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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

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Supreme Court of the United States.
Chief Justice-Melvil1e w. Fuller
Associate Justices-John NJ. Harlan.
David J. Brewer, Henry P. Brown, Ed
ward D. White, Rufus w. Peckham,
Joseph McKenna, Homer Day, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na-
than Gof and Jeter c. Pritchard.
United States District Judges-John
]. Jackson and Benjamin F. Keller.
United States District courts-The
Northern District.
Judge-John J. Jackson.
Clerk-Jasper Y. Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard.
Assistant District Attorney-E. NJ.
Showalter.
U. S. Observation-Disclosures D. Elliott.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

Fifteen day excursion tickets, to be
sold daily at rate of s1s.75, round trip
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

Z. B.HENDERs0Nsss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

no HE WorId's Fair, Very Low Rates
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

Various forms of excursion tickets
90 St Louis via Baltimore & Ohio
RaI1road, now on sale from Fairmont
ias follows:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

Chapter fifteen is one Of the most
important acts and provides for the re-
assessment of all the lands of the
State in 1905, Upon which the tax
1eyies of 1906 will Ii laid. No other.
assessment of real estate is provided
for until the year 1909. The as
sessment must be completed and
the books fled on or before August l..
The State Tax Commissioner appoints
one commissioner from each county.
Assistants may be appointed If ap-
proved by the Board of Public Works.
All real estate must be assessed at Its
true value. The law makes the county
court a board of equalization IN each
county, and the State Board of Public
Works acts as a final board of equal
ization. 1t is the most complete sys-
tenn yet devised for securing an accu-
rate assessment of the real estate
property of this State. The Tax Com
missioner supervtses the commissions
ers' work, heretofore done with little
or no system. This one assessment
holds until 1909, when the work Of as
sessing real estate will betdone by the
regularly elected county assessor.
Prohibiting Expenditures.
Chapter sixteen forbids the unau-
expenditure Of public moneys
by any officer Of State. by anyScounty$|
court or board Of education; prohibits
them from making NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lie improvements, creating thereby q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-10

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

There Is this much to be said about
an the talk we hear of Che neom-
rlete state Of the ST. Louis fair. IL
anv man. in q reasonable time. can see
I'm there IS TO see on the fair grounds
az thay ere today. he Riil have right
TO come home and complain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
a - - eLEmEmcY

N A NARROW CELL iu the state
peultentiary, practically friendless
ana alone, is a man who IS sentenced
10 die one week from next Fridsy for
the crime Of murder. The man is
Charles Botha. simple German who
once lived happily with his wife in
a cabin in Grand county. He is to die
for killing the man who destroyed his
happiness Boiha also killed his wife.
but he says that was an accident
and there is evidence To support his
statement.
after an Investigation of the Botha
case The Herald has come 20 the con-
clusion that the man does not deserve
e. die We have come to the oonclu-
sion that if he had been properly de-
Tended, If his attorney had been zeal
GUS enough TO take a change of venue
&c another county. BOtha would not
have been found guilty of murder in
the first degree. Many a man who
has fred under far less provocation
has gone scot free
Botha. without money, without
friends, killed a comparatively wealthy
man. Tibbetts. Tibbetts, according to
the records in the case, deliberately
plotted the destruction of Botha's hap
piBess. Botha stood more than ninety
nine men out OF a hundred would have
stood. He believed in his wife until
it was no longer possible for him to
believe I'm her, and, when he found her
established I'M Tibbatts' home, he killed
both man and woman.
II Tibbetts. under such provocation,
had killed Botha. does any sane man
believe he would have been punished
For our own part We hardly believe
he would have been compelled 10 50
through the formaIity of a trial. Un-
Ger the law Of Utah a jury If he had
been tried. would have said, as other
juries i'm this state have so often said
that he had the right to STAY the des-
( poler of his nome.
After killing Tibbetts and AIRS 30
/ tia. Botha did not act like man whe
has committed CoId-blOoded. deliberate
brutal murders. He had ample op-
I portunity TO make ms escape MS
wife was dead, his enemy was dead
he had no property or other interests
/ to hold him. But he did not pun away
Instead. he mounted "a horse and rode
/ zoo miles i'm order to give himself III
I to officers Of the law.
The trial that followed was a farce
as far as the presentation of Botha's
I side of the case was concerned. He
+ WIS defended by a young lawyer whC
+ had only half an hour I'm which &,
make his preparations; he had no wit
/ uesses, no defense whatever worthy o.
/ the name. Now he is asking the state
beard Of pardons to at least commute
/ his sentence to life Imprisonment
We believe the plea should be re-
( ceived with favor. Botha should moi
/ DE made to pay the extreme penalty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

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Law to Become q Science again.
.The practice OF 9aw win be a science
once more, some day said we'll
known salt Lake attorney once
moreg'' Eyes" "Isn't I'D a science
now?'' cit is not. In explain. sixty
or seventy years ago, say, lawyer ana
a judge had TO rely on his Judlclal
knowledge ana his Judgment. There
were few decisions and cases We're
tried on their merits. Now there are
cases by hundreds thar may be cited
digests without numbers decisions In-
Vulnerable. In the old days when
lawyer raised a point he had 10 prove
the merit OF his contention 10 the saris-
faction Of the judge. Now, anybody
who has been to a law school on read q
little law in some office can 60 into
court to try a case He looks through
some digest and hnds case where the
facts are similar to those in MS own
case and a ruling made iu favor OF ms
contention. He goes into court, makes
his motion and springs this decision.
Say the case is being tried here in SAT-
Lake. The lawyer digs up a similar
ease out Of some Indiana report for IN
stance. and cites the decision. Where
do you find that| inquiries the judge.
The lawyer tells him, name the trial
Judge and shows where II was aHlrmed
BIZ the Indiana supreme court. InaI
appears to bear you OUT remarks the
Judge. If the attorney On the OTTER
side can find some case with similar
facts where the decision is the other
way--n0thing uuusual-he springs his
citati0ni otherwise, he can only argue
against 1t, and nine times out OF ten
the judge win rule the way Of the
decision The first lawyer offers. Now,
mind, his decision may not be good
law, 700 often IL Is not but it's In the
book and the average judge VIII ac-
cept it without question. lie doesn
know the judge who made the ruling,
doesn't know whether the judge is a
competent man or not, but It's there
in the book and he swallows it, good
law or bad It's getting so clear
legal mind is of little use to a lawyer.
What he needs is a big library and a
sharp clerk to dig up decisions for him.
TIE cOndlUOu IS getting worse each
year with the additional decisions that
come down day by day all over the
country. Too often the judge never
stops 10 ask. Is this good IaWH as ne
should DO For this reason L am GER
/ tain the practice of law viii some day
/ get back TO where it was a couple OF
4 generations ago. Tt VIII again get back
f on q basis where lawyers and judges
( Tills take the statutes and determine
from them whether a proposition IS
Z Boou law OF Aot ana VIA not rely on
/ pTecedents established By some uu-
+ known and perhaps forgotten judge
I two thousand miles away, without tax
/ ing the merits of the point into cOnsid-
Grafton. I loQk for a time TO come
/ VIXEN all this mass of legal rubbish
/ that fills every law office viii be dis
/ carded entirely by courts and attOr
neys. and judges viii again make theil
( points and rulings according 10 the
] rules d nFrrmaFrna
+ stead of depending on the dictum OF
/ some court of which they know nothing
/ more than the fact that its decisions
I have got into print"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
BRIGHAM YOUNG.


TTAH TODAY WILL HONOR the
y anniversary Of the birth OF a pio-
neen Of pioneers, a man whose brains
aud energy and perseverance and
faith made possible the reclamation of
desert place. Brigham Yeung. sec
oHd president Of the Mormon church,
las won in the history OF this cOun-
try a place he win hold for an time.
Tia The hearts OF his people he holds
a niche from which no power can dis
lodge him.
Members OF the Mormon church be-
l'eve Brigham Young was inspired by
God. They think ne received counsel
direct from the Almighty, and acting
under that counsel. he led his people
across the wilderness to build up a
new Zion. i'm the light of his achieve
ments the man IS bold. indeed, who
asserts with positiveness that Brigham
Young was not Inspired. he may not
have been. but If he was not he pos
eessed a talent a shrawd farsighted-
rass. a grasp of detail ana a power
TO lead that few men of any age have
possessed.
We are told that when Brigham
Young. at the head of the first com
pany Of pioneers. entered the Salt lake
valley and proclaimed it to be the
promised land, his followers were sore
ly disappointed. The valley looked
anything but promising. Except where
the narrow Waterc0urses made their
way across the unyielding soil into
the Great salt lake the vegetation was
sparse 10 the point Of barreuuess. Tt
seemed impossible Tor the faith Of any
man TO be strong enough to impeI the
belief that I'm such a place homes could
DE built and maintained. a living
Wrested from the earth.
But Brigham Young was so strong
iH the faith that he was able TO in-
sim his beliefs into others; ne was
able to implant i'm their breasts au
abiding trust in his ability to perform
a seeming miracle. 1T must be a
source OF deep grauhcation Co his fol-
lowers TO know that Brigham Young
lived TO see his prophecies fulfilled. his
predictions verified. He lived 10 see
the new Zion grow and prosper and
flourish, and when he laid down his
work he knew that upon the founda-
ton me had laid would grow up a giant
structure.
Brigham 4oung was human. He had
his faults Some OF us believe he had
many faults. but that he possessed q
iaIge measure of genius none familiar
with his career win deny.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

visiting friends ia the city for q few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. II. p. cary and family
expect to leave shortly for the east 20
make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. G. =. Loose Of Provo
have returned from California where
Airs Loose spent the winter.
Mrs. John z. Hurst OF ogden VIII
be in the city today So be the guest ot
her sister, Mrs NJ. A. Breeden-
Mrs James r. F'orsythe has gone 70
Portland. Ore. where she HiH spend
some time visiting friends
Miss Elizabeth Clarahan win arrive
shortly from Seattle 10 spend the sum-
mer with salt Lake friends.
Miss Nellie Powers is expected short
ly from the northwest to visit her sis
ter, Miss Eta Powers
Miss ora AFcDerm0tt gave an eighth
grade party Saturday evening at the
home of her parents, ar and Mrs. VIE
liam McDeFm0tt. The home was decG-
rated for the occasion, the dining room
being done in red and green. The bah
room was adorned with pOtted plants
and palms, where the guests dances for
two hours Refreshments were served.
Mrs. A. H Tarbet Miss Hester Lavetle
and Mrs. George Reed assisted in en-
PERTAINING the young people Those
present were Leigh Whittemore, Jane
Wilson, AdelIa Pitts Glenora and
Esther Drummerhausen and Mary Hat
loran. Masters Albert Bower, Merton
Read. Marve Van Colt Robert Bell
mere Wallace Wolf, George Lindsey,
Archie Cohn and Alvadus Mayne
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
mUsT FuRHlsH EVIDENCE.

A BULLETIN SENT OUT by the Ma
a tiouaI Livestock association calls
the attention of livestock owners to
the quiet. the extremely quiet. iuvesti-
cation now being conducted by Score
tary Of Commerce and Labor C0rtaI-
SOU into the affairs Of the meat trust
The bulletin suggests that all owners
Of livestock who have evidence of any
character against the trust should send
10 at once 20 Secretary C0rteIyou. to
De used by him as he may see 1T. If
the stocimen generally win adopt this
suggestion ar Cortelyous invesdga-
tiou viii be thorough ia spite of him.
SELF
ID has net seemed 10 many people
that the secretary was in earnest iu
tais matter Ills opening statement
that the proceedings ErouId be conduct
ed without publicity was calculated to
throw @ cloud of suspicion about the
investigation. Some work may have
been done durins the weeks since the
Inquiry was ordered by congress. but
the public has had no Information
whatever OLA The subject. III the stock
laeu do not beslir themselves it IS safe
10 assume that in tbae report favor
able t1 the trust viii De made.
And II The stocEmeh do not bestir
themselves they VIII have no right 60
blame Secretary C0rteIyou or anybody
else. they are most vitality Interested
ia breakug uD oae meat trust The
pubIc has a Isrge interest. true. bur
where individual citizens are muleted
OF d feW dollars each 3v The trust. own
ers Of liEestoek Rose hundreds ef dol
Jars Thay lose because the trust die
tates the prices it wiH pay for cattle
and other livestock, and those prices
are always the lowest the seller win
take
A competent authority. "A man Who
has sreat an OF hls life in the live
stock business. said to The Herald not
long ago that no mau can remain con-
tn6ously iu tha industry " raising
and marketing cattle and sheep and
boss and remain solvent for amy con-
siderable period. This because the trust
has put prices down to such p0iut
that the Industry is no longer profit
isle AT the same time the prices Of
dressed meats have been put uD to
the last notch the consumer can stand
III therefore. tie livestock men are
alive So their 0Uu interests they win
further the Cortelyou investigation Ia
every possible way. They cannot az
fsrd to be afraid ~ trust threats or 90
he tempted and cajoled bg trust prom
fses. they have the evidence and they
must supply &c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
valve OF FIRE pRILLs.

G ONE DAYS AGO in an old fash
- Toned school building ia New York
Cig-a building that, by some ancient
architectural freak. contained steep
stairpays and winding Passages IRE
broke out. A signal was given by the
principal. Within less than twenty
minutes every child had left the build
ing. The value Of the fire driH had
been tested again and found to ring
true. Not long after the children had
walked out I'm safety and order the
roof of the building fen in.
1t IS not too much TO say that if
those children had not been thorough
ly trained iu the fire drill consider
able loss of life would have resulted.
AT various times during the last school
year the value Of the FIRE drill was
discussed by salt Lake educators. An
investigation disclosed the fact that
the drill was not mandatory but was
entirely optional with the principals
Of the various buildings. A triAing
FIRE in one Of the west side buildings
where the. drill was I'm use disclosed
its necessity and the practice is now
common one I'm this city.
II should be a common one every
where. The argument that the drill
excites children unnecessarily is not
enough of an argument to warrant the
disc0ntiHuance of the exercise. 1t is
far better To disturb classes two or
three times a week. or even oftener,
than to run the risk of a panic i'm
the face of fire. Children can be
readily taught to move quickly and
quietly out OF a building, and unless
they are So Taught they are not safe
ina ans structure used for school pur-
poses. for all such structures, given a
fair start. wiH burn.
Schools generally are closed or clos
ing now for the summer vacation, but
there is 30 reason why the safety of
children should not be considered now.
The time Of peace IS the time i'm which
The wise man prepares for war. when
The schools reopen next fan the fire
drills must be resumed and the prac-
tee must DE continued until there IS
no doubt that the weakest. smallest
child win be able to set away from
the IRE danger I'm time TO save its
l1e
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

Jast by way OF showing their con-
tempt for the Russians the Japanese
announce that they expect Port ar
thur 20 fsH about june 20 That's like
the captain Of a football team telling
his signals 10 the other side and then
eeirg rfeht ahead with his plays.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
SOCIETY
$500 E'E4S'F ~ 49, sslF4sE EF4s = !

AIRS. HeDer III. Wells and airs. David
j. Hampstead have issued invitations
for tea complimentary to hrs. Leroy
DinWOodey and Mrs. Frank Jennings.
TO be given Saturday, June H. The
tea viii be given at the Wells home on
First street. The hours are from 4
to 6.
The largest event in some weeks I'm
the social world viii be the tea this
afternoon at the sherman home in
honor Of Mrs. William Gibson Sharp,
Mrs. Thomas B. Davis and Mrs. Roy
Mckay,
Mrs. Arthur Bird entertaius at a
luncheon today for airs. Roy Mckay.
Mr.. and Mrs briggs OF ogden are
in the city visiting az the Short home
on Eighth East street.
Miss Angelina H0lbrOok left yester-
day for her home in Provo to spend
the SUMMER with her parents
DR.. and Mrs. f. s. Bsscom viii en-
terrain the Bridge club at their home
this evening I'M honor OF MIS-. William
O.. Sharp and Mrs. Thomas j.. Davis of
New York.
Miss Florence Grant goes to ogden
today to spend few days with friends.
Miss Louise Lams0n win entertain at
an informal lawn party Friday evening
al her home on sixth East street.
Mrs. n. D. Cieaver win entertain at
a euchre party on the afternoon of
June 90,
Miss Bessie Pike and Miss 2sra sny-
der have spent the past few days in
ogden with DR. and Mrs. IL. " Withee.
elmer T. Jones was the host yester~
day at q luncheon given at the Uni-
versity club i'm honor of Eugene ii.
Satterlee The main dining room at
the club was used and long table was
decorated with peonies of deep red.
The men invited 10 meet Alr. Strom-
berg were Senator Thomas keaFns-
Perry s. Heath. J. II. HOung, =. v.
Shelp. IL. b. Critchl0w, S. r. Fenton
George u. OdeH q. c. Weber, ". III.
Buckingham and 4'rauk Knox.
Mr. and Mrs. J. ~. Stevens OF AZ
East Second South street have am
u0unced the engagement OF their
daughter. Marguerite, 10 Ralph Rie-
( ben. The wedding wln take place al
the home of the bride GA the evening
Of June q
Mrs George Sutherland and daugh-
F ter, Edith, left yesterday for New
York, whence they win san a week
from tomorrow fer London They viii
spend the entire summer on the con-
tinent, returning ia October.
A new tennis clue IS being organized
al Fort Douglas, and ii is likely that
the cid court near the Officers club viii
be put in shape for the summer sport.
Nearly au The 6lhceFs' families have
; signidad a Willingness o. join.
Miss Annie Pike of Eureka s. visiting
friends in Provo.
! SIR. END Mrs. John Beck Of Provo are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

Perhaps that new spot on the moon
a sign placed there by some enter
sing advertiser.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01
DHsDepsia TabIets.

PERHAPS that new spot on the moon
is a sign placed there by some enter
prising advertiser.
Probably nothing would please China
more than to hold the conquered ter
ritOry. but the problem OF holding ter
ritory is the one that perpleXes the
Chinks more than amy other just at
present
it is not believed there viii be much
blOOdshed in Cache county today. even
though Utah's congressional delegation
viii be present in a body.
The throngs that go to the resorts,
races and bah games on Decoration
day ought TO show the @. A. r. vet
Grams their services are not forgotten.
Many people are curious to know
what Judge Parker ever did 90 Cleve-
land.
Some Of those. Cossacks who got
within a days march of Seoul may be
able TO tell their grandchildren that
they missed trip to Japan by a mar
row margin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

Mr. and Mrs. ]. ". Stevens of ~
East Second South street have am
u0uuced the engagement OF their
daughter. Marguerite, TO Ralph Rie-
ben. The wedding Wln take place al
the home ~ the bride GA the evening
Of Luna -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

The announcement that senators
Kearas and smoet gre TO attend the
bis cache county celebration today
does not necessarily make the anan
. sporting event. IL IS distinctly un-
dsrstood fhat our senators are - be
kept apart
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-01

II you were catching for baseball
nine and were in your proper position
ana rival player came tearing at you
ANA bumped into you in such a way
as 10 cut yon with his spikes. and il
SOU had a bail in your hand Wouldn't
You hit him VITA itz If you wouldn't
sou are hardly human That's why
$50 DON'T blame the redoubtable ".
Hansen. catcher for the salt Lake
team. for his part in a recent perform
auea Oh the Spokane diamond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-16

a description of the Garden of Eden
has to do with Jackson county, Mo-,
but nevertheless the article still goes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-16
FOLLOW EXAMPLE OF TOPEKA.
Peter Sells Says Exposition Should Be
Advertised Like Kansas Fair.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
Colonel Peter Sells, the circus man,
was in the city Saturday and spent the
day at the Worlds fair. This season
the circus, of which the Sells brothers
are proprietors, has been travelling in
the east, in order, Colonel Sells de-
clares, to keep out of the way of the
fair. 1t is touring New York state
this month, and will not come west at
all. In speaking of the fair, Colonel
Sells said:
1T is a wonderful show. / did not
go into the buildings yesterday. but
took in the grounds generally. I ex-
pect to come down in September and
spend a week or ten days. Yesterday
was my first glimpse of it, and 1 was
surprised at it's magnitude. What it
needs is more advertising in the east.
The best features of the fair should be
shown in coIors all over the United
States. With the newspaper advertis-
ing it is getting the attendance could
easily be increased 100 per cent.
I'm advertising our circus we have
always spent from 40 to SO per cent
of the gross receipts, and we have
found that it pays. 1 know something
about advertising fairs, too, having
had experience with my brother in
booming the Kansas state fair at To-
peka several years ago. We did it up
right, and the attendance one day was
10000 You can't advertise a big
thing like this too much