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The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12
when he had finished tired and worn

when he had finished. tired and worn out. he left the courtroom and went 10 his hotel to lie down. leaving his CO., counsel to be present in the court when the verdict of the jury was re- turned. Thoroughly exhausted. ]. N. slept fof several hours being awakened 0y knock et the door. To his come Tn his client walked into the room he Jury had returned a verdict of not guilty, and the man had hastened to Free to thank him tor his efforts in his behalf.
 During the conversation he confessed to the young lawyer that he was really guilty. Freo, indignant and excited hastily threw 1n his coat. grabbed up his hat. and rushed out of the room to notify the judge of the terrible mistake the jury had made. When he reached the judges home he was in l towering rage hardly able to eXpialn the nature of his mission. The shock of the discovery that he had cleared guilty murderer ren- dered him insane aHd threw him into violent fever. For weeks he lay between life and death. and when finally he recovered sufficiently to be out, bis health was so poorly that his father thought it best for him 10 give up study and the laT for awhile. anu 90 west
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12

on President Davis. 10 whom hs also explained his theory, and was given the privilege of "airing his view" on the streets of Richmond. He was not slow in doing il. His queer ways pleased the confederate soldiers for awhile. but ere long he became a nuisance, and. on the pretense that he was a north,rn spy, he was sent back through the lines to Washington He returned satisfied that he had made con verts to his theory of both Lincoln and Davis and resumed his lecturing tours through different cities of the north. posing as the martyr of truth" and preaching his theory of lifting the veil Throughout the years since then he has followed this mission. and there are few cities and towns. in the west. particularly. that he has not spoken in. Now. however. his mind is so shattered that he never attempts to make public speech So many know him in every place he wanders that he always finds those who will extend him hospitality and help out of sympathy.
 Never Paid Railroad Fare.
 The source of his money supply J. N always refused to diYulge. as ob- stinately as he refused to tell his age. He was seemingly never without il when occasion demanded that lie should fish up a nickel or dime for lunch. or some obstreperous landlord or railroad conductor positively re- fused to acknowledge his philosophers right to the best without price As a rule he travels on life or yearly
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12
London Street Names.

There is a superfuity of King streets fares are so named. and three of these King streets are in the Aty of WeStmin. stsr.
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12
Lost His All in a Fire.

About this time. 1S49. the gold fever in California was at is height. and Free went there. He was soon engaged in successful business. and was rapidly on the rad to fortune at
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12
SPORTS AND ATHLETICS

The defeat of Bob Fitzsimmons al the hands of Philadelphia Jack 0'BrieH
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12

Columbus. c -'fi1e rtaH .ii eta Hie- tura presented in t#5s zS,a4t af . strange Life. has h.eu in ;l5- r5tfe eye '3t over falf century ffe is knoTn 10 hundreds af fhuuza. I5 af people in the middle Western states and to hundreds of thousands rl9Je m the other states of the union for dur ing almost his entire Ilfe. I10 peas pred l.y ever four SCOT of years. hs has been wande.ec. A @the An.t5s ef Trah9 Ee has probably spoken to more people publicly a43 oftener *tan any other living maa n en-. ]u- diana Illinois MieHi4an and N.z oa- sin ne k known bx uane aa3 features. more generally than any es shs gov eraars. congres@men, ar aileF napiie men and the same + rue - biia in r2as ar fae other ss4ep=. paza afacly iu the wes..
 Lr: s.n euzer a.sas@t any c5zY CT town ID these sf5te- new an,. ,:ass along the pahlfc stfec-s. aad. al-hoIeh ha may rof have teaH here fae eears, hundreds of those whom be usI W1uta reeognize him His taIl form mark. al features, and long gray loets ranging down ever his shoulders atA hls peeaIiarities of maansr. e5 tlA sa-aet atten4on He womb be -.z...el an4 greeted hs the Hniais ef Ii Guris= sian name bl many z fhe rleH whom nc moi anH the ne>t ts~He of ffe@ daily or we=kly paper Nou=5 hase - the mention of the presence e3 tse saeets of "ihe Immortal ]. N. thesFli}os8- pher and ihe State -Hzaa. Tt5s las Eeen trae of him since he daze - the war ef taa rebellion ' E .z5e ef him H9w.
 Is Not Dead. But Liveth.
 Several tines der.aa fhe last few years the report has gone ont that the Immortal ] x Free is aeaa. and il Wis published ii reaay of the naws- papers of thc country There se yefy many people whe. #aginE seen no contradiction of the atemeat. ncw believe that ,he 1eper- Qf Hl- death was trne. The immortal J. V i= not dead, he yer livetb lie. linn only q few weeks aao oa the s4reets of Columbus. 0. While .tha stistg,, vigorous health of former YeaYs nqs gone ha is yet very .AIah allyes= and 1T k possible that a4 II! er generation may cone into t1e rI3 to gaze Hpan the old fellow and N @d5z a Iii cen
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12
Visited Lincoln and Davis.

It was some time after this that he went to Washington. His mission was to see President Lincoln and ar range a meeting between him and President Davis for a peaceable set tlemant of the war, seemingly satis- fled that if he could get the two to- gether that he could end the war President Lincoln accorded him an in teryiaw To him J. N. unfolded his theory. lie desired Lincoln to pass him through the army lines so that he could visit President Davis at Rich mend. President Lincoln was amused with his eccentricities. and, seeing the harmlessness of his madness. fur nished him with protection through the lines and a note to Davis.
 J. N. reached Ric1moni and called
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12

Maysville, when. in single night. Tn 1852, ire practically destroyed the en- tire business section of the town. The building in which J. N. was located was burned, and almost everything he had was lost His escape from the building was miraculous. and the nights horrors were of such a Ia ture that his reason was again affect ed For a few years he sought 70 bring fortunes smiles back to him but was unsuccessful, and he returned to his old home in Ohio. The condition of his mind continued to grow worse. and he was seized With the fancy that he was the apostle of truth. He be- gan lecturinS tour, speaking on gov ernmental questions and calling him self then the Dcmosthenes of Amer ica In the memorable presidential campaign preceding the war of the re- bellion he took part, not. however. as Republican or a Democrat He campaigned independently. speaking whenever and wherever his wander ings took him. The breaking out of the var evolved in his demented mind his theory for the solution of the diff faculties that separated the north and the south. a theory which if accepted. he maintained would bring about peace He claimed that both sides were right. viewed from their own standponts.' and both wrong viewed from the standpoint of the other" His mission was to lift the veil" and show each side its error
 His first public speech along this line was al Tifin, O. He spoke on the public square, and he had a great crowd to listen to him. His utterances were of such a violent nature that for his own protection the officials took him into custody anl placed him in jail. He was, however. soon released. and then he went from town to town through Ohio speaking on his theory for staying the bloody hand of war, and hombarding the newspapers with his views.
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12

The sensation of the horse racing worll during the past year has been
The Forrest City times., 1906-01-12
Tried a Murder Case.

There arc several stories ahoat as 10 the circumstances that led to the dethfonemeHt of his reason One of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03
Tonight's Bouts,

SatGrday-IIarry Lewis Is. Willie ritz-
gerald, Philadelphia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Fred WclCh II Wisci.Ssct Wa; taken
t. Bath Thursday and tried before
juc%c staples ~ lie municipal court
IN The charge Of larceny a; I; gold
watch from Narolona Label, uc WOOL
Nich. Judge Staples gave III" d. fcnd-
ami the option of being fncl So or to
he bound over 10 the Cfa"I Jury i'll.
:hc sum of 500 AID nc chose the lat
ter.
The int:odut ton If modern ri.,chin-
cry into the mills of Finland aui the
consequent increased manuf;,t turc of
SpoolS and Spuol-barS in that country
Is having a marked effect on the cx-
ports of spool-barS from this State.
only three c.irgOcS have been shipped
abroad this year. two going to Scot
land ana tha third to England. and
all three cstrGQcs. containing only $780,
Ot0 feet. In 1906 tho foreign shipments
amounted 10 about 1,0D0.O00 feet. The
shipments, which in previous years
have been made from Bangor, this year
went from Stoc ltton. as Il result of the
Northern Maine Seaport Railroad.
SpOol-barS arc made from white birch
a:id there ar1 immense forests of this
tree in Finland. As that country Is
much nearer to the markets Of England
AND Scotland than Maine. the manu-
facturcrS are able to get their nrn.
duct into Great Britain at much less
expense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03

Michigan for the Quakers. sends OPP
timlstic reports To Philadelphia. lie
says 1ostS team is strong. but that
Pennsylvania has an even chance for
winning.
Open practice at Princeton is over.
After the Dartmouth game the young
Tigers Will not see their team until il
meets Yale unless they 90 to West
Point next Saturday, when Princeton
meets the army.
Brown will bring % men from Privi-
dcncc for the Harvard game. II
Wednesdays practice Robinson had
only IL men on the field. ard Thursday
college courses Kept nearly all the
best men at work until after ) O'Clock.
Chicago and Michigan. which do not
meet this year owing to faculty inter-
vcnticn. ;llc negotiating for Il game
next fail. 1t is suggested that alter
and Ann Arhnr. the first game being
played on Michigln'S ground.
1t its meeting in New York last
week the rules committee voted not to
allow Il tris, for goal on Il fair catch
which had been made q few seconds
after time had expired, notWithStand-
ing the fact that time mad not cxpii'-
cd when the ban had been booted to
The man Who caught it. Tho latter
could have run with the ball until
dnwncd. but when he hcclci it for q
fair catch HE bail was dead. and the
Din y;inS period is considered Cnucd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03
Maine Footb all Notes.

The Cony High eleven has disband
ed. having won three games and lost
three.
Flake. u big guard who is making
good ut Dartmouth. is a former Cool
Will school boy
Eockland and Castinc will meet at
Rochlaid for their second game today.
The frs: game was won by Castine.
The average weight Of the Tufts
eleven is 1S4 pounds which makes 1t
ono of the heaviest teams in the coun-
try.
They have organized team at the
Eastport High school and will play the
first game of the season today against
the Calais boys.
Hammond. the quarterback. is the
acting captain OF Colby while Hethcr-
inSton is laid Off Hetherington will
be back in the game for the Bowdoin
game next Saturday.
Rev. D. II. Evans. the new Corgre-
ratioEal pastor in Augusta was n foot
ball player ut Williams and keeps W
4 great interest in the game. Only
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03

last year he WAS referee in game no
tween Cornell and Hamilton.
Next Saturday will he the really b;.
day of the ycer in Maine COLLEGE r.,,f7
ball Wher l:uWt'uin and CnIhv Viii !,
playing 1T i;run"Wick ana l:aj", ana
L. of NJ. at lewiston 1t is :. great pjtv
though that tn" ;TaHio# cp,.:r an ~
same day.
1t seems agreed that cobb tb.
Rates quarterback. is the best man il,
his position III Maine this ran. hcth i,
ccncralship and in hnnllin~ nInts
The new rules make The qulrtrrback :,
more important member of the team
than ever.
Edward Little High school. which,
has il record al six Victories and no do
fcats this season, Will play Wrs,br,nyl
Seminary at Auburn today. The
team has not had Il game for Two
weeks. Briigt"n defeated Wcstbrocl,
last week, l6 to Q.
1t has been stated repeatedly in The
papers that Colby would play Cary
against Bowdoin. This Of course is I'M
lust to the Colby Athletic managcncnt
which is not likely to enforce one set
of eligibility rules in the case of one
college and another set in the case Of
another.
The Coburn classical Institute Et1--
by team will play its first game IT,
day against Il local team at North Vas
salboro ana ii win be watched with in
terest. \ return game will he played
in Watcryille Nov. 10. No other school
shows any disposition to take up this
style of game.
Hebron and Kcnt's Hill will meet in
their annual struggle today. These
two teams are in a class by themselves
among Maine preparatory schools and
can make any of the colleges hustle.
Today's game Will bo ut kent's Hill.
Last years game was played in Il
neavy rain and WAS won by Hebron
In both 1909 and 1904 Kcnt'S Hill. WAS
victorious by a single touchdown, the
touchdown in both Instances being
made in sensational fashion by Gas
tonguay, now Il halfback at nowdoin.
There WAS never 4 football game
played in Maine with So many penal
ties as that at Brunswick last Satur-
day. In speaking If this. the Lewis
ton sun says: ain fact there is Il qucs-
ton of whether Rates could have
scored but for til" penalty imposed on
Eowtl"in Which placed thu bah on the
Bowd"in line. The. officials We're Ger
tainly the bosses II" matter how much
III" captain" kiokch ami found fault.
From the spectators point Of view
there We're altogether too many penal
ties for III every other point of tho
game there Was Il delay while til"
officials paced nm : or Il yards for the
bali to be carried back"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03
BOXING NOTES.

Fred Welsh and Jimmy Dunn will
meet i'll Dayton Nov. l..
Prof. Jimmy Kelley, is now nanaE-
ing Mysterious BILLY Smiths cafe at
Portland. ore.
cy Flynn. tn" Eulfalo wclt"rWcight.
is negotiating for :. match with Terry
Martin at the Chelsea CLUB
Young Quill of Iirockt"n, who is Il
clever boxer. viii meet Young kcnnuy
at Havcrhil in Il few weeks
Milf I<rnncr. Il clrt'cr w.lt"rWciEht.
will shortly con-" Fast with Billy
Rhodes the Kansas City boxer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03

johnny Eitchi" The wcll-known chi
Gag" fca,herWci2ht was killed while
hunting near san Diego. Cal. III. other
day.
J"r Tipman. The boxer. ol"ncl tie
o;hcr Gay with a neighbours daughter
aId The cuuHie We're married in E}alti-
more.
7. Oh" of thr san Francisco clubs will
hans ~ 4 $4,000 purse. Tommy Ryan
Will com" "ut of retirement and box
JCr ThnI:;+.
Battlin" Nelson has taken Kid Farm
or of Chicago under his wing, and
wants to match him asains, any 1875
p"Und Ecxc".
Jack Munroc. the miner pubilist. is
preparing himself at quebec for "A cam
paisn this winter. lie may meet Mar
Vim Hart i'll Chelsea.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03

Deans E"Eul"tS cure constipation. tone
In" STOMACH. %tiIrulLt" tn" liver. prOnrtc
'ii-cStipn> and ;ipr";it' and easy pasHa%es
~ the bowels. AK Your druEEiat for
thrni. - cents Il box.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03

Woman loves Il clear. rosy cnmpl" Nion.
HUrlurk Blood bitt,rS pur.tiCS the blood
clears the Skin, rcat"r"3 rudy. sound
Il, alth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-03

There; nothing 50 good for Il sore
threat HS- Pr Thnr..'s l.rbr;rir Oil.
Cures, it il j f"w h"uu'. Relieves any
p,iSn in any p,rt.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06
Big Shipment of Silver For China.

Ninety thousand dollars worth of
silver passed through Ell Paso en-
route from Mexico to San Francisco.
The shipment arrived over the Next
can Central from the south. 1t was
in a box car, being encased in so
boxes, each weighing about 200
pounds.
1t is reported that the silver is on
its way from Mexico to China by way
of San Francisco, being shipped
through the Wells-Fargo Express
company. 1t is stated that gold
equal in value to the silver will be
shipped through to Mexico in the
course of a week. 1t will be in pay
ment for the silver.
Silver to the value of $685. 900 has
been shipped through Ell Paso last
month. 1t comes in consignments of
about $4,000 to 100000, and is sent
out of the city after its arrival on
the first outgoing train for the west
that carries express.
1t is said that most of the silver
which goes through Ell Paso is bound
for China which country has silver
standard and where the metal has d
great demand.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06
Guaymas SmeIter Blown in September S.

A telegram received by Latauro
Roca from Hon. A. C. Bernard at
Guaymas read as follows: ''Invite
Tucsonsans, through the Citizen, to
attend the opening of the Guaymas
smelter."
The big custom smelter which is
being completed at Guaymas by the
INSTRUMENTATION Smelling Com
pany, backed by Col. w. c. Greene,
will be blown in on September 5, and
the event will be made gala occa-
sion.
Invitations have been issued to the
prominent officials of Sonora and
among others expected to be present
is Governor Ysabal of Sonora.
The smelter will have capacity of
$50 tons. Its construction was one
of the provisions of a concession re-
ceived in the Hermosillo and Quay
mas districts.
The company has had a large force
of men at work for more than a year
building the smelter.~ With its ca
pacity of $50 tons, the smelter will
be the largest in the Southwest. 1t
will do custom smelling and as it is
located on the Bay and as Guaymas
has fine harbor, it will enjoy the
advantage of ocean freight rates.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06
No More Free Rides.

The new railroad rate bill known
as the Hepburn law went into effect
Tuesday the 18th. All railway offices
throughout the country have been
notified of the change which it will
be necessary to make to conform to
the provisions of the new measure.
The most important change which
the law will bring into effect is the
fact that notice of thirty days must
be given before a change can be
made in a rate. Before a change
can be made the proposed reduction
or increase must be submitted to the
commission, which body must ratify
it, then the intended change must be
given publication. This is the pro-
cedure that a road will have to go
through in order to make d change
in a rate according to the interpre-
tation of the railroad men.
Heretofore a road was compelled
to give only three days notice to
make reduction in a rate and ten
days for raise.
Railroads will no longer be allowed
to sell tickets at half rate to officers
of the United States army or navy
MAOu II dNCltIlS Ol pIlNdCC dCCOuHI.
All cases of charity must be strictly
bona fide from now on. Any i'll person
whose financial means are low and
who cannot we'll afford to pay the
full fare, or any similar case must
in the future be ratified by the NUM-
cipal authorities. Heretofore d re-
putable citizen could get the con-
cession granted by the railroad COM
pany.
Another important provision of the
law Is the abolition of any extension
of tickets sold at excursion rates.
All contracts between purchasers
and companies will be binding abso-
lutely in the future. The extension
of railroad tickets will be a thing
of the past after this.
A matter which is still unsettled
by the law departments of some of
the roads is the granting of free or
reduced transportation to newspa per
men in return for advertising.
The issuing of passes to large ship
pers and to prominent men in
town as well as politicians and off
GERS, is forbidden, and hereafter
these people will have to pay the
price of a ticket or walk
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06
Arizona Pioneer Visiting Douglas.

[. E. Solomon, who was one of the
first settlers of the ella valley in
Graham county going there thirty
years ago, arrived in Douglas last
week and greeted many of his old
time friends in this city, who for
merly lived in Graham county. Mr..
Solomon went first to the ella valley
with no idea of remaining but for the
purpose of cutting the mesquite tim
Der and burning it into charcoal for
the Clifton smelters then owned by
the Leszinsky brothers. He carried
a few goods with him which was
necessary to supply his wood camps
and from that beginning developed
into one of the prominent merchants
of the territory. He in now largely
interested in business of varying
character, besides owning many
acres of the fertile valley lands
which he cultivates. He is one of the
principal owners of the ella Valley
Bank & Trust company, having banks
at SolOmonyille, Clifton, MorenCi and
otuO 10 dlSO VI InC
Solomon Commercial company, doing
the largest business in the ella valley.
The present is the first visit Mr.
Solomon ever paid to Douglas and
he expressed himself as being amazed
at the rapid growth of the city and
complimented our people on the
evidence to be seen everywhere of
their public spirit. He was especially
pleased with the broad streets and
the large number of handsome bust
ness blocks and the immense amount
of building now DING on.
MIR. Solomon came to Arizona at a
time when there were few Americans
in the territory and for years after
the first farming was started in the
ella valley the only market for the
products was to be found only at the
military posts. Now the military
posts are all but gone but the mining
camps have taken their places and
easily consume all the hay and grain
which the farmers can supply.
The present year has been one of
unusual prosperity in Graham county.
The abundant rains have supplied
plenty of water for irrigation and
with irrigation there is meyer any
doubt about the yield of crops. The
VI
Graham county was never more
active and the product this year will
exceed any previous one. This is the
condition all over the territory.
"There are only very few of our
people who are willing to- accept
joint statehood with New Mexico.
know of only one man of any promi-
hence in the county who has made
known that he was favorable to Joint
statehood and that is Frank DYsart,
who was formerly district clerk.
am well acquainted with the condi-
tions and methods in New Mexico
and L want none of them for Arizona.
1t is bad plan for a solvent man to
form a partnership with an insolvent
man aud that would represent the
condition in a jointure with New
Mexico. You can say that Graham
county will vote almost unanimously
against jointure.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06

TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY have sale SUMNER EX
via New Orleans
Shreveport, Memphis ST. Louis
r. CURTIS, Southwestern Agent
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06
Starving to Death.

Because her stomach was so weak
ened by useless dragging that she
could not eat, Mrs. Mary H. Walters,
of st. Clair St, Columbus, o., was
literally starving to death. She
writes: "My stomach was SO weak
from useless drugs that [ could not
eat, and my nerves so wrecked that
I could not sleep; and not before I
was given up to die was l induced
to try Electrict Bitters; with the
wonderful result that improvement
began at once, and a complete cure
followed" Best health Tonic on
earth. soc. Guaranteed by all drug
gist.
The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-09-06
Lame Back.

This is an ailment for which Cham
berlain's Pain Balm has proven
especially valuable. In almost every
instance it affords prompt and per
manent relief. Mr.. Luke LAGRANGE
of Orange, Mich, says of it: after
using a plaster and other remedies
for three week for bad lame back.
purchased d bottle of Chamberlain s
Pain Balm, and two applications
effected a cure" For sale by all
druggists