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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-01-09
LABOR FIGURES
Statistics Compiled by
State Labor Commits
SiOner William
Blackman.

Advance sheets from the annual report
OF State Labor Commissioner Blackman,
show that the percentage of married
workmen has increased; that the cost of
living slightly advanced, and that the
number who save nothing of their wages
has increased.
The following table covers the statls-
tical matter collected by the commits
sioner on the subject:
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-23
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-23
THURSDAY, FEB. 90, 1905
DEFENSE OF WATSON
Interest Increased. Court Room Filled
When Watson Was On Stand,

Dispositions, dispositions nu-
merous, FROM Pueblo aud Den
yer were, read and as whole, a
repetition of those read before.
DR.. Paul Y. Topper. connect.
ed with st. Louis Washington
University: Gave long descrip-
ton of causes and effects of
conclusion of the brain, dura-
ton of pure conclusion varies,
may be only short time or for
days; symptoms, weak breath
ing, irregular, as patient inn
proves becomes restless, mus
cles relaxed, skin cool and
clamy, eyes in some case dia-
lated, in others not, respiration
irregular. person lying with re-
Taxed muscular system, sub
normal temperature first and
later rises to above norma ,
patieht woulda get up shortly
after regaining consciousness.
Gross Ex,, sproduced nothing
new. Redirect, person hurt
late in evening on empty stom-
ach would be less liable to
vomit than a.sperson who had
partaken of'an evening meal
Then came another string OF
Denver and Pueblo dispositions
similar to the proceeding ones
Also the will of DR.. Watson,
will and several insurance poll
Cies issued ~ in favor OF Mrs.
Watson, were objected to by
State and objections sustained
Joseph'Elliott, recalled, evi
dence was a reiteration.
DR., Taylor Jones Watson then
on nd,'gave long recital o.
life single and married up tC
time of hesoand wife making las
visit to relatives in New Lon
don.
Drove out nearly every day
sometimes used fathers o.
brothers rig, sometimes livery
rig. Drove over nearly al
roads entering London. Trav
eled over. road east of tow
three times, one with DR.. Wat
erS, but not as far as the bridg
and twice with my wife, Nigh
of j uly 4 spent at fathers, mex
day drove to brothers Jim's,
raiued'aud we put on side cur
tains, Ate dinner at Jim's, a
5 p. IN. started from Jim's am
my wife suggested that W
drive over the new bridge a
the rain on the day previou
had interfere6 Rwith the drive
proceeded down east road
crossed bridge aud drove (
where men 'were repairing cuI
vert, and as it was not easy t
cross told wife we had bette
return; on return trip met onl
one person knew-MacI
Stout; passed Duun's house an,
my wife said she would like t
have some cat-tails which sh
thought were growing in tn
pond near the roadside; sh
held the horse while l went I,
the pond TO see if l could &c
the cat-tails; my attention wa
attracted by some white face,
calves and / went to where the,
were to inspect them; did no
enter thlcket, Ehave not bee
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-23

east side of bridge saw buggy
tracks on south SIDE of bridge
crossing over to north side. saw
tracks on guard rail, probably
20 feet; did not 60 off guard rail
on outside OF the bridge, could
not go off guard rail, because
there was not sufficient room;
crossed bridge daily, crossed
about 6 o'clock July 5, did not
see paper on bridge. Cross ex.
animation. Gould not say bug
gy turned entirely round on
bridge.
William Rick: Crossed bridge
at 500 did not see paper on
bridge.
William Mason, the fisher.
man: The water south of east
piers is in kind of whirl, know
this because 1 pulled up there
in boat to run trot line.
DR.. Suter: Was at home of
Samuel Watson while DR. Wat
son was in bed after bridge &C
cident, noticed DR.. Watson's
symptoms, pulse more rapid
than normal, respiration nor
NAL, frequently moved limb or
arm and on one occasion turned
from one side to the other. put
cup of water to his lips and he
drank naturally, saw him brush
fly from his face twice, did not
think his condition serious and
so Informed family. Gross ex
ami ton. Arrived at bedside
at 8 a. m. and remained with
him until late in the evening, at
4 o'clock Wednesday suggested
putting his cap on his head; it
entered my mind that some
thing was wrong when he
Watson-refused to see his
wife, did not diagnose the case,
never saw case of conclusion
where patient drank naturally.
DR., e. b. KiddeI, question:
Is water IN the middle ear a
conclusive sign of drowning
Defense objected. Objection
sustained, BY use of syringe a
fluid may be extracted from the
inner ear, it would have appear
ance of water, quantity would
vary from 6 to IL drops, in his
opinion fluid in ear was not
water; the DR.. then entered
into a description of conclusion
and its effects on a patient such
as already given several times,
body drowned person would
81 nix in water, know of no differ
ence in position in case of male
or female. Cross examination.
The rule is 4 person drowned
will sink, although there are
cases where they did float.
DR.. Waldo Briggs nothing
new, except, fluid taken from
inner ear may be 8 or 10 drops
or as many as 60 or 20, in pro
found conclusion it leaves the
patient shwing signs of con
c ussion. Person drowned will
sink, dead body placed in waite
will float. Cross examination
A person falling 30 or 80 feet
matters not whether striking
head or feet first, woulh sus
tain injury to ethmoid bone, 8
per cent of persons falling tina
di stance would sustain injury
n o matter whether into waite
or on the ground.
DIR. A. w. Miles: There is n
fluid back of the inner ear, bu
is fluid in inner ear iG norma
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-23
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-23

Bur ks, don't think 1 would for
get 1t If / did.
Did not give Miss Burks
treatment before my Office my
was furnished, heard Miss
Bishop testify that / bad, but
she lied, Mrs. Watson introduce
ed Miss Bishop to Miss Burks.
Miss Burks was sent to Denver
by Chicago house to open mil
linery house, he was informed of
that fact by Mrs, Watson. Did
not know where Miss Burks
was July 8, did not meet her at
Niagara, Buffalo or the north,
never heard wife tell any one
that they had, had never seen
Al Smith of Old Orchard, Mo, ,
but once aud that was at din
ner one day. Well acquainted
with Newton, visited each 9th,
ers houses, learned to play
cards with the Newlons.
Mesdames Hardin and James
came to my Office one evening
when l was giving Miss Burks
a treatment.
Mrs. James Watson: Saw
DR.. Watson Sunday July IL af-
ter he had returned from Hanni-
bal in buggy with DR.. Waters
and James Watson, DR.. Watson
spent that night at my house,
wing the morning of the 18th
Mrs. M. Watson, mother of
the defendent, was at home
Monday July IS, son Jones ar.
rived from the home of my son,
James between Sand 9 o'clock,
took dinner at my home, grand
children had cat-tails on July 4,
gave them coal oil and they had
a torch procession, Mrs. DR..
Watson remarked, l would like
to have some of them, if the
stems had not been cut so
short.
LAnda Whitamore.- Nothing
new
Denfense, rested at 4:57.
Evidence in Rebutal.
DR.. j. w. Hendrix: Went
down to bridge in buggy, lett il
in center of bridge, Mrs. Wat,
sons body was on floor Of
bridge. After attending to her
in order to hitch up buggy,
backed it up and lifted the rear
end of buggy around. Do not
recall who was there at that
time
Arlie La kes evidence was i'm
material.
r. o. Fillips, George and
Anna A. jackson, M. A. Hyde,
Pueblo, S. e, Hedge, of Denver
gave evidence such as others OF
those towns had.
j. W, Cams evidence was Z
rehash of the buggy turning
around on bridge, tracks ran on
to stringer, wheel st, liking blocl
nailed on to stringer etc.
, Harry Grow, Is years cid, ev
idence immaterial.
, j. b, Brown: Know j. w
Owen, he told me one day afte
bridge accident that he say
D tracks swerving on the outsid
r of the road as though the hors
| was going very fast,
{ j. d. Kennedy: Met Mar
t Wilson morning after accident
he told me that he did not be
+ lieve that Mrs. Watson wa
=. killed, but that she thought he
-. | husband haA haar l.;llal Z, -,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-02-23

IuC uIlubCI paper JIG" up uu-
der the mare; she lunged and
that is the last l remember,
when recovered consciousness
the first person ] saw was the
nurse in the room at my fathers
house, on Friday left the house
with DR.. Waters in fathers bug
gy, went to grave yard to see
wifes grave-witness wept-on
return drove around by new
bank and to Office to get papers.
On Saturday went to Hannibal ;
first night in st, Louis spent at
5000 Pine st. Sunday went TO
church, then to Inside Inn, to
attend Osteopath Convention,
which continued until Friday;
attended session every day,
held in Missouri building, on
Tuesday in forenoon, met Miss
Burks in rotunda of the Inside
Inn; told her OF death of wife,
conversed with her for some
time. She told me she would
leave that afternoon for Ar
cadia, Mo, to visit her brother,
and he-Watsou-told her he
would meet her al Union Sta
ton and assist her in her de.
parture, after that met Ship
ley the insurance agent, and
had a conversation with him in
regard to insuran and let.
ter, the contents of which were
in regard to insurance, that WIS
at Clayton, Mo-, told Shipley l
could not go with him to get
the letter as | had agreed to go
to Union Station and assist a
lady friend in her departure
from the city, did not tell Ship
ley Miss Burks was my cousin,
after departure of Miss Burks,
met Shipley and accompanied
him to Clayton, found letter cou-
tanning insurance information
and gave it to Shipley. lire
manned in Clayton all night,
Wednesday went to the conven
tion and stopped at the Inside
Inn, spent Wednesday and Fri.
day nights at Clayton, Thurs.
day night at Inside Inn, return
ed home leaving st. Louis on
July II, arrived at Hannibal at
. L IN, went to Fourth st. at
livery barn, was accompanied
from ST. Louis by brother Jim,
met DR. Waters at barn, met
Messrs. Ritchey, Park and
O'Brien at oorn Was not on
Worlds Fair grounds on July Is
as testified by Mr. Shipley, had
not been in ST, Lou since
July II, had known Miss BurkS
as friend of wife and self fol
several years, never called al
Inside Inn postoffice for mai
for Miss Bnrks, never have
been guilty of immoral conduct
with Miss Burks. did not tel
Heigler-lnsurauce agent-tha
my wife was in Missouri; wifi,
was in my room at time of con
versatiou held with him, knew
Newton in Denver. never DIS
cussed subject Of lewd women
or conditions at my wife as t.
passion with him; Mr.. Suite
and | had joint interests in rea
estate in Colorado. some @
, which has been sold. | did no
write the Ada Burks letter
J never saw It until it was intro
duced in evidence by the state
l never gave or bought an
morphine in my life, | did no
contribute in any manner to tn
, death Of NV wife
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-03-29
The Best Tonic

Ordinary sour buttermilk Is better
tonic, is better food, than was ever
bottled or boxed up by the chemist or
doctor. Many a farmer drives miles
away to see doctor, to get bottle Of
pepsin or cod liver oil or beef extract
when at the same time he ia feeding to
his calves good, rich, nutritious butter
milk, a thousand times better for him
than the stuff the doctor will give him.
Medical Talk.
More unlikely things have happened
In world politics than an alliance D.
tween Russia and Japan. The Russian
press Is discussing the permanent occu-
patton of the Ilautong peninsula by
the Japs as settled lact. Russia and
Japan together could defy all attempts
at Intervention, and japan would be
sure that the fruits Of her victory
would not be wrested from her as In
1895. By an alliance Russia could
''save face while unloading her bur
den Of war.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-03-29

Mai, by no means new, that an en-
gagement had ever taken place be-
tween him and Miss futile and hence
that bond had been Cancelled by his
marriage with Miss Moore.
Some hint of what the coroner con-,
templated had already escaped him in
the persistent and seemingly incense
Quent questions to which he had SUBJ
jected this witness. But the time he'd
now come for more direct attack,
and the interest rose correspondingly
high when the coroner, lifting again
to sight the scrap Of paper containing
the few piteous lines so often quoted,
asked Of the now anxious and agitated
witness if he had ever noticed any
similarity between the handwriting Of
his wife and that of Miss futile.
An indignant "No!" was about to
pass his lips when he suddenly checked
himself and said more mildly: s"There
may have been similarity. hardly
know. 1 have seen too little Of Miss
Tuttle,s hand to judge
This occasioned diversion. Speci-
luSllS VI MISS 1ulllc . uuuuWTllluS
were produced, which, after having been
duly proved were passed down to the
Jury along with the communication
professedly signed by Mrs. jeffrey.
The grunts of establishment which en-
sued as the knowing heads drew near
over these several papers caused Mr..
Jeffrey to flush and finally to cry out
with startling emphasis:
II know that those words were writ
ten by my Wife"
But when the coroner asked him his
reasons for this conviction he could or
would not state them.
II have said," he stolidly repeated,
and that was all.
The coroner made no comment, but
when after some further inquiry which
added little to the general knowledge
he dismissed Mr.. jeffrey and recalled
Loretta there was that in his tone
which warned us that the really seri
GUS portion Of the days examination
was about to begin.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-03-29

"HE appearance Of this witness
had undergone change since
she last stood before US. She
was shamefaced still, but her
manner showed resolve and a feverish
determination to face the situation
which could but awaken in the breasts
OF those who had Mr.. Jeffrey's honor
and personal welfare at heart a name
less dread, as If they already foresaw
the dark shadow which minute by min
ute was slowly sinking over house
hold which up to week ago had been
the envy and admiration Of all Wash
ington society.
The first answer she made revealed
both the cause Of her shame and the
reason Of her firmness. It was in re-
spouse to the question whether she,
Loretta, had seen Miss futile before
she went out on the walk she was said
to have taken Immediately after Mrs.
Jeffrey's final departure from the
house.
Her words were these:
II did, sir. do not think Miss Tut.
tie knows it, but l saw her in Mrs.
Jehrey's room. am not especially
proud Of what l did that night, but l
was led into it by degrees, and am
sure beg the lady's pardon" And
then she went on to relate how after
she had seen Mrs jeffrey leave the
house she went into her room with the
intention Of putting it to rights. AS
this was no more than her duty, no
fault could be found with her, but she
owned that when she had finished this
task and removed all evidence Of Mrs.
Jeffrey's frenzied condition she had no
business TO finger at the table turning
ever the letters she found lying there.
Her cheeks were burning now, for
she had found herself obliged to admit
that she had read enough Of these let
tiers to be sure that they had no refer
ence to the quarrel then pending be-
tween her mistress and Mr.. Jeffrey.
Her eyes fell and she looked seriously
distressed as she went on to say that
she was as conscious then as now Of
having no business with these papers;
% conscious, indeed, that when she
heard Miss Tuttles step at the door,
her one idea was to hide herself.
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There was sharpness in the tone. Mr..
Jeffrey was feeling the prick. There
was agitation in it, too; an agitation
he was trying hard to keep down.
'tYou have reason, then," persisted
the coroner, "for accepting this pecul-
far explanation of your wifes death,
a death which, in the judgment of most
people, was Of nature to call for the
strongest provocation possible?"
'My wife was not herself. Ny wife
was in an overstrained and suffering
condition. For one so nervously over
wrought many allowances must be
made She may have been conscious
Of not responding fully to my affec-
ton. That this feeling was strong
enough to induce her to take her life
is source of unspeakable grief to
me, but one for which you must find
explanation, as I have SO often said,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-03-29
CHAPTER XII.
Francis Jeffrey's hand
WV fell from his forehead and
iS he turned to face the assem-

NNYHEN Francis Jeffrey's hand
fell from his forehead and
he turned to face the assem-
bled people an instructive
compassion arose in every breast at
sight of his face, which, if not open in
its expression. was at least surcharged
with the deepest misery.
pass over the preliminary examina-
ton Of this important witness and pro.
coed at once to the point when the
coroner, holding out the two or three
lines Of writing which Mr.. jeffrey had
declared to have been left him by his
wife, asked:
"Are these words in your wifes
.handwrtingY'
Mr.. jeffrey replied hastily and with
just a glance at the paper offered him:
"They are"
The coroner pressed the slip upon
him.
"Look at them carefully" he urged.
The handwriting shows hurry and in
places Is scarcely legible. Are you
ready to swear that these words were
written by your wife and by no
otherY
Mr.. jeffrey, with Just slight con-
traction Of his brow expressive Of an
noyance, did as he was bid. He scan
ned, or appeared to scan, the small
scrap Of paper which he now took into
his own hand.
ut is my wife's writing" he impa-
tiently declared: written, as all can
Gee, under great agitation Of mind, but
hers without any doubt"
'Will you read aloud these words for
om benefit?' asked the coroner.
The lines he was thus called upon to
read may bear repetition:
! find that do not love you as I
thought. cannot live knowing this to be
%. Pray God you may forgive me!
VERONICA.
As the last word fell with little
temble from Mr.. Jeffrey's lips the
.0Droner repeated:
sYou still think these words were adj
dressed to you by your wife; that in
short they contain an explanation of
Her death7"
Il do"
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FFs FVsTEF
IASSs-sS,sxs,4$SS>4>A

GLOW long was this before Mr. JEFF
frey came in?"
"Only few minutes. l was terribly
frightened at being left there alone
and was on my way to ask one of the
other girls to come up and stay with
me when heard his key in the lock
and came back. He had entered the
house and was standing near the door
talking to an officer, who had evidently
come in with him. 1t was different
officer from the one who had gone
away with Miss futile. Mr.. Jeffrey
was saying: What's that? Ny wife
hurt! Dead, sir! blurted out the
man. had expected to see Mr.. JEFF
frey terribly shocked, but not in SO
awful way. 1t really frightened me
to see him and turned to run, but
found that couldn't and that I had
to stand still and look whether want
ed to or not. Yet he didn't say word
or ask question"
''What did he do, Loretta?'
II cannot say. He was on his knees
and was white-oh, how white! Yet
he looked up when the man described
how and where Mrs. Jeffrey had been
found and even turned toward me
when said something about his wife
having left message for him when
she went out. This message, which I
almost hesitated to give after the aw-
full news Of her death, was about the
ending Of some story, as you remem-
Der, and it seemed heartless to speak
Of 1t at moment like this, but as she
had told me to didn't dare to disobey
her. So, with the man listening to my
every word, and Mr. Jeffrey looking as
h he would fall to the ground before I
could finish, repeated her words to
him and was surprised enough when
he suddenly started upright and went
flying upstairs. But I was more sur
prised yet when, at the top of the first
flight, he stopped and, looking over the
balustrade, asked in very strange
voice where Miss futile was. For he
seemed Just then to want her more than
anything else in the world and looked
beaten and wild when told him that
she was already gone to Waverley ave-
nue.. But he recovered himself before
the man could draw near enough to see
his face, and rushed into the sitting
room above and shut the door behind
him, leaving the officer and me stand
ing down by the front door.
CAS- / didn't know what to say to a
man like him, and he didn't know what
% say to me, the time seemed long,
but It couldn't have been very many
l2tnutes before Mr.. Jeffrey came back
with slip Of paper in his hand and
. very much relieved look on his face.
The deed was premeditatedv he cried.
NY unfortunate wife has misunder-
stood my affection for herr And from
being very much broken down man
he stood up straight and tall and pre-
pared himself very quietly to go to the
Moore house. That is all / can tell
about the way the news was received
by him."
Were these details necessary? Many
appeared to regard them as futile and
uncalled for, but Coroner q. was never
known to waste time on trivialties, and
II he called for these facts those who
knew him best felt certain that they
were meant as preparation for Mr..
Jeffrey's testimony, which was now
called for.
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(To be continued next week.
Marking the Boots.

A great many people on staying at
an English hotel for the first time won
der how it is that "boots" can return
to the different rooms the footgear
placed outside the bedroom doors to be
cleaned. This is quite simple matter.
All he does is to take piece Of chalk,
mark upon the sole Of the boot the
number Of the room from which he
takes them and then sends them down
stairs all together to be cleaned. When
this has been done they are sorted,
taken upstairs again and deposited
outside their respective doors without
the occupants Of the different rooms
knowing that they have been removed