WORKS ONOHN YEGG
A Daring Etirglar Who Attained
Fame In Hi3 Line.
HIS NAME A POLICE LEGACY.
Jt Is Now Applied to the Most Danger
ous Criminals With Whom the Offi
cers cf the Law Have to Contend.
Nitroclycerin In Safe Bursting.
In the expressive slang that ier
mentes police circles throughout the
country, a "yegg" is oao of the dan
gerous criminal class.
The question is often asked, "What
is a yegg. nd how did the expression
originate? An answer to the latter
lart of the query will lead to an eluci
dation of the first
Some years ago, when the United
States government was experimenting
with high explosives, wishing to secure
come death dealing and destructive
shell that would cause more damage
than any before manufactured, some
one suggested that introglycerln be
tried. Up to that time this most pow
erful of explosives had not been util
ized in this way.
The government experts went to
work, and the results of their experi
ments were from time to time pub
lished broadcast through the commu
nity. At last they succeeded in mak
ing a shell in which nitroglycerin was
the chief component part and which
made all former ones sink into insig
nificance. In a town in the middle west at the
time there lived a man named John
Yegg. In his earlier days he had been
one of the most expert electricians as
well as all round experienced mechan
ics in the country. Later, through drink
and bad associates, he had descended
to a life of crime, his principal art be
ing that of safe blowing.
He was attracted by the published
accounts of the experiments of the
government authorities with nitro
glycerin. The thought struck him.
"Why could not this be used In blowing
safes?
The method at that time was to drill
a hole in the safe to be wrecked, fill
this with powder or dynamite and
then touch the fuse. This method,
however, required considerable time to
pull off "a job" and was noisy and
dangerous.
Yegg went to work on the nitro
glycerin method. He tried it. and it
was a complete success. Furthermore,
after he had performed Job after job
he had the police of the country baf
fled. They did not know how the
work was done. Yegg instructed
others in the art, and soon from one
end of the country to the other safes
were being wrecked, but by what man
ner no one knew.
Yegg's method was to take some of
the explosive which he and those with
him called "soup" and, by the way.
this term is still extant and pour It
Jn the crack of the safe near the
hinges of the door. The small aperture
was then covered with soap to hold
the explosive in place. The fuse was
applied, and with the explosion off
went the doors, slick and clean. The
entire job took but a few minutes. It
remained for a young Pinkerton de
tective to solve the matter on a safe
that was blown in Coldwater, Mich.,
where a Lank was wrecked and many
thousands of dollars secured.
The crime was traced to Yegg and
some of his companions, and they
were found guilty and sent to prison.
Thereafter those who employed the
nitroglycerin instead of the older
methods were called "yeggmen" or
"yeggs."
This was the beginning of the term,
liut since that time the application of
it has grown greatly. Today a "yegg,"
viewed from whatever aspect, is the
most dangerous criminal with whom
the police of the country have to deal,
lie is one who rides the country o'er
on freight trains, working through the
south in the winter and migrating to
more exhilarating climes during the
summer. He will beg when he is
hungry and will steal and commit
murder when he sees an opportunity
of benefiting himself.
Today there are thousands of "yeggs"
scattered throughout the country. Most
of them belong to some certain band,
each one of which has a leader. He
is the king. It is his duty to enlist
recruits. To him also is shipped all
the loot, and he in turn converts it into
money end places the amount to the
reJit of the member sending it in.
Tor this the king receives a commis
sion. Most of the "yci-g" gangs carry what
5s !:': ij n.s a "kitten" with them. The
"kitten" is a boy, young man or crip
ple, whose duty it is to visit houses
:::id pki'-es of business, apparently beg
ging food or selling shoestrings, lead J
pencils, e. r.!:il v.ko then reports to !
tho ennjr "the lay of the land" so that .
when the time eome for pulling off ;
t!:o job all .ire familiar with the prem
ises. The "kittens" are often runaway
I'ovs and later become "yeggs" them
selves, destined to follow a life of
crime and degradation. Tittsburg Gazette-Times.
Nautical Information.
"By the way. captain." said the
Fweet young thing on the second day
out, with a smiling attempt to be '
chummy, "where does Mother Carey
feed her chickens?" j
"In the trough of the ea. young wo- ;
tnan." replied the captain of the ocean
liner, with solemn dignity. Chicago
Tribune.
A good bead and industrious hand
are worth gold la any land. Dutch
Irorerb.
HE SOUGHT DEATH.
The Unfortunate Napoleon III. t the
Dattle of Sedan.
Sarah U.oruhardt mentions in her me
moirs that Napoleon 111. had two
horses shot under hhn at Sedan. Some
having thrown doubt on her statement
and denied that the emperor was over
in personal danger at the time, Baron
Voiiy. sou of the late colonel of the
!Vnt Gardes, gives what he nfnrms to
bo the authentic account of the unhap
py sovereign's persistent attempts to
court death when he saw that defeat
was una voidable. On Sept. 1. 1S70,
at t! o'clock in the morning. Marshal
MacMahon, returning wounded to Se
dan, met the emperor riding out to
Itazeillos. Napoleon 111. realized that
the situation was desperate. He rode
slowly out. depressed and thoughtful,
under a hail of shot. During an hour
Ve inspected the positions. Bullets
rained on his escort. Captain d'Hende
court was killed a few feet away from
the emperor. The latter, deliberately
seeking death, alighted, ordered hls.cs
cort to remain behind au embankment
and walked up to a cemetery on a
height, where he stayed for another
hour, exposed to fire. He mounted
again and rode to another part of the
field. General de Coursou and Captain
de Trecesson were dangerously wound
ed by his side, but not a bullet hit him.
The emperor at last seemed to despair
of meeting his death as he sought it
and rode back to Sedan at noon. In
the town itself shells fell thick, and
while the emperor was riding with his
escort up the Grand Kue one burst
Just in front of him, wounded one of
the Cent Gardes and killed the horses
of two aids-'e-camp. Napoleon III.
looked on stolidly, understanding, per
haps, that it was not his fate to die in
action. The story that he had two
horses killed under him is, therefore,
not correct. Hut there Is no doubt that
the unfortunate emperor, beaten and
ill, a pathetic and tragic figure, did de- i
liberately seek death on the new to
escape the disgrace of Sedan which he
foresaw. raris Letter.
A SERPENT STORY.
Terrifying Experience With a Deadly
Lancehead.
The Paris Eclair tells a blood cur
dling serpent story, the scene of which
was the island of Martinique and the
dramatis personae Sergeant Legrand
and Private Durand and the snake a
deadly lancehead.
The soldier had been punished with
a night in the cells for some trivial of
fense, but as the night was very hot
the sergeant bad left the door open. In
the morning at 5 o'clock Legrand went
to wake his prisoner and, to his horror,
beheld a lancehead snake coiled up and
fast asleep on the man's breast
The sergeant did not lose his presence
of mind. He stole noiselessly away,
ran to the guard room and, followed by
all the men on duty, returned to the
cell with a bowl of milk and a tin whis
tle, riacing the bowl of milk at tha
entrance to the cell, the sergeant began
to play the "Blue Danube." It is need
less to remark that the weakness of
the lancehead Is milk and music. The
serpent, which was a six foot speci
men, awoke, glided from the soldier's
body toward the bowl, but it had no
sooner buried its head in its beloved
drink than ten cudgels descended on
it with terrific force, killing it outright.
The soldier Durand, who was in a
swoon, was taken to hospital, where
he lay for many days on the verge of
madness. He finally recovered and re
lated his horrible experience how he
had awoke in the middle of the night
as the serpent was colling itself on his
bare breast and how he had lain there
in an agony for hours, not daring to
move a muscle.
Durand was sent back to France as
soon as he had sufficiently recovered.
The only trace of his terrible experi
ence, adds the Eclair, is that his hair
is now snow white.
Love's Young Dream.
Another case of the bad boy rudely
Interrupting love's young dream. A
Malae girl and her Borneo sat in close
proximity on the couch in the draw
ing room lost to the world. They were
brought back from Eden by her little
brother, who. like many of his kind,
makes it a practice to butt in at the
wrong time. He walked into the room,
planted himself in front of the young
man and asked:
"Was you ever tied to a fish line?"
"I certainly was not," was the reply.
"Weil," responded the boy, "I heard
pa tell ma last night that you'd make
a good sinker." Manila Gossip.
As to dictations.
How many persons can unhesitating
ly name the source of the familiar
quotations? Many a man g-jos through
life without reading a single play of
Shakespeare, but probably no English
speaking man goes through life with
out quoting hini. If he sneers at "a
woman's reason," he quotes Sliake
sp"are; if ho refers to "a trick worth
two of that," he quotes Shakespeare
again.
Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer"
is not a popular work, but one line of
it "Ask me no questions, and I will
tell you no lies" is known and used by
everybody.
Made Him a Songster.
Mr. Stubb (in astonishment) Gra
cious, Maria! That tramp has been
singing in the back yard for the last
hour. Mrs. Stubb Yes, John, it is all
my fault Mr. Stubb Your fault? Mrs.
Stubb Indeed it is. I thought I was
giving him a dish of boiled oatmeal,
and Instead of that I boiled up the
bird seed by mistake. Chicago News.
'Wisdom Is knowledge, sound judg
ment and good conduct running togeth
er la harness and keeping step. .
Stone and Glass Houses.
The origin of the saying, "Thivse who
live iu glass houses should not throw
stones," is ns follows: At the time of
the union of England and Scotland
London was inundated with Scotch
men, and the London roughs used to
go about at night breaking their win
dows, r.i'.ekir.gham being considered
the chief .Instigator of the mischief.
party of Scotchmen smashed the win
dows of the duke's mansion, known ns
the Glass House. The court favorite
appealed to the king, who replied,
"Steenlc, Steenle, those who live In
glass houses should be careful how
they fling stones;" New York American.
Mathematics at Oxford.
There Is an interesting story which
shows the disposition of Oxford to
ward mathematics. A venerable don
who had bought half a dozen books at
3s. Cd. each requested the bookseller
to give him a piece of paper for tho
purpose of arriving at the amount. He
then wrote down 3s. Gd. six times, one
under '-the other, and was slowly add
ing them up when the shopman ven
tured to point out the shorter method
of multiplying one 3s. Cd. by C. "Dear
me!" exclaimed the don. "Really, that
Is most ingenious, most ingenious."
London Globe. ..
It's Easy to Reach .North Beach
Take Steamer Potter from Portland
Passengers are now transferred to the railroad at
MKGLER fourteen miles up the Columbia River
from Ilwueo. This eliminates the necessity of
steamers waiting forthe tide, and insuresa prompt
and regular Summer Schedule.
The Steamer T. J. POTTER leaves Port
land every morning except Saturday and .Sun
day at 8:30 o'clock Saturday onlv at 2
o'clock p. m. Remember the Summer rate on
theOe cfe 1ST 5 ?H.$0 from
Heppner, Oregon, to all North Beach Points
and return; good until September 30.
North Beach is a famous, beaititul place the
most perfect beach on the whole North Coast.
There are accommodations galore at prices to
suit all tastes ; camping 'facilities without equal
perfeot bathing conditions; all porta of amuse
meuts and diversions. Come, have a good rest
and a jolly good time.
Let us send you our new summer book, and
tell you all about NORTH BEACH.
J. B. HUDDELSTON, Local Agt. JW. McMURRAY. Gen. Agt.
Heppner, Oregon. Portland, Oregon.
nTT T T A AT
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HARDWARE
Tools, Machinery,
Fencing,
in fact, anything
in our line.
Come and get
prices.
GILLIAM & 13 IS BEE
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I
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Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any
case of kidnev or bladder trouble that
is not beyond the reach of medicine
No medicine can do mere. Slocum
Drug Co.
Anticipating Him.
Night after ulght the exceedingly
quiet and backward youth had culled
on a neighboring farmer's daughter,
sitting perfectly mute beside her while
she did all the entertaining. This
night, however, the youth, wishing for
a glass of water, suddenly surprised
her by blurting out, "Say, Sal, will
you"
"Don't exert yourself, lteuhen,"' she
interrupted. "I understand. Yes. Have
you brought the ring?" Bohemian
Magazine.
The Toast of an Irishman.
Michael Meyers Shoemaker wrote
"Wanderings Iu Ireland." An old
Irishman read a fragment of it that
related to the reader's neighborhood.
He asked the name of the author.
"Mr. Shoemrker, Is It?" ho comment
ed. "A nice gentleman, I'll go bull.
'Tls a fine country he chose to travel
In too. .May the heavens be his bed
for choosing it. and may every hair in
his honor's head be a mold candle to
light lila soul to glory!"
Logical Conclusion.
First Burglar Hark! I hear some
one talking. Second Burglar What's
he saying? First Burglar That he
never will bet on another horse as
long as he livs. Second Burglar
Let's get out of this. No money her.
He's lost every cent. London Tit-Bits.
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PLfqCE hjOTEl
HEPPNER, OREGON
Leading Eastern Oregon Hot,.
'O-FRN comven:ences
ELECTRIC LIGHTED . . .
Under' New MAnagement. Thorough!
Renovated and P.efhtted. Beet
Menls in the City.
4 CO. Preps.
WUUUI J1MMNJLJ1 Uimh
Will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder Disease not
l beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more.
Pop Sale ly Hlooiim Drug Oompanyt
Hsiicrcrulilc Hi Home
Lots of men ami women who are a-iireeuhle-
iib others, get "cranky" at
home. Its not disposHon, its the liver.
If yon find in vourself that you feel cross
around the house, little things worry
yon, just buy a bottle ol Ballard's Her
b'"De"nlMfV
ToU
.vour liver W
and everybody around you will feel
better for it. Price 50 cents per bottle.
Patterson it Son.
North Beach
Invites
Invigorates
Infatuates
Nature's lavish hand endowed
North Beach with every attrac
tion as a place of reet, with re
juvenation arid recreation.
North B ach is a stretch of
Beautiful woodland dropping
gently into the "Pacific" and
skirted by 20 miles of smooth,
sandy beach delightful for bath
ing. ii i v a tick kt ovr.R
The O. R. & N.
TAKING TIIK STKAMKK
"T. J. Potter"
DOWN T1IIC RIVEK FKOM PORTLAND
Mingle with the gay care-free
throng, whilst eweet nature re
builds) worn tissues and renews
lite, energy and vitality.
The round trip season rate from
Heppner is $11.80
"Outings in Oregon, " contains
the story of "North Beach," in
eluding hotel rates, etc. Ask J.
B. Huddelston, local agent, Hepp
ner, Oregon,
OR WRITK
Tm. Mc MURRAY,
Gen'l Pass Agent, Portland, Or
notice for publication
Department of the Interior,
U. 8. Land Office ut The Dalles. Oregon,
Ju'y 15, IMS.
Notice 1b hereby given that Ida V. Gray, ono
of the heirs and for the he:r of Mary Howard,
debased, of Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon.
who on made Homestead Entry h'o
W92, Berlal No. 0191, for NE!, NEfi &Kl,i
Sec. 3, and sV NV. NW'i SWi Section 2.
township r South, Range !M Kant Willamette
Meridian, has rileil notice of intention to make
final live year proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before J. P. Williams,
V. 8. Commissioner, at his office In Heppner,
Oregon, On the :ilHt day of August, 108.
Claimant names an witnesses:
Walter Davi, James Heid, Paul Webb and
Martin Held, all of Heppner, Oreffon.
Julj-23 Aug i7 C. W. MOORE, Register.
NOTICE FOH PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.
V. S. Land Office at The Dalles, OreKon,
July IMh. im.
NVire is hereby Kiven that Ida V. (iray, on
of the heirs and for the heirs of Thomas R
Howard deceased, of Heppner, Morrow County.
Oregon, who on made Homestead,
application No. (iT'i.'i, serial So. 01 91.!, for NEW
SV4. SEK NWJi. 8Vfc Kt-i and Nw!i SEJ
Section 3, Township 5 Houth, IUnge 20 East,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of Inten
tion to make final five year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, before J. P.
Williams. L'. H. CoramisHiontr at his office in
Heppner, Oregon, on the 3lst day of August,
1118.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Waller Davis. Jam.-s Keid, Tanl Webb and
Martin Held, all of Heppner, Oregon.
Julytt anRL'7 C. W. MOOliE, Iteglster.
NOTICE FOR rUBLICATlOS. (Isolated Tract)
Public Land Sale.
Cnltert States Land Office,
The Dalles, Oregon, July 15th. 1W.
Notice is hereby given that, as directed by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, under
provisions of Act of Conuress approved June 27
l'. . Public -No. M0:j, we will oiler at public sale,
to the highest bidder, at 11 o'clock a. m , on
the 7!h day of (September ltsis. next, at this
office, the follovin tract of land, to-wi: NE'-i
SK'i Sec 17, T. ' S. K. 21 E. W. M.
Any person i, claiming adversely the above
described lands are advised to (lie their claims,
or objections, on or before the clay above desig
nated fur sale.
J i!y:':Ar.i:-'7 ('. W. MOORE, ltepUer.
I.OC.-! H. AILNEON, Kccciver.
N' ill !-: FOR ITBI.ICATTON.
j LVparlmcnt of the Interior.
I'. S. Land Office at La fJiande, 'ireaon,
July 1.1, pun
Notice is In reby given that Hose llw knbay, of
' Heppner. Oregon, who. on July Tlh, l'ds. nrndn
I Timber Application. N,,, o.l.Vl, for E' . NE4',
Section 21, Towiifbip I, H, P.angc is, E. W. M.,
has filed notice of intention to make tinal Tim
ber and Hone proof, to establish claim to tb
land above desciibed, before J. p. Williams, L'.
8. Commissioner, at his office in Hej pner, Ore
gon on the "Jttth day of September, P.iih.
'laimxnt names as witnesses:
N wton S. W hetstone, tiny Hover, Willard II
Heirin and Frank Whdsliii.e all of Heppner
Oregon.
July M-Hept 17 F. C. IIRAMWELL, Register.
FEOrESQIOlTAL CABSa
Sam E. VanVactor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofllce on west ond of May Street
Heppner Oregon.
C. E. WOODSON.
A TTORXE V- A T-LA W
Office In Palace Hotel Heppner, Oreoon
N. E. IVINNARD, Al. S., JH. D.
PHYSICIAN fc SURGEON.
dpeoisl attention nivan to diseases of
the eye, ear, noee nud throat.
tiliiHHes proptrlv fitted.
Office : The Fair Building.
Hkj'pnkr, . Oregon.
W. L. SMITH,
ABSTRACTER.
Only oomplete set of abstract books
in Morrow county.
Hkppnkr.
Oregon
DR. METZLER,
DENTIHT
Located in Odd Fellows building.
Rooms 5 and 6.
DR. JW. A. LEACH
DICXTIHT
Permanently located in Heppner. Office
in the new Fair bnildiDg. Gas ad
ministered. Clarence M. White "
LAWYER
Heppner, - - Oregon
Phelps & Notson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office in Odd Fellow Bid Heppner, Oregon.
Frank B. Kistner
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in Patterson & Son's drugstore
Reeideuce in Morrow building over
Patterson & Son's Drugstore.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION (Isoluted Tract)
Public Land Bale.
L'nited States Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon.
J uly 23, Its.
Notice is hereby given that, as directed by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Under
provisions of Act of Congress approved June
27. lima. Public- K. 803. we will offer at public
sale, to the highest bidder, at loo'rlock a. m on
the Mth day of September next, at this office, the
following tract of land, to-wit:
NK NE two. 22. and W1, NW Sec. 23 Tp.
IS K i.-. E W M.
Any persons claiming adversely the above
deicrlbed lands are advised to file their claims,
or objections, on or before the day above desig
nated for sale.
Jly3eHpN C. W. MOORE, Hegister.
LOUIS H. AKXKSON, Receiver.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,. ,
U. 3. Land Office at La Crande, Oregon,
July 27, 1W08.
Notice is hereby given that John A. Patterson,
of Heppner, Oregon, who, oa July 17, lt'H. made
Tiliber Application No. U-1M, for W'.,
Section H, NH HE1 section 7, township 4
range 2m EV. M , has tiled notice of intention
to make finnl timber proof, to establish claim
to the land abave described. bfore J. P. Wil
liams, l'. 8. Commissioner, at bis ofllce In
Heppner Oregon, on tin 12t)i day of October.
1!K8.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Benjamin R. Patterson, Ucorgo Amen, John
N. Jones and Late I'enlund, all of Heppner.
Oregon,
Jly:?()-Oetl F. C. BRAMWEI.I, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
C. 8. Lnnd Ollice at La Grande, Oregon.
July 27, 1.
Notice is hereby given that. Franklin I).
Con, of Heppner, Oiegon, who, on July 22,
1908. nmd8 Timber Application No. ittWT, for
SYV section 2 TowtiBhip 4 8, range, 2x E. W.
Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make
final timber proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before J. P, Williams, U. S.
Commissioner, at his office, at Heppner, Ore
gon, on the 12th day of October, IIHW.
Claimant namm ns witnctwcs:
Edward Palmer, of Lexington, Oregon, Jo
seph W. Recti ir, Klmer Slocuin and Ocoigt
Moore, all of Heppner, Oregon
JlySd-Oitl K.C. IiKA.MWiil,!., Register.
NOTICE FOR Pl'Bl.H'Al 'ON (Isolated Tract.)
Public Land .Sile.
.Serial No. (i:(S;i.
United St;itcs Land OMicc, The Hallos, Oregon,
July 2 I'.sw.
Notice is hereby given thut, as direcle,! bv the
CoinniisHloniier of the (ienetnl Land (Mice,
under pi-iiviitiH of Act of Congress anprovnl
June 2T, P.Hsi, Public No. .I3. we will oiler at
public sale, to the highest bidder, at 2:l"i o'clock
p. in., on the Mth dny of September next, at 1 his
ollice, tin following tract of land to-wit: l,.,t
an I :i. Sec. 2. Tj. T. S K 21 K. V M.
Any persona claiming adversely the nltovu
dewcribed lands arc advised to file their claims1,
or objections, on or before tho day above desig
nated for sale.
Jly Ull-SptS C. W. JIOOUK, Kegister
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