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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
QUEER DIVORCE CASE.
Miss Englehardt Made Mr.. Cook MARI
Her So She Would Win a Wager.

Miss E~nglehardt Made Mr.. Cook Marry
Her So She Would Win a Wager.
Testimony in one Of the queerest d.
vorce cases on record has just been
heard in Union County, New Jersey.
and the referee has recommended that
the court give a decision for plaintiff.
The applicant was Mr.. Henry Cook, a
wealthy farmer living near Scotch
Plains. Mrs. Cook, who lives in Brook
lyn, has made no defense. Her maiden
name was E~nglehardt. Mr.. Cook tes-
titles that he never proposed to his
wife, nor did he have any intention Of
doing {. He said he had known her
lfor several years, but never kept
company with her" Her relatives, he
said, teased the woman, saying he
would never marry her. She made a
wager that he would. New Years day
ten years ago he called and Miss I'm
glehardt gave him liquor and then took
him to the house Of the Rev. MuNLoch.
She said: Now We are goin B here
to get married"
mo, / don't want to-" he replied.
but say you must" she said. Mr..
Loeb performed the ceremony.
After the ceremony the bride and
bridegroom went to the home of her
parents. and there the newly welded
wife said: Now we are married, you
go on back to Scotch Plains and 1 shall
stay home. Good-by." No amount Of
persuasion could prevail upon her to
accompany her husband. So Mr.. Cook
went back to Scotch Plains. From
time to time he called at his wife's
home in Brooklyn, but she would not
see him, and it was more than two
years after they were married that he
did see her, and then only by acct
dent.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Labor has found a way to organize
tself-baading itself together and
building up vast unions. through which
3 to come the emancipation Of the
wage worker, his education in self
government, his preparation for the
'ole that awaits him in the new era.
More than a selfish struggle for rights
8 this labor movement-it Is the I'M
lelhsh struggle that finds in the
wrongs Of one member Of the body the
,all for help from all other members.
Far beyond the ranks Of the wage
workers the new hunger for justice IN
utilization Is stirring in the souls Of
men; and the manifestation thereof IS
n the movement vaguely known as
socialism. About the economic adjust
nents Of the new order. as the social
sts conceive them, we may diner. be-
ieving such an order impracticable or
dangerous. II we so judge. OF the
ithical ideal back Of socialism there
be but n opinion. II Is a move
nent toward the dispOssesslon Of self
shnesa and the mastery Of human re-
atlonship BY justice and By love.
Rich men combine and raise the
jrices Of goods they control aud refuse
% permit the people 70 use them un-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27


What fun See the Republican gold
standard papers squirming under the
pressure Of the trusts and monopolies
that are combining all the necessities
OF life and-commerce, rendering ad-
vertising superiuousl Caught in thelP
own trap. They smiled at the feast
they were enjoying by patronage from
the trusts and combines som time
ago, little dreaming that the game
would go on until they would be in
the squeeze. They are p~lundered by
a combine IN type, on paper, on
presses and machines, and now the
greatest advertisers have SO
Ized the field that the people have to
buy of them anyhow, and they no
longer need to advertise. They are
bowling ~for-free trade on things they
do not use to any considerable ex-
tent. There will be a failure of many
papers, the increased cost of material
and decreased advertising rendering
their further publication improbable.
Isn't it lots of fun!
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

The principles Of Jefferson are the
definitions and axioms of free society.
And yet they are denied and evaded
with no small show Of success. One
dashingly calls them "glittering gem
eralities"; another bluntly calls them
'~self-evident lies" Others insidiously
argue that they apply to superior
races These expressions, differing
in form, are identical in object and
effect, in %supplanting the principles Of
free government and restoring those
Of class, caste and legitimacy. They
would delight a convocation OF
crowned heads, plotting against the
people. The are the vanguard, the
miners and sappers Of returning des-
potism. We must repulse them or
they will subiugate us. This is a
world Of compensation, and he who
would be no slave must consent to
have no slave. Those who deny free
dom to others. deserve It not them
selves. and under a just God cannot
long retain it.-From a letter by Abra-
ham Lincoln, April 6, 1859.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Circumstnntial evidence plays a
prominent part in cases OF murder. An
the great murders Of the past 10 years
which have occupied the public mind
and filled the newspapers we're based
on circumstantiai evidence and In
nearly every instance conviction en-
sued. Recently Roland Mollneux was
convicted Of murder In New York after
o trial which was celebrated in Grim
inal annals. He was found guilty on
circumstantial evidence and sentenced
to die in the electric chair. His at
torneys claim he is innocent and will
appeal the case.
There are many cases where men
supposed to be guilty of murder have
been legally executed and later their
alleged victims have been found alive
and well. In the summer Of 1892 a
jury In Waldron, Ark, found Abner
Ray guilty Of the murder Of John
Potts. The convicted man rose to his
feet to protest his innocence. His
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
AooIpEMr ExrRAoRpINARY.
A Machine Took on a Mans Arm with
out Touching Il.

A@
A few days ago Mr.. James McMullen
Of Hutchinson, Kan, lost his arm in a
laundry in that town in manner K
traordinaly. He stopped at a wringer
and held his hands over It to dry
them. He got one hand too low so
that the air suction caught It, and his
arm from the elbow down was taken
on as by a miracle. The wringer IS a
circular iron affair, with a smaller
bowl Inside it in which the clothes r
placed. The smaller apartment is per-
forated with holes upon the sides, and
the whole thing revolVes at the rate
OF several thousand revolutions a min
ute. The effect is that the air currents
within the wringer are as terrific in
their power az the center section OF a
Kansas cyclone. When a cyclone
strikes a brick building and hurls It to
atoms the force seems appalling and
incomprehensible. The accident to Mr..
MoMullen was equally mystifying. The
instant his arm came into contact with
the current Of air it was parted at the
elbow. One part lay on the clothes that
were In the machine and the other
dangled from his shoulder. There was
nothing about the machine to give him
even a scratch.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

les5 they pay the extorCon. They are
upheld In this by the courts and the
police force; though their action 10
against public Interest," though they
are public enemies. the public pro-
tects them and their property. When
laboring men combine and demand
their product, labor. shall rot be used
except OF payment Of certain condi-
ton, the courts and police force are
called on to suppress them and Inn
prison them. The working people are
made outlaws for demanding what
they do not nee1. But laborlng men
are the majority; they have ten votes
to capitals one; they All the police
force and army; they elect the judges
and law makers. What does prosperi-
ty avail him unless he can have his
wages raised that he may better his
condition generality
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Two bankers at Rutland, VT, were
sentenced the other day to six years
for robbing their respective banks.
They robbed in this way hundreds of
poor families who had aided and trust
ed them. If they had robbed one of
these families in the brave way Of en-
terlng their homes and taking chances
on a fight, they would have been sent
up for twenty years. 1t makes a diff
ference how you rob, and the more you
get the less the penalty. The majority
Of the law makers are lawyers. But It
is justice to send a needy man to pris-
on for a long term for stealing in order
to live, and to be very lenient with the
well-fed, well-groomed, ~well-served
class that never do any useful work
and steal from unadulterated greed.
Yet we aIe civilized
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
pawnlnr of the New En-.

A new political passion has seized
mans mind. The ideals Of democracy
enkindle his enthusiasm. Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity-these are the
ideals that are fascinating the soul OF
the newborn sovereign people. slav-
cry has been abolished in it's worst
forms in Jul wonderful century, as to
serfdom Of Russia and the negro bond
age of the United States. The worst
political tyrannies OF the world, hand
ed down 20 us through successive gem
erations, have been wiped out OF our
century, the closing years Of the cen
fury seeing the end Of the last OF the
great medieval despotisms-the CO.
lonial empire OF Spain.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27


When Bryan said in a public speech
that the republic Of Mexico, half
Spanish and half Indian. had made
greater material progress during the
last thirty years than India with its
immense standing army and Anglo
Saxon government had in 1R0 years,
he spoke the truth. No conquered peo-
pie dominated by foreign military
power can prosper, whether it be
Puerto Rico, the T%ransvaal or Ireland
What must be the sentiments Of the
inhabitants of Porto Rico relative to
self-government, the benign influence
of which they had been taught extend
ed to all the possessions of the United
States, when they behold the gang
Of carpet-bag Adventures that is to
be dumped on them by the United
States authorities, and who have moth
ing in common with the inhabitants
who pay their salaries out of the prop
erty and products of the island. Does
1t look to them like self-government,
or Is it not more like the government
that England imposes on Ireland.
which has resulted in almost depopu-
lating that country? Kick the Porto
Rico carpet-baggers out. send them
home bag anu baggage, and let the
people govern themselves.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

In the latest South Carolinian shoot
ing scrape the survivor is a minister OF
the gospel, the Rev. W. r. Johnson.
the Baptist clergyman at Bamberg, s..
C., recently quarreled with his neigh
Dor, w. T.. Bellinger, over the paint
ing Of a fence between their properties.
Next day they met on the street and
began shooting, the clergyman's
weapon being a shotgun, while Bel
linger had a revolver. B5ainger was
MORALLY wounded by a charge Of buck
shot He emptied four chambers Of
bic revolver, but failed to hit the min
lister.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Clarence M. Wolfe and George w.
Piggott, employees of the water ONCE
at Chicago, are under arrest, charged
with participation in a conspiracy
which It is said has defrauded the city
out OF 5000. 600 in the last hve years.
II is alleged that Wolfe and Piggott
were caught in the act of changing the
dial OF a water meter in the Rainer
hotel. BY breaking the cap Of a meter
the conspirators had no difficulty in
changing the hands on the dial so as
to cut down as much as desired the
record Of water used. In thousands OF
instances within the past few years
this has been done. according to Chief
OF Detectives Colleran.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Near Ayuthia, formerly the capital
Of Siam is a curious labyrinth in
which elephants are captured alive.
The labyrinth is formed by a double
row Of immense tree-trunks set firmly
in the ground, the space between them
gradually narrowing. Where 1t be-
gins, at the edge Of the forest, the
opening OF the labyrinth is more than
a mile broad, but as II approaches
Ayuthia It becomes so narrow that the
elephants cannot turn around. Tame
elephants are employed to lure wild
ones into the trap. Having reached
the inner end of the labyrinth, the
tame elephants are allowed to pass
through a gate, while men lying in
wait slip shackles over the feet Of the
captives. The sport is a dangerous
one, as the enraged elephants
times crush their would-be captors I'M
der their feet.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

limbs trembled, his face flushed and
he fell forward dead of heart disease.
A moment later Potts entered the
court room.
Convicted IN charge Of numbering
his brother-in-law. John Grow, in May,
1885, John Van Nimman served 10
years in Jackson prison, Michigan. In
some out-of-the-way place in the
world where Grow was wandering, he
came across a newspaper account OF
the trial Of his brother-in-law. He
came back, and in 1894 got Van MINI
man out.
Joan Perry and her two sons, John
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
How About tho Farmer

How about the farmer? Wheat, corn,
oats. barley, potatoes, etc, are as low,
IL not lower, than in SO. Lumber from
four to six dollars higher per thousand.
Barbed wire, nails. etc, over a hundred
per cent higher. Bleached sheeting,
formerly IAN cents per yard, Is %
cents now. American A bags. former
ly s12.2S per 100, are now S18. and adj
vancing. and all other things have adj
vanced from 10 to so per cent. win
this help lift mortgages?-Anti-Trust
Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27


Looking over the country at the
hundreds o. thousands Of men out on
~atrtkearan nts, the -countty sdoeS
look really dourishing. III these men
out were socialists you would hear a
great howl go up about them being
revolutionists, but as the election re-
turns from all these centers show
these men have been voting the repub-
lican ticket, it does look queer. What
is the matter with the republicans
workmen that they are not satisfied
with their big wages and prosperity?
Have they all turned anarchist on the
treatment they have been getting from
their political masters? Whoop EN-
up for McHanna, boys. You elected
him last time and can do it again, and
get four years more Of this prosperity.
Don't be foolish like the workers Of
New Zealand and elect your own class
to Office. That would be anarchy.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
The smelter Combine.

A smelter combine embracing all the
great smelters of the nation has been
perfected, and now the miners will pay
Just what these philanthropists are
pleased to charge them, or leave their
pre- on the dumps. The combine will
nave the power to make or unmake the
value Of any mine or group Of them.
Il the government owned and operated
The shelters the charges would have to
be fair, else the congressman would
get a hemp reception on their return to
their dear constituents. But as 1t now
10, the congressman or legislators can
say to complaints that they have moth
ing to do with the charges. which they
would be responsible for under govern
ment ownership. still the miners be-
lieve in private ownership OF the
melters, so let them sweat. The more
5lood they have to sweat the sooner
viii they become disguised with the
beauties Of private ownership.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Must the Japanese go" too? Ten
thousand Of them are said to. have
landed on our Pacific coast during the
first three weeks of April. and for sew
eral months they have been arriving
at the rate Of a hundred thousand a
year, ten times the normal immigra-
ton. Some are known to be contract
laborers and will be deported; others,
later on, may wish they, too, had been
sent back. It is suggested that many
Of them flee to this country because
they fear war.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

This government mot your govern
ment, mind you, for you do not own
any Of iD pays p cents a pound for
iron TO cover its ships to kill or civil
ize the heathenl Think OF It, 21 cents
a pound for front And thousands Of
tons Of II, tool Enough profit on a
single order 10 have built all the mills,
opened an the mines. made all the
platesl But that would not be pater-
nalistic enough 70 have filled the purse
Of Carnegie. Gollyl how Carnegie
does hate a p%aternalistie government
And how the people like TO pay mill
lions TO Carnegie rather than have less
taxes and more wageli
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

India is a country not half so large
as the United States. with four times
its population. These SOO,O OO, 900 peo-
pie must be fed from their own crops,
as there is, relatively, no manufactur-
ing resource to buy food with, says
the Review OF Reviews, There are
parts Of India with a population OF
1000 people to the square mile. and
there are millions upon millions Of
farm laborers. Migrants, gypsies and
nondescript classes, whose means Of
living, even in times of plenty, are in
Bcrutable.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

That the utmost
can be placed upon flsls
great medicine Is f0SfS-
fled 60 by an army Of
grateful women who have
been helped by IT,
HRS PiHEnbaSslS who has
tho greatest ana most
SWoOsssfHl experience IN
the world 60 qualify haES
Will advise you free Of
Charge Her address Is
lynn Mass Write "a her
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Shortly before Francis Donce, a ia
nous antiquary, died in 1884, he be-
~Queathed a box to the British museum
trustees, stipulating that It should not
be opened until 1900. At a meeting OF
the trustees a few days ago the box
was solemnly unsealed, when II was
found TO contain nothing but old frag-
ments Of paper. torn book covers, and
other rubbish, with a note from Donce
saying that, IN his opinion. II would
be wasting any more valuable objects
to leave them TO persons Of the av-
erage intelligence and taste Of the
British museum trustees.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

The terrible interviewer is not
half as bad as the man who holds up
The interviewer to tell him all the news
hat the terrible interviewer coll
lected, wrote up and published the day
before.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Mathematical calculations show that
an iron ship weighe ~ per cent less
than a wooden one, and win carry l1B
tons OF cargo for every 100 tons car
ried by a wooden ship Of the same d.
mensions. ana both loaded 70 he came
draught Of water,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

In this country placing the thumb
70 the nose and extending the fingers
8 a sign OF derlsion. Among certain
aili tribes in India It is the most ex-
pressive manner OF showing respect.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
The
Lie

This Es q OrEfIOaI period
IN the life Of every woman
and no mistakes should
be made
The one recognized and
help for women
who are approaching and
passing through fhRs
wonderful change u
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Pekin, China. has a tower in which
Is hung a large bell, cast in the IF
tenth century. and another tower
containing a huge drum, which is in
tended to be beaten In case a great
danger should threaten the city. No
n is allowed to enter these towers.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Only seventy years have elapsed
since the first railway in the world
finished. During that compare
lively brief period 4OO.0 miles have
been constructed.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

The revelations made at the ecu
menical conference on foreign mis-
sions concerning the services Of mis-
sionaries in extending education,
trade and civilization, as well as the
doctrines Of the Christian religion, are
A strong reminder that civilization
does often move forward in other
ways than ION a powder-cart."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Modern farming methods in the
northwest challenge the admiration Of
the world. Steam and electricity arr
made to serve the farmers purpose.
says the Review Of Reviews He plows
reaps. thrashes by machinery. He
telephones from his farmhouse to his
eranaries. Sometimes he receives the
latest grain quotations over a private
telegraph wire IN his dwelling. Often
the acreage Of HIS farm Is expressed In
the thousands, sometimes m ave hg-
ures. He comics from the poor places
Of the earth and finds a home ano
aelf-respect
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

The people Of Porto Rico were aston
lshed to see their first American gov
ernor come among them in plain
clothes, and with 10 pomp and circum-
stance. They had been accustomed 70
bad government with endless fuss
and feathers" They ought easily to
be reconciled to the change. so long
as the quiet man in plain clothes gives
them good government.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Artificial legs and arms we're in use
IN Egypt as early as B. c. 700. They
we're made by priests, who were the
physicians Of that early time.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Queen Victoria has given orders that
st. Georges chapel. Windsor castle.
and the Albert Memorial chapel are
. D. IIghlsd hg asslIleltg.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
THE INDEX.
AZTEC NBw MEXICO.

IT the surface OF the Garth we're per-
ectly level. the waters Of the ocean
would cover II to the depth OF 600 feet
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27


In the matter Of the case brought
BY Attorney General Monnett Of Ohio
to compel the Standard OIL company
TO obey the law. the present attorney
general In his argument the other day
said:
"Ali ovos this country there is un-
rest, and the money grabbers are re-
sponsible for Il. u is such defiance as
Is exhibited By Rockefeller that Is
prompting the mrtterings Of thousands
that this Is a government Of the rich,
and these people have reached a point
where they are ready for riot II only
a leader will call upon them"
This is Republican testimony OF con-
ditions produced by Republican laws
on the Republican voters, who are In
the majority. The leader" will be on
hand n Of these fine days. and the
dupes who have been kept voting the
Republican and Democratic tickets
viii be a howling, desperate mob, with
torch and gun, and will make the
streets Of the cities slippery with the
gore Of the despots who have taught
them to defy the laws and rob the
people by %extortion on the necessities
Of life.
That time is not far in the future,
and can only be avoided by the change
In system that Democrats desire to es-
tablish, which would make It impos-
sible for one part of the people to prey
on the majority, by monopolizing the
necessities ,of life. No such condi-
ton ever appeared In any country that
1t did not bring It's r%etribution. In
Justice always comes back on the ma
ton that permits injustice. Such
words Of warning as these from a Re
publican Encouragement will go un-
needed and will receive the condemna-
ton Of all the papers n people who
are controlled by the blood money Of
the Standard Oil company. But It
hastens the~day when the rich will be
praying for the mountains to fall on
them to hide them from the wrath
that Is now brewing.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
INDIA'S GOLD FAMINE.
SIXTY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
CRYING FOR BREAD.

While Britain Spends Millions ~subiuEnt-
ing Free and Independent People
The Infamy That rhls Republican Ad-
m~inistrnuon Is in League with.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

LydIa 3. PInkh.n'. vsssL.bIs comPound
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

The soil Of Hawaii h Of q dark
chocolate oF reddish brown. and the
darker e best adaDtsd 70 growing cot