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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
THEY CANNOT Take MY SOUL
Says Leazer When He Heard His
Death Warrant = Sheriff
HardY's Unpleas-
ant Duty.

Exactly at ii 10 a. m. today the
death warrant of William Leazer wa;
read to the condemned man. The so.
lemnity of the occasion impressed itself
on all present and there were not a
few moist eyes and bowed heads dur
ing the ceremony.
The death warrant of William Lea
zer was signed by the Governor and
Secretary of State on May Is and il is
unusual to defer the reading until
twelve days later, but for obvious rea.
sons this was done. Sheriff Samuel
b. Hardy, of Anne Arundel county,
arrived at the Jail shortly after / ]
O'Clock and with Deputy Sheriff N.
w. Bryan and Warden Robert II.
Thomas, proceeded to the upper tier
of cells at the Jail where LeaZer is
coufined in murderer's cell, No. 1.
Leazer's cell was unlocked by Day
Watch Milton Davis and the condemn
cd man was brought out.
Sheriff Hardy said he had an un-
pleasant duty TO perform, and at this
juncture Leazer turned pale and his
lips quivered. The Sheriff then pro-
ceeded to read the official death war
rant signed and sealed by the Cover
nor. As the Sheriff came to the
words "before the hour of 2 O'Clock,
July 2l, the said William Leazer shall
hang by the neck until he be dead, -
Leazer olasped his hands and turned
his gaze heavenward. He was visibly
affected.
At the reading of the death warrant
those who were present besides the
Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and Warden
are Messrs Enoch Downs, Frank A.
Ridout, Frank Stockett, president OF
the board of supervisors, Asa Linthi.
cum, Adam Shipley, Thomas j. Jack.
son. William Jeffrey, William Lewis,
Charles Lewis, George Hyde, Edward
Nutwell, Night Watchman IL. II.
Lewis, Magistrate of the Fifth Dis.
trict Henry Himburg, before whom
Leazer had the first hearing, Day
Death Watchman George Taylor and q
representative of the Capital.
After the reading of the death war.
rant Leazer was led back TO his cell.
The condemned man said Il thank
God my soul cannot be taken. This
life can be taken, but my soul cannot
be taken. am glad to know it and
/ live for it. F." Sheriff Hardy told the
condemned man he would be granted
all privileges within reason during
the time lett for him to live. The
Sheriff admonished Leazer to prepare
for the future, beyond. and to call
upon and put his dependence in a
higher power.
Leazer told the Sheriff he has a good
appetite, sleeps we'll and receives good
treatment ct the Jail by the warden
and others. Leazer has wife and
two children, one, a girl of five years
and one boy of two years. His wife
has been to see him once and remain
ed an hour. She and the children
will be permitted to see him often
between now and the date of exeeu-
tion. Leazer was convicted at the
April term of Court of the murder of
Patrolman George M. Mcnamara, at
Curtis Bay. in the Fifth district. He
subsequently confessed to the crime.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
TO Prohibit Gambling

1t is very probable that Mayor Jones
will put stop to the use of gamb-
ling devices at the carnival. 1t has
been called to his attention by several
that they are permitted to be oper-
atei and he will instruct the police
to arrest any person found operating
gambling device of any nature
Counsellor Riley expressed himself as
of the opinion that they should be
stopi ed and so stated to the Mayor
this morning. 1t lis claimed by some
that church fairs make use of the
wheel of fortune to add TO their in
come, but Mr. Riley is of the opinion
they are not justified in so doing.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
Graduate Of N. c. of p.

Mr. Joseph Franklin Arth, formerly
a resident of this city, but now re-
siding at Washington. ID O, has the
honor of graduating from the National
College of Pharmacy of that city with
the highest degree OF a class of
thirteen, Mr. Arth is the only graduate
of the District of Columbia, the rest of
the young men coming from their re-
spective Estates DIR Arth is q very
bright young man, being popular both
in this city and in Washington, ID q,
his pi esent home
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
ohiect TO Admission Zee.

While the attendance at the fire.
mems carnival ON Duke of Gloucester
street broke all records last night, yet
there were many people who. object
ing to the price of admission, turned
away and refused TO patronize it.
Crowds retreating their footsteps were
heard to say they would not pay ten
cents to enter the carnival grounds.
More money, however, was realized
last night than on the first night at
last years carnival. u
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
Closed Tight

All of the county and state offices
were closed today on account OF 1t be-
ing Decoration Day. Flags were fly
ing at half-mast in all parts OF the
city and practically all of the stores
closed at noon if not earlier. The
school was kept open aud practically
all Of the county schools held sessions.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
serenade Followed By Dance

Festivities at Carvel Hall last night
ended with dance. In the early even
ing from 80 TO 8 O'Clock there was
a band concert for the board of visit
ors. The Naval Academy band dis
coursed sweet music to the enjoyment
of a large crowd both inside and out
side the hotel. After the concert a
portion of the band were dismissed
aud a portion remained for a dance,
which was held in the large reception
hall of the popular hotel.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
Trip in Launch

Sunday Messrs. J dePeyster Douw
and W II Thomas made trip in Mr.
Douw's launch TO Centreyille. in
Queen Anne's county, across the Ches-
apeake bay Mr. Douw and Mr. Thomas
took the trip to visit Mr. Medford Roe.
at Barclay, near Centreville
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
Marine Corps Vacancies

The examination of candidates for
the vacancies in the grade of second
Iieutenants in the Marine Corps was
finished at Washington Saturday The
examination was begun on May II,
and seventeen of the candidates COM
pleted the examination
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-30
ordered for Instruction

Second Lieutenant Julian f Will
COZ, u S Marine Corps. has been or
dered TO instruction at the school of
Application, Marine Barrack, Naval
Academy1
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

when completed will add materially to
the attractiveness of the city and will
serve as great benefits to many of the
citizens. One is the cement sidewalk
that is being put in on the west side
of South Center street between Jack
son and Jefferson streets and the 9TH
err is the grading of West Van Buren,.
The street grades will later be tho
roughly graveled, the street depart
ment's plan being to pave in this man
ner all of the principal roads of travel
running into the city from the coun-
try roads.
WHAT WAS ENJOINED-The re-
ports of the Tucson papers regarding
the injunction proceedings affecting the
Colorado river reclamation project
were somewhat confusing inasmuch as
it was stated that the building of the
Laguna dam had been temporarily en-
joined. 1t could not be understood how
the building of the dam could inter
fere with the rights of those living be-
low. Superintendent Millay of the
territorial prison who arrived in the
city yesterday morning said that the
injunction applied to the levees which
the government contemplated building
along the river below the site of the
dam. The proceedings were brought by
a man by the mama of Ludiker who
owns a canal taken from the river be-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

]. Ernest Walker believes an energetic
man ought to make it all the time.
Yesterday was a cloudy day but he
managed to NOW q little grass IN his
Office The first things he did to make
few dollars was to close a deal with
T. O. Story of Los Angeles whereby
he secured for himself, lot 30 in block
D. University addition. He figures that
a good purchase is as profitable as a
good sale. Then he rented the STAINS
berry ranch of Buckeye to John T.
Crouch of Mesa City, and figures that
he and Mr.. Crouch will both make a
good thing out of the deal. He also
learned from E. E. Pascoe, that the
latter gentleman had sold for him, lot
4 in block of the Porter & Baxter
subdivision of the Murphy addition.
The buyer was Ed Romley and the
property is situated on East Washing
ton street. s
MESA PRoSPERoUS-J G. Spang-
Ter of Mesa City was here last night
enroute to Prescott where he will at
tend the bankers convention on Fri
day. He says Mesa Is taking on new
life and in a manner that indicates a
permanent prosperity. Several new
business buildings have been erected
within the last year and a number of
nice residences. One building S0X100
feet was recently finished and another
5Ox10O feet is being planned. These
buildings are not speculative but are
of the investment order for the gen.
eral development of the surrounding
country suggests that there will be a
steady and healthy growth of the town.
A TWO DAYS VISlT-Superintend
ent Jerry Millay of the territorial pris-
on is in the city for a couple of days
visit. He has made public no special
mission at this time except to look over
his old friends and see how many of
them he may depend on to accept
position under him (behind the grates)
in the near future.
RAIN INDIckTED-It was cloudy
yesterday and looked very much like
rain. The weather bureau bulletin is
sued yesterday morning suggested To-
cal rains and warmer weather for last
night and a somewhat cooler tcmpera-
ture today. 1t was also announced that
the south Pacific low pressure area was
entering the coast region near San
Diego producing from moderate to
heavy rains in southern California. AS
that sort of a disturbance usually
means more or less rain in these parts
it is well for Phoenix not to be caught
very far from home without her UNI
brella. There may be a change before
the wetness gets this far but it's al
ways safer to be safe. There is yet
more than two weeks before the fair
dates so there is but little doubt that
another spell of weather could be taken
care of between now and the 4th of
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

December. 1t is very necessary that
there be good weather that week and
every friend of the fair is requested
to carry a rabbits foot in his pocket
until the clouds roll h..
GOOD INVESTMENTS lis C
Eichenbroner, who recently arrived in
Phoenix from New York City, is of the
opinion that city property here is
about the best investment a man can
find for his money. Accordingly ne
yesterday closed a deal in which two
lots and three houses pass into his
possession. One is lot 10 of block 4,
Churchill addition, on which there is
very attractive cottage. The former
owner was William Evans and it is
understood the consideration was
$4,000. The house is occupied by c. w.
| Clement and family as a residence.
| The second lot purchased was lot l,
| block 5, being located at the southwest
corner of Seventh street and Adams.
On the lot are two brick cottages One
of the cottages Mr.. Eichenbroner will
occupy as a residence; the other he
! will rent. He bought from Mrs. j. f.
Meador and the consideration is stated
, to have been $4,000. Both of the sales
were made by Pecka Brothers and a
| few hours after one of the deals was
made Mr. Pecka had a client who Of
fered Mr.. Eichenbroner $500 for his
trade
COMING OF PRESIDENT RIPLEY
President Z. P. Ripley of the Santa
Fe system arrived at Ash Fork yeSter-
day afternoon and shortly afterward
left on a special for Prescott. He will
be in Arizona several days and dur
ing that time will make a tour of in
spection over the branch lines of his
road 1t is thought he will arrive in
Phoenix this evening.
DISTRICT COURT-Before the TAX
ing up of the Brown case in district
court yesterday Judge Kent passed
sentence on Surita, who had been con-
victed of the murder of Braulio Medi-
mas. Unless he becomes the benefit
ciary of a pardon he will spend the
rest of his days at Yuma. Surita was
taken to the prison last night by De-
putty Sheriff Cunningham.
FUNERAL OF JOSEPH BIRD-The
funeral of Joseph Bird will be held
this afternoon at o'clock at the par
Iors of Peter Mohn. Rev. Maclain Off
ciating. The dead man was born in
England but lived for many years in
Brooklyn where he was employed by
the Singer Sewing machine company.
He came here for his health about three
years ago and died Wednesday at the
family residence No. 725 south Center
street. He is survived by a widow and
two children.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS-Two
pieces of public work were begun by
the street department yesterday which
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

low Yuma and with which the build
ing of the levee would interfere H
had offered his property to the govern
ment for $4,000. The offer havins
been turned down he sought 10 enjolu
the government for the cOnstruetiol
of the levee.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17
TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS

The following transcripts OF the rec
ords of the offices OF the district clerk.
the probate court and the county re-
corder are furnished by the Arizon1
Abstract and little company.
The records for yesterday were.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

W. C. Trueman Of Florence spent
yesterday in the city on business
Mrs. Priscilla Dobbins OF Denver is "a
recent arrival in the city. She vii
spend the winter in Phoenix with Aer
son, j. c. Dobbins.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17
RECORDERS OFFICE.

F. B. Philes trustee TO r II Greene.
deed. part lot =, block ,. Murphy ad-
dition.
j. a. Fulwiler and wife 10 Warwick
Scott. trustee. deed. part sec. y. tOwE-
ship N, range f.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17
$50 for RubV Bread Bakers

Iades o
fair
nixFI sell"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

A new line of hosiery just received
at Phoenix Bazaar. Give them a call.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

Win the ruby Flour Bread Prize"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

Best fresh vegetables and pickles at
o. K. Meat Market.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

A new line of hosiery just received
at Phoenix Bazaar. Give them a call.
Win the ruby Flour Bread Prize!"
Win the ruby Flour Bread Prize"
Best fresh vegetables and pickles at
o. K. Meat Market
Mrs. Aylwin, Hair Dressing. II S.
Center. Switches, james, toilet articles.
American Cleaning Works, SO South
Center. Phone Red 202. T. H. Johnson.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Arizona Publishing
company" will be held at the Office OF
the company in Phoenix, Arizona, on
Monday, November, the goth, at 10
o'clock a m.
GEO. w. VICKERS, President.
Erectors and repairers Of wind mills
and pumps. Bassett & Barker. 307 S.
Twelfth avenue. Phone Black 4S2.
Factory Smokers.
The best sc Cigar.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

Mrs. Aylwin, Hair Dressing. II S.
Center. Switches, james, toilet articles.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17
Baby Mine

mother shoad b Of joy ALL but the raerng and
danger incident the ordeal makes its anticipation misery
Mothers Friend the only which
pain and Of maten this hour which dreaded won
painless danger
Those who this remedy longer espondent
gloomy other distressing conditions
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

American Cleaning Works, 3S South
Center. Phone Red 202. T. H. Johnson.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

Every mother feels o
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upoa
the most critical period
of her life Becoming
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-11-17

serlous accidents so Common to the critical
hour are obviated by tho use of Mothers
Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold"
says many who have used it. $500 per
bottle at drug stores. Book containing }
valuable information of interest to all women,
be sent to any address free upon application
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

the ladder. Even when the trees are
loaded to the ground put the ladder di-
rectly against the tree and pick from
the ladder from the ground up, and
no limbs will be broken nor fruit
knocked off.
1t does not seem to me that any of
the devices for gathering fruit by
means Of shaking it into a canvas
stretched under the tree can be a sue
cess for harvesting fruit that is to be
graded as first-class, as the apples are
so much damaged by striking one an
other and the twigs and branches OF
the tree. or gathering early varieties
and part of the crop that is to be
put directly on the general market
such devices may some time come into
quite geenral use.
A sorting table, like that shown In
the cut, seven or eight feet long and
four or five feet wide, with Slated bot
tom and six or eight inches high at
the sides is a great labor saver, says
the Farm and Home. This table is set
up on a couple of benches, or barrels
with a few blocks will do, with just
incline enough for the apples to run
down easily and high enough for a
barrel to set under the lower end. The
opening over the barrel at the lower
end is closed with a short piece of
board when not in use. Most of the
leaves and many small apples will drop
through the Stats. The triangular
spaces in the lower corners of the table
may be used to lay the facers in. With
one man at the lower end with barrel
and, if much sorting is necessary, a
man at each side of this table, apples
can be we'll sorted and put up very
rapidly.
A table of this kind is easily moved
about the orchard and the pickers
may empty their baskets directly onto
it. lis table can be made much
larger if desired, and several large
growers and buyers here use one hold
ing Is to 20 barrels, so that a wagon
load is driven up to the side of it and
the whole poured directly onto the ia
BILE.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
LARGE and Small Cows.

According to Prof. Hacker, of Min
nesota, most farmers overestimate the
value of large cows and large mixers,
and as a rule underestimate the value of
small COW giving light flow of milk
rich in butter fat. In entering the dairy
barn of the Minnesota state farm there
are in the first row two COWS standing
side by side. One weighs 1900 and the
other S75 pounds. Invariably when Wis
itors enter, favorable comments are
made on the fine large COW with the big
udder, and on only one occasion has
the small COW been pointed out as an
ideal dairy animal, and that was by
prominent milk producer from New
England. The large COW is the deepest
mixer in the herd, while the small cow
never gives large mess, even when fresh.
The large cow invariably decreases rap
idly in her flow, while the small one is a
persistent mixer, generally giving as
much in the spring as when she went
into winter quarters, The large COW,
during the past threeyears, has averaged
295 pounds of butter per year, while the
small one gave 341 pounds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
YOU MAY NOT KNOW,

A good ostrich is worth $500.
Diamonds have been found in mo
teorites.
Most deaths occur between sunset
and sunrise.
The robin is the last bird to 60 to
bed at night.
Prussic acid is the most rapid poison
a human being can take.
Cremations can be watched by the
public at one dollar head in Italy.
The mountain spider of Ceylon
spins a net of yellow silk ten feet in
diameter.
A Chinaman cannot be partial to his
sons in his will. All must share and
share alike.
One million dollars year In stones
is stolen from the South African dia-
mond mines.
Imprisonment in childhood is the
chief factor in the creation of ha-
bitual criminals.
Biting the nails is called "onchyo-
page" in France, and is regarded as
@ symptom Of degeneracy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03

Chicago.-Recent astounding dis
closures have brought to light the fact
that traffic in human lives has been
going on for some time in this coun-
try and that this city has been the
girls have been lured from home and
friends under various pretexts and
sold into living deaths in Chinese
harems.
They are employed as Secretaries
and travelling companions" with
promises of big wages and the pay
ment of all travelling expenses. Once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them, only to be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach of civilization,
to pass their lives in hopeless despair,
the absolute slaves of merciless mas
ters free from the restraint of all law
and accountable to no one for their
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret serv-
ice officials who uncovered the opera
the girls were surprised at the
extent and ramifcations of the
system they unearthed. Instead
of involving a few women and
the deporting of few girls, it is now
admitted the Investigators are on the
track of half a score of trafickers,
and the number of girls lured from
home may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone, to say nothing of the extent
of the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada.
Two of the intended victims of the
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai. They told an
officer of the American navy their ex-
periences and about the fate of their
former companions. 1t is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women by the American consul may
make the affair International
Astounding Facts Disclosed.
Forty-nine American girls have been
sold into life slavery in Chinese
harems. Most of the white slaves de
llyered into the hands of Chinese mas
ters are lost TO civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond
age save by suicide. They are help
less prisoners in Chinese interior
towns subject to the whims of man
.darins and wealthy Cinnamon who
were enabled to purchase them
Through connivance with a woman
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-11-03
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES.

Nearly everybody in Abyssinia cai~
ries a Robinson Crusoe straw umbrella,
which cannot be closed.
The first notes of the "Marseillaise"
are being used as popular form OF
whistled greeting in London.
Malodorous automobiles and motor
cycles are not allowed at Pontresina,
the fashionable Swiss resort.
Because of the dust raised by automo-
biles, it is getting to be difficult in Eng
land to rent houses on roads used by
motor cars.
Owing to the insufficient supply OF
apothecary clerks in Germany there is
an insistent demand that women should
be educated for places in drug stores.
Helene Lorensen, a Copenhagen
dressmaker, II years old, had record
when the eleventh ended her promising
career with a dagger.
The porters of the market place in
Paris carry, strapped on their backs,
great baskets full of garden produce.
Often you see man with load of cab
bages that is bigger than himself.
For drinking a glass of beer in a rail-
way refreshment room at Frankfort, in
the presence of an officer, German SOL
dier has been court-martialed and SEN
fenced to l5 days Imprisonment,
In order to aid the police in maintain
ing order on the occasion of a recent
motor race, the authorities of the town
of Rezemburg, Germany, compelled all
local cyclists to enroll themselves
among the police