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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-04-02
ALoHZo DUvALL.

ALoHZo DUvALL.
Have lived In Marion 90 years.
Sas out at Horace WiIliamson's
day after Bertha Williamson was
murdered. Saw place where man
8 said TO have stood; was in cor.
ner Of fence; seemed as IL the par
~ had been there some time, the
weeds and grass worn down and
bushes cut OF. Saw tracks; the
6rst | saw were just west OF the
corner whore party 10 supp osed TO
have been, a distance of < or 10
Feet. They were going west; Joe
Dollar aud / followed them about
one half mile. They went n di-
rection Of Jim Fowlsr's and Geo.
Sisoo's. The tracks looked as il
heels turned in a little; the tracks
going west seemed 10 be those Of
a party running. About one hun
dred yards west Of place where
party who did the shooting is sup
posed to have stood, | found
where the party had stepped into
n sort OF gully and had slipped
nnd stumbled, and then possibly
20 or $50 yards l found where he
had stumbled and fallen; seemed
10 have fallen on his knees. |
knew he had fallen on his knees
and at one side there was a place
where ground was gouged up as il
hs had a gun in right hand ard
lad jabbed into ground at his
light as he fell Still farther, in
a wheat field, he stun bled, but did
not fall. He went on TO a cross.
fence between that and a fresh
sown grass field: We tracked him
through the field until we came to
lin Fowlsr's pasture field; there
we stopped. Tracks were running
both ways, one set going toward
\Nilliamson's, one the other way.
They were close together and eros
sd each other in some places.
Cross Examination.
From where we last saw the
tracks TO Sisco's house was about
one half mile, or maybe more
CHARLEY BELL.
Live about mile from town; have
kn wu Sisco abou. 20 years, Saw
him near his home in field next
morning after the murder, went
TO his house with him; he was fix.
ing to 20 to his brother-in-laws
Geo Daniels, / understood, ] help
ed him put his boy in his wagon
He put large trunk in wagon; he
took his wife and two oldest chill
dren with him, Allie, the crippled
boy, and Dollie his girl. Left
about Il O'Clock; l saw them leave
they ate something about 9o'cIock
went in wagon.
Cross. Examination. 4
Was at Sisco's the day before "
they went off They did not say any
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-04-02
Cross Examination.

1t was a clear night, the stars
were shining and it was light
enough to see everything good.
Did not see him until after he
fred. | was little excited. The
man stool leaning over the fence
until smoke had cleared away.
The smoke was gone in about a
minute; | was about twelve OF
fourteen feet from him; saw him
run; could not see his hands,
just see from the breast up. L tes-
tilted before the ooroner's jury and
swore that the man l saw resem-
bled Sisco. l couldn't tell wheth-
er his mustache was black or not.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-04-02
ONA LONG.

l was along the night Bertha
Williamson was killed. My sister,
Wide Bookstore, the two Will
Hanson boys, Pierce Brown, Gro
yer Brown, Bertha Williamson
and myself came back together; l
heard the shot, saw no one run and
do not know who fired the shot. l
went and looked at Bertha and
then went back to the Williamson
house.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-04-02
Re-Cross Examination.

Had been engaged to Bertha
Williamson about two weeks had
been her constant escort for about
a year. The night was clear and
starlit, no moon. The man had
black mustache, light clothes,
couldn't see features of his face;
l told Joel Farmer, who was on
coroner's jury that | didn't be.
lieve 1 knew the murderer. 1 was
bothered and troubled next morn.
ing is reason l could not say then
that Sisco was the murderer of
Bertha but | do say so now.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-04-02

gun; twas unloaded. Don't know
Allie Sisco. l have seen George
SisOo in town often; can't say that
I ever saw him with these shoes
on. Didn't see shoes he had on
when arrested. | didn't see HIM
arrested.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-04-02

Continued on Sixth Page
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
Americans Still Going.

The feature of this years immigra-
ton into Canada is the large increase
in the number of British immigrants
For the first nine months of this year
the British immigrants entering Can
ada numbered 43,1s7, against 1919
last year in the corresponding months.
The number of Americans entering
Canada continues to increase but not
so rapidly as that of the British. In
the nine months the number of Amer
leans settling in Canada was 32,329, as
compared with 26,617 in the same
months of 1902. The number of con-
tinental Europeans among the immi-
grants increased from 1926 to 32,498..
It must be remembered, however,
that these figures include large num-
Der Of British and continental immi-
grants who land at Canadian ports but
eventually find their way to the United
States, whereas the Americans who
enter Canada remain there. Allowing
for this factor, there is no doubt that
the American element is still much
the largest in the stream of immigra-
ton into Canada. Moreover, many Of
the British and some Of the CONT
mental immigrants settle in eastern
Canada, where as almost all Of the
Americans settle in Manitoba and the
Canadian Northwest, 50 that the ten
dency toward American preponder-
ance in that region is still marked
| It would be interesting to know to
what extent Canadians still migrate to
the United States. Unfortunately our
government makes no effort to gather
statistics as to either Canadian or Mex
/ lean immigration, as it is convinced
that accuracy in such statistics is i'm
possible, for it is very difficult to keep
track Of a population movement that
1 is not confined to certain gateways,
but may go on at any point on 1000
mile frontier. It is only thru the cen
sus that we are able to gain any idea
Of the extent Of the immigration from
! Canada or Mexico.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
One of the Meanest.

The meat trust is one of the mean
est, most coldblooded and vicious COM
binations known to trade. The last
indignant protest against the opera
lions of this big combination comes
from Omaha, where, 1t Is related, the
big packers have by agreement re-
Trained from bidding on live stock un-
til they have beaten the price down
to the lowest possible limit, while, at
the same time, by mutual under
standing, they have raised the prices
on dressed meats to consumers. It Is
charged that the packing trust Is pay
ing 40 per cent less Of live hogs and 25
per cent less for live beef than a year
ago, and charging the retailers 10
per cent more for dressed pork and
10 per cent more for dressed beef than
a year ago. These figures, it is
claimed, are from the actual market
prices for Monday 't.s
A year or so ago, when complaint was
made Of the high price of meats, the
packers justified the prices on the
ground that beef cattle and live pork
were scarce and figures were adduced
to support the contention that the
packers were not to blame for the high
prices of meats. There seems to have
been some justification for that con-
tention at that time, but certainly
nothing can justify this arbitrary man
ipulation of prices which robs the pro-
Queer on the one hand and holds up
the consumer on the other.
But that has been the source Of the
enormous profits of this combination
for many years. The story Of combi-
nation to beat down the prices Of live
stock Is not a new one. The ability
to control the market in this way has
for the packers to have any written
agreement which the law could take
hold of; wink or a nod is as good as
bond and prices of live stock In the
yards go down to such a level as the
manipulators think may be safe to
prevent absolute ruin of the stock
raising industry and the cutting off OF
the supply upon which they must de-
pend for their business. AS for any
profits to the producers, however, they
take care that he gives the larger
share, if not all of it to the packers
| The government has attempted tt
reach this combination, but it Is un'
doubtedly a difficult thing to do, an6
thus far very little seems to have beer
accomplished in the way Of practica
results. This is no cause for discour
agement, however, or for. surrender
There must be some way to proven
such piracy in trade. and no pains
should be spared to find it out. The
combination referred to Is one of thu
most greedy and constituencies In ex
listence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
A KANSAS EDITOR ON TEACHING
JOURNALISM

William Allen White in Emporia Gazette.
These ccomplishments-the copy MAX
ing and writing accomplshm ents-are i'm
portant,if the right persons acquire them
and it is well to teach these things but
they will not make a newspaper man. For
the newspaper business is not one that
may be successfully followed by learning
rules and rules only. The newspaper bus
iness-journalism, if the word must be
used-is essentially business that calls
for character. A successful newspaper is
the reflection of a personality, the product
of a soul. There is no doubt that educa-
ton makes young men who are wise and
grave and good, wiser and Drawer and bet
ter, and in so much as education does this
1t helps to make newspaper men of the
best type But an ignorant man with
strong heart and a clear head and clean
hands, who has to write by ear and to
use a typewriter to make 1egible copy, will
get on better In the newspaper business,
whether as a reporter or a business man
ager, or as an editor, than the best edu-
Gated school Ijournalist it is possible to
turn out who has not strength of char
acter.
10 say this is trite for it is true of men
In all professions, but is especially true
Of the newspaper business. A doctor may
be morally or mentally weak and still be
skillful in his profession. A lawyer may
have no moral courage and only enough
moral sense to know what is Smart" in
his business and succeed, after fashion,
In a measure this is true of men who Join
other professions, but the newspaper
mans business is public business. He
shows himself spiritually naked every day.
All that he is, men see and feel, in spite
of his efforts at concealment. He cannot
hide his failures in graveyards nor behind
juries nor under veneers of fine stone
work. He must take his punishment
manfully, and not fear to retrace his steps,
confessing his weakness in public and
gathering strength for another contest. 1t
is because of this life in the open daylight
that the editor becomes a hater of shams
and Of subterfuges and make believes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
SHE CANNOT MARRY FOR 10 YEARS
Denver Times.


Miss Vera Michelena is perhaps the only
young woman in the world who ever made
contract not to marry before certain
time and that time SO far in the future as
ten years. She will be Is years old next
December and when she comes OF age she
promises to sign with her manager John
p Slocum, for a long engagement. There
are other clauses in the contract Whlch
are unusual and show that Mr., Slocum mas
great confidence in the future OF his pr1ma
donna.
Miss Michelena cannot see or talk with
people without Mr.. Sloeum's consent.
Each summer she must tan three
months vacation without leaving the
United States This is to prevent her
from making any London appearance dur
ing the ten years contract, even if very
good opportunity offers. He is to furnish
her with tutor to continue her studies
in French italian and musical history and
the classics He is also to bear the ex-
pense of a vocal teacher. who is to be in
constant attendance To keep herself
down to the right weight for beauty she
is compelled to take regular physical ex-
ercises each morning and is not allowed
to indulge in any late suppers.
Miss MicheIena was in the old convent
of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco
when the summons came for her to Join
a company last spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
Let Us Honor the Hen.

The Nashville American asks per-
mission to cheer for the American
hen. Why not? That noble bird goes
her cackling way, creating wealth
whether times be good or hard, in
fated or limp, whether Wall street
wantons in easily gained riches or
walls in poverty.
There is none Of the Morgan sort Of
wealth in her creations. b. I'll
The poultry and eggs produced and
consumed in the United States each
year are worth more than the entire
annual gold and silver production Of
the whole world.
To carry the egg crop Of single
year would require trains of an ag-
gregate length Of S6S miles. and the
freight would be worth nearly $780,
100000. The egg crop is worth about
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
Solar Disturbances.
I washington disnatchl note,

A Washington dispatch notes the
discovery by the observers at the
United States naval observatory of
an extraordinary group Of sun spots,
extending 100000 miles over the pho
tosphere, which, as is usual, strongly
affects the magnetic conditions Of the
earth.
This is the year of maximum sun
spots, the period from maximum to
minimum being I'LL years, and OBJ
servations have established a coinci-
sdence between such sun spot period
and the magnetic disturbances upon
the earth. The theory that such am
pie areas Of spots as now are visible
indicate mighty solar agitations,
storms of tremendous violence, Of a
cyclonic nature, has been assented to
by most astronomers, but how and
why such storms are produced remains
fruitful topic Of discussion there
being a multitude of theories upon
the subject. 5ss
Some Of the theorists hold that the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14

One Of the favorite arguments against
the improvement Of the Erie canal Is that
the age of canals has gone by, and that if
public funds must be spent to improve
communication, they should be spent on
railways Yet here Is Pittsburg sending
60, 900 tons Of steel rails to the gulf on
river barges, and in the same way 49,
900 tons of steel ties. With the rapid de-
velopment of trade north and south, the
Importance Of the Mississippi river to the
west and south will be greatly enhanced.
New Orleans has passed New York as g.
grain shipping port and there does not
seem to be any good reason why even
some of the export grain and flour. of the
northwest should not be sent down the
Mississippi to New Orleans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
BOOKS RECEIVED

ULTIMATE CONCEPTIONS OF FAITH By
George A. Gordon, minister Of the Old South
Church, Boston. 400 pages. Price $1.sO net
Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin &
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MY OWN STORY, WITH RECoLLECTIoNs OF
NOTED PERSONS, By John Townsend Trow-
bridge. Thirty-three illustrations. Boston:
Houghton, AIiffln & Co. Minneapolis: Ma
a. thaniel Mccarthy. Price $3.50 net
ESSAYS ON GREAT WRITER'S, By Henry
Dwight Sedgwick Jr. Boston: Houghton,
Miflin g. Co. Minneapolis: Nathaniel Nc
Carthy. Price 81 so. =.
THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD, By A. Conan
Doyle. Illustrated by w. B. Wollen. New
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co. Minneapolis
Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price $3.50.
THE BOOK OF THE ROSE, By Charles G. D.
Roberts Boston: L. c. Page & Co. Price
81 net.
THE PHILADELPHIANs AS SEEN BY NEW
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Illustrated by Alice B. Stephens and George
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14

spots are rents in.the solar envelope,
showing dark nucleus within, but
the dark nucleus theory has been
largely abandoned. 1t is also held
that some parts of the suns surface.
from some unknown cause, cool tenn
porarily every now and then and
clouds are condensed above, Intercept
Ing the rays and presenting the spotty
appearance of the philosophers.
So run the theories, and the very
latest disquisitions on the subject show
knowledge OF the phenomenon, but
only speculation as to- the real pro-
curing cause of It, Altho astronomers
have been scrutinizing the face of the
sun with the most powerful instru-
ments Of observation the ingenuity
of man can contrive in modern times,
the mystery Of the periodic changes
which affect the surface OF the sun
has, as yet not been solved.
The fact, however, that the tremen-
dous disturbances in the sun produce
magnetic disturbances on the earth
has been demonstrated by the move
ments of the magnetic needle at the
observatories. The magnetic storms
extend frequently over widely ex-
tended regions of the earth, and some
scientists have brought forth some
respectable arguments to prove the
connection of bad agricultural seasons
with the maximum sun-spot period,
when the solar storms are most for
mldable, as shown by the spiral move
| ment of immense spots which have
the concave appearance Of a funnel.
A French astronomer has tabulated
agricultural statistics with the recur-
| renee Of the maximum sun-spot pc
Rod thru half of the nineteenth CEN
fury, making a tolerably fair demon
stration that, in Europe, wet and un-
favorable crop seasons were coinci-
dent with the maximum sun-spot
period. 80. 1xsT.1>
But the world will have to wait for
| larger knowledge Of our luminary
than we now have before man can
write about it in automatic terms
Even the spectroscope, which has in
creased our knowledge of the physi.
cal condition of the sun and the other
members of our system, has failed as
yet, as one Of the most astute astrono.
mers admits, to bring. us even to the
threshold Of the solution of these
| mysteries, p. '"' ~ 81 ['&-s g. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
Railway Regulation.
To the Editor of The Journal,

To the Editor of The Journal. #;-
I read with interest your editorial in
q recent issue on the subject of 1.-THE
Interstate Commerce Law and being in
daily contact with the transportation bust
ness, wish to approve the thought 5ex-
pressed and to heartily second the efforts
Of any one, or any association working for
a law that is just to both the shipping
public and the railways.
AS suggested in your article, the great
element of strength put into this inter-
state law by the 'Elkins amendment, was
powerful Of the railway corporations are
better able to control their small COM
petitors and prevent such small lines get
ting business by means Of open or secret
cut rates The railway interests appear
to have so hoodwinked congress as to have
caused the omission of every real ele-
ment Of control over the railways them
selves and instead to have succeeded in
amending the law for their more advan-
tageous and convenient taxing Of the pub
lic s. a r.. ~
OF course, there was a, wrong in the
secret cut-rate of the weaker lines, which
should have been righted, but it is GER
tainly a, greater wrong to correct that
evil by eliminating competition as has
been done, and yet provide for no effec-
tive review or adjustment Of extortionate
charges on the part of the transportation
companies In failing to provide a work
able means for reviewing and correcting
1.-The excessive and unreasonable charges
Of the railways, congress is clearly at fault
for conditions that are daily becoming
more and more unjust and burdensone to
the public
Railway companies are given special
privileges and advantages, not enjoyed by
any other class of corporations, by reason
of their peculiar service to the public
They are then capitalized for a great
many times the amount of money actually
invested and the public is taxed by means
!! of excessive freight rates, to pay diyi.
dends on this fictitious capitalization.
However, there is probably this excuse
for Mr.. Elkins and the other congressman
chiefly responsible for the Ell1ins amend
ments. They were no doubt more or less
deceived by certain large shipping inter.
ests who were and still are recipients O.
special favors or advantages at the hand.
of the railway companies, and those ship
/ ping interests.like some of the prominen
citizens in every community whenever
railway proposition is UP for considera
ton, are ever ready to sell out the public
4 for the secret favor that they themselves
can obtain by SO doing. 855 Il
\ What we very much need in the railwa,
business, as well as in city councils, stat
legislatures. congress and affairs general
ly. is more Of that sterling common sens
i that begets common decency and realize
i that a restful, instructive or worshipfu
4 Sabbath is better than a drivelling drun]
or an uproarious picnic; that there is NOR
in life than the mere accommodating o
money or the satisfying Of the animal pas
1 sions. Il. Y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
Watching the Automobile.

The chief of police says the auto
mobiles will have to go slower. The
chief has not spoken too soon, but
sequences which are reasonably GER
tain to follow the growing tendency
toward reckless driving Of autom obiles
on the streets Of Minneapolis.
Those who drive automobiles say
that the inclination to speed up grows
be satisfied with a moderate speed at
the outset he is soon dissatisfied if
he is not scorching. There have been
number Of very narrow escapes from
serious accidents in this city quite
recently, indicating that the drivers
are becoming less judicious and care
full than they were while the matter
of speed regulation was before the
legislature last winter.
T h e ] r n took the position
at that time that the best remedy for
reckless driving was not so much in
arbitrary speed regulation as in the
imposition Of sure and heavy penal
ties for damage done, and that Is still
doubtless, correct in principle. What
the chief of police will probably un-
dertake to do will be not to attempt
to regulate speed so much as to keeI
a sharp lookout and see that the driv-
ers who are responsible for any harm
done are brought before the court fol
punishment. Arbitrary speed regula.
lions are likely to be unreasonable anc
annoying, but swift punishment fol
INJURY done no one can complain of
It is also likely to be the most effective
inducement to the exercise of greater
care in driving. ...@ .ss..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14

We hear mighty little these days about
the big profits j. Pierpont Morgan is en-
titled to because of 1.-THE great services
his constructive genius has rendered to
American industry" A year ago there
were plenty Of men who contended that he
had really earned every cent Of the enor-
nous profits he made out of the formation
of the United States Steel corporation, on
the ground that in effecting that combina-
ton he had performed services of inestim-
able value to the entire country. Then
we heard much of the economies Of con-
centration, now We see little except the
moisture. 49, ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-14
ANTIQUITY OF LOOPING THE Loop

o.. success
There is nothing new under the sun.
That apparently up-to-date method of il
Illustrating centrifugal force known as
looping the loop was practiced, it seems
as long ago as the first half of the last
century. A French journal ascribes it's
invention to NJ Claviere of Havana At
first the car that did the looping bore
nothing but bags of sand, but soon pas
senger made the venture, and in 1850 the
sport was prominent feature of the per-
formance at the Paris. Hippodrome. APP
parently, however, 1t was reserved for
this country to throw the sport open to
the public, as was done at Coney Island,
and, later, to produce a performer daring
enough to make the trip on bicycle. In
spite of this long record, the feasibility of
the loop trip with a car running on rails
was denied several years ago in techni-
cal journal on the ground that the nee
essary initial speed could not be obtained.