FIERI PUNISHMENT Coloradoans Burn a Negro at the Stake. A SAVAGE 11ETRIIU TION. Murderer of a Young Girl Goes to a Frightful Death. DOOMED 15 Y VIGILANTES. The < rlmiiial In Taken from a Train l>y a Small llaiut ol Avenger*, Con veyed to the Scene of III* Crime mid Slowly Itoaftled to Death. Limon, Col., Nov. 17. —Chained to a Tail road rail set firmly in the ground on the exact spot .vhere his fiendish <*rime was committed, l'reston I'oHer, or, as he was better known, John for te r, last evening paid a terrible pen alty for his deed. It was 0:23 o'clock when the father of the murdered girl touched the match to the fuel which bad been piled around the negro and 20 minutes later a last convulsive shudder told that life was extinct. What agony the doomed boy suffered ■while the flames shriveled up his flesh could only be guessed from the terri ble contortions of his face and the cries he gave from time to time. The executioners, who numbered about 300 citizens of Lincoln county, liad not the least semblance of the ordinary mob. Their every act was deliberate and during- all the prepa rations as well as throughout the s-uflcrings of the negro hardly an un necessary word was spoken. Griml.v they stood in a circle about the fire until the body was entirely consumed. Porter did not seem to realize the nwful punishment that he was destin ed to undergo. As he had exhibited indiflerenee to the enormity of his crime, so he seemed to lack all under standing of its terrible consequences. For more than an hour, while prepa rations for his execution were in pro gress, he stood mute and sullen j-mong* the avengers. When every thing was ready he walked to the stake with a firm step, pausing* as lie reached the circle of broken boards, to kneel in prayer. He arose and placed his ba.*k lo the iron stake and half a dozen men wound chains about l.is body and limbs. Kerosene oil was applied to the wood and after a brief pause liichard \V. Frost, the father of little Louise Frost, whose mutilated body was found one week ago on that very spot, applied a match. For a moment but a little flickering flame arose. Then the oil blazed up, sparks flew into the air and the wood began to crackle. Almost instantly the negro's trousers caught lire. Kven 1 hough the flesh must have been scorched, lie did not utter a sound. The flames crept slowly upward on his clothing- and the sparks flew up in a cloud of pule smoke. Porter turned liis head and a frightful expression changed bis face. With a sudden con vulsive tug-gang he sfretched his head as far from the flames as possible and uttered a cry of pain. ' I)h, my God, i'>t me go, men. I've got something more to tell you. I'lease let me go. G, my God, my God." Not an oath escaped him. bill he pleaded to be shot. Suddenly, the rope holding his hands burned through. Then arms, head and shoulders slipped through the chains. For an instant the body stood erect and the arms were raised in suppli cation w-hi'e burning* pieces of cloth ing dropped from them. The body then, fell away from the fire, the head lower than the feet, still fastened to the rail. This was not expected, and for a few minutes those stolid men were disconcerted. Tliey feared that the only remaining chain would give way. If this had occurred the partly burned human being would have dash ed among them and not many would have cared to capture him again. But the chain held fast. The body was then in such a position that only the legs were in the fire. The cries of the wretch were redoubled and he tigain begged to be shot. Some want ed to throw him over in the fire, oth ers tried to dash oil upon him. Hoards were carried and a large pile made over the prostrate body. They soon were ignited and the terrible heat and lack of air quickly rendered the victim unconscious, bringing death a few moments later. This terrible ceremony, out upon the rolling prairie, concluded the sec ond tragej.lv upon that spot, ih<> ter ;*ib!e avenging ot the first. Through the entire affair but little was said. As they had calmly pre pared for the avenging, so the people of the eastern part of the state car ried out their plan deliberately. The train bearing the negro in cus tody of Sheriff Freeman and his dep uties arrived in Limon at 3:45 p. m. The ears were crowded with news paper reporters and people who were curious to sec the negro executed. It. W Frost, the murdered girl's father, was one of the passengers. When the train stopped 10 men, who had been selected by the vigilance committee, entered the train and demanded the prisoner from the sheriff. The offieer protested in the name of the law and asked the men to allow him to take bis prisoner to the county jail at Hugo, but his protests were disre garded. One man carried a rope, of which had been formed a hangman's noose. This was slipped over the negro's neck and he was led to the place of execution. It was decided to leave the method of death to the outraged father. He decided upon burning at, the stake. .Inst before he was tied to the stake the boy tore the leaves from his l!i --ble and distributed them among his: executioners. A BIG FAILURE. die Dry l.nod» llouxe of W. t>. Slronc A Co iioem Into (lie lluuili ot' a 14r t-elver. New York, Nov. 15. —The nppoint nn nt of a receiver for the flr/n of \V. L. Strong A- Co. lias been discussed with much interest in mercantile cir cles here, in view of the report that the linn's affairs lire in much worse condition thnn those who knew the late .Mayor Strong suspected. The Commercial Advertiser prints the fol lowing: "A hunk president who lias been do ing' business with the firm is quoted as saying that it had been well known in the street that the ex-mavor was not by any means so rich as was gen crally supposed, lie was not a mil lionaire and he was not very wealthy. Lately he .ind Mr. Stott had been pre senting- their notes in sizes all the nay from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO, so that the lending banks became cautious, and then many of us refused to din count their stock. The two dead mem bers of the firm had been swapping paper; Mr. Strong* endorsed Mr. Stott's notes and Mr. Stott endorsed Mr. Strong's. It was an accommoda tion paper and served lo show that the firm was in difficulties." Kdward \. Treat, the receiver of the firm of \\ . L. Strong & Co., said yesterday that lie was unable to re move the uncertainty as to whether or not the firm is solvent. It is not yet known whether or not tlie firm was financially embarrassed before the death of ex-Mayor Strong. Mr. Treat made the following* statement: "No one can tell whether or not the firm is solvent. The books must be gone over and daj's will he required for that work, .ivist as soon as I can 1 will issue a statement of the firm's affairs." Counsel said that the Strong firm had endorsed more than $500,000 in notes for the Stott woolen mills for which the firm was agent, and that owing* to the sudden death of former Mayor Strong* and of F. 11. Stott, heads of the two concerns, within three days of each other, had brought about a crisis by the dissolving of the firms at a inc merit when large sums w< re due. The Stott mills are located in Stottville, Y. "If either Mr. Strong* or Mr. Stott bad lived tlie difficulty might have been settled without public embar rassment," said a representative of the counsel yesterday. "We cannot say what action will be taken in re gard to winding* up the business of the Stott Co., but it is the debts of that concern rather than those of Strong n's policy. Gen. Dodge said, speaking* for the society, "with us it is first settle with the enemy and then this country will successfully solve the problems forced upon us by this war with clear Sight and as much justice as we set lied the problems arising from the civil war." Maj. Itassieur, eommander-in-eliief of the Grand Army of the Republic, made a short address in which he eu logized the private soldi( rs who. he said, made the victories achieved by the generals of the Union army pos sible. Speaker Henderson, after pro testing against being- forced to speak whether or no, made the wittiest and brightest speech of the evening. RURAL DELIVERY. PoNtmnwler General Will Auk for $3,- 500,000 for Free Country Delivery. \i asiiing-ton, Nov. 15.—Postmaster General Smith has framed his esti mates to be submitted to congress ami will ask an aggregate of about $121,000,000 as the appropriation for the entire service for the fiscal year ending June 30, H)O2. This includes an estimate of for the rural free delivery servieq. l'.v the close of this fiscal year 4.300 lural free delivery routes throughout the I liited Statis will have been es tablished and the general extension contemplated for next year will in volve about -I 500 additional routes. The success of t!#c service so far in stituted has resulted in plans for a very general extension next year. I lie postmaster general, together with oilier officials, is iuvestigatiug the feasibility of putting the service in operation at every point through out the country not reached by the regular free delivery services in oper ation in the cities. A Difference cl' Opinion. San Francisco, Nov. 15.—The Thil letin publishes the report of Federal Quarantine Officer Kinyon in which lie states that from March 7 to Octo ber 14 there have Jjeen IS deaths in San Francisco from plague. The P.ul- Ictin says that it is well known that there has not been :» single authenti cated case of plague in San Francisco. Dr. .J. M. Williamson, of the San Fr.rn < -sco board of health, says there have been 21 or 22 cases of bubonic plague in this citv since the first case war discovered last March. The hist cuec wins reported oil November J,, CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1900 ALASKA'S PEOPLE. Report of the f'eimiia ({numerator ID the Frozen Territory The Indian* Are the .Hoot Dcntltllte People In North America. Washington, Nov. 15.—The census bureau recently completed the enu meration of the district of Alaska. 1 he schedules have been received at the office mil are now in process of tabulation. The director of the cen sus Wednesday gave out the following Statement wi'tli reference to the work in that great territory: "Mr. Samuel C. Dunham, who had charge of the work in the northern district, returned to Washington a few days ago and submitted his final report, lie left Washington on this work May 4, 1899. "The native and mixed population of the northern district of Alaska is 12,052. The most populous district with respect to the native population is the country lying between the mouth of Yukon and the Kuskoquiu rivers and extending back from the coast 100 miles. Mr. Maurice John son, the agent for this district, trav eled over 2,000 miles with dog team during the winter, and enumerated 3,013 persons, ell of whom were In dians. "The Indians in this region are probably the most destitute people in the North American continent. Mr. Johnson reports that from December 1 to March 15 he visited 74 Indian vil lages, and during that time saw but three fires burning in the shacks or dugouts. The poor creatures huddle together in their ipiserable dwellings during the long winter and subsist on frozen fish and a little seal oil, which 'they secure on the coast dur- I ing the summer. The fur bearing animals which formerly furnished them with natural clothing, are near ly extinct and they have been forced to adopt the white man's garb, and as their poverty prevents them from securing enough to cover their naked ness there is greaf suffering from the cold. The spiritual condition of these neglected natives is no better than the physical. "The .Nome district is the most pop ulous in northern Alaska. The enu meration showed a permanent white population on June 1 of 2,704. During the summer about 18,000 people land ed at Nome, about 2,500 of those com ing from Dawson. About 12,000 have returned to their homes in the states, leaving about 9,000 people in the re gion contiguous to Nome. It is prob able that the population of the town of Nome during the winter will be be tween 4,000 and 5,000." NATIONAL GRANGE. The Fatron* of Himbandrjr lieu IN a Week'* Sckhloii lit Washington. " Washington, Nov. 15.—The thirty fourth annual session of the National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, began here Wednesday with a good attend ance and will continue for a week or more. The chief feature of intijrest jesterday was the annual address of Worthy Master Aaron Jones, of In diana, who said that in most of the slates tlie order bad enjoyed great prosperity during tlie» year. In a few states it had not succeeded so well. Never had tlx l conditions been more favorable for the extension of tlie or der than now. While agricultural conditions are somewhat improved over what they were a few years ago, they are not what they should be, said Mr. Jones. The price of what farmers had to buy, he said, arc too high compared with what they had to si 11. He urged opposition to tiie ship subsidy bill a*nd spoke of the growth of the industrial combinations "until tlie entire country is justly alarmed." lie urged an amendment to the con stitution, clear and express in its terms, empowering congress with the right and authority to regulate cor porations. The interstate commerce law, the grand master argued, should be amended so that all sections of the country could secure fair and equit able freight rates. This being secur ed, the hardest blow that at this time could be struck to monopolies and trusts and the greatest encourage ments to enterprise and thrift would be given. Ihe report of the secretary, Dr. John 'I rimlile, of Washington, showed that If-2 new granges had been char tered during the year—the order now numbering over a half million mem bers. During the day addresses were de livered by Assistant Secretary J. 11. Brigham, of the agricultural depart ment; Kdward Wiggin and Mrs. Wig gin, of Maine; Mrs. George A. Bowcn, of Connecticut; S. 11. Ellis, of Ohio, end Mrs. Katherine M. Stahl, of Illi nois, chaplain of the grange of that state. Becoming .11 ore Complicated. Terre Haute, Jnd., Nov. 15. —The f-tiiking of tin* hoisting engineers in the coal fields of this state is becom ing more complicated and an early settlement is not predicted. The 7,000 idle miners in Indiana do not feel that the engineers were justified in forcing idleness upon them at this time of the year. The miners are un der contract with the operators to work until April and it would be a difficult thing for them to refuse to v.ork if non-union engineers were em ployed at the mines. The block coal operators held a meeting at Brazil Wednesday and passed resolutions entering into an agreement not to recognize the striking engineers as r.n organization. "•'«!! < ure" Law ( ncoiiMiitu tlonu I. St. Paul, Nov. 15. —The state su preme court has decided that the so called "jag cure" law is unconstitu tional because it applies only to coun ties of over 50,000 population and it is limited in its benefits to a certain number in each county one per year to each 10,000 of population. At Loggerheads. Berlin, Nov. 15. —'1 he Frankfurter '"eit ting prints a dispatch from China saying that discord prevails in Pekin between the military and the diplo mats and that the latter are also at loggerheads juuong themselves. PEDDLES MEDICINE. Former Governor Lenly of Kanuf Adopt* Sew lluilnm* for Ke- Irlcvlns Ilia Fortune. Out in Kansas during- the Inst few years ninny men have leaped into sud den political prominence, and with equal suddenness have gone back into almost complete obscurity. Among the more recent and spectacular of these political meteors is former Gov. John \V. Leedy, who has started out to peddle a new patent medicine through the state. In explaining his action Mr. Leedy points out that as governor his sal ary was but $3,000 a year, and that he was compelled to spend most of that sum to maintain the dignity of the office. When his term expired he HON. JOHN W. LEEDY. (Kansas Ex-Governor Now Engaged In tha Medicine Trade.) had some money, and with that as capital he went into the Kansas-Mis souri zinc districts, where he made speculations which proved disastrous. As a result he found himself prac tically penniless. Then a well known Kansas physician made him a propo sition togo into partnership with him in the manufacture of a patent med icine, and Leedy took him tip. He de clares that he feels no loss of dignity and is not troubled with false pride in starting out with his wagen. "I must have an income," he says, "and a man can't make a business of being governor. We have something to sell, and it is my business to find customers. I am simply doing what hundreds of men have done before me. Because I have been a little un fortunate in financial matters, is that any reason why I should lie down and give up the fight?" MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE. Politic Carper of the l'eer Who lias Ilren Made llrlti.sli Secretary for Foreign Affair*. The lord of 143,000 acres of land, Ilenry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaur ice, marquis of Lansdowne, has a long list of territorial andi other titles, but perhaps his chief claim to the distinc tion of long and honorable descent is the fact that he is the twenty-sixth baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, which carries his pedigree back to 1181. and that one of his ancestors was Strong bow, earl of Pembroke. The present marquis, the fifth, is 55 years old. His mother was a daughter of Comte de Plahault and Baroness Keith and Nairn. He entered official life at the age of 24, when, as a warm adherent of Mr. Gladstone, he was made lord of the treasury. After three years in this office he became undier secretary for war, holding the post two years. MARQUIS Ol** LANSDOWNE. (Just Appointed British Secretary of For eign Affairs.) In 1880 he was made under secretary for India, but resigned the olliee the same year because of his dissent from the home rule policy. From ISS3 to 18S8 he was governor general of Canada, and followed this by a term as viceroy of India, being namedi by Lord Salisbury, with whose union ist policy he lias strongly identified himself. Bis governorship of India from 1888 to 1893 was less remarkable for domestic reforms than for his work in strengthening the frontier defenses and building strategical railways. Study of Finger Nails, An exhaustive study of the Mails of the hand has been made by P. A. Mina koff, and some of the results appear to be of medico-legal importance. "Among other things," says Popular Science, "he asserts that the nails of the right hand in a right-handed per son are wider by one-half to two milli meters than the corresponding nails on the left hand; lvhile in a left-handed person the reverse obtains, and in the ambidextrous the nails are of equal size on the two hands. The thickness of the nails diminishes progressively from the thumb to the little finger." • ■rent Slaughter of llat*. After suffering for a long time from the migratory rats, the inhabitants of Copenhagen organized war against them ami lu IS wnd Bethlehem companies for Krupp armor at $420 a ton, with tli" possible addition of royalty fees, making the maximum price $455.52 a ton. The amount of armor involved is the largest ever placed at one time by the government and is Raid to equal all the armor purchased by '.his government up to IWifi. It covers the armor for 17 ships now in various stages of construct ion, including eight battleships, six armored cruisers and three prof'ted cruisers. The follow ing official statement was given out concerning the agreement: "The navy department has come to an agreement with the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies for Krupp ar mor of the first class, amounting 1o 24,050 tons, for $420 a ton. The Krupp process involves the Harvey patent, the validity of which is now under consideration bv the courts, and it is further agreed that the government will assume in addition any liability for the Krupp process not exceeding i's, or $24.32 per ten for Krupp roy alty, and not exceeding the United States license fee of $11.20 for Harvey royalty. The maximum price to the government is therefore $455.52 a ton, subject to diminution in case of any rodu'-tion in the foregoing royalties. The bid of these companies for this class of armor was $490 and the price originally asked $545." The MUlvale Co. some time ago withdrew their bid, but they would have been unable, in any event, to furnish armor indue season for the Maine class of battleship. Had the} not withdrawn their bid it is prob able that some arrangement might have been made for the distribution among three companies of the manu facture of the armor other than that of the Maine class. Their bid, how ever, was of value in enabling the de partment to secure the above large reduction. Admiral O'Neil, chief of the bureau of ordnance, said of the result: "The agreement is most satisfac tory. The terms are reduced not only to a reasonable point, but more than reasonable. We get armor cheaper than any country in the world. It is due not only to Secretary Long's able management of the matter, but also to the fac* that the companies met him in a very reasonable spirit. It is only just that this should be under fct ood." The armor contract covers not. only the 24,950 tons specified in the official' statement, but also some 10,000 tons of armor of the second and third 1 class, which has not been in contro versy. but has been dependent upon the disposal of the first class armor. The entire amount, approximately ?5,000 tons, is now made available. TWO GREAT STEAMSHIPS. Their Keel* are- Uelng Laid In a Ship yard at (irotoit, ( onii. Will be the Lurgent In the World. New London, Conn., Nov. 10. —Work began this week on the laying of the keels of the two mammoth iron s-teamsliips to be built ot the works of the Fasten Shipbuilding Co. at Grot on, opposite New London, and from this date the work of putting together the hulls of the ships will go rapidly on. '1 here was issued from the office of the company yesterday an authorita tive statement regarding the size of the ships,, which fellows them to be larger than any vessels in the world now building or planned. The new vessels will be of 20,000 tons register and 33,000 tons displacement, or just 10,000 tons more displacement than the new Atlantic greyhound Deutsch land. The new steamers, which are bt ing built primarily for cargo car riers. are not as long as mainy Atlan tic liners, bur are much wider and deeper. The following are the prin cipal dimensions of the vessels: Length 030 feet, beam 73 feet, depth 53 feet. They have each five continuous decks extending the whole length of tlie ship, with three additional par tial decks amidships. Passengers as well as freight will be carried and accommodations are provided for nearly 1 ,000 passengers in three- classes. They are designed to carry cattle, chilled' fir frozen meats in refrigerat ing chambers, fruit or any kind of cargo that may appear for transpor tation. It is estimated that when completed the steamships will cost fully $5,000,- 000. and; they are intended to run from the Pacific co#st to Oriental ports In connection with the Great Northern railway. .tlr». JtlcKinlcy** Nephew l)le«. Washington, No*. IS. —News was re- : ceixedi here Thursday of the death | from typhoid fever of Mrs. McKin- > ley's nephew, Assistant Paymaster J. ' S. Barber, at Hong Kong. Mr. Bar ber entered the Eighth Ohio volun teers at the outbreak of the Spanish war as a private with his cousin. James McKinley, and was commended for gallant contact. He was muster sinking vessel for; five days* Ca:pt. Anderson and his crew, of 12 hands of the Norwegian bank High flyer arrived here Thursday, having been rescued by the British st.eiuoe* Georgian Prince. During the five the crew were at the mercy of the waves, they saw only two steamers. The tirst one, according to. C'apt. An derson, came within half a mile ol his vessel, but steamed away without giving any aid. The second ship sighted was the Georgian Prince. The Highflyer sailed from Carnp beltton. Cape Edward Island, Novem ber 2. for Newport, Wales,, with a car go of lumber. After eight days out the bark encountered a severe gale, which tore away her sails and strain ed the vessel so that she- sprang a leak of nine inches aa, hour. AH hands were kept busy at the pumps so that the bark could be kept, afloat until a passiuig vessel' could render assistance. Four days passed and on the morning of the fifth day a trans- Atlantic liner passed near, but only answered the distressed vessel's sig nals by raising a flag. Tuut) Saved Their Uvea. London. Nov. IS'. —ltev. Evan Mor gan. the last foreigner to leave Sian- Fu, litis arrived here. His life and the iives of the other missionaries in Shen-Si province were saved by Gov. Titan, a kinsman of the notorious l'rinoe TUUB. Gov. Tuan, when he re ceived a decree from I'ekin to kill all foreigners, warned Mr. Morgan and l.is colleagues and gave them tut es cort. The only foreigners loft in Shen-Si are SO priests, mostly Italians* und 12 nuns, who are occupying a sort of fort near Sian-FTI, DELUDED BY machine gems. ■ - 3