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Show TERRORS OF RUSSIAN LYNCH LAW. Fftralcocc cl Hone Stealing Has Driven the Peasant el Repreioa As extraordinary affray took pises day ago at Lopatchefh; s popa-k- u village is the government of Kleff, Rawls This place baa lately earned .as evil repute a barboring a band of cattle and horse thieves, who lyatema- tlcally raided the cattle of the - village and hamlet In the adjoining die s few trict The rural police took little notice of the complaints of the victims, and the latter .therefore took the matter of chastisement into their own hand. They organized an overwhelming attack upon Lopatebevo, which they approached in three column from various joints. There were no firearms among the attacking parties, but they were well equipped with tout cudgel. The enemy hd, however, received warning and were prepared for the onslaught, which waa delivered with desperate vigor. The conflict lasted a couple of hours, when the attacking party had to retire, leaving five of their number behind beaten to death. The defenders lost three killed, making eight fatal-Itjealtogether. There are thirty-thre- e combatant In hospital, many of them Injured for life. Year by year, to aoon as the dark nlghta of autumn begin, a veritable plague of horse stealing breaks out in the rural districts of Russia. There seems to be no means of checking this evil, which is now at its yearly senith. When one considers that the peas a to Stem Messunt FAVORS NATIONAL CONTROL OF-- CO A MINES AND ROADS - Congressman John J, Jenkins he chairman of the house Judiciary rewho introduced tbe reap; 300 ant's hors la almost his only property mittee, government seizure cl ihe favoring and bla chief instrument of labor, on coal mines and coal railroads, r can understand his bitter hatred of the Tenth district of Wide.; pn, His hatred is nourthe horse thief. been continuously a gp ba aad ished and TannedTo fury bjrthe knowl- of since 1835. He hint at congress which the edge of the light punishment Wla.. and was Chippewa Falls, Russian law provides for horse steal- mer He has heeg county Judge. This is the explanation of the ing. the civil war. since publican of and presence of lynch law in Russia One of the most radical prop ions its recent violent manifestation. made to settle the coal prtijrm yet most law of ljm-The mode prevawas offered Inrfie.house of repres natlent In Little Russia Is ibis. When a horse thief i caught the men in the ives Jan. Id, and it came fr&s source which village club him to tteata, each trying to strike in such a way as to Inflict Instant recog of Wisconsin no Injury more serious than w bruise. Jenkins hut who, on the jam in legislation, Far more horrible Is the method of trary, is chairman of the JsdUAry to the criminal of the the feet binding committee of the house, and who am tail of a young and acme colt. A lad that fact la presumed to be a good leaps upon the animal's back and gallawyer, offered a rjjHon A meadow. and ditch over lops away which provides in brief that tLtiOVvery few mloutes of a ride like this and little la left of the horse tblef. A similar punishment Is to bind the thief's feet to the axle of a cart and then drive twty as fast as the horse ran travel. Less general is the refined method of severing the knee tendons, which makes the thief a cripple for life. A death of fearful agony is that by For this mode of execupin pricka. tion the tblef is bound hand and foot to a bench or log, and tbe women are then called together and proceed to thrust needles and pins Into the soles of the wretched victims feet snd other sensitive parts. ye-aen- ts Jr this declaration la not open to inquiry by the courts. "It is not the price of coal that create the exigency, but the fact tfcat the people cannot obtain it, and that condition are growing worse daily. Hence, Jt becomea the. duty at the ! with the many perplexing to exercise this attribute of sovereignty and relieve the distress not by buying coal for the people, but gov-de- ques-emme- THERES f I NO Ldjelay. o O O We always load your teams promptly. Load them with COAL. of course, for by providing that they can buy it "This is tbe first time In history this nation could Justly exercise tHtt right of control. Unquestionably the power exists, as certainly as the Exigency is that's our stock in trade. present AT THE Wasatch Mine You wilt find constantly the best "We cannot sit here idly and listen to the cries of pain and suffering from aU parts of the country without doing something that will promptly bring substantial relief, The powerful monopolies tapping the life blood of the people to add to their wealth .must al- - . . . t COAL, and as for pricesr note the LUMP STOVE oo o o $2.25 1.50 Patronize a Home Industry. WEBER COAL t CO. ANCIENT GOLD MINES IN AFRICA. Proof That Extensive Operations Were Carried On Many Centuries Ago in British Zambesi. .. Rhodesia, or British Zambesia, ranks among jibe chief gold bearing countries of the world. Tbe ancients mined and carried away enormous quantities of the precious metal, but under the scientific mining systems of the present day their operations will 'be greatly surpassed. In the recently published work on the "Ancient Rulna of Rhodesia, the authors, Messrs. Hall and Neal, endeavor to discover who tbe ancients were and whither the gold went Perhaps Rhodesia was the ancient land of Ophlr, the land of the mysterious "King Solomon's mines," but the theory is strongly combated by some investigators. The ancient gold workings are the basis of modern workings. For every ten square miles of Rhodesia there was. one ancient mine, that is, there are 75,000 old holes, which meaww M, stupendous e- iv,e .rth u.j of Ceiil i..o Kboiles, b. STUrtT of this wealth must have gone to the north and east; it waa probably wrought Into tbe crown of the Queen of Sheba and filled the coffers of Solomon. atlU easy into the floor. "Women are making progress along more than one line," remarked an old A member of a city police force. recent example shows that they are quite as efficient as men In the matter of safeblowing. Woman In tbe role of safe blower is hew to the police. The fact is that the operation. of female offenders Las heretofore been confined to offenses of the daytime or of the early pari of- the light, BuT here comes a story from Tennessee of g the arrest of perfal woraenwbo to a gang of expert cracksmen, g and who actually took pait In a -- - Jbe-lon- safo-blowlu- ia a small town near Nash- ville, where they robbed a hank and got 11.700. '"Women have often developed Into epxert forgers, as for Instance In the recent case of an American woman abroad who succeeded In conducting a forgery scheme for a considerable length of tlme. 'snd until she had fraudulently collected a vast sum of s pickmoney. They make pockets, and. In fact, arulnflnitely more successful in this line of work than men. "One curious fact In thta connection, despite the frequent announcements publicly made of offenses of this kind committed by women, men are never Cl the lookout for the female pick high-clas- - BARNUM FOOLED THE LAWYER. Great Showman Had His Joke Even When on Hie Deathbed. The late P, T. Barnum waa always fond of a joke. HU whole career waa studded with Instances In which he indulged tala ro penalty. But a few days before his death he summoned his lawyer to the side of the couch where he was lying. I am much worried, he said, "about a certain mat ter, and 1 want, to consult you. My Suppose neighbor keeps peacocks some of them should fiy over Into my yard, which they sre doing all ths time, snd lay some eggi here. Would these eggs belong to me or would my neighbor compel me to give them op?" The lawyer, having duly scratched hU head, answered: "Well, Mr. Barnum, 1 must take time to look into this matter. But the best thing tor you to do would be to keep the eggs and let your neighbor aue for their possession. Is that way your rights would be determined and w should have a valuable teat case. . granite-powde- r has outlasted time, was smeared round on top of the old lining. One can taka an old lining, split off tbe layers with a knife and find gold splashes In abundance. Apparently the ancients wasted gold isvlshly. Gold has been found in large quantities in the form of pellets as large as buckshot In tbe vicinity of the furnaces, and also thrown away on the debris heaps outside of tbe buildings, Tbe tools of the ancient workers which bv so far been discovered Include a small soapstone hammer and rock, burnishing atones of water-wortd which gold still adheres. There are 'gfWclicfsffiirttTSe ancients carried on an extensive industry In the manufacture of gold ornaments and utensils. Thirty-fivthousand dollars worth of guld ornaments have been taken in the last five years from the ruins of alone. Youth's Companion, When You are In need of DRY GOODS AND: GROCERIES s Go to Jhe- - CASH BARGAIN STORE i n d COALVILLE. VTAH both seize and operate not fly the eminent of the United Stap shall coal mines but the transportalon companies which carry the prodict, and In this way distribute coal l Lithe-people- ' . Such a proposition coming from an obscure member of the home would not have attracted any more attention ns to Their Ability ns Pickpockets than dozens of others quite se Tadlcal. But a bill of this kind offered by the chairman of, the judiciary toamittee acted upon the membera of tit house pocket unless they find themselves In like a dash of cold water, aad teemed to brlng them to a re&Uzaircnfof the a questionable resort and In bad comFor this very reason women fact that the country has reached a pany. find It much easier to pick a maos condition where ordinary eonsfltution-a- l methods must be succeeded by expocket. They can get closer to men, too, without becoming offensive, and traordinary and almost sociallittc ext rau lift the diamond pin out of his pedients. Mr. Jenkins did not offer hl resoluscarf, nip his watch nr.d chain, or any other valuable thing he tnay have be- tion in an idle moment, but after carefore he will ever dream of danger. fully thinking It out. He Is undoubtTn ihdt klnflt-- pilfering, too.pe-culla- r edly a good lawyer, and his position at to kleptomania, she is more the head of the great committee which successful because In this Instance of is even now formulating the anti-truthe way she dresses and woman's pe- legislation entitles him to more than the usual credit for his actions . culiar demeanor around the counter That his proposition la radical in Indry goods stores, if a man, for instance. should go Into a dry goods the extreme everyone must concede, store snd begin to pick up little things but it Is also apparent that nothing and fumble over them, apparently for but the presence of a great crisis could the purpose of Inspection, he would at have Induced him to father suck a once arouse - the suspicion of every, preposition. .Mr. Jenkins Jraa previousclerk' within visual range. On the ly gone On record as asserting that other hand, a woman may do exactly the government could not regulate the the same thing without exciting the trusts without a constitutional amendleast suspicion. It la simply looked ment Not only does Mr. Jenkins assume upon as a matter of comparative ease for the kleptomaniac., complete responsibility for his actions, 4 "But the womdn sifebloer la'n but he Justifies them by the gravity new type, as far as my experience of the crisis which the country is now goes, and 1 suppose it simply means facing. He does not propose to supthat the police of the country will soon ply tbe county with free coal, but he be confronted with many new prob- does believe that the time hag come lems la dealing with the female of- when, to prevent widespread ''famine fender." and hardship. It has become necessary for the United States, gevenjment as an net of supreme sovereignty to give "Well," said Mr. Barnum, while you are looking into the matter will you the people an opportunity to provide with coal at a fair price. find out how it would be U the eggs themselves What he la after is merely to use the wer laid by pea hens?" The lawyer swore softly to himself, power of the national government to tee that all the coal possible to be but never made any Investigation. mined la mined, and thereupon aleo to see that It ia distributed an an Insanity Among Woman. A German scientist. Prof. Zimmer of equitable basis to ail sections and all Berlin, has of late devoted consider- classea In the country. of able time to the investigation the "For some time we have bee callcauses of insanity among women, and ing attention to a want of poeer on baa come to tbe conclusion tha it the part of the federal government to women are admitted Into competition tlona confronting our people,- - call with men the Inevitable result will be Representative Jenkins, in discussing a tremendous Increase of Insanity his proposition. "By this resolution 1 among tbe women. He finds that the am calling attention To a power that I percentage of women teachers who believe exist and should be developed. rf the sovereign inherent become insane is almost double that It is on of the men teacher. Inquiries wer rights of the government The situs-tk- m la not as favorable for alto made about women employed as rr. telegraph, sales clerks and , In the els of that power as during lMl Se. telephone service, and, furthermore, timber, but conditions are mocb with regard to women engaged In the worse. Coal is a necessary of jjf 8wlss watchmaking - trade. These The people cannot obtain it ,re suffering greatly for the want 0r it inquiries showed that In tbe occupaIs within the tions mentioned a 'far larger propor- Therefore, it poer of tion of women than men succumb te congress la such a case to declare that an exigency has arisen for the exercise mental disorders. of the power of eminent domain, and WOMEN ARE SHREWD CRIMINALS. Old Police Officer Given Testimony Go Into Want Some? The furnace blowpipes are made of the finest cement, and tbe nozzles of the blowpipes sre covered with splashes of gold. When the first lining became worn by the heat, a fresh lining of cement of an excellent quality, which Mata-belelan- Tbe ancient smelting furnaces are Do You to recognize. They are sunk g. low conscience to control them, or in a short time a suffering people will be aroused so that no power will control them, for they are not going to suffer longer and submit to this continual robbery. They know that the coal question is but an fndex to what if coming, ' . The greed of the monopolies is so great they overlook everything but tbe acquisition of wealth at the expense and suffering of a nation of people. Let tne monopolies treat the people as fairly as they do the almighty dollar, and there will be njeora plaint. "It Is to be 'regretted that in an Intelligent nation like this, controlled by Christian Influences, where the people are the government, such a radical exercise of power is even deemed necee-xaryIt is not s step in the direction of government ownership, it can only be Justified by the exigency of the situ: t!on; and U can only remain in force until the cause for the condition is removed." r - , Good Job Work.,... Is wheJ people went, and at Ve Times office is Just the place where you caWget it at prices that will suit everone. . .. All Work Promptly Executed MRS. COX GAINS SUPPORT. Business Men of Indianola Laud Negro ' Postmistress for Efficiency. Mrs. Minnie M. Cox, the negro postmistress of Indianola, Mist., has occupied the office six years and her efficiency has never been questioned. Sv&! GRASS CREEK COAL ! AT GRASS CREEK MINES o ' - to - ' - " " We have the very best Coal there ia on the market for domestic or steam purposes,' & -- 'Well Screened Domestic, - Lump and Store Mixed SI .75 PER TON. mmm There Is no shoveling or waiting, as we have a The sole objection wss because she waa colored. Her action in resigning when she learned that a strong minority of taxpayers voted for her resignation won her mach sympathy. Many leading business men, lawyers and oOier promtnetn citizens of Indianola have turned to her support. SPECIAL CHOTE TOR LOADING TEAMS Guarding McKinley's Tomb. Eight officers and thirty privates of tbe Third United States Infantry have been detailed to act as guard at the tomb of President McKinley at Canton to relieve tbe detachment that baa been on duty thete.un to this time. 9 GRASS CREEK COAL CO. I |
