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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
CHAPTER xxvI.


 N N the evening of the day which m saw our first recognition of W M this crime as the work of ve-
 ronica Moore the following no tice appeared in tine Star and all the other local journals
 "Any person who positively remem- bers passing through Waverley avenue between N and M streets on the even ing of May II at or near the hour of a quarter past will confer q favor on the detective force of the District by communicating the same to F. at the police headquarters in c street"
 I was "F.," and was soon deep in business But was readily able to ity, and as the persons who had really fulfilled the conditions expressed in my advertisement were few an evening and mornings work sufiiced to sift the whole matter down to the one man who could tell me just what I wanted to know. With this man went to the major, and as resnlt we all met later in the day at Mr. Moore's door.
 This gentleman looked startled enough when he saw the number and charac- ter of his visitors, but his grand air did not forsake him, and his welcome was both dignifed and cordial. But I did not like the way his eye rested on me. But the slight venom visible in 1t at that moment was nothing to what he afterward displayed when at slight growl from Rudge, who stood in an attitude of offense iR the doorway be- yond, drew the attention of all to the dog by saying sharply:
 There is our witness, sirs. There Is the dog who will not cross the street even when his master calls him, but crouches on the edge of the curb and waits with eager eyes but immovable body till that master comes back. Isn't that so, Mir Moore? Have not heard you utter more than one complaint in this regard?"
 ''I cannot deny it," was the stiff re ply, "but what"
 did not wait for him to finish.
 ''Mr Currean," asked, lis this the animal you passed between the hours of z and 8 on the evening of May Il, crouching in front of this house with his nose to the curbstoneT' Tt is; I noted him particularly; he seemed to be watching the opposite house"
 Instantly turned upon MT. Moore.
 ssIs Rudge the dog to do that" asked, If his master were not thers7 Twice have myself seen him in the aelfsame place and with the selfsame air of expectant attention, and both times you had crossed to the house which you acknowledge he will ap- proach no nearer than the curb on this side of the street"
 f "You have me" was the short reply with which MT. Moore gave up the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23

The week of our marriage came. I was mad with gayety and ecStatic with hope. Nothing had occurred to mar my prospects,. But God had his eye upon me and in the midst of my happi- ness and the hurry of our final prepa- Fations his bolt fell. It struck me while I was at the don't laugh; rather shud- der-at the dFessmaker's shop in Four teenth street was leaning over ta- bic, chatter1ng like magpie over the way wanted a gown trimmed, when my eye fell on scrap of newspaper in which something had come rolled to madame. 1t was torn at the edge, but on the bit lying under my eyes I saw my husbands name, William Pfeiffer, end that the paper was Denver one. There was but one William Pfeiffer in Denver-and he was my husband. And read feeling nothing. Then read again, and the world, my world, went from under my feet, for the man who had fallen dead in the camp at Nome was Wallace, Williams brother, and not William himself William had been left behind on the road by his more energetic brother, who had push cd on for succor through the worst storm and under the worst conditions possible even in that God forsaken re- zion. With the lost one in mind, the one word that Wallace uttered in sight of rescue was William. It was Wallace who had fallen dead, and while William might have perished also, and. doubtless had, had no certainty of 1t. And my wedding day was set for Thursday.
 Why didn't I tell Cora? Why didn't tell you? Pride held my tongue; be- sides, had had time to think before I saw either of you, and to reason bit and feel sure that If Wallace had been spent enough to fall dead on reaching the camp, William could never have survived on the open road; for Wal lace was the stronger of the two and the most hardy every way. Free I certainly was Some later paper would assure me of this. But for three nights did not sleep.
 s'The caprice which had led me to choose the old Moore house to be mar ried in led me to plan dressing there on my wedding morning. 1t was early
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
MT. currean

struggle. "Rudge, go back to your place. When you are wanted in the courtroom will let, you know"
 The smile with which he said this was sarcastic enough, but it was sar- casm directed mainly against himself We were not surprised when, after some sharp persuasion on the part of the major, he launched into the fol- lowing recital of his secret relation to what he called the last tragedy ever likely to occur in the Moore family.
 "I never thought 1t wrong to be cu- rious about the old place; I never thought it wrong to be curious about its mysteries. only considered it wrong, or at all events i'll judged, to annoy Veronica in regard to them, or to trouble her in any way about the means by which l might effect an en- trance into its walls. So 1 took the one that offered and said nothing.
 T have visited the old house many times during my sojourn in this little cottage. The last time was, as one of your number has so ably discovered, on the most memorable night in it's history; the one in which Mrs. Jeffrey's s remarkable death occurred there. The interest reused in me by the unex- pected recurrence of the old fatality at tending the library nearthstone reached it's continuation when I perceived one night the gltnt of a candle burning in the southwest chamber. l. did not know who was responsible for this light, but strongly suspected it to be MT. Jeffrey, for who else would dare to light candle ln this disused house without first seeing that all the shut ters were fast?
 T did not dislike MT. Jeferex: or nnaa-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23
We'll! WelII We'll! Here l Am Again

as I have not been driven from hom4 as yet, and if the good work keeps onI my chances are good for the winteE here. I am offering you the best goods on the market for the least money. carry the best four-coated enamel ward made. All imported Austrian ware and Swedish, also the American two and three coated ware, all first quail ty. I also carry seconds in gray, and tell you about it. All can offer you is from 20 to 40 per cent discount on anything I carry. Go get your prices and caM and see me.
 Certainly we carry leather cobblina sets and shoemakers' supplies, and 2 full line of Hardware.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-23

THE END.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
TWO COURTS
IN SESSION
Called this Morning by Judge McFie-
No Business Transacted on Ac-
count Of Labor Day.

The September term Of the United
States District court for the First Ju
dicial District was called this morning
at ten o'clock at the court house, Judge
John R. McFie presiding. The follow
ing court officers were present: w. b
Childers, United States attorney; A.
M. Bergere, clerk; Alexander Read, in.
,terpreter, and Deputy United States
Marshal w. r. Forbes. There was
also quite legal srray from Santa Fe
and surrounding cities. Nothing def
mite was done in the matter of empan-
cling the grand and petit jtlries on acl
count Of this being Labor Day
The September term OF the District
JCourt for Santa Fe County commenced
lhis forenoon ut the court house, AS
siociate Justice John r. McF,ie presid-
Ing. The following court officers were
also present: b. G. Abbott, district at
torney; A. M. Bergere, clerk; Samuel
s. Wrightsman, stenographer; Alexan-
der Read, interpreter, and H. G. kim
sci, sheriff. On account Of this being
aslegal holiday the grand and petit ju-
ries were not empaneled.
The work Of empaneling juries will
be taken up tomorrow morning at nine
o'clock.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
COMING TO
NEW, MEXICO
Several Citizens Of Springfield, Mis-
souri,. Induced to DO so Through
the Efforts Of the Bureau Of
immigration. %

The good work by the Bureau of I'm
migration in inducing immigrants and
capital to come to New Mexico is go.
ing on steadily and much in that line
is being accomplished. This fact is
evidenced bv letters from many per.
sons in>various sections of the country
to whom Bureau of immigration liter
ature has been sent and who were In.
duced by reading the bulletins and
pamphlets published by the Bureau OF
immigration tb turn towards this Ter.
ritory and become citizens. The fol.
lowing letter, received yesterday at the
Office of the Bureau of immigration is
a sample Of communications The let
ter reads:
Springfield, Mo-, Aug. 80, 1904!
The Secretary of Bureau OF Immigra,
tion, Santa Fe N M.
Dear Sir: Il am doing quite lot of
talking for New Mexico. My home
will be in New Mexico in about six
weeks and now have several parties
who are going with me the last Tues
day n September to visit Roswell, Al
amogordo, Captain, Carlsbad and sey-
eral other places. Mr.. J. D. Mill will
be one OF the party I told him to-
write you for printed matter, which he
has read. The printed matter you sent
me is all loaned out. am making
quite few converts. wish you would
send me one of the large maps Of New
Mexico and one more booklet Of Lin
coin, Otero and Chaves Counties. II
want the large map for explanation to
others. assure you that Lam putting
this literature In the hands OF people
who are interested. They are people
who are not satisfied with this eli
mate; etc. have sold out here and
will locate in New Mexico soon, and
will take several with me.
Yours truly,
G. HORTON HART.
p. ST. am professor of mineral.
ogy and graduate assayer and chem
lst. Was superintendent and assayer
Of the Lucky Guess Mine in Cripple
Creek for four wears.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
WILL END
| THIS WEEK
Strike Settlement Has Been
Agreed Upon by Labor
Leaders and Packers.
THEY REFUSE TO TALK
President DonnelIy and Packers Keep
Details Of Meeting to
Themselves.

Chicago Sept. 5.-Michael Killean,
president of the Livestock Handlers
union, Nicholas Gier, president of the
Packing Trades council, John Floersch,
secretary of the council and President
Donnellyi have had conference with
w. E. Skinner, of the Union Stock
Yards Transit Company. 1t was said
that possible peace terms in the stock
yards strike were talked Of After the
conference, however, Donnelly denied
that submission of the question Of
calling off the strikers had been def
nitely decided upon. President Dom
nelly and Thomas j. Connors of Ar
mour &. Co., held a conference last Sat-
urday night. Donnelly denies that
such meeting was held, but the pack
ers admit it. They decline, however,
to explain its Significance.
viii 30 Called OF.
Chicago, Sept. 5.-The Daily Trib-
une says today: "As a result of a CON
ference between the representatives of
the unions involved in the packing
house strike and the owners of the
packing plants, the end Of the long la
Dor strike is set for the middle of the
week. An understanding was arrived
at today by which the men will meet
today or tomorrow and vote on the
question Of calling of the strike Ac-
cording to the plans made they will be
instructed to cast ballots in affirma-
tion. Plans were made with secrecy
and care. They originated a week ago.
Fearing that the scheme would fail If
attempted in Chicago, it was determin-
bd to make the first move in New
York The ending Of the strike in the
eastern city by vote of the men on
Saturday was the first step. The set.
tlement there is the same as is now
proposed for Chicago" Following the
the chief points: The unions will call
off the strike. The packers will re-
employ as many strikers as they can
give work to and will give preference
to former workers in the future.
Wages will remain the same.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES
Believed That Pierson Was Murdered
and Body Thrown Into Shaft to
Cover Up Crime.

The remains of Charles Henry Pier.
son, a well known mining engineer,
who met his death at Bonito, q mining
camp, a few days ago, were brought
\ to Socorro on last Wednesday and an
inquest held. The inquest revealed
the following facts from William
Wells, the only witness, who testified
that he was working for Mr.. Pierson
on the Queen mine in the Oscurosj
and that on last Wednesday while theyl
were working at the mine, Pierson fell
into the shaft and was killed. Wells
said he got him out and brought the
body to Socorro, arriving with 1t on
Wednesday The body was buried on
the same day.
The next day, Mr.. Reader, Of Albu-
querque, a partner of Persons, went
to Socorro to investigate the circun-
stances surrounding his death. When
the unfortunate mans body was dis
covered it was reported that no money
was found on his person. This arous-
ed the suspicious Of Reader, who learn
ed from miner whom Pierson had
paid the day before his death, that
Pierson had considerable amount Of
money. 1t is also rumored that Pier
son was an important witness against
the Bratons who, 1t is alleged, killed q
sheep herder short time ago.
Many people who knew Pierson be-
I s1ieve that he met with foul play and
q thorough investigation is being made
to ascertain the facts, and il the man
was murdered. to bring the guilty par
ties to Justice
Piersen was born IN New York md
Mas about go years old He Was :
lnember of the q. =. r. and also be-
Houied to the knights q Pythias. He
No. veil known througtout 6he Ter
xitor1 as he had some extensive min
LIT lSt1rssts witch he had been work
a fofs : number Of years. 81
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
POLITICAL
POIN TIERS

Delegates to the Albuquerque Con.
vention will be selected at Santa Rosa
by the Republicans Of Leonard Wood
County on Thursday, September the
Sth. The county is entitled to 5 del.
egates.
The Valencia County Republicans
will hold convention to select Is del.
egates to the Albuquerque Convention
on Saturday, September 10 next. Each
precinct will be represented by two
delegates, and there will be So dele
gates. The call for the convention is
signed by Committeeman J. Franco
Chaves and Solomon Luna.
The chances are that three legisla-
tive and county tickets will be in the
field in San Miguel County in this cam
paign. Of course, there will be the reg
ular Republican ticket; real genuine
unterrified tiger skin Democratic tick
ct, and the Democratic Unionists or
the Union Democrats, or whatever
their name will be. The situation
promises to be right lively in that big
county this fall.
From Socorro comes the news that
Abran Abeyta, former county treasurer
and collector, claims that he is legal
chairman of the Republican County
Committee Of that county, .and that he
will hold convention to select dele,
gates to the Albuquerque Republican
Convention. 1t appears that in the
spring of this year the Republican
County Committee of that county was
reorganized by a great majority Of it's
members by the election of, Jose Y Tor
res as chairman in place of Abeyta, as
well as by the election Of another Sec
retary. 1t seems that the legal major
ity of the committee did this and that
since that time the committee of which
Torres is chairman has been duly rec
ognized and acted as such. Abeyta
says that if his delegation Is not given
seats in the Albuquerque Convention
he will run an independent ticket and
will fuse with the Democrats of So
corro County The regular Republi-
cans in that county believe they are
strong enough to Withstand Mr.. Abey-
ta's claim and assaults.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05

SUPREME COURT
Petition for Mandamus Of Caledonia
Coal Company vs. Santa Fe Pa
eific Railroad will be Heard
Again.

The Territorial Supreme Court at
it's sessions held Saturday afternoon
took the following action in the cases
cited below:
In the matter of the petition of tine
Caledonia Coal Company for writ of
mandamus upon the second district
court and the Judge thereof to assume
jurisdiction of its case against the San
ia Fe Pacific Railroad Company where
in Judge Parker had QnasAed sum
mons against the Santa re Pacific Rail
road Company which hal been served
upon E. p. Ripley the president, while
in Albuquerque enroute from San
Francisco to Chicago, the court below
holding that such service was not good
and conferred Jurisdiction, the re-
spondent company fled motion in
the supreme court to dismiss the Pc
tition on the grounds that this court
had no Jurisdiction to command the
court below how to act, while ii might
order it to act. And it appearing that
the court had already acted IN the
matter and refused to take jurisdic-
tion, this court sustained the order to
dismiss the petition, but with leave to
amend and the case will again come
up for argument on the 18th of Sep
tember.
In the case of petition for man
damus on the relation Of r.. c. Min
inlan and others directed to the dis
trict court, committed for contempt in
the district of Bernarillo County, by
which it was sought to have the SUI
preme court order the col-: below to
grant an appeal from its judgment con-
fining the petitioners for contempt ct
court, 1t was decided that it had no iur-
isdiction. as an appeal does not lie in
contempt proceedings and the petition
no session Of the U. 8. Land Commis-
for mandamus was dismissed.
The court adjourned until Monday.
September II, when It will meet again
IN this city for . two days session It
which. It is understood. opinions WIN
BE- handed down.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
JAPANESE GAIN.
DECIDED VICTORY
Field Marshal Oydma's Army Has
h Crossed the Tditse River and Is
in Close Pursuit of kuropdtkin's
Retredting Forces.

Oh HSnJlnS IOf B66leral Gays, WHlc1
time they think the Japanese will EN-
ploy in resting while Kuropatkin
collects bis ar1sy preparatory to push
, ing his troops northward. The re-
treat of Kuropatkin has evidently
thrown everything into confusion at
the front and the reports received are
meagre and incomplete. All classes of
population are awaiting with intense
eagerness receipt of the details of
the battle, and estimates and particl
ulars of the losses. Accounts of the
battle published here are very incom-
plete.
Japanese Shell Fire Terrible.
Yentai, Sept 5.-The Russians evac-
uated their positions around Lao Yang
during the night Of Sept. Sd, crossing
the Taitse River and burning the
bridges behind them. In the meantime
strong force was holding Gen. Ku-
roki back from Yentai. During the
combined attack on Liao Yang, which
commenced August S0th, by General
Oku attacking from the southeast and
General Nodzu from the southwest the
shell fire was terrific in one instance,
fifty-six shells bursting at one time
The Japanese made fine infantry at
tack. They succeeded in reaching the
Russian trenches, but were repulsed
with heavy losses. The japanese
shrapnel, as rule, burst too high On
the. whole the day went we'll for the
Russians. The Japanese were driven
from the villages along the railroad.
On August 31st, shelling commenced at
daylight from all sides but the Rus
sian infantry pressed forward. Late
that afternoon news came that Kuroki
was threatening the railroad at Yetsai
and the Russians commenced to retire,
enabling the Japanese to bringsup two
batteries and infilade the Russian
force along the railroad. On Septem.
ber 1st the Russians retreated from
their main position, which formed a
circle around the city while their
transport crossed the river. At two
o'clock the Japanese succeeded in plac-
ing two guns in position, and shelled
the railroad station, resulting in many
casualties. At the same time the Jap
anese infantry attacked the inner Rus
sian position, but were repulsed. In
the evening the Japanese brought up
the heavy guns and used shimose pow
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
GENERALLY
OBSERVED
Labor Day Treated as a Legal
Holiday in Many Parts Of
the Country.
LARGEST IN HISTORY
Parade at st. Louis Eclipsss Former
es...Exercises in Other
Cities.

st. Louis, No, Sept. 5.-The unior
labor in st. Louis and vicinity cele
brated Labor Day with two parades
the largest ever held here.
Generally Observed at New York.
New York, Sept. 5.-All business is
practically suspended today on ac
count of Labor Day. The parade was
headed by three thousand members OF
the Housesmiths' and Bridgemen's un-
ion. M
Immense Parade at Boston.
Boston, Mass Sept. 5.-Twenty-five
thousand men joined today in one of
the largest Labor Day parades ever
seen in this city Knights of Labor
bodies which had not been in parade
for seven years, participated today.
The day was observed in many other
New England cities.
Picnic at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Sept. 5.-Thomass E.
Watson, Populist candidate for presi-
dent of the United States, was the
principal speaker at the Labor Day
picnic here today Previous to- the
speech making, nearly ten thousand
working men passed in parade through
the down town streets.
Quietly Observed at Chicago.
Chicago, ILL.,, Sept 5.--The annual
holiday of labor was celebrated here
today by a parade and picnic. The
march, chief feature of the day in
previous years, was comparatively a
small affair. 1t was participated in
only by teamsters, workers IN building
and trades. butchers workmen and a
few other organizations.
Speechmaklng at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Pa. Sept. 5l--A large pa.
rade followed by speeches were fea-
tures Of the Labor Day celebration
here today Addresses were made BY
w II Leonard, Of the Western Fedora.
tion OF Miners, Of Colorado, and a
number Of prominent local leaders
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either Toxic or st. Petersburg, and the
absence of press reports of current
date from the battlefield renders the
situation of Kuropatkin's retreating
army somewhat obscure. st. Peters
burg reports unofficially that the army
is still falling back with some rear
guard fighting. One associated press
dispatch makes the significant state
ment that desultory fighting occurred
around Mukden Saturday last. The as
sociated Press correspondent sends a
private dispatch that the censor's
Office has been removed from Mukden
to Harbin, which would account for
the delay in the press dispatches. j,
Russians Closely Pursued.
st. Petersburg, Sept 5.AField Mar
shall Omaya's army has crossed the
Taitse river and is pursuing General
Kuropatkiil's forces.
No Termination Yet.
London, Sept. 5.-Careful inquiries
in official and diplomatic quarters here
today established the fact that no hope
prevails Of termination Of the war at
this moment as a result of victories
obtained by the Japanese at Lao
Yang. There has been no interchange
of official views by neutral European
governments. What discussion has oc-
Cured has been entirely personal and
has lead to no results. There Is no
thought Of Intervention, the Associat-
ed Press has learned; nor can there be
any mediation without the consent OF
both parties, and Russia, 1t is stated,
emphatically, does not find the mo-
ment opportune to accept the good Of
flces OF any power Japan, on the 9TH
er hand, is known to be less discomfort
ed with the present situation and
would be willing to enter upon peace
negotiations if Russia could be in
duced to do so,
May Go to the Front.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-A report
that the emperor will 60 to the front
was again received and seems to have
some foundation It is known that the
imperial train has been fitted out for a
long journey.
Ahandoned Many Guns.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 5. lit is report
ed here, but not vet confirmed, that
Kuropatkin was Obliged to abandon
II 80 ~ -
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-09-05
PITCHER STARR
is IMPROVING
Victim Of Stella Hen6erson's Bullets
Passed a Good Night and Is
Rapidly Gaining. !.
pecial to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Albuquerque, Sept 5.-The condition
of Pitcher Starr shows a gradual i'm
provement and the attending physician
believes that if there is no set back
his recovery will be rapid. The victim
of Stella Henderson's bullets passed n
good night. Miss Henderson is still
confined in the jail here.