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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
Rubicon Springs.

Rubicon Springs, one of the grea..
est health resorts about Lake Tahoe
is open for the season. The best of
accommodations can be had ami
guests carefully provided for. Best
fishing and hunting in the region
stage connections made at McKin.
neys. For information address Ms
Vada Clark Bryson.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
AHC/-

For Rent-A furnished house for Il
small family. Opposite State Printing Z
Office. Inquire of Mary &. Meyers or
at this office.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
Trib cures bruises and spraIns.

We are informed that $12 per ton
is being offered for baled hay on board
the cars at Wabuska by Tonopah and
Goldfield consumers. This is good. if
not better, than 81 per ton in the stack
to any farmer in this valley.-Lyon
County Times
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
Ice Ice.

Clean pure ice delivered at your
door every morning Craven's ice Is
always full weight and always clear.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
CARSON ASSAY OFFICE.

Assays and Analyses on ores of
every Description
Samples sent by mail promptly tested
Prices sent On Applica ton.
r. A. MERRlMAN,
Assayer and Analyst.
'. o. Box 4o3 Carson City.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
DR.. n. A. PARADiS,

Physician, Sergeon and Accouchlr.
Ex-Interne of the New York
Lying-in Hospital and MaSsachus-
etts General Hospital. Hours 2-f,
10. ONCE. The Jefferson Residen-
ce.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18

P. V. Terry, fireman on freight
train, fell from his enginne one mile
east of Clarks station at o'clock
Monday afternoon as the train was
crossing a bridge and his body fell in
to the Truckee river.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
ASSkYiNG.

J. G. COURT.
Assayer and MetaIuraist.
Careful and Prompt returns made on
Gold, Silver and lead ores. Leave
orders at the Arlington House or
at the Residence, fifth block west
of Railroad depot.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
For Sale.

On account of sickness and the nee
essity of leaving the city, l offer Ey
for sale. Apply at the prem
ses.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18

Henry Bath is prepared to do all
kinds Of wood saving and at the
most reasonable Of prices. SatisfacJ-
ion guaranteed. Call up phone 81
and tell him your troubles in the wood
line for he's the man that can remedy
them.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18

Lost-A Ladies watch and fob, some
where between the depot and Ray
crafts livery stable. Finder return TO
Jas. G. Sweeney and receive suitable
reward
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18
VIM, ]. Gree, nj. =.

Office anr E--.-1uce. one block from
Main street. Office hours -,
7-8.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18

JOHN WOOD I'm
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-11-18

For pasture call or address H. 9.
: o-ers. Occidental Land and Import
ing c. mcany. Fort Churchill, Lyon
ca"n'.'. a29
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06

shot Green"
The atldavits of Messrs. Bellinger
and Woodward are similar to that OF
Mr.. Calhoun. They were both near
Owens at the time and saw him fire
the shot. s- u
Following is Mr.. G. D. Bellinger's
endorsement of the petition for par
don:
"This is a peculiar case of the pun
ishment of a man for a crime he did
not commit because the real murderer
was a white man who kept secret his
otfense until on his deathbed, when
other white men Of position and un-
doubted veracity came forward and
corroborated the statement of the
guilty man, now dead.
"At the time Of the conviction |
had no doubt of the guilt Of the de-
fendant, Anderson NIX, q negro, who
was certainly engaged at the time of
the killing in reckless firing on the
streets. Now, however, knowing
well the character of the men making
aflidavits for the pardon and hearing
talk by othes who saw the town mar
shall, fire the fatal shot, | am con-
vinced beyond the shadow of a doubt
that Nix was not responsible for the
death Of the slain, and inasmuch as
he and Owens, the self-confessed muir
derer, were not acting in concert,
Nix is guilty neither in law nor NOR
ais. 1 therefore earnestly urge the
immediate pardon of defendant"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06
A RECENT PARDON.
How Ta-dy Justice At Last Came
to a Negro Convict.
A WHITE MANS CONFESSION.
= Remarkable Case Revealing Very
Peculiar Conditions With the
Scene Laid on the Public
Square at Barnwell.

The State says further facts were
obtained Tuesday from Mr.. G.. Dun
can Bellinger, who had just returned
from attending court at his old home
in Barnwell, in reference to the death
bed confession Of Town Marshal Dun
can Owens This confession resulted
a few days ago in the unconditional
pardon of Anderson Nix, who had
served nearly seven years of a life
term in the penitentiarY for killing
which the town marshal had done.
The story revealsa strange and almost
incomprehensible condition of con-
science on the part f the white man,
and an almost equa.iy curious sense of
justice on the part of five or six lead
ing white men of Barnwell.
1t was over three years between the
confession and the granting Of the
pardon. There was only one witness
to the confession, and he a negro,
sworn to secrecy. That tardy justice
ever came to the negro Nix was solely
due to the fact that the gist of the
secret leaked out and some Of the
white men who had seen Owens fire
the fatal shot corrohorated the truth
of it.
Owens confession portrays a curious
condition of conscience of his part,
which was sensitive enough never to
have know moments peace on ac-
count of the killing" but which was
too proud and selfish to yield bit OF
inexpensive justice to a fellow man
wllU was suffering punishment lor a
crime he himself had committed.
Rather than reflect upon the fact
that after he had been laiC in his
grave his neighborS would know that
it was he that had fired the fatal shot
and that he had allowed the innocent
negro to 20 to the penitentiary for his
crime, this town marshall, dying of
consumption, sought to solve his out
ragged conscience by making conIes-
sion but at the same time by swear
ing his confeSSor to secrecy attempted
to bottle up the last avenue through
which justice might come rn rhe
negro.
The white witnesses to the killing,
who remained silent at the trial which
resulted in NiX's conviction, which
near costing him his neck instead OF
his liberty for life, did not volunteer
what they knew until years after the
town marshall'S death. Even after
tile SECRET OF the confession leaked
out and several white men of influence
and reputation had cOrroborated it,
one white witness refused to give an
affidavit unle,~5 he was paid $50 for it.
Mr. Bellinger, who declines to give
the name of this man, on learning
unls IacU told the friends OF the negro
who were seeking the pardon that an
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06
Let Them Come.

Mr.. r. B. Cultra, of Illinois, is
visiting his son in Horny county. This
young man has established fruit
nurseries in that county and has been
most successful. According to dis
patch in the News and Courier: Mr..
R. B. Cultura >ays that conditions arc
ripe in Illinois fer emigration. The
older men wish their sons to get land
and 60 out on their own account.
Land sells there for 1925 and 5000 an
acre, aid cannot be bought at that
price. Consequently they must seek
other states, and a number have gone
to Arkansas and Mississippi" We
trust that our immigration bureau
will be able to induce some Of these
desirable immigrants to come to this
state.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06

affidavit from this man would have nc
weight whether paid for or voluntary,
and there is no affidavit from him
among the papers submitted with the
petition for pardon.
Nix is not altogether a martyr, j
said Mr.. Bellinger, who was the solicl-
tor that conducted the prosecution.
''There is no shadow of doubt even
now but that he was engaged in riot
Gus conduct, and conviction Of this
would have resulted in his getting
about six o. seven years. He admit
ed firing his weapon in the riot which
occurred on the public square when it
was full Of negroes who had come to
town on an excursion. With Smok-
ing revolver he ran into the arms OF
the negro Felix Thurman-to whom
Owens afterward confessed and who
was at the time acting as assistant
town marshall with Owens. The
friends of the negro have for several
years been trying to obtain a pardon,
but it has not been my custom to en-
dorse pardon petitions; still when the
news of this confession came to me
recently l unhesitatingly consented
to do all in my power to secure the
pardon, provided these alleged white
witnesses would corrobOrate Thur
mans statement so as to remove all
possibility of the governors being
imposed upon. Thurman had been
an emploYe of the town council down
there for a number Of years, and 1
knew him to be a reliable man, and l
therefore thought the account he gave
of the confession was very likely.
Green could hardly complain of
the fate that overlook him. AT the
time he was fleeing through that gate
he was turning back as be ran and
firing into the crowd On the square.
How he failed to miss all those
negroes is a mystery that will never
be explained"
Those from whom atlidayits were
submitted with the petition for par
don are: Mayor G. F. Calhoun, E..
w. Bellinger, Z. F. Woodward and
and the negro Felix Thurman.
In his affidavit Mayor =. E. Calhoun
says: "Deponent was standing at
what is known as 'Ryons corner on
Main street, talking to Duncan
Owens. When the firing began III
the public square in full view of depon-
ent and Owens, the latter started into
the public square by the gate leading
from the square to the Bank OF Barn
well, with ueponeut following him.
Just before Owens reached the gate
Jennings Green ran out Of it from the
square, and as he passed Owens
deponent saw Owens shoot him. and
at the firing of the pistol deponent
saw Green draw himself up as though
he had been hit, and after running a
few steps further, fell dying almost
instantly" 49,,
Felix Thurman's affidavit says: Il
knew Duncan Owens intimately, hay
ing frequently been OH the police
force of Barnwell with him: that
about three years ago said Owens
died OF con sumption. The evening
before he died Owens had 4 talk with
me about the killing Of Jennings
Green. lie said Nix was suffering
for the killing of Green, but was
innocent: that he (Owens did the
killing, and was suffering as much as
Nix could; that his life Was pro-
longed agony because of his having
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06
A Love Letter

Would not interest you if you're
looking for a guaranteed Salvc for
Sores, Burns or Piles. Otto Dodd, OF
Ponder, Mo-, writes: 81 suffered with
an ugly sore for a. year, but Il box of
BucElen's Arnica Salrc cured me. It's
the best Salvc on earth. 25c at j. G..
Wannamaker Mfg. Co. Drug Store.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06
Broke Into His House.

S. lie Quinn of Cavcndish. VT. was
robbed of his customary health by in
vasion of Chronic Constipation When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house, his trouble Was arrested and
and now he's entirely cured. They're
guaranteed to cure, 25c at j. G.
Wannamaker Mfg. Co. Drug Store.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1904-04-06
DrODpcli Dead.

Ben Williams, a well-to-do colored
man of Anderson county, 6+ years Of
age, died Tuesday under distressing
circumstances. His daughter, aged
-, had died of consumption. On the
way to her funeral the father dropped
dead Of heart disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
STOVES AND FILTERS
SCHOOLS PROVIDED WITH FACIL-
TILES FOR PURIFYING WATER.
Suggestion Of the Board Of Education
Approved by Commissioner West
Money Available.

In each public school of the District there
will be installed and ready for operation by
next Monday morning small gas stove
and a five-gallon filter for the purpose OF
sterilizng the drinking water to be used
by the $4,000 school children and the teach
ers of the Washington public schools. Ac-
ton looking toward the execution of this
plan was taken by Commissioner West this
morning, when, at the suggestion of the
board of education, made at It's meeting
last evening, he recommended that the sum
of 81 600 be drawn from the Districts emer-
gency fund for the purpose of providing
and installing these sterilizers, in order to
protect the school children and teachers
typhoid fever germs that may be lurking in
the Potomac river water.
The matter Of providing some means for
protecting the children and teachers of the
District public schools from typhoid fever
minds of the members of the board of edu-
cation and other District officials for sew
eral days, and It was realized that some
thing must be done Immediately. as the
schools open next Monday. The plan
adopted by the school authorities and APP
pated In The Star yesterday.
It is stated that difficulty Is anttcf-
pated In equipping all the schools with the
necessary apparatus by next Monday
morning The gas stoves, 1t is estimated,
will cost about 81 or 81 each, and
the filters to be used will cost approx
mately $3.50 each. No extra cost will be
occasfoned in the maintenance OF the appa-
ratus as the employees at the various build
ings, 1t Is stated, will be capable Of attend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
THE "JACKIES" AT HON E
DISTRICT NAVAL BATTALION
BRINGS PURITAN TO PORT.
Were Out at Sea Two Days-The
Cruise Along the Virginia
Cspes.

The District tackles" returned TO Wash
ington at o'clock yesterday afternoon, as
anticipated in The Star yesterday, bringing
with them the doable-turreted monitor, the
Puritan. which the Navy Department has
loaned to the District naval militia for a
training ship. The members Of the bat
TALON bore evidences of their cruise of ten
days along the Virginia capes in The Puri-
tan The tan was thick upon their faces,
necks and hands, and they otherwise show
ed the effects of navigating the ship from
the League Island navy yard. in Philadel-
phia, to the national capital.
A skeleton crew of officers and jackies of
the United States navy was aboard the
Puritan. and acted as instructors to the
District Naval Battalion, permitting the
militiamen to do the work connected with
navigating the ship
Shortly after the vessel arrived off the
wharf OF the District Naval Battalion. Gen.
George H. Harrjes, commanding he Dis
trict militia, visited the ship and was given
a salute of thirteen guns from the vessel S
four-pounders The Puritan will not he for
mally turned over to the District battalion
until next week but the members of the
battalion will continue to use the vessel as
a training ship in the meantime.
The District Naval Battalion in command
of Lieut.. Commander r. B. Brummatt.
boarded the Puritan In the League Island
navy yard the Sd of September, and two
days later started on the cruise along the
Virginia capes and up the lay and the
Potomac river. During the time at sea the
District jackies were put through all sorts
of sailors drills and they experienced many
Incidents of a seafaring life. Some of the
boys fell victims to ''mal de mer'' for sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
Pleads Guilty of Housebreak;ng

george cambridge. colored, twenty-three
years OF age. admitted his guilt In each Of
three charges Of HOUSEKEEPING when ar
ralgned in the Police Court today Judge
Mills. at the request of Assistant United
States Attorney Ralph Given, held Dam
bridge under an aggregate bond Of S., 900 to
await action by the grand jury.
cambridge, who was arrested by Detec-
tives Pratt and Peck and Policeman Green
of the fourth precinct yesterday afternoon,
is accused of entering the residence of
John d. Biddfs and stealing two revolvers
and three razors. From the residence Of
Charles E. Harris, it is alleged, he took a
gold watch, gold ring and a quantity of
clothing. A gold watch and some clothing
which disappeared recently from the home
of Charles NJ. Mansfield is also charged up
TO cambridge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13

There is no
handsOmer or
more complete
stock of furniture,
carpets and
draperies in
Washington
than YOU will find
here. 1t is not nee
essary that you
should be a Judge
of quality in buy
ing here, for
we personally
guarantee the
durability of
every article,
no matter what
the price. New
est styles in
Parlor, Bed Room
. and Dining Room
Furniture. ORA
peries in the
newest patterns
and colorings.
All Carpets
made, laid and
lined free of
cost. No charge
for waste
. occasioned in
matching figures.
PETER GROGAN,
9TH ST,
Between II and I SITS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
Ducks Becoming Plentiful.

Ducks have begun to make their appear
ance on the river in good numbers. They
are secure from harm, as the ducking sea-
son does not open for about two weeks.
Captain Tally Fawkes master OF the
steamer George Washington, on the Alex
andria and Washington ferry route, re-
ports having seen one large bunch of blue
wing ducks and two punches of widgeon
on the river near Shepherds landing yes
terday. In the bunch Of blue wings there
were fully 100 birds, and there were over
400 of the widgeons. Besides these Captain
Fawkes says there were several small docks
of from fifteen to twenty birds each scat
tered about the river. This is the first
appearance of ducks in any numbers on
the river this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
BUILDING STATISTICS
SHOWING FOR AUGUST REGARD
ED AS SATISFACTORY.
Washington Stands Tenth in Compare
Twenty-Th1ee Cities.
From the Construction News.

From the Construction News.
Building statistics for August make an
exceedingly satisfactory showing. In TWEEN
ty-three of the principal cities of the coun-
try, according to official report, permits
were taken out for the construction of
s,o72 buildings, aggresating total cost
Of $21,519, 227 against 62S4 buildings, in
volving a cost of s22,141 ,92S, an In
crease Of 1.7SS buildings and s2,377,-
zoe over the corresponding period a year
ago or 10 per cent. The fortunate condition
in the building trades becomes still more
emphatic when one takes into consideration
the fact that the month of July showed a
gain Of IS and June an increase of AZ per
cent as compared with the corresponding
mont rs year ago, which With the Increase
of IL per cent for August makes a phe-
nomenal record. Further than this, the
months Of July and August and well up into
Septe naber are usually exceedingly dull.
They are in the between period, too late to
begin building for fall renting and too early
for the spring season.
i remarkable circumstance in connection
with the totals for this year Is the fact
that out of the twentythree cities only four
show a decrease as compared with the
month year ago. These decreases are In
significant. with the exception OF the figures
for New York and The Bronx, where 5eri-
Gus labor troubles have prevailed-for some
time. During the month just closed per-
mits were taken out in New York and The
Bronx far buildings at an estimated cost OF
s6478,615 during the month just closed.
against S., S4s,350 for the corresponding
month year ago, decrease this year of
S231J735 or u per cent. Allegheny shows
a decrease of 8 per cent, Buffalo and
Washington 3. The increases are pretty
evenly distributed, Denver showinB marked
trnproveme at the gain being 1893 per cent,
Memoirs 40, Cincinnati 10, Louisville Ill,
Milwaukee 100, st. Louis 100 and Seattle
96.
The figures in detail as follows:
The Figures in Detail
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eral days at time, but the ma jority of the
battalion stood up straight to their work
and were able to dispose effectively of three
meals each day.
Lieut.. Commander Colwen in Command
Lieut. Commander Colwell, U. s. N, was
in command of the ship, with Lieut.. Com
mander Gill, the executive officer: Lieut..
Price, also of the navy, was the navigator.
The other regular officers In charge of the
vessel were Ensign Renshaw, paymaster,
and Midshfpnlan Walker. The guardsmen
crew was divided into divisions; the powder
division, commanded by Lieut.. Dempf; the
first division, commanded by Lieut. Gle
plane, assisted by Ensign Burt; the second
commanded by Lieut.. Carmody, assisted by
Ensign Kelly; the third, commanded by En-
sign Jones. assisted by Ensign Sigourney,
and the engineer division, in command of
Lieut.. Lantz, assisted by Lieut.. Chase and
Ensign HILL Lieut.. Sidney Bieber, pay
master of the District naval battalion, was
also aboard the Puritan during the cruise
and had charge of matters relating to his
department, assisted by Pay Clerk Geo.
Howe and Yoeman Simons.
Two Days at Sea.
For two days during the voyage to Wash
ington the Puritan was at sea, out of
sight of land, and the members of the
District battalion experienced long swells
and choppy seas such as they had never
encountered when cruising on the old Fern
in the Potomac or in Chesapeake bay. At
Newport News, it is stated, the District
jaclxies broke a record of the navy by the
fapidity with which they coaled the ship.
They put on board ninety-seven tons of fuel
in one hour and a half and an additional
fifty-t three tons in thirty-six minutes. BY
the time this feat was accomplished every
man jack of them was black as night from
his head to his feet and there was gen.
eral washup. Some of the men had never
pushed anything harder than clerks pen,
and pushing baskets of coal into the bunk
ers was new job, not altogether relished
The men were exhausted when the coaling
had been accomplished.
The officers and men of the District bat
talon declare that they have profitted more
by hte recent cruise than by any previous
voyage in the history of the District naval
militia Every one of the battalion is de-
lighted with the new monitor and they are
enthusiastic over the opportunity afforder
to become real sailors on vessel of
which any salt might well be proud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
Totals. 8, o7a s24 SIS, 227 e.2s4 So .141 ,92s
Conditions Favorable.

It will De observed that the conditions
continue favorable throughout the entire
country and there is little reason to doubt
that the next few months will show gain
eoually rs great. In the experience of men
qualified to speak 1t is the shifting charac-
ter of building that maintains the high
totals. One year It is one class of construc-
ton, the next another and so on. When 1t
Is not warehouses and factories 1t is resi-
dences and apartments, and when the de-
mand for this class of construction is sup
piled public works fill the gap. Present
conditions are good and the future looks
encouraging from every standpoint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-13
Sharon Strike Settled.

SHARON, Pa. September 13.-The strike
of the wire drawers at the American Steel
and Wire Company's plant has been set
tied and the men returned to work today.
conference was held between the strik-
ers and the company and concessions were
made on both sides. The men accepted the
reduction, but were allowed extra help,
which will increase the tonnage and make
their wages almost equal to what they
were before the cut.
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ing to the boiling of the drinking water to

puIIIS.
The officials of the District are anxious
that no child shall contract typhoid fever
on account of the negligence of the school
and District authorities, and In view of the
prevalence OF typhoid In the District at this
time 1t was considered necessary that
prompt steps be taken to provide as great
protection FOR the health of the children
and teachers as was considered pra ctjca HE