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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26
PITT is A
FREE MAN
Remarkable Scenes In the
Closing Hours Of the
Great Trial.
STRONG SPEECHES
Made BY the Attorneys Be.
fore a Court Room Au-
dience Of Unusual
Character.
STRONG SPEECHES

I'VE the jury find the defendant no
guilty
Such was the verdict in the Sid Pit
murder trial. rendered at 10 minutes
OF eleven o'clock Saturday night. The
/ jury had Jeen out exactly forty min
utes.
! The seven children. the wife and
aged mother of defendant were over
joyed: their supreme happiness found
expression in tears and kisses. 'Thanh
God. you are free mani" We're the
words of the mans mother when the
verdict. eXonerating her son. was an
nounced. There was a general hand
shaking in all parts of the room. where
ever an attorney for the defense chanc-
ed to be. and unstinted congratulations
were showered upon them.
Their beaming countenances did not
express half the qualification apparent
ly felt by the defendant. when he
thanked the jury for permitting him
To return to the bosom of his family.
The verdict came as surprise to
many.
IL was believed that the possibility of
a hung jury existed. but such quick and
enective work by the twelve men. VINO
for four days nad sat in the box, was
not expected. After hearing the ver-
dict Pitt was not long in leaving the
court room. He made bond in the sum
nf
defendant to an Indictment charging
him with assault to murder Burchfield
IL is said. however. that this case will
not be prosecuted. owing to the result
Saturday night. The sureties on the
bond Were J. w. Buchanan. J. f. Har-
rington and J. r. Dublin.
The Balloting.
The jury that held in its hands the
power OF life or death for Sid Pitt. re-
tired TO consult at 10: 10 O'Clock. Three
ballots We're taken. On the first eight
stood for acquittal and four for
sentence of five years; on the second
only two were for five years and on
the third the vote for acquittal was
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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26
FEARFUL DEATH

OF Two Small Children Hy Burning.
LONGFELLOW. TEX. Nov. 26.-
Two small children of Prof. James
Reynolds were burned to death yes
terday- They fell headlong into the
fire. The mother in attempting to
save the children was also fatally burn
ed
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26
SENATOR DAVIS
Is Gradually Growing Weaker.

ST. PAUL. MINI. Nov. 26.-Sen-
ator Davis's condition is unchanged
this morning with the exception that
his pulse is a little weaker.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26
DOWIE HAS GONE
To Paris to Conduct a Fortnight 3
Mission

LONDON. Nov. 26-John Alexander
Dowie has gone to Paris. He proposes
10 conduct a fortnight mission in the
French capital.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26
coal OPERATORS

Say Thai the Sir ke Is a Complete
FaiiuTe
MADISCNVILLE. KY.. Nov. 2G.-
C-al operators are iubilant this morn
ing and say the complete failure Of the
strike ordered by the miners union is
indicated. Nearly all the miners
started to work this morning.
Whether or not strike will be in
sugurated as planned and ordered de-
pends on the developments.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26

II you have any little item of new:
personal or otherwise. The Herald will
be glad to have it. by mail or phone
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26

The speech of Judge Edwards. which
was delivered early in thAsdAy forsthe
defense. was likewise said to have been
one of the most logical and convincing
arguments ever made before an Ell Paso
county jury.
Judge Edwards's Speech
Judge Edwards urged that the jury
should acquit the defendant if there
was a reasonable doubt of his guilt
He went on to eulogize the criminal
laws of Texas, saying that the state
threw every safeguard around citi-
zen charged with crime and not only
paid for the states witnesses, but also
for the witnesses for the defense, and
was the only state in the union that
did
He described the different degrees
of murder and told the jurors that they
ces as they appeared at the time to
defendant and act in accordance in
framing their verdict. The jury was
told just what was meant by a rea-
sonable doubt and then the lawyer
told them all about the public domain
and the operation of the land laws and
finally came down to the small tract of
land the ownership of which was dis
ruted by Hill and Pitt and which
caused the trouble that eliminated last
July in the killing at Monahan's.
Was old man Burchfield the king OF
that county, that he could do as he
pleased with everything and every
oody?
Il don't know. 1t looks mighty like
it. and evidently the district attorney
thought so in his zealousness to break
the neck OF my client.
The truth of the matter is that
according to his own testi-
mony. regarded Pitt as booster and
and wanted to get him out;
to drive him away
The speaker turned his attention to
the shirt sleeve proposition. 1t was
alleged by the prosecution that Burch-
field and Hill were unarmed because
they were in their shirt sleeves. Judge
said the theory that a man
was unarmed because he had on no
coat and vest had been exploded in
Texas long ago. He told of a promi-
lent lawyer who in arguing the absurd
ty of that proposition came before
he jury in his shirt sleeves and no
,ne suspected anything, until at the
climax he reached inside his shirt and
pulled out three six shooters; reached
back of his neck and pulled out
Bowie knife and took a six shooter out
If each boot
Judge Edwards speech abounded
with apt illustrations and pointed al
usions and was listened to attentively
~ the jury. He went over the evil
.ence in regard to the land trouble and
he killing at Monahan's and laid it
Ill to Burchheld, why" said he. 1T
ooks like when old man Burchfield
vent to Midland to have his arm dress
ID his mouth was running all the time.
lie was the big Ike, the king bee of I
Ward county and everybody that didn't :
10 just what he wanted and walk a I
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Herald job Office. Phone IL.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-26

Judge Hammer began speaking at
7:3O o'clock and his argument lasted
more than two hours. Standing room
only was available in the court room
He said in part
My friends-and every lover of JUS
tice is my friend-if you had walked
into this court room today and heard
counsel for the defense who would you
thought was on trial? You'd have
thought that old man Burchfield was
on trial.
Without honest intelligent jurymen
1t is absolutely impossible to enforce
the laws. Ii is necessary for you to
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Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21

worse I suddenly recognized him as
man / had seen frequently in Butte, his
ill-fitting mask but partially concealing
his features. l knew his relatives in
Butte and believed that he must know
me, yet I felt safe so long as he did not
suspect my recognition of him. Drop
ping my eyes to the ground l assumed
blank expression which my enemies
may remark was very natural and easy
life, for Duval passed on to devote his
attentions to Foy, who, with his hands
still extending far into the blue empy-
rean Of Heaven, begged vainly for his
watch, because he said his mother had
given it to him. Duval probably thought
Foy was lying. Foy probably knew he
was. The robbers, with true Montana
chivalry, did not molest the ladies. They
had caught sight of them in the coach
and doubtless surmised they had con-
cealed their valuables where no true gen.
tleman would think of searching for
them.
"Now, get aboard that coach and get
out of here" thundered Duval. ''The
first man to look back will get bullet:
but before you start throw down the
treasure box"
Needing no second invitation, we
scrambled aboard, the driver threw down
the treasure box and away we went. AS
we disappeared over the crest of the
mountain, We heard the robbers shooting
the lock off the box. Though the dis
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
SOME IRREGULARITIES
OF The MINING LAWS


acquire title to the mines discoverd. The
minese- still continued to belong to the
United States government, and the min
ers who exploited them We're really tres
passers. Yet small matter of this kind
did not deter the hardy pioneers who
had broken a trail across the continent
for the purpose of mining for gold
Neither did the fact deter them that
there were no laws defining the rights Of
miners as between themselves. In the
absence of laws, the miners met and en-
acted such laws as they required, and
constituted the miners meeting into a
court for enforcing them. These miners
laws usually prescribed how much
ground each miner could locate, and the
diligence in work required to hold such
locations.
1t was nearly twenty years after the
discovery of gold in California before the
first mining law was enacted by con-
gress. During all of these years vast
mining interests had been growing up
under the rules and customs of miners
IT was kind of common la " of mining
that had come to be recognized univer-
sally. Congress hesitated to oppose it's
judgment to these rules and customs
that had been born of actual experience,
or to disturb the vested rights that had
grown up under them. Hence in the
mining law of 1872, later embodied in
the revise dstatutes of the United States,
We find the following provision:
"Sec. 1922. The locators of all mining
locations heretofore made or which shall
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21

Fear not lest sympathy should fail
Hast thou not seen in night hours
drear,
When racking thoughts the heart assail.
The glimmering stars by turns appear
And from tn eternal home above
With silent news of mercy steal?
So angels pause on tasks of love,
To look where sorrowing sinners kneel,
-keble.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
BRILLIANTS.

Manifold is human strife,
Human passion, human pain:
Many a blessing yet is rife,
Many pleasures still remain;
Yet the greatest bliss in life,
And the richest prize we find,
is a good, contented mind.
-Gnet h q
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21

tance to Wickes was fully five miles, the
horses made the journey down the grade
in ten minutes. 1t was a wild ride. All
the way down, Williams was vowing
vengeance and planning the capture of
the robbers. Arrived at Wickes, he ss,t
the whole population in an uproar by his
account of the "hold-up,' and the con-
stable organized posse to go in search
of the robbers. They discovered nothing
but the empty treasure box.
HUGH McQUAID'S JOKE.
At o'clock that night the coach
reached Helena, where, our adventure
having been telegraphed ahead,there was
considerable excitement until it was
learned that Lord Chadbourne had
missed the stage connection and thus the
mining sale, which meant so much for
Helena, would not be delayed. Hugh
McQuaid, then a reporter on the lnde-
pendent, prepared an elaborate descrlp-
ton of the robbery, detailing how
Butte newspaper man had been one OF
the passengers, but having $1,000 on his
person, had fight with the robbers, put
ting them to flight, and severely wound
ing the ringleader.
That night in Helena I met Williams
1OOhliiS very ucJeClcu. WIN 6A01e pASS-
ence Of mind he borrowed $40 of me
which had borrowed of some one else.
He said he was going to Marysville to
work in a mine.
A week later three outlaws after COM
mitting several highway robberies and
burglarizing a store in Missoula had
been run to earth near that place ard
two Of them had been shot and killed
by the pursuing officers. The third, being
captured, was sent to the county Jail, but
escaped and made a remarkable flight
across the mountains, carrying on his
leg a portion Of an iron manacle, which
he could not file off. He was captured
near Deer Lodge, after several desper-
ate adventures, and brought to Butte for
temporary safekeeping, till he could be
returned to the scene of his crimes.
Thinking such a desperate would have
a good story to tell, I went to the Jail
to interview him for the Inter Mountain.
1t was Williams!
Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
THE SIX SHOOTER ARGUMENT

The robbers proved desperately in
earnest. While one covered the pas
sengers and held the horses the other
went through us. With his pistol in
his left hand not only cooked and
pointed, but actually pressing against
the stomach of each man in turn, he
passed down the line turning pockets
inside out and carefully possessing him.
self of their contents. He secured seven
dollars and a watch from the driver,
two dollars from Williams. suspicious
ly small amount, it afterward appeared,
and from me the few dollars he found in
my vest pocket. When he reached me and
placed the muzzle of his gun in the pit
of my stomach, realized that the slight
est jar or nervousness on his part or
mine would bring to an unhappy ending
most valued life. the only one I had
with me. To make matters infinitely
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-08

1920. when the output was but about IL
eco 600. the production has increased about
$500 per cent"
In another part OF the pamphlet Mr..
Austin says: The production is chiefly in
the hands OF three nations. the British.
the Americans. and the Germans. In 1868
the production OF these three countries,
the United Kingdom the United States.
and Germany in the Orde: named was
1850. 000 81 SEQ 000 md SO 200. coo net
tons; in 1897 their on put was 226. 400. GEO.
200. 200, 600. and 32.70O 900 net tons. re-
spectively. The absolute increase in the
British production was no 900. 600 IS com
pared with $500. 600 for Germany. and
isS.60O.ev0 net tons for the United States.
The proportional increase during these
three decades. lS6S-lS97. was 96.4 per
cen. ~ the United Kingdom. as compar-
ed with 266.1 per cent ior Germany. and
532 per cent for the United States. The
average annual rate of increase was 2.33
per cent for the United Kingdom. 40 per
cent for Germany. and 6.64 per cent for
the United States"
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F FkEsfsTs For PREMIUM STAMPS
KINGS PALACE,
Si2-s1z 1th "a. 71s Market ssnea

the Asiatic station be was on board the
vessel. Just before the war broke out with
Spain his term Of enlistment expired. and
he re-enlisted for the war. For his bravery
in the battle OF Manila he was promoted
and subsequently underwent an examina-
ton for the place which he now holds.
While Boatswain Jarrett was in the Far
East differences arose between his own
relatives and his wife's family His wife
finally secured a divorce. Upon returning
to this country on the Raleigh the sailor
visited his former wife and a reconcilia-
tion was effected. and il was determined
that after time they would again be
married
The couple have a son FIVE years old.
who. with his mother, will visit Washing
ton and Norfolk, and later will be ioined
by Mr.. Jarrett.
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DIVORCED PAIR REMARKED.
of Acting Boatswain Jar.
reft in baltimore

BALTIMORE. June s-Aeting Boatswain
Henry C. Jarrett, who fought aboard the
Raleigh in the battle Of Manila Bay, and
his divorced wife were remarked yester-
day The ceremony was performed at
1922 North Fulton Avenue, the home of
Rev. George Beiswanger, pastor of Cal
vary Lutheran Church short time af-
terward Mr.. Jarrett received a telegram
ordering him to report for duty on the
monitor Amphitrite
Boatswain Jarrett was married to Miss
Mary Heldman about seven years ago. He
was then sailor in the United Sites
Navy. When the Raleigh WIS ordered 10
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-08
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Minister from Costa Rica and Nine
Calyo entertained at a dinner last night
in honor of Dr. Zaldivar. the new Minis
ter from Salvador. The company inelud-
ed the Mexican Ambassador and Nine. Pc
rez. the Guatemalan Minister. the Swiss
Minister. the Haitien Minister and Nine
Leger. the Nicaraguan Minister, Counsel
Tor of the Chilean Legation and Nine.
Cruz. Miss Heaven. and Senior and Senor-
ita Quesada of Costa Rica-
The marriage of Miss Mary Thompson,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs W. S Thomp-
son. and Mr.. Thomas ]. Fisher, took place
at s O'Clock last night at the Thompson
residence, 1922 New York Avenue. The
parlors were decorated with palms and
masses Of field daisies, and in the dining
room was a graceful profusion Of white
roses and ferns The bride c! +ered tie
drawing room with her father. The gown
was white liberty silk over white
MORE. She wore tulle veil and carried
a bouquet of lilies Of the valley. Her
only attendant was her sister, Miss Mabel
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-08
THE WORLDS COAL TRADE
Last Years Output in the United
States Breaks The Record.

A Total Production of 755,O00,OOO
Net Tons, and Yet the supply Is
Causing General Advance in
Prices and In Freight Charges.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-08
Shirt waists, l28C.

Boys MerTimac percaie shirtwaists:
in the very best and most desirable
patterns, strongly sewed buttons and
e-anch button bands; the regular &c
shirtwaists; for u 1-2e.
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Wash knee pants, 95c.

Boys washable Galatea cloth knee
pants; in variety Of striped patterns.
in sizes 20 Is years; perfectly washa-
bic and instead OF 1Sc pair for 9 I-2c
tomorrow
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Brownie OveraIls, l9c.

Little boys Brownie" overaIls, Of
blue denim. made with suspender
straps elegant for summer wear-cooI
and stanch-same as are sold for CSC
and 49c-for I9c tomorrow.
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Youths So suits go for S3.9S.


Atwood and in
10 in
fit youths /
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BOYS knee pants, I9c.

Lot Of boys wool knee pants. all
good. stanch garments made 20 endure
the hard knocks the boys give them:
instead OF CSC for lee tomorrow.
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Thompson, who wore a robe OF yell
low silk yelled with white point d'esIrit
her flowers were yellow roses The best
man was Lieut. Fred Thompson. u.
) N, and the groomsmen were NJ w s.
Thompson and Mr. Richard Beall Rev
Charles NJ. Bart. Of ST. Matthews Church.
performed the ceremony, assisted by Rev.
Eugene Hannah, of ST. Agnes Church.
Brookland. ID. c. At the close Of the re-
eeption, which was attended by about a
hundred guests made up Of relatives and
near friends of both families, Mr. and
Mrs Fisher left for a bridal trip north
Upon their return they will reside at the
Woodmont.
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Unparalleled first-of-the-season selling o
Boys washable suits.

purchase of thousands of garments from maker and
scarcely half price for them.
This enables echts continue unparalleled selling
which they have been doing in boys the season
opened You try but you'll that it is impossible for YOU
equal the offerings which result of this pur
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81 wash suits. SOC

Boys washable Sailor Blouse
as TO for sac 49, 'S "-
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SOS wash suits, SLID.

. SEQ Boys Double Breasted White Duck
find
viii be offered a
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Special sale youths serge suits. sos.

suits
Bile buy but today shall reduce the SIS The reduction
the and lined just
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Boys SIS blue serge suits, sos.

b T1 1 The most remarkable Offering Hhs
. Ii years which are the best suits possible
buy everywhere
made eiesantiy-ined dre-enfor perfectly - -
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75C wash suits. I0c.

1000 Little Boys effect: il
J. and -
at suit
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The action of Carter's Little Liver Pills Is
pleasant, mild, and natural. They gently stiuu-
late the liver. and regulate the bowels but do
not purge They are sure to please Try them.
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so pattern suits TO order. $40.

You shall the to
and We VIII charge the il
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Old Georgetown contributed one of the
pretty weddings of yesterday The bride
was Miss Elizabeth Carter Ball. and the
groom, a former resident OF Virginia but
now OF North Carolina. was DR.. Giles
Cook Lane Rev. Or. Albert Rhett Stu
arr, rector Of Christ Church. Georgetown,
performed the ceremony. which was wit
messed by about thirty guests, relatives
and intimate friends.
The parlor was gracefully deeked with
white roses and daisies set about the mar
tells and piano in old family bowls of sill
yer and china, and the fretwork above
the doorways was interlaced with vines.
The bride, wearing white silk and rare
Old lace and carrying a bouquet of lilies
OF the valley. entered the parIor with her
father. Mr.. George Washington Ball The
only attendant was Mr.. Walter Scott, who
served as the groom's best man The we'd
ding march was played by Mrs Hogg.
wife of Lieutenant Hogg, of the Navy.
Among the guests who attended the cere-
mony were Mrs. Albert Rhett Stuart. Mr.
and Mrs. B. r. Mason, Miss Bradford. Mrs
Heth, Miss Edith Robert. Miss wilcoxen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberdeau Buchanan, and
the -Messrs- McAtee- The ceremony took
place at = o'clock. and Dr. Lane and his
bride left later in the afternoon for Old
Point and other places of interest en- route
to Cranberry, n. c.
The new home Of the bride is in the
vast mining district in the western part
Of the State. and DR.. Lane has the post of
physician in attendance at the mines.
Mrs. Hobart, wife OF the late Vice Presi
dent Garrett A. Hobart, will sail for Eu-
rope next Wedr esday. She will be accom-
panied by her young son.
Mr. and Ms William Holmes FowIe
Beekham have returned from Auburn
Hall, the country residence in Virginia Il
Mr. Beckham's father. They will live at
1884 Street northwest.
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Mems SOC office coats, Csc.

shall put on sale tomorrow another
soc or 35e
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Mrs. Hobart, wife OF the late Vice Presi-
dent Garrett A Hobart, will sail for Eu-
rope next Wedr esday. She will be accom-
panied by her young son.
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$40 pairs SIS pants, $3.50.


crude desirable
ana which
sane tonnorrow at exactly half
Connecticut western news., 1900-10-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Hot Blast furnace for wood. Alvord's, Winsted, Conn.
 Heating, plumbing, roofing and sup plies. Alvord's. Winsted, Conn.
 Apples for sale by the peck or bush- el. Call at the house, instead of the NEWS office. s. O. BEcKLEY.
 Kelsey Warm Air Generator warns and ventilstes your home. Investigate and you will have no other. Alvord's, Winsted, Conn.
 Dr l.. J. Turner. veterinary surgeon, Winsted, Conn successor to the late Dr Heath. All diseases of animals treated in the most skillful and scIentiic man ner. Telephone connections.
 Hold your orders for robes and blan- kets until you have seen the big display at Bepjamin's.
 Gut prices on all summer blankets, robes, etc. at Beniamin's this month.
 Richmond, Dockash, Sterling and Perfect ranges. Alvord's, Winsted, Ct
 Prompt attention given orders fol stove and heater repairs. Alvord's Winsted, Conn.