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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1897)
Ingalls, Okla., correspondence to the TIew York Worl I: The Western "bad'' man is passing away. The desperado Wds fair to become an extinct species. The Track of the six-shooter Is no long- - heard In the land, but Instead. 1n thi quiet anil peaceful twilight, vls "Hors to this once wickedest town In the . wickedest region of the union hear lfisMly and B&nkey's songs sung by Efineii who were such expert rifle shots 'that they could pick a fly off a cow (l.V boy's hat a distance of two squares with unerring certainty. The fuct of the matter Is Ingalls and the adjacent towns are at this moment wi.Joying a much-needed revival of re ligion. Cowboys and "bad" men no longer “go on the scout," but Instead attend revivals, prayer meetings and Bunduy ichool picnics. There Is not a saloon open In Ingalls, yet only re cently more whisky was drunk here In proportion to the pppulutlou than ywhere else. Nor Is there any de e on the part of the people to re •n to their evil ways. It would be possible to secure enough signatures spro an application for a license to per mit a saloon to he opened. Every one fetOf the former "bad wen" and cowboys has joined the church. One Is super intendent of the Sunday school and uKtWo others are teachers. i Never has civilisation seen such a ; change as has be -n witnessed 111 this || vldnlty during the past six months. ■ - plying this demand offers great prof its. Onee a cowboy Is arrested for Illicit selling of whiskey his fate Is practical ly sealed. He gets a sentence to a term In the penitentiary, h punishment that seems to him out of all proportion to the seriousness of the offense. As soon as he Is released he Is prone to com mit the offense again, .as he is always penniless and his old crime offers a sure method of making money. Soon the deputy marshals are after him again. He knows that a second con viction will mean a long term in the penitentiary, and he resolves not to he takpn alive. In the pursuit of this policy he kills a deputy marshal or two. Then Ills capture means hanging and he Ixvomes an outlaw, or, as he puts it, he "goes on the scout." He no longer has a home except In the saddle, the earth Is his hed and th< star-sprinkled slty forms his coverlet. Being forced to keep moving all the lime, he is unable to pursue the “boot legging" business, as the sale of liquor to Indians Is called, with such atten tion to business as insures profit, and he becomes a train robber or Joins a “gang" and terrorizes a town while securing the funds hp needs from the local hank or general stores. One of the worst of the desperadoes who ever belonged to the Cook gang was Crawford Qoldsby, alias “Chero kee Bill." He was a wolf In human r A JCENE OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE BEFORE RELIGION CAME. r Ingalls is not the only town that has been affected by the wave of religion end reform. All this section, various ly known as the ‘•Triangle.” or as the : ‘ Flat-Iron Country,” has heard the voice of the minister and has heeded. Hundreds of people have been bap | timed, and scores of new churches and Sunday-schools have been opened. The leaven of righteousness has work ed so well that the deputy marshals have nothing to do hut Join In the psalm singing. The opening of Oklahoma lessened the field of the desperadoes and there by made it possible for the deputy mar shals to wage a more successful war upon them. After a few years the Cook gang, the Dalton gang and the Doolin gang were exterminated. Near ly all of the members were killed, and those who were captured alive were either hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., or received long sentences In prison. Horse stealing became less profitable ' and the criminals who had formerly ; lived by that easy method were forced to engage in hunk robberies, train holdups and the sacking and pillaging of country stores, towns and villages, i Every one of the “bad men” form- 1 jug one of these gangs had a seore or more of friends who would give him j help when lie needed It. As members i of the gang were killed their j places were filled by some of these friends For several years v man ; <mi Id be a pretty had iltUen down I lifer* and still stay out of Jail and hold up his head among the other resi- j dents. Everyone went armed, and 1 Mhoottng affrays were numerous. There is not a town In Oklahoma i tint has not had its killing Visitor.-* ! <mii see the marks of bullets on var lous stores, anil strangers are told where such amt such a ntau was sho' to death More than twentv men have Ini-n killed in this town Sime It wa» malle i In the town cemetery at lata wih are the graves of a iloaen men w ho died with their boot* on In tluthrb |tt(< til* iVlfltUf). ilk HlUHt It IV* I***# >4 *»tl til* *ir “I, «tt* Uw*rt* U mot* ih.<ti un* U** MiHhI ul»l «hl«b r«**!*»• \)h i»? IlMtl 44*1 A 4t*4l tt*4 4> t|Mp»rftkitM** 4»4* { U* lh« I HlHrl *«#»< j ' .'*• .* " '•*. AM 1m4um t Rfi# **» 1» ««9f * j Ml.tr ihkti 4U» * 4%h*M *%••* mHI1* lfc« b» ! AlitKHt* !t> iNW t'Mi* iMtirM1 <ti*4 A ii*t* I4«* t* • H» « \m a rv-^V* ifeii lk4t4M !■«» Ail* 44*4 lIlT m<h(* t*H« MUHit il *1* •* 4tt 4* 44 j Mtuiili )H« Tfc«t* U |i#4* I At II At U* 4 1*4* 44 U4UN Mill 441 | Ihk lit V *-f w k|h- I form, ati<l it is perfectly truthful to aay that he did not regard the killing of a deputy marshal as a sin. He knew it to he against the law, but in no other way could he see any harm in shooting his fellowman. When nbout fifteen years old he be gan selling whiskey to Indians. Ho was soon arrested, but was released on ball. AM Ills lifo he had used revol ver and pistol, and he declared that he would not he captured again. He had many friends who secretly admir ed his bravado and fearlessness. They offered him refuge when deputy mar shals were around, and if too closely pushed he could always depend on his unerring aim to save himself. But he was finally taken alive through the treachery of supposed friends. They were stopping at the same house with him. and as he stooped one day to tlx the fire in the open hearth oue of them seized a billet of wood, as if to help him, and struck hint a terrible blow across the head. This put him "to sleep." as the marshal said, and when he awoke his beloved revolver and rifle were gone and he was tied securely. (loldsby was part Indian and part negro a bad combination. He was surly on the way to Fort Smith, whither he was taken for trial. No one knows how many men he had kill- i ed. A low estimate puts the number ,» v m . \ ttiWji k'.si tM-usr. ix inr KX uvu MNim * * i «f , at eleven. Certain It is that there was nJ dlfflciltjr in convicting him liefore Judge Isaac C. Parker, and he was sentenced to he hanged. After his trial he was returnel to the jail to await the action of the Appellate Court, his attorneys having taken an appeal. He c mill have been convicted on three or four other charges of murder, and yet lie stayod in jail several months. During this time a friend visited him and gave him a revolver and a box of cartridges. That night when Ooldsby was told to return to his cell for the night, after having hafl the freedom of the cor ridor all day. he drew his revolver and shot one of the jailers. He was dis armed, and the next day was again arraigned before Judge Parker, and Inside of an hour was tried, convicted and again sentenced to be hanged. Again hl» attorneys took an appeal. Cfoldivhy was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, end as such was entitled to re ceive about when the United Slates government made Its next pay ment on account of the purchase of the Cherokee strip. If he were alive he would lie worth *600; if dead he was absolutely worthless. So his lawyers kept him alive until the payment wan made. Then Ooldsby was hanged on the scaffold that had been used more than one hundred times In the Jail yard at Port Smith. His mother stood on the scaffold with him as he dropped to his death. After the noose was ad justed the hangman asked Ooldsby if he bad anything to say. "No." replied the desperado. "I did not come out here to make a speech. I came here to be banged." Perhaps "Cherokee Hill” was an ex aggerated type if a species of bid man that lias been too common In Okla horna. They are now nearly extinct. All of the organized gangs have been wiped out. Bill Cook Is the only one of the leaders who Is alive, and he Is doing a forty-flve-year sentence In the penitentiary at Albany, N. Y. All of the others—Bill Doolin, Bill Dalton, "Zip” Wyatt—were killed while resist ing arrest. The opening of Oklahoma enabled the deputy marshals to follow the outlaws wlt i hopes of success, and with plenty of brave men willing to trail the outlaws for the hope of the rewards offered by railroad and ex press companies the extermination of the gangs was made possible. During all of this time the progress of religion was slow. There were few churches, and those were seldom at tended by any considerable portion of I the population. Whiskey drinking, I gambling and worse vices were com mon. Nearly every little town hail a variety show, which was a den of vlee and iniquity. Women of the worst sort from similar dives In Texas and MIs sciiri were secured by the proprietors, and robbery and murder wero com i mon. So eorrupt wus the community that i many of the worst desperadoes eseap i ed from Jail after being arrested. These j 1 escapes, especially In the case of the j | women, who wire companions of the j desperadoes, became a scandal of vast i I proportions and cost more than one | official his position. The desperadoes had friends even among the officials. The noted Bill Dalton, before he had done much In the way of robbery, was a deputy marshal and for two years wore a badge and bunted other des peradoes. There were many other deputy marshals whose careers would not have borne close Inspection, but none of them ever achieved the noto riety that attached to the name of Dalton. About six months ago there was a noticeable change in the complexion of affairs hereabouts. The gangs hav ing been broken up, the deputy mar shals turned their attention to the cap ture of the solitary criminals, and the country began to entertain a respect for the law and for the men engaged In the effort to enforce It. The time was ripe for a religious revival, and the men for the occasion appeared. Nearly all of the had men In In galls, Isiwson and Cushing joined the < liurch. The variety halls were forced to close, and the saloons soon follow ed. Gambling-houses closed for lack of customers, and churches and rtun day-fchools look their places. I’lstolR were discarded In favor of Bibles, and Psalms ute now heard Sunday even ings Instead of the rattle of poker chips und the whirr of the roulette wheel. TUh real leaner or me Dalton gang wait Hill Doolln. Ilia name wan not ho well known In the east, and IiIh picture never adorned ho many news papers, hut In the Territories he was known us one of the most desperate men who ever terrorized a community. After Dalton was killed, three years ago, Doolln was In sole command of the gang He was raptured once In Kureka Springs, Ark., and lodged In Jail In Guthrie hut escaped soon after wards, and for more than a year was constantly "on the scout." lift was surrounded last summer by Deputy Marshal Thomas ami a posse at a blacksmith shop northeast of here. Doolln was having his horse shod ear ly In the morning when the officers arrived and surrounded the bandit, Doolln offered light, hut the officers gave him 'no chance, A dozen of them opened fire on him at once, and he fell dead, pierced by twenty-seven bullets. Tea-Pun Times. Women, of course, were excluded from the coffee-houses, but they or ganized "tea-drinkings,” as they were called, to which both men and wom en flocked. Fancy such a company assembled In a fine lady's boudoir, sip ping fragrant Hyson from handleless cups of egg-shell china, while Pope and tardy Mary sparred at. each other, or Pepys retailed the latest news; what marriages were prospective, or who at the last drawing room had been ad judged the reigning beauty. At such time, when Swift lived at St. James' and lay In bed to compose, because the nights were cold and coals dear, he may have discussed Gay’s death with Pope over a cup of tea. It was from stu b "tea-drinklngs” that the witty and erratic dean gathered much of the materials for "Journal to Stella. ’ With the fashion of teu-parties was developed the taste for china. Tho more grotesque and unusual the pat tern and design the more valuable tho tea cup.—-Lilppincott's. Deadliest of All Ouom. The English government Is now ex perimenting with u gun that will tire 1.000 shots In 123 seconds. It is the deadliest of all the automatic man slayers ever yet Invented. As with all muchlne guns, the first shot must be Bred by hand. After that the weapon will absorb cartridges and emit a uhuin of bullets as long as it is fed. Experiments made thus far show that an the occasion of a brief, sharp at tack the gun can actually he made to [lie eleven shots In a single second. A very Intuestlng feature of this new gun Is that the explosive power results from the use of cordite. The whole of dlls substance Is expended In pressure, whereas black powder is only useful for pressure to the extent of 50 per ;?nt. The experiments with cordite amt with the gun referred to show i nclusively that cordite Is not affect ’d by water, as Is gunpowder, and will danti great variations In temperature. New York Herald. Iieiimark has the greatest amount to >lie Inhabitant In the savings bank, iiciug about |50 each. TO THE NORTH POLE. THE JOURNEY OF PROF AN DREE IN HIS BALLOON. Prof. DrMlrr Ilellrves He Will Nevei fteturn—Amlree. However. Thought He Wnlilil He Alile to Overrulin' All fllUlrult le* Point i*il tint to Him. (irerley on Prof. Amlree. Washington, July 24.—In reply ton telegraphic request, General A. W. Greeley, the Arctic explorer, has sent from Linden. Va., tho following state ment regarding tho Amlree expedi tion: “It is possible that Professor Aodreo may have reached the North pole or its vicinity. Telegraphic re ports, so far as I have seen, state that he started with a south wind of twen ty-two miles an hour. The chance of such a wind blowing *KM) miles straight to the North pole is, however, small, ns it would bo an extraordinary meteorological phenomenon, such as bus never accompanied any. storm. Mv opinions on Andrea's projected ex pedition and lilt probable return were expressed at the sixth International Geographical congress In July, la',is, in London, where 1 debated the sub ject publicly with Prof. Andrea and also discussed the chances with him privately, und ho admitted the ex treme ha/.ardoiisncss of the project which 1 strongly outlined. I pointed out that even should lie reach the no!#*, lut ffiiilii liuffllt/ fivtuift f/i flrxl Ids Month wind continuing across the polo for a thousand miles as a north wind. I urged that Ills chances of at taining the North American coast were infinitely small, as the observations at I,inly Franklin bay, firinnuli Land and Point Harrow, Alaska, showed that the summer winds were almost constantly from the south, while strong north winds were almost unknown. Andruo said: ’Then I shall expect to land some where on the HI berlan coast.’ He also again expressed his determination to go and his confi dence of returning safely. Prof. Kk holm, who accompanied Andreo In Ids unsuccessful attempt of last summer, declined to go tills v«*ar on account of the dangers that i urged upon Andrea —that permeability of Hie haltoou, whicli allows gas to escape constantly, hut which Andruu claimed to have overcome. While I believe that An dree will never return,( yet experience teaches us that miraculous tilings oc cur daily.” ANDRKK NOT IIKAKD FROM. London, July 31.—A dispatch from Copenhagen says that the report of the capture of a carrier pigeon in the vicinity of Tromsoe, near the north point of Norway, stamped with the words and ligurcs, "North pole passed la,” isnot true. The Hamhiirgisclie Correspondent says tliut a thousand birds belonging to various pigeon Hying societies were released July J3, about 3X0 kilometers northwest of Heligoland. Kach had an aluminum ring on its leg inscribed with a number or a letter to Indicate the year of its acquisition. "It is be lieved," says the paper, "that the pigeon found in the iieigli liorhood of Hovdc in Kifylke with a silver ring on one of its feet mid its wings stamped with ’North pole, 143 W 47.<13’ was ono of these. ” CLAIMS KLONDYKE FIELD. tv. J. Arkell to File on It liy "(tight of Discovery." New Yohk, July 34.—W. J. Arkell, of tile Arkell Weekly company of this city, announced lust night that he ex pected to claim tiie gold fields in the Klondyke district by right of discov ery for the estate of K. J. Olavc. Clave was the explorer who headed the expedition to Alaska in 1X90-01, or ganized by W. J. Arkell of Leslie's Weekly. Mr. Arkell said Chat as lie sustained this expedition lie believed he lias claim by right of discovery to tiie Klondyke territory. Mr. Arkell said that he hud received telegrams from Hchanz and Wells, two members of the first expedition to Alaska, claim ing their interest in tiie event tiie government should recognize their right by discovery. Mr. Arkell pnqHiscs to organize an expeuiuon at once to the territory dis covered by (Have and party. Tom the Peeper Caught. New Yoiik. July at.—A Tom the fee per wan caught at Coney Inland, crouching beneuth the woman'* nee tlon uf the bathing pavlllion. lie waa discovered by a young woman, who*e frantle scream* brought three life saver* to the Meat. They took him Into deep water and repeatedly ducked him He waa compelled to nwltn out and the life-naving crew auiUked It self by rowing over hi* head. When lie reached the beech a double line of liatbera of both »»xe* awaited him with eane*. umbrella* and other weapon*, which were u*od forcibly a* he ran the gauntlet. 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Omaha dispatch: The dipping of sheep at stock yards all over the coun try for tile purpose of curing scab and other diseases have proven so success ful that experiments have liven made with cattle. From February until November the government prohibits tin* shipment of cattle from certain districts where splenetic fever exists. This order, w hich is rigorously enforced by gov ernment inspectors at. all stock yards, prevents the marketing of thousands of cattle during the spring, fall and summer months. Lot. .lames L. Paxton, superintend ent of the I'nlon stork yurd* at South Omulia, is deeply Interested In the cattle dipping scheme and intends pay ing close attention to tho Fort Worth ixperiment. Mr. Paxton said that if sums cheap and effective dip can Is) Uncovered it will add #ft a head to tin) mine of every steer within the quar* Inline district, besides this tile re ceipts of southern and t'alifornia cattle »t 'his market would Is* greatly in creased. Col. Paxton said that experi ments were now being made in Cali fornia with a mi I ph it r dip, whieli is used on sheep, and that Charles II. blimer, an ottleiul of tin* bureau of animal industry, hud been sent from Washington to watch the experiments and Investigate the matter. A dip lias been discovered and is to In* uscii at the Fort Worth stock yards. Dipping tanks are now living built and will be ready /or use in about a week. They are on about the same principle us those in use for many yeurs with sheep. A vat, holding about ft,(MSI gal lons is to he constructed. The entrance is through a narrow chute at the end ..f o.l.l . t. » .. a .... i i .. i.1 . tile end of the vat, so that when an animal arrives on the trap it loses its balance and plunges into the vat. It is at first entirely submerged, thus bringing tile solution in contact with every part of the body. On rising to tlie surface tin* animal swims to tho ••sit which is provided witli an incline floor filled witli cleats. This size and style of vat w ill d'.p about 1,000 cattle a day. Various hinds of dips have been ex perimented with by officials of tilts I ort Worth stock yards company anil others interested. Cottonseed oil lias been found effective, but crude petro leum or black mineral oil with a small pc; tentage of carbolic acid, lias been found to be better. A layer of this loliltion two Inches thick is put in the water lit the tank and when the cattle tome out it clings to every pari of the »«dy. Tlie only question which is yet to bo Miswered is the practical commercial vailtc and the effectiveness of one dip ping. Dipped cattle covered with ticks have been shipped from Texas to Mis souri with satisfactory results. Some experimenters say that there must Is* I wo dippings, with an interval between to make the process effectual. A js'r feet chemical that will destroy the tick* at one dipping lias yet lo lie dis covered. The difficulty lies in the fact tliut it. must destroy the ticks without injuring the rattle. renltantiarr Affairs. Land Commissioner Wolfe, says the Lincoln Journal, claims to he the only out- who ever held ids office a.nl turned cash into the state treasury for tho rent of penitentiary lands. Mr. Wolfe secured a receipt yesterday from the state treasurer for $307.7)0, half of the rent of 300 acres of penitentiary land lying near Sprague. The land is rented by C. L. Duel. The other half of tin* rent is to he paid by January I and it is secured by a note. There is really no law governing the renting of penitentiary lands. There are not muny acres in the state, but it lias been customary for squatters to use the land and make no payment. Land Commissioner Itiissell claimed to lie the first commissioner who ever col lected any money from squatters, but the $000.70 which he collected was siieut mid not turned into the treasury. Ilis report contains an itemized account showing that he spent most of the money for postage. A part of It was applied on a payment due the Lauer estate as reimbursement for the pur chase price of land which Mr. Laucr bought, and was afterward required to turn back to the state. The money which Mr. Wolfe has collected was re ceived by Treasurer Meserve and placed in a new fund which will 1st known as the penitentiary labor fund. Nebraska I'ustofflea t’ogtMM. Washington special: Judge Strode to-day settled several important post office contests in his district by send ing in the namesof those whom he had decided to recommend to the fourth as sistant postmaster general. At Table Hock, 1’awnee county, the republicans adjiiicated their dispute by submitting the question to a vote, und Mrs. Jessie W. i'liillips received a plurality of votes cast. 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