to begin. Captain Bill walked tee or mob had been or (anized to deal with a demonstration by the sheriff and his friend. over and faced Ogle. machine which will hit the hall and work. Here and there he talked to a little In his friendly earnest way. The strike lawless characters, but i i the course of time Instead of which the streets of the little town then run bancs without being put out. group Come outside," he said quietly, I want to talk at Wichita Falls waa over. the usual things happem 1 and the .committee wore deserted. to you. Now a Yale professor says beside Itself became the chief n enace of the commu-uember- s From Wichita Falls, McDonald went over to Captain Bill began doing quiet detective Ogle hesitated. Greek women of ancient times modern Fort Worth where there was similar trouble, had it Whatever origworthy nlty. What do yon want to say?" he asked sulwork, a labor for which he haa a natural aptiwomen would look like caricatures. but learned that a more serious situation exinally claimed, either dropped out or were rens shown by the shape of his ears and tude, lenly. shoulmoved' and were replaced by men who had a That might possibly be, but the mod- isted at the Thurber coal mines, In Erath counnose, and from the ferret look of his eyes that Captain Bill laid hie hand on Ogle'a ern women get e lot more fun out of ty. The Ranger captain was urged to take his private grudge against a neighbor, or desired der. this would be so. Good citizens now took his projicrty, or were fond of murder on genlife. men to Thurber, but decided to go alone. "I want to eay some things that you might further courage and came to the camp with Ineral principles. In time this deadly organizahe The not at hunted the mine formation. want your friend a to hear," he said and looked Thurber, Arriving Ranger over up captain a In New York, For the first time tion became not only a social but a political officials for consultation. a a In his voice then would have been undertook field Colonel case and of a the Hunter, presquaver particularly contractor convicted of careless blast- ident of had gathered Into its gruesuch as and factor, Bill-b- ent d sort. looked death the Come outside! at mines, Captain ing, which caused a mans death, hae some membership active and honorary counhis over from wounds Bill led Ogle to the middle and battered man one named A Outside, Asa Captain of up the mob's Brown, been sentenced to Sing Sing. Juatlre ty officials ranging from the deputy constabuwae of and the shook lllues from street and his head. It bad been some exposure blazing bot and the sand 10 or 13 early victims, banged seems to he taking a bit of the leaden lary to the occupant of the Judicial bench. Inburned hla You should have brought your men, he through boots, but he could talk to years before, and his son Jim, though he had weight off her feet deed, It seemed that a majority of the citizens snld. "You can't do anything with a gang like Ogle out there and keep an eye on the others too. never attempted to avenge his father's death, of San Saba were associated together for the had fallen under the ban. Jim Brown had Now, Bill Ogle. he said, In hla deliberate, There Is much that millions can't sura, alone." purpose of getting rid either by assassination cslrn way "I know all about you. I know how never even made any threat!, but he must have "Well, colonel, I'm using my men In other buy. For Instance, the wife of a milor Intimidation of the worthier element of the you and your outfit murdered Jim Brown Just been regarded as a menace, for one Sunday lionaire for nine successive nights has places Ill look around a little and do what I community. how yon planned It and bow you did It I've cannot suffered from Insomnia Sleep night while riding from church with his wife can, anyway;" This society of death was well organized. It amwas got all the proof and I'm going to bang you K he dead from brother shot her and be purchased, end yet It la the boon Loitering about the town, he discovered that had an active membership of about 300, with there la any law in this country to bang a man whose his became horse wife, bush, of the humblest working woman. frightened number of kegs of beer were going out to Their meeting for a foul murder like that Thats what Im obligations rigid and severe. ran a within and range, painful receiving outskirts the a high hill, beyond headquarters place was a small natural pool of water alIn the case of a sick woman and her here for, end I am not afraid of you, nor of any wound. the striking miners. lie learned that there most surrounded by hills. It bore the curiousof tbe men over there In that store that helped children who came to this country In of conInformation which Captain Bill secured be a sort of mass meeting there that name of "Buzzard's Water ly appropriate the steerage while the husband and was to when you do your killing. You are all a lot of cowone Bill had been him that vinced the Ogle and chief leaden the sgltators Hole, ami here the Worthy Order of Assassins father was a cabin passenger the night, be on hand. ardly murderers that only shoot defenseless men In crime. this chief Instigator He decided be present. assembled once a mouth, usuallj during full from ambush, and Im going to stay here until I mother and children were ordered de- wouldwas well after dark when heto set The murderers now realised that trouble was and It out, moon, to transact, general business end formubreak up your gang, if I have to put you every ported on the ground that they were a good crowd had assembled when he reached In store for them. Some of the men began one on the gallows or behind tbe bare, and Pm late plans for the removal of offending or suliable to become public charges. The the Others to consulted leave country. quietly to begin with you. perfluous friends. authorities were. Justified In believing the place. together In secluded places end plotted to "kill going It ae nearly II oclock, and a speaker had Members would make As Captain Bill talked the sweat began to pour that euch a head of a family would in good standing encourcitizens McDonald." Bill Sympathizing the crowd was In known their desires, off of Ogle, and his knees seemed to weaken. put the burden of their support on any come to the conclusion that some setting forth reason! why aged this movement, and anonymous warngood radical the proper condition to take cltln-none who would beer it In various walks of life were better of the frightened resort Presently they could no longer support his stout, first the alwaye ings advice advice which might be followed by were considered and fledead, and the body, end he sat heavily down In the hot sand, In tbe Ranger camp. to criminal arrive began The department of agriculture rec- prompt action and he proceeded to give It. et ec parsed trying weakly to make some defense. accordingly. Captain Bill paid no attention to such communiommends the eating of certain vege-table- He told them how they had been mistreated To bleak up tlio Buzzard's Water-Hol- e wae used He went on to them. he roost, Ogle made several attempts to get on hie feet, cations; to produce certain character!!-tlca- . and what they shuuld da They were to begin mid to discourage its practises In and around gathering and solidifying bis evidence, prepar- finally succeeded, and went back to his friends. Thua beans produce brains, peas by blowing up the mines and the superintenSan Saba, was the job cut out for Bill McDonNext morning he was taken to Jail and a atory to the arrest of Ogle and such of hla asstimulate the tender passion and pota- dents office, and he told them which mine to ald and bis summer and sociates as the proofe would warrant Ogle, strong guard waa set the Ranger during toes develop tha reasoning powers. blow up first Then he told them what they fall of 1897. the tiger" of the society, as he wee considConsternation now prevailed among the mob Boston has already discovered the first were to do to "Old Hunter," and It was clear as the tiger and Its friends. had McDonald not ered. sendseen, yet work McDonald the by Captain began fact, which may account for Its intel- from the (acea and the muttering of the lisdid not live In the town, and for some reason ing over three of his men John Sullivan, Dud The examining trial of Bill Ogle was an event lectual supremacy over Its sister teners that they were ready to do these things. had lately avedded those precincts He arrived in San Saba. Josh McCormack Barker and Edgar Neil to investigate. The was chief witcities. That peas alllteratively correbrother-hunseason. in Captain BUI worked his way through the due however, Hail wound in and out In a hundred directions, Perhaps the ness for the state, and was a badly acared man. late with passion may explain why It crowd until he was close to the speaker's log let him know that It was time he was taend gathered In a regular knot around the seat In spite of the fact that the Rangers had armed ia instinctively taken aa bed form to When the agitator reached what seeuied a good of justice. Perhaps there were town and counking a hand In the game. him and guaranteed him protection from the eat them with a knife or other point- stopping place, the Ranger captain suddenly Captain McDonald, one hot afternoon, was ty oflicial who were not In the toils of the members of the Buzzard's Water-Hol- e crowd. ed instrument, which cute affection stepped up beside hltn. The speaker stopprd to an acquaintance on the streets of Other witnesses on both sides were If so they were not deadly talking but membership, while the relation of potatoes to rea- dead still In hla surprise. It was Captain Bill's frightened lookwhen a be noticed iIImovi ruble. Sullivan promptly got into trouSan Saba, stout, surly enough, for nobody knew what mlgbt happen beson may lie In the fact that potatoes, turn. ble with the sheriff by rejnlling a man whom ing man with the village constable, not far fore this thing ended. like wise men, have their eyes peeled he round out tide holding a reception with hia away. Now and then they looked and nodded Men," he said, 'This rascal that has been When the court at examination adjourned Ogle an in hit direction, and presently an uncomplto you Is enemy to you and te tho friends, wlu-- the state had paid a reward for was held without baiL Through the efforts of Women who wear cliantecler hate talking his capture. Sullivan and the sheriff both drew country. He's trying to got you to commit murimentary name drifted to his ear. District Attorney Lynden it wee decided to trans should learn how to crow. Who Is that fellow talking to that sorry conguns, but wete kept apart, and the district der, and to got you sent to the penitentiary, fer the case to Llano connty for final trial or hung. You can quit work, but gou can't kill judge, who seems to have been a sort of honstable? he asked. Lynden making his fight for the chnnge on the Maine Is a great agricultural and and destroy property, not In this state. orary "Buzard, holding hla office by virtue of people .Ills companion lowered bis voice to a disgrounds that no fair trial could be obtained In lumbering state. And It has a big These walking delegatee and leaders that aro of Sullivan society favor, undertook to getld creet whisper. the San Sabs court. area In which the roads leave much to you to do these things are Just a sorry by sending him a long way off after some witIn Llano county Ogle'a case waa "That is IUU Ogle," be said, "tbe worst man be desired. But the spirit of highway telling fairly tried lot of damned scoundrels, and I'm going to put ness supposed to be wanted ; though why they mob. murder tbe of and be received a life sentence. When tbe Improvement la abroad In the Pine them where they belong, and where they're should want any wltuesa in a court like that next election of county officials came around Captain Bill looked pleased. Tree state end Maine haa taken (he trying to get you. I'm captain of Company B, would be hard to 1 be Good to want see Bill the old lot was wiped out clean, and men of char guess. nodded, bye, matter up with characteristic energy Ranger service, and I'in here alone, but I'll acter and probity came Into power. The roads Captain Bill himself now came down to look Ogle." and thoroughness. The movement I If need them, and I'll have my men here. over the field. He had bis hands full from the had crossed the street and passed that led to tbe Bad Lands were kept dusty with Ogle ocean to from ocean spreading rapidly Just such fellows as this man" start. hang a courthouse hardware the store to on the emigration of men who had formerly gath through and It will not be long before every ered at Buzzard's Water-Holthe other side where a number of his friends Mclonuld Interviewed the sheriff and the Captain Bill turned to indicate Ills selected and In their stead state of the Union hae taken to mendcame those who would give to San Saba noldez and delivered hla had collected. victim, but he was uo longer there. He had offieluls tn county general, Its ways ing "Don't go over there, captain," cautioned his enterprise and worthier fame. melted Into the crowd, and was seen no more. opinions of them, Individually and collectively. The Milwaukee couple which Is to wed on roller skates should remember that skates have broken up many a dream of conjugal bliss. ll ll S.r,lbut, .i. uiy " , Dll Oour That Mri-d"th- 1 f t mur-mltte- d cold-bloode- s a d e, |