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wv meeting OF the late Henry j.
Y Byron and Artemus Ward.
1t was at the Savage Club
after one of the Saturday dinners, and
Tom Robertson suggested to Artemus to
have tilt with Byron, and, if possible,
draw him out The genial Snowman had
only been in the country few days, but
he knew Eyrons metre, and went for him
in this fashion:
81 fancy have seen face like yours
before. Did you ever have brother
Alonzo?" Robertson was behind Artemus
and winked at Byron.
"Alas! I had, +" replied the dramatist,
instantly catching the situation.
ole was mariner engaged on the
deep"
"Thats so.
''You haven't heard of him for five
years.
Byron affected to be lost in reflection,
and deliberately replied
ats fve years ago this very day How
curious you should mention it, sir!'
"Wer, sir, replied Artemus, taking
out his handkerchief and pretending to
wipe away a tear, II sailed the salt sea
with your brother. We were wreck ed
together in the Gulf of Mexico and before
help came l killed and ate him! The
moment saw you I recognized the like.
ness. lie was good fellow, full Of tender
feeling"
81 am glad you found him TENDER in
terrupted Byron, also pulling out his hand
kerchef.
But, sir, ! am awfully sorry l ate
him." said Artemus. in the most imper-
turbabe fashion. Had l known should
ever meet his brother, am sure I'd have
gone without food some weeks longer.
But Yves driven to it, and you will for
give me, won't you: l liked Alonzo''-
and he offered his hand to Byron, which
the latter shook with cordially.
Excuse my emotion, won't you?
gasped Byron in his handkerchief "lIe
never wrote and told me what had become
Of him. hope he agreed with you"
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out of diseased or enfeebled condition
OF the delicate female organs. When
these conditions are removed and vital
ity and elasticity given to the organs of
motherhood, it frequently follows that
the home is gladdened by the coming of
healthy, happy infant.
There is 10 other medicine that will
do as much for women as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t dries up disa-
grecablc drains, allays inflammation,
heals liberation, cures female weak
ness, and establishes the delicate won-
AMY organs i'll state of perfect health
and vigor.
There is no alcohol, opium or other
narcotic i'll Favorite Prescription
Any sick woman may consult DIR. r.
Y. Pierce, of Buffalo, n. V, by letter,
free. Every letter is held as strictly
private and sacredly confidential.
"Ihad been a sufferer from uterine trouble for
about three years, having two niscarriagcs in
that time, and the doctors that consulted said
would have TO go through an operation before 1
could give birth to living children" writes Mrs.
Blanche j.. Evans, of Parsons, Luzerne Co. Pa.
when about to give mp in despair | saw the
thought would give it Il trial as n last resort.
bought a bottle of Or. Picrce's Favorite Pre-
scription, and after taking it felt better than
had TOR years After taking four and a half bot
four months old and has not had n day of sick
ness. / cannot say too much III praise of Or.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription"
Or. Pierce's Pellets are boon to
women OF constipated habit.
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THREATENING HABIT.

It is true that women who do much sew
ing frequently suffer great deal from sore
ness of the mouth, and are at loss to as
certain the cause of the trouble. That half
Of the time it is simply the result of biting
off the thread instead Of using pair Of
scissors for cutting it, says an exchange.
That in the case of silk thread the danger
is quite marked, because it is n21al 20 put
the thread il acetate Of lead, partly to
harden it and also perhaps to increase its
weight somewhat. That if thread-biting is
followed regularly, and very much silk
thread is used, the results may ba quite
serious and lead to blood poisoning.
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whisky Medicines.

The temperance press is emphasizing the
danger to the home in the use Of ''med.
cineS" which are loaded with whisky or
alcohol. In this respect, as well as in the
remarkable character Of their cures, Dr.
pierce's medicines differ from other prepa-
ratons. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
coverg and 'Favoritc Prescription" contain
no alcohol, whisky or other iutoxicanv and
are equally free from opium, cocaine aud
other narcotics, Every family should have
a copy Of the Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser sent absolutely free on
RECEIPT OF stamps to pay expense OF mailing
Send II one.cent stamps for tie book in
paper covers, CT 81 stamps for cloth bind.
ing. Address DR.. II. V. Pierce, Buffalo,
y !.
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Week days and Sundays. Sundays only
+ stops only on motto" to conductor ar agctt
or If raSsonECr rs are to gct of.
y Stops to let or passengers.
stops ON notice to agent TO take on pas
scnErrs fCr points cast Of Now York.
Trains leave Port Deposit for pcrryvillCa at
= ~, S.52, i0.Oi and .O.l2a IN, and at 40 i.I4
I.85 and $50 y. m, week days. leave PrVTvyilIe
20. Port Deposit AT d.35, $50, g. ~ and il.25H IN
% md Els, i05 and Gas y III week LayU.
J. L. HUTCHINSON, J.R.WOOD,
Gen Manager. q. p. 4.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-19
Jury Spent Five Hours
Deliberating on
Its Merits.
CLOSING SCENES OF
THE FAMOUS TRIAL

to the Jury Were Made
by Attorneys John T. Lenahan and
Cornelius Smith for the Defendants
and Attorney Joseph o'Brien Ar
gued the Case for the Common
wealth-Court Room Was Thronged
All Day-Judge Edwards Charge
to the Jury Was a Clear and Con-
else Statement of Everything Per-
tanning to the Law Of Libel and
the Case at Bar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-19

of taking the law into his own hands,
he went before a magistrate and had
these two defamers, Richard J. Little
and Michael j. O'Toole, arrested. That
was the supreme test of a mans re-
spect for the law. If such a thing had
been written about me my first inn
pulse, I confess it here, would have
been to hunt out the man who wrote
that article and throttle him. But this
prosecutor, with the weight of years
and discretion on his shoulders, went,
as a good citizen ought, and invoked
the aid Of the law and he Is here to-
day asking this jury to vndicate his
action"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-19

At 4.4j yesterday afternoon the case
of Richard j. Little and Michael j.
OToole, charged with libel, was given
to the jury. A verdict was reached at
$40 last night and will be reported to
court at . o'clock this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-19
ELLMANs TESTIMONY.

An extended reference was then
made by the speaker to O'Toole's con-
versation with Constable Gilman in
which O'TOole admitted writing up
Colonel Ripple and then turned to n
consideration of the evidence with ref
erence to the information obtained by
Little with reference to Colonel Rip
pie using money i'm politics. 1t was Of
the f1imsiest nature imaginable. Mr..
OBrien said. He referred to John j.
O'Grady who is employed by the
Scrantonian, is a Jail bird and has
sworn to a state of facts not true. The
testimony given by John II. Fellows,
Wade NJ, Finn and Mayor James Moir
the jury was asked to consider in the
light that these men are political enc
mics of Colonel Ripple and that the
fact that they all talked with Little
about Colonel Ripple at the same pc
riod was a circumstance from which
the jury could infer that there was a
conspiracy to injure Colonel Ripple.
yet their plea is that all they
said was for the public good" was
Mr. O'BHen's impressive remark.
Just think of it, gentlemen of the
Jury, they say they did this for the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-19
DEFINITION OF LIBEL.

In our own state in it's earlier history,
one of the judges defined libel to be
ANY written or printed slander which
tends to expose a man to contempt,
ridicule hatred or degradation of char
acter." But outside of these definitions
we have in Pennsylvania an act of as
sembly which defines the offence of
libel. 1t reads thus: IF any person
shall write, print publish or exhibit
any malicious or defamatory libel, tend
ing either to blacllen the memory of
one who is dead or the reputation of
one who is alive, and thereby exposing
him to public hatred, contempt or rldi-
cule. such person shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor."
You will notice that all these def
nitions. as well as the act of assembly,
agree in their descriptions as to the
essential features of the offence. ANY
malicious publication, injurious to the
reputation of another, is a libel. NAL
ice Is an essential element of the Of
fence. The very publication of the
libel is prima facie evidence Of malice
and will require the defendant to re-
but the presumption of it. Though
malice i'm the common acceptation of
the word means hatred. a desire of re-
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GConinued on Page 1O,l
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WHY DID HE DO IT?

Why did the defendant allow this arr
licle TO be published? He tells you that
it came to the office as comrnuni-
IConiin,,ad on pace 10l
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08
THE YAQUI WAR
Indian Rebellion in Southern Sonora
by Kelly, the Los Angeles Times

Concerning the big fight in which
Gen. Lorenzo Torres killed sixty H.
dams, there are more than two stories.
The official reports say the sixty In
dams were killed in battle. Other &C.
counts say that only twenty were kill
we're shot afterward. There Is no
doubt that ali prisoners have been shot,
and the wounded dispatched on the
field. It is savage warfare waged re-
lentlessly by the Mexicans, and des-
perately by the Indians, who know this
Is fight to finish and no limited
round contest. That the Indians can
fight we'll was demonstrated in the ten
years war. The mountains within
sight of this place are strewn with the
bones of Mexican soldiers, and 1t Is es-
timsted that nearly 20, 900 persisted in
that conflict. l am inclined to think
the number greatly exaggerated, how
ever. 1t is history that one entire bat
talon was annihilated by the Yaquis
in mountain pass. and doubtless the
losses of the whole war were very
heavy.
In that war there was no Interrupt
ton of travel and business in the val
ley, and the opportunity for Mexican
neglected. 1t is probable that the
Mexicans regard as spoils of war the
land taken up at that time and consider
their title good, while it is also reason
able to presume that the Yaquis take
another view of the matter and feel ag-
grieved that the peace did not restore
to them the land that was theirs be-
fore the Spaniards came to Mexico.
Certain portions of the land were set
apart for them, aud the government
supplied them with implements, seed
and live stock and tried to induce
them to farm the lands and abandon
their tribal organizatio But the
Yaquis wanted the land that the Mex
leans had taken, asserting that it was
the choice land of the valley, and never
recognized the Mexican title to any
part of it. They accepted government
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08

At Guamachi', the fortified haciends
of Don Lorenzo Torres. between Media
NO and Potam, had a talk during the
evening with Aureliano Torres, son OF
Don Lorenzo, who has travelled in the
United States and speaks English well
Discussing the Indian outbreak, young
Torrez said it was caused by the dis
content of the Yaquis with the cond1'
tions agreed to at the time OF the late
pscifcatio The Yaquls wanted all
the land in the valley and objected to
the presence of any white people.
There had been no special dispute
about water, he said, and 1t was not
true that the Yaquis had cut the canal
of the Sonora and Sinaloa Develop
ment company, New York syndicate
that holds, under concession to Col.
Conant, q vast tract of land in the val
ley and has been at work about six
said the Ysquis made no COM
plant about the appropriation
of water by the company, but
Insisted upon retaining the lands al
lot ed to Mexicans. He would not ad-
init that the Indians had any just cause
of com plaint, but attributed their OBJ
streperousness to the savage nature OF
the Indian and compared the condt-
tions to those existing in the Indian
count try of the United States. He said
the Indians had gone into the bOsQues
and begun the wanton killing of cat
tie. His father had about two thous-
and head on the range. including many
valuable bulls imported to improve the
grade of cattle in the country, and he
expected to lose most of them. All
work In the valley was stopped, and no
crops were being raised. The out
break WAS q serious setback to the
development of Sonora, and it was i'm
possible to predict the duration of the
war.
When young Torres talked of the in
cident- of the campaign, a note of some
slight discord between the two gen.
erals, Luis and Lorenzo. was. heard.
While there may be no de fined dis
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08

aid and the more the government did for
| them, the 6rmer became their convic-
| tion that the Mexicans were afraid OF
! them and were trying to buy their good
will
Heretofore Americans have been re-
garded as friends by the Yaquis, but
all that is changed. The Indians know
that the development company Is COM
posed OF Americans, and they look up
on the operations of the company and
its possession of vast tract of the riv-
err ss part of the epcroachment upon
their rights. Those interested in the
irrigation project declare that it is not
factor in the quarrel, but in the same
breath they denouDce the Yaquis and
the concessionaire is one of the officers
actively conducting the campaign
against the Indians.
L have heard a few persons denoupce
the Yaquis as lazy, drunken, useless
lot of loafers, but those who know them
best say they are the best lsborers in
the country. and not savsges at all. 1
have seen some of them at work, and
they are tireless and jealous. In fact,
any hard work at all. The Mexicans
seem to have no occupation. Their
present excuse for doing nothing is the
Ysqui war. and they lie around all day
and talk about the Yaquis, of whom
they are mortally afraid. They will
not even 60 to the outskirts of town to
gather fire wood: the Yaqui "pacificos''
do that for them.
A steam flour mill of thirty-barrel
capacity is located here at Potam. It
Is owned partly by Lorenzo Torres and
operated by an Australian English
man and Scotch Canadian. The
views of these men on the Yaqui ques-
tion are peculiar and interesting. The
Scotchman expresses his views with
volubility and emphasis. He is q vio-
lent advocate of determinations; wants
the Indians wiped out so completely
that it shall be forgotten that there
ever was such q thing as a Yaqui on
earth. Much of his intensity of feel
Ing is caused by hisl natural indigna-
ton at the murder of his friend, young
Lorenzo Torres, nephew of the gen
eral. who was hacked to pieces by his
own wood-cutters at Anil. The
Scotchman further denounces the
Yaquis as lazy scoundrels and ingrates,
and be Is especially iucensed at the
turpitude of their conduct in taking
supplies given to them by the govern
ment and storing them away in pits in
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08

agriment between the two generals. 1t
is evident that Don Lorenzo possesses
the confidence of the people and the
soldiers, and is regarded as the better
Indian fighter, and the only man COM
petent to deal effectively with the
Yaquis. There is disposition to
minimize the achievements of Don
unfavorably with those OF
Don Lorenzo. When L asked
Don Aureliano about the tax
ing of Vicam, he said there was no
big fight at that place, and no Indians
were there when the troops arrived at
the town. There was q skirmish in the
brush in which four soldiers were kill
heat on the march. This accords
with several other accounts
Tess to know the facts,
but il is not in the least like the Off
ciaI reports, which describe, in the
bombastic language of Spanish war re-
ports, terrific conflict around the
church at Vicsm, that lasted several
hours, resulting in the utter rout of the
Indians and q glorious triumph for the
gallant troops led by Gen. Luis Torres
in person. Critical study of these Off
cial reports leads to the conclusion
that the Mexican troops were repulsed
by the Yaquis in the woods on the
evening before the taking of Vicam.
The troops retired TO TORN that night
leaving the Yaquis IN possession of the
field, where they were encountered
again in the morning and gave the
Mexicans lively half hour. The Off
cial report is singularly vague as to
the loss suffered by the Indians in the
alleged battle at the church.
Don Aureliano said there had been
no big fight since the one in which
Gen. Lorenzo killed sixty Yaquis and
was wounded in the leg, and he did
not think the Indians would gather
again for a general engagement. He
expected only brush skirmishing with
small raiding parties. The sun, he
said, was the worst enemy of the
troops and made the campaign very
difficult. After the march to Vicam,
about half the troops were disabled
and unfit for duty, and another such
march would have knocked out the
whole command. The later report
that the Indians have reoccupied
vicam, Bacun and Cuesta Alta tends
to confirm the belief that not much
was accomplished by the march upon
Vicsm.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08
Mexican Mineral Belt.

The only direct route to the rich
mining regions of Eastern Sonora
and Western Chihuahua is via the
Sierra Madre line, and Casas Gran
des. Trains leave Ciudad Juarez at
1925 daily except Sundays.
J. T. LOGAN,
Genl. Traffic Agent
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08
Miscellaneous
Woodmen o hs World,

Woodmen he World,
Tornillo Damp, o. 40.
Meets every second and fourth Tuesday of
each month at their forest, o. r. Q. hall, at
700 p. m., sharp. Sovereigns and strangers
cordially invited.
J. B, PAYNE, Commander.
O. @, KIEFER Clerk
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08
SOCIETY DIRECTORY,

e. Paso oommandery, No. ID, x. r.
'CMeets fourth Wednesday of each month at
Masonic hall. Visiting Sir Knights cordially
invited. B. A. CARPENTER, e, @,
GEO. T. TILTON. Recorder.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08

GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH. REV
u HuebOtter. Pastor. Hours for service:
Services held every Sunday at 3 p. M, at
First ii. e. church,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08


NJ. R. OMAN. Secretary.
Church Directory
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH, All MYRTLE AVE
K ano- d M bL cbppc pastor Residense
s:45 a. m. sunday School. LUZ SERVICE
1 LIZ: a. M I1eachirg;
$3.50 p. M. Epworth League
s:as D. 3. % m: PMae onaa1s
1880 p. M, Wednesday, PRAYER meeting
Seats free, All are Invited
Especial invitation is extended to strangers
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MYR-
idence 913 North Stanton street. Hours for
HOO a. M. morning worship
5 5:3e p. m. sveSaing Worship.
6:15 p. NJ. Senior Christian Eudeavor
400 p. NJ, Junior Christian Endeavor
400 p. NJ. (Mondayl Interm'd' Endeavor.
The Ladies: AID Society meets at the
church the first Tuesday of each month at
The Session meets in the pastors study the
first Tuesday evening of each month.
BAPTIST 0aURGH, CORNER SAN AN
Millican. Pastor: Residence. GIG Myrtle street.
HOO a. M. morning worship.
300 p. M. Junior Union.
400p M, Senior Union:
7sS p M M. eSXs56ins GTUTship
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE IMMAoUL-
Campbell street. Father A<tuis, Rector.
Residence. North Oregon street. Hours for
service:
$50 a. M. Catech1sm.
1000 a. M. High mass. sermon.
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH. REV.
u Huebotter: Pastor. Hours for service:
First n. e. church,
RLNIrY METHODIST EPISCOPAL
dence. Tie North Campbell street. Hours for
1I:00 a. m. morning worship.
1870 p. M. evening WORSHIP.
$3.50 a. M, Sunday school.
pn6 4;9G aSyoT pla1 rsagss
CHRISTIAN CHURCH, MYRTLE AvEN-
~ ne: Rev: Z. D: SHUTS, Pastor. Residence,
. norsawesf corner r Ei Psso and Missouri
n:99 q. m. morning worship.
$3.50 a. m, Sunday school.
6:15 p. M, Senior Christian Endeavor
400 p M, Junior Christian Endeavor.
Z: 30 p. M. "wednesday prayer meeting
cT.dCLEMENTs CHURCH. MESA AvEN-
House Joining Church. Honrs c for se na5sn
800 a. M, holy communion.
HOO a. M, morning prayer.
$50 q. m. Sunday school
5000 a. %.. i dssn S and reading
H The Perish Fn Societies meet in the Parish
The vestry every third Monday IN each
month at 500 p. m.
40 every Thursday in each month at 500 D.
m. cordial invitation is extended to men
and snd Visitors especially to make use of their
The Daughters Of the King (Chapter 4sN
Ad Society Tuesday at
400 p. M, except the Tuesday after the first
The Womans auxiliary tMargare. B. Mar
tin branchJ at 400 p, m. on the Tuesday at
ter the first Sunday in each month.
IT the dMinis,tering Childrsns League every
The Altar Guild the Saturday preceding
the first Sunday in each month.
CoNGREGATIONAL oHURCH MExI-
~ cam; Kansas ST.. bet. 4th & 9th. Rev A. O.
tional training School. sol North Santa Fee
street. Hours for services:
1000 q. NJ, Sunday school.
$500 p. M. c-nior Christian Endeavor.
1880 p. M, Wednesday, prayer meeting.
MT. SINAI TEMPLE, .JEwIsH.s S. E. COR
Cohen. Rabbi. Residence 1OOl Mesa Ave.
HOURS rs foS Eorship: p-.a.
Sabbath Morn-Every Saturday 10 a. m.
Religious school classes on Sunday morn
ing at $780,
Strangers always welcome
MEXICAN MISSION OF TH1 METHoD;;
street near Fourth Street Rev. J. F. Corbin
Pastor. Hours for service:
1850 a. M, morning wc-snip.
1000 a. m. Sunday school.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-08

CoIored knights OF PYthIas.
Myrtle Lodge No, 10.
Regular meeting every Wednesday evening
in Castle Hall. corner Third and Oregon SITS.
Soiourning Knights respectfully in vited to
attend.
II. J. QUARLEs G. G.
w. 81. SCOTT, K. of R. and s.