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"In killed and wounded we had lost some gallant officers and men-seventy was the number sent in by the surgeons that night-but the fields over which we charged, the earthworks, the redoubts, the village streets, the river banks, were strewn with the insurgent dead."
Adjutant Luhn explains that the Krupp guns of which the General speaks were captured by Lieutenant Southern and his brave fellows of Company II. In the rush they had no time to haul the guns, but took the breech-blocks, sights, lan- yards and primers. "This," adds Adjutant Luhn, "was the heaviest battle of the war. With a very few exceptions among some old regulars who had enlisted in the regiment, there was not a man who had ever been under fire. Every man stood to his duty. and this can be no more conclusively proven than by the fact that the casualties were 17 per cent greater than in any other organization. . . This. in brief, is the history of the first battle in which the First Washington volunteers participated. Our loss in this engagement was nine killed and 46 wounded. Lieu- tenants Erwin and Smith being among the latter."
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In this engagement the Idaho regiment charged a redoubt, carrying it at the point of the bayonet, and driving an insurgent regiment to the bank of the river, annihilated it. Not a man was seen to gain the opposite bank. Major Figgins of the Idahos estimated the enemy's loss in this movement at 700 killed, wounded, drowned and captured.
Their service over, the Spokane boys were mustered out at San Francisco, and came home in a special train, chartered by the ladies of the Spokane Red Cross society, who raised by publie subseription a necessary fund of several thousand dollars. Their home-coming (in November. 1899), was the occasion of a noble out- pouring of patriotic pride and gratitude. The special train drew in at the station, at 9 o'clock in the morning, to a greeting of bells, whistles and cheers. Breakfast was served the young veterans, in Elks temple, by the ladies of the Red Cross, who had strung a long banner across the hall, bearing the inseription, "Welcome, In- vineible First Washington Volunteers," and as the soldier boys marched into the room, they met a rattling volley of feminine hand-clapping. After breakfast came a parade, with Lientenant E. K. Erwin as marshal of the day, aecompanied by Cap- tain E. Martinson, Lieutenant Joe Smith, Chaplain C. C. Bateman, and Hospital Steward McBride. Chief Witherspoon and a platoon of poliee, lead by Sergeant John Sullivan, marched in advance, and next in order came Sedgwick and Reno posts of the G. A. R., under command of Mayor Comstock ; a band, company A, company L., carriage with Mrs. Virginia K. Hayward, president of the Red Cross society, Mrs. George Turner and a Filipino boy brought home by Lieutenant Nosler; ear- riages bearing Mesdames L. J. Birdseye, L. B. Stratton, S. K. Green, J. A. Sehiller, A. P. Foster, W. S. Nettleton, N. W. Durham, W. S. Bickham, J. H. Madison, M. M. Cowley, J. W. Chapman, Frank Ganahl, M. E. Kelly, Etta A. Whitehouse, L. F. Williams and C. H. Wolf. County and city officials completed the first division, marshaled by General A. P. Curry and Dr. R. B. Freeman.
Leading the second division came Aides Frank MeCullough and Dan Weaver, and after them the boys brigade in which marched boys of the high school, Gon- zaga college students, and boys from the grade sehools.
Dr. H. B. Luhn and W. S. MeCrea led the third division of clubs and societies.
At the Auditorium speeches were made by Mayor Comstock, Senator George Turner, Ex-Senator Jolm L. Wilson and Mrs. Virginia K. Hayward. A living flag ehorns was directed by Dr. R. A. Heritage. Mrs. A. J. Shaw and Stage Manager Jaek Quinn had decorated the theater.
Supper and a campfire at the First Methodist Episcopal church added a final toueh to a day of enthusiastie greetings.
COMPANY L.
Captain Jos. M. Moore. First Lieutenant John E. Ballaine, Second Lieutenant Charles E. Nosler, First Sergeant Leroy L. Childs, Quartermaster Sergeant Howard Woodard, Sergeants Thomas Doody, William G. Adams, Reno D. Hoppe, James J. Butler; Corporals James B. Raub. Frank M. Merriam, Otis L. Higbee, Robert D. Dow, Walter A. Dickson, Wm. H. Egbert, Charles O. Miller, Alfred C. Saun- ders, Samuel Jensen, J. Grant Hinkle, Charles W. Sehmidt, Milton Rhodes, Will O. Campbell; Musicians David II. Durgin and Morton G. Smith; Artifieer George
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E. Hedger, Wagoner Marshall W. Pullen; Privates Hector W. Allen, Charles G. Anderson, Robert E. Bowman, Win. M. Briggs, Joseph L. Buckley, George H. Burggrabe. Elsworth Button, Charles A. Carson, Charles A. Christy, Robert H. Diehl, Ernest E. Drake, Charles A. Dunn, Robert T. Dyc, Win. Ecklind, Carson E. Ellis, Edward. R. Ennis, Wm. T. Fleming, George F. Harson, Walter R. Has- kin, Thomas T. Hause, Charles Hedger, John B. Heyburn, Charles A. Janes, Stan- ley Jodrey, Fred J. King, George E. Marks, Charles H. Merriam, Clifford M. Mumby, John B. McChesney, John Perry, Clarence V. Roberts, Arthur Rose, Charles J. Shidler, Henry J. Sievers, Robert J. Sly, Orpheus U. Tatro, Orlando P. Vaughn. Lee F. Warren. John H. Wells, Mortimer J. Winter.
Discharged Quartermaster Sergeant Wm. Q. Kelley, Sergeants Joseph W. Childs and Fred B. Slee : Corporals Moray J. Craig and Henry K. Harrison; Leon- ard F. Adams. George G. Ahlbaum, John B. Arrowsmith, John J. Baglin, Walter R. Bucklew, Benton Edgeombe, Lewis C. Greenwood, Warren A. Harper, George M. Harty, John E. Jardine, John J. Kane, Edward Lamb, Charles J. Lee. Alex. H. Mattinks, Robert T. Morrison, Arthur R. Porter, John Pruitt, Wm. Schermerhorn, Patrick Shea, Jos. M. Stewart. Edward H. Truax, Herbert C. Vaughan, Charles F. Watrons, Edward A. Baldwin, George A. Newcomb, Allen Ray, Ira E. Rose, Allen R. Scott, Charles H. Smith, John Smith, John W. Willis, Harvey Woodbridge.
Transferred-Corporal Hugh Cusick. Melvin R. Arant. Albert Anderson, Tru- man K. Hunt, Edward Smith.
Died-Corporal Harry R. S. Strond, of dysentery at regimental hospital; Wal- ter M. Hanson, killed in battle at Santa Ana.
Wounded First Sergeant Leroy S. Childs, left arm; Sergeant Reno D. Hoppe, over left eye; Charles G. Anderson, left leg; Carson E. Ellis, left arm; Edward R. Ennis, right breast; John Truitt, in both legs: Win. Schermerhorn. left arm.
COMPANY 1
Captain A. H. Otis, First Lieutenant William 1. Hinckley, Second Lieutenant Walter L. MeCallum, First Sergeant Fred L. Titsworth, Quartermaster Sergeant James A. Timewell, Sergeants Herman P. Hasler, William T. Harrison, Walter A. Graves and Kendall Fellowes, Corporals Daniel Raymond, Ernest C. Hollings- worth. George F. DeGraff, Wm. C. Ackerman, Charles F. Delano, John F. Mitchell, Robert M. Betts, Fred. W. Schander. Ed. Fox, Thomas B. Richart, Walter A. Nicholls and Aneil C. Rayburn: Cook Ernest Wizeman, Musician Arno L. Marsh, Artificer Charles E. Black : Wagoner Walter W. Hicks.
Privates-Albert Anderson, Arthur E. Anderson, Loyal T. Bintliff, Robert F. Britton, George E. Childs, Fred. Chapman, John F. Crowley, John A. Coughlin, Leo M. Dornberg, Stephen A, Dunn, Oliver P. Eslick, Wm. C. Everett, Wm. R. Fait, Dennis C. Feeney, Edward D. Freeman, Edward D. Furman, Elmer E. Gor- don, Loren D. Grinstead, Gust Gustafson, John L. Harrington. Robert A. Harris, Thomas Honey, Otto HI. Hoppe, Clement C. Hubbard, Albert D. Hughes, Wm. A. Long, Win. T. MeNeill, Wm. E. Niekerson, John M. Pike, George E. Primley, Clyde Scerist, Oscar Sowards, Harry Stenson, M. E. Thompson Jr., George Zuppe.
Discharged -- First Lieutenant Edward K. Erwin, First Sergeant Milo C. Corey, Sergeants Lonis E. Brigham, Robert G. Fraser, Walter 1 .. MeCallum, Charles B.
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Syphert; Corporals Fred. R. Bingham, Peter M. Gauvreau, Harvey J. Martin, Fred. H. Marsh, James H. Pierce, George M. Tuttle, Wm. H. Young; Privates Swen G. Beckman, Peter Christensen, Harry Clark, George Crerar, John A. De- lancey, Jos. E. Dougherty, James F. Greek, Charles J. Green, George Gros, Gilbert Haigh, George W. Harlan, David Hyatt, John C. Kline, Thomas A. Lemon, Alex. J. McDonald, Wm. A. May, John W. McArthur, James McCauley, Wm. HI. Melville, Wm. A. Myers, Joseph O'Hara, Elbert W. Owen, Frank Rivers, Wm. W. Rolfe, Wm. C. Russell, George Scott, Ray Spear, John W. Stephens, Henry Yake.
Transferred-Robert L. Clarke, Jeremiah L. Dore, Charles H. Merriam, Mor- ton G. Smith, George M. Stiles.
Dead-Corporal George W. McGowan and Ralph W. Simonds, killed in action near blockhouse; Richard H. McLean, died of wounds received in action.
Wounded-Captain Albert H. Otis, in right cheek; First Lieutenant Edward K. Erwin, in left shoulder; Quartermaster Sergeant James A. Timewell, in left forearm; Sergeant Kendall Fellowes, in left hip; Corporal Charles F. Delano, in left hand ; Corporal John F. Mitchell, left leg; Corporal Fred. W. Schander, right cheek and right shoulder ; Joseph E. Dougherty, left hip and leg; Wm. E. Everett, right shoulder ; Wm. R. Fait, left forearm; James F. Greek, left shoulder; Otto H. Hoppe, in head; John C. Kline, lower jaw; Wm. A. Myers, left forearm; Elbert W. Owen, in neck ; Frank Rivers, right elbow; Oscar Sowards, right elbow; George Zuppe, right knee.
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CHAPTER LVI
TWO PROGRESSIVE YEARS, 1899 AND 1900 REVIEWED
D. C. CORBIN ESTABLISHES BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY-FOSTER ELECTED SENATOR-REPUBLIC TO THE FRONT --- SALE OF REPUBLIC MINE- CLARK AND SWEENY IN THE COEUR D'ALENES- HEROIC DEATH OF ENSIGN MONAGHAN-SPOKANE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSI- TION-ELKS HOLD IMPOSING CARNIVAL-GREAT WAVE OF IMMIGHATION-GOVERNOR ROGERS REELECTED-REPUBLICANS CARRY REST OF TICKET-WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN HERE-"HOT AIR" RAILROAD BUILT TO REPUBLIC.
D C. CORBIN announced in March, 1899, his intention to build a $350,000 beet sugar factory at Waverly, in the southern part of Spokane county. Col. E. H. Morrison had cleared the way by years of careful, extensive ex- perimentation with the sugar beet on his large estate at Fairfield, and systematic scientific testing of his product by the school of science at the State College at Pullman had piled proof upon proof that soil and climate of the Palouse country would yield beets of high sugar content and exceptional purity. Three years prior to Mr. Corbin's action, the Spokane chamber of commerce enlisted its efforts, and with the enthusiastic assistance of its secretary, John R. Reavis, induced the legisla- ture to offer a bounty in 1897 for encouragement of the infant industry. Into this in- viting field first came the agents of a wealthy Scotch company, but these willing in- vestors were repelled by the provision in the state constitution which inhibits owner- ship of land by aliens. They sought various ways of getting around this barrier, but in the end had to abandon their purpose.
At the session of 1899, the legislature enacted another bill, to pay bounty of one cent a pound on sugar produced within three years in factories completed prior to November 1, 1901, not more than $50,000 to be paid in bounties in one year. Thus encouraged, Mr. Corbin engaged in the enterprise with his characteristic vigor and intelligence, and in spite of some disappointments and unforeseen obstacles. planted successfully a new industry on the Palouse hills and in the Spokane valley. The first carload of sugar from this factory was received in Spokane January 28, 1900.
The legislative session in January brought the turmoil of another senatorial elee- tion. John T .. Wilson was a candidate for reelection, but found himself heavily handicapped by a feeling throughout the state that Spokane should not indefinitely wear dual senatorial honors. Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla, who had failed in his contest in 1895, returned for another struggle. King county advanced Judge Hines as its nominal candidate, but belief was widespread that he played the role of a
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stalking-horse for Ankeny. Pierce county came into the fight with Addison G. Fos- ter of Tacoma. On first ballot the fusion forces gave their complimentary vote of twenty-seven to James Hamilton Lewis, and the republican strength was divided --- Foster twenty-six, Wilson twenty-five, Humes twenty-two, Ankeny eight. In caucus the Humes forces went to Ankeny, and the Wilson followers moved over en masse to Foster, and the Tacoma man was made the caneus nominee in spite of a bolt by the Ankeny-Humes alliance. Foster was elected senator, February 1, receiving eighty- one of the eighty-three republican votes.
Republice was now to the forefront in the mining world, and under Patrick Clark's management the Republic mine had disbursed dividends in May aggregat- ing $190,000. Control of this property passed now into Canadian hands, and a new company was formed, with 3,500,000 shares at $1 cach, the British interests buying out the Spokane owners at prices ranging around $3 per share for the old stock, or a valuation of about $3,000,000 for the mine. Phil Creasor and Tom Ryan staked this claim in February, 1896, on a grubstake by L. H. Long and Charles Robbins, but little work was done that year. Denis Clark looked over the ledge in 1897 and found good values. A company was formed, and in June Patrick Clark acquired a controlling interest. A large quantity of the stock was sold in Spokane at ten cents a share.
Charles Sweeny and F. Lewis Clark were now operating boldly and extensively in the Coeur d'Alenes and the Buffalo Hump country of central Idaho. They bought. in June, the Tiger-Poorman mine from the Glidden interests, at a reputed price of $210,000, and organized the Empire State-Idaho company, with holdings of the Last Chance and seventeen other claims in Wardner.
News of the heroic death of Ensign Monaghan, of the United States navy, son of the well known pioneer James Monaghan, came from distant Samoa in April. The Samoan islands were then under a triple protectorate of the United States, Germany and Great Britain. Mataafa, the deposed chief. secretly encouraged, it was thought, by Germany, had risen in revolt. A small scouting party of Ameri- cans and British had gone a short distance into the interior. and found themselves ambushed by a vastly superior party of hostile natives. The New Zealand Herald thus reported the tragic encounter:
"Ensign Monaghan acted like a hero during the affair, and the English officers here declare that his self-sacrifice and bravery entitled him to the Victoria cross. Lieutenant Lansdale (of the British navy), Ensign Monaghan and a few British and American sailors were together when Lansdale was shot through the leg. En- sign Monaghan and two American sailors tried to assist this officer. Then one of the sailors was shot. Lansdale bade the other retreat and join his comrades, and the man did so. Then a Porpoise bluejacket named Hurst came up and heard Lans- dale urge Monaghan to leave him. "Leave me. Mon.,' he said, "I'm done for,' but Monaghan stuck bravely to the wounded man. Then a shot strnek Lansdale through the heart, and he fell. Brave Ensign Monaghan, who stuck by his comrade to the death, moved a few steps away. when he, too. was shot through the heart and met the fate of a hero."
Ensign Monaghan was born at Chewelah, Stevens county ; was educated at Gon- zaga college and the United States naval academy at Annapolis, and had but recently graduated from the academy and received his commission as ensign. His mangled
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body was brought home for military honors, and an appropriate monument at Riv- erside and Monroe testifies to the esteem in which his gallant memory is cherished by a host of patriotic citizens of Spokane.
The old fruit fair, which had played an important part in development of the country's resources, reviving confidenee and binding city and country together in friendly eooperation, was merged this year into the Spokane Industrial Exposition, with E. D. Olmsted president, H. Bolster manager, and L. J. Smith general super- intendent. Miss Jean Goldie Amos was goddess of plenty. The Grand Army band was brought from Canton, Ohio, and the fair ran fifteen days, on the old grounds near the Auditorium, with a total attendanee of nearly 80,000.
On the night of October 11, the Elks gave the most imposing carnival parade the eity had ever witnessed. Thousands of red fire torches earried by the marchers gave to the moving column the resemblance of a river of fire. rolling majestically between dark banks of humanity. This illusion was heightened by the appearance above the fiery eurrent, of elaborate floats, and their resemblance to a moving fleet of dec- orated ships and galleys. And streaming in the fiery night wind, above this magic fleet, floated a vast array of erimsoned flags and banners, and high over these the glare of red fire and huge columns of swirling. rosy smoke.
Chief Moses died on the Colville reservation, March 25.
A bill creating Ferry county was passed at Olympia. Also a bill providing for the organization of Chelan county.
Early Sunday morning, September 3, two masked men held up Harry Green's gambling resort on Howard street, seized $1,700 and fled to the street. They were pursued by Richard Gemmrig, a merchants' polieeman, and in the fusillade of shots Gemmrig fell with a bullet through his groin.
REVIEW OF YEAR 1900
Nineteen hundred brought a great wave of immigration into the Inland Empire. Never before had castern homeseekers spied out the land in such vast numbers. In a single week 5,000 colonists passed through the St. Paul gateway, on their way to all points in the Pacific northwest, from Montana to Oregon. A growing demand for irrigated lands eneonraged D. C. Corbin and W. L. Benham to take up the import- ant work of reclaiming large areas of the warm gravel soil of the Spokane valley.
This year the Weyerhaeusers came into Washington, and bought from the North- ern Pacific company, 900,000 acres of timber lands for $6,000.000, an area nearly as large as Spokane county.
Judge J. Z. Moore aspired this year to the governorship, but the Wilson organi- zation eontrolled the republican county convention in June. and withheld from him the necessary support of the Spokane delegation to the state convention. For gov- ernor, the republicans, in convention at Tacoma, nominated J. M. Frink, of Seattle, for lieutenant-governor, Henry McBride of Skagit, and for congress honored W. C. Jones of Yakima and Frank Cushman of Taeoma with renomination.
The fusionists renominated Governor John R. Rogers, with W. E. McCroskey of Whitman county for lieutenant-governor, and F. C. Robertson of Spokane and J. T. Ronald of Seattle for congress.
At the November election, Governor Rogers was reeleeted, but the remainder of
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the fusion ticket went down to defeat. Spokane county, which gave Rogers 132 majority, went for Mckinley by 361 majority. for Cushman by 178, and for Jones by 212. Legislative and county tickets were divided between the republicans and the fusionists. Of the total vote of 11,182 in the county, Spokane city had 6,791, and the country precincts 4.388.
The Spokane Exposition company was incorporated in January by a committee of the chamber of commerce: Joseph A. Borden, E. D. Ohnsted, C. E. Virden. Sam. Glasgow and O. L. Rankin, with Mr. Ohnsted as president, Mr. Borden vice- president. and J. E. Hawley secretary. The fair in October brought the usual throngs of visitors from the surrounding country, and the musical features were exceptionally inviting- the Royal Marine band, and on Exposition Sunday a rendition of "The Messiah" by the Spokane Oratorio society, led by R. A. Heritage and assisted by the Matinee Musicale. Miss Bernadine Sargent. soprano, J. W. Belcher tenor. Prof. W. F. Werschkul bass.
Notable buildings this year were the Empire State and Spokane club on River- side, by F. Lewis Clark, the first substantial addition to the avenue since the panie of 1893: the lieber Brewing & Malting company's five story brewery on Second. be- tween Walnut and Cedar; Elks temple, the Webster and Holmes schools, and an addition to the Peyton building.
W. J. Bryan visited Spokane March 30, and spoke to large open-air audiences- 10,000 in the afternoon. and 15,000 at night.
Fire completely destroyed the mining town of Sandon in the Slocan country in May. Nearly 1.200 people were left homeless, and a property loss inflicted of be- tween $250,000 and $500,000.
The north half of the Colville reservation was opened to homestead entry Octo- ber 10.
Articles of incorporation were filed in September by the Republic & Grand Forks Railroad company, with the following trustees: James Robert Stratton of Toronto. Tracy W. Holland of Grand Forks, Thomas P. Coffee of Toronto. W. C. Morris of Republic, Henry V. Gardner of Seattle, Thomas M. Hammond and Eber C. Smith of Republic. Locally and facetiousty this enterprise was dubbed the "Hot Air Line," but that proved a misnomer, for the promoters readily raised the neces- sary money in eastern Canada and built the projected road. which, unfortunately was a losing venture.
The population of Washington, officially announced November 28, was found to be 518.103. an increase in the decade of 168.713-Spokane's population. 36.818.
CHAPTER LVII
SECOND FIERCE LABOR WAR IN THE COEUR D'ALENES
ONE THOUSAND UNION MINERS SEIZE A TRAIN-MOVE ON WARDNER WITH RIFLES AND DYNAMITE-BLOW UP BUNKER HILL MILL-ONE UNION MAN KILLED-GOVERNOR STEUNENBERG CALLS FOR UNITED STATES TROOPS-MARTIAL LAW ESTABLISHED- UNIONS PUT UNDER BAN AND PERMIT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED-MANY RIOTERS FLEE TO THE HILLS-HOST OF OTHERS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED IN "BULLPEN"-CON- GRESS CONDUCTS AN INVESTIGATION-ED. BOVCE TELLS GOMPERS WESTERN FEDERA- TION IS NOT A TRADES UNION.
I N THIE spring of 1899 the Coeur d'Alene mining country suffered a repetition of the fierce labor war of 1892. Its picturesque eanyons and valleys felt again the determined tread of desperate men, and the detonations of destructive blasts of dynamite rolled ominously among its forested mountains.
Notwithstanding the restoration of good times, the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine at Wardner, largest employer of labor in the Coeur d'Alenes, had perpetuated the low wage scale which it applied in the hard times of the early nineties-$3 for practical miners, $2.50 for shovelers and car men. Nominally, its great mines were manned by non-union labor, but the union had gradually gained a foothold, and in April its leaders considered their organization sufficiently entrenched to make a stand for higher wages. April 26 the union men struck for a flat scale of $3.50, applicable alike to miners and "muckers"; the company offered $3.50 and $3, the going scale at the time of the strike of 1892, and from these positions neither side would yield.
Three days later a thousand union miners and sympathizers seized a Northern Pacific train on Canyon creek, required the train crew to run them down to Wardner, twenty miles away, and promptly took armed possession of the town. With military organization they posted pickets on the hills, surrounded the great $200,000 con- centrator of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan company, under which they placed a gigantic charge of 3,000 pounds of dynamite. and at the word of command the fuse was fired that blew that property into kindling wood. Jack Smith, a union miner from Burke, was shot and killed by the rioters, either accidentally or by design, presumably the latter, for the body was buried without union honors, and only a solitary mourner followed the coffin to the grave. Two non-union men were wounded, one fatally.
A telephone message apprised Manager Burbridge of the approach of the hostile army from Canyon creek, and recognizing the futility of resistance, he hastily with-
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drew the ninety men employed in the mill and left the property easy prey to the hostile forces. These filled ten freight ears and a passenger coach, and when the train drew in at Wardner, masked men, and others faintly disguised by turning their coats, swarmed off it like bees. They bristled with rifles, and all wore a white badge of identification.
Unloading sixty fifty pound boxes of dynamite the mob marched upon the empty mill, which they surrounded and into which they poured a thousand rifle shots. Find- ing it deserted, they placed the dynamite, fired the adjacent boarding house, lighted the fuse, and withdrew to places of safety to await the impending explosion.
James Cheyne, employed at the Bunker Hill mill. and R. R. Rogers, a stranger, were captured and ordered out of town. As they turned to obey the order, they were fired upon, and Cheyne fell in the street, shot through the hip, and Rogers was slightly wounded in the lip. Moved by the sufferings of the dying man a Mrs. Sinclair went courageously to his relief, and demanding help from his assailants, bore him to a nearby hotel.
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