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The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
SENATOR GoRMAN DEAD.
Famous Democratic Statesman Sue.
cumbs to Heart Disease.

misunderstanding Pue German
United States senator from Maryland,
died suddenly at his residence in this
city at 9:05 o'clock Monday morning.
While Senator German had been i'll for
many months. he had shown some I'M
proyement lately. Heart trouble was
the immediate cause of death.
, Up to the moment of death Senator
German was conscious His condition
during the past week had improved SO
much that Sunday the family had
hopes of shortly taking him to thc
country.
At the bedside We're Mrs. German,
Miss Ada German, the senator's cid
est daughter, and the nurse.
Senator German leaves a widow and
six children as follows: Miss Ada
German. Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert, Mrs,
r. A. Johnson, Mrs. r. w. Hills, all of
this city: Mrs. Stephen Gambrill OF
London, England, who arrived here a
week ago, and Arthur Pue German,
,Ir., of Laurel Maryland, member OF
the Maryland Assembly.
Arthur Pue German was born i'll
Howard county, Maryland, March II,
1889. He was appointed page in the
United States Senate in 1852, serving
in that capacity until 1866, when he
was made postmaster. He was re
moved the same year and appointed
internal revenue collector for the Fifth
district of Maryland. serving until the
Grant administration. Elected to the
Maryland House Of Delegates in 1869,
German became speaker in his third
term and was elected State Senator in
1875. In 1880 he was elected to the
United States Senate, assuming his
seat in 1881 and serving continuously
eighteen years. He at once became 4
notable figure in national politics and
was the leader Of his party durins
nearly his entire service in the Senate.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
ment as effoI

man from what seemed lingering
death from exposure and starvation.
Burnett IS a workman In the EN-
ploy Of a firm of chimney builders of
New York. The firm had a contract
to tear down and build anew the chin
ney at the plant of nickel company
at Tenth and Elm streets. With
other workmcn he had been employed
there several days erecting scafold
for the beginning Of the demolition,
Burnett was the first man up the
scaffold at the start of work at seven
o'clock, and lie had not yet reached
the pinnacle of the nimsy structure
when he heard a crash below him and
discovered to his horror that the scat
fold was giving way. With a mighty
effort he managed to scramble to the
top Of the chimney, where he hung
for dear life. amid the cracking of
the planks and stays Of the structure
he had just left
There he stick In the winds. which,
at that height. cut him to the very
marrow, and gave him but insecure
hold upon the narrow ledge OF bricks.
He never lost courage, however, and
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
LIABILITY ACT STANDS.
Law Of 1901 Upheld by Colorado Su-
preme Court.

Denver.-1n an unanimous opinion,
, handed down Monday, the Supreme
Court upheld the constitutionality of
the employers liability act of 1901.
The case upon which the decision
was returned was that of the Vindi-
Gator Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany. appellant. VS.. Kate Firstbrook,
appellee, appeal from the District
Court of Teller county. In the lower
court Mrs. Firstbrook secured judg-
ment against the mining company for
the death of her husband Frank First
brock The death of Firstbrook, which
occurred in the Vindicator mine. was
due to the negligence of a cO-employe
and suit was brought under the act Of
the Legislature which holds the en-
ployer responsible. even though the
death of injury of the employe be
caused by the negligence of a cO-cm-
ploye.
The opinion of the court was written
by Chief Justice Gabbert, all the six
other justices concurring. It's sub
stance Is contained in the following
paragraphs:
at has long been the settled law
that the employer in many instances
is liable to third persons in certain
cases for the wrongful acts of his en-
ploye. This rule of law rests upon the
proposition that he who acts through
another acts through himself. One OF
the exceptions to this rule and its ap-
plIcation is that the employer is not
liable to his einploye for the negli-
gence of a co-eTlploye. This exception
does not exist because OF any statute.
hut hecause of rule established by
the courts.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
WORKMAN IS HELD CAPTIVE ON
HIGH CHIMNEY FOR 13 HOURS
Broken ScaffoId Leaves Him on Mar
row Ledge $50 Feet in Air Until Res
cued by a Merry Steepejack.

when he heard the shouts OF encour-
agement from the foreman, John Nc
Mahon, he knew that his plight had
been discovered ana that aid would
reach him if human hands and human
brains could accomplish it,
Foreman McMahon got busy as soon
as he discovered the peril of his
fellowworker. He gathered a lot of
spikes and, with a rope about his
waist he began to drive them into the
interstices of the bricks of the interior
of the chimney, hoping thus to reach
the man.
1t was slow, tedious process and
fraught with great difficulty. but Nc
Mahon stuck brayely TO it till he was
compelled to abandon it as useless.
This he discovered after he had gone
some distance from the ground. The
old bricks, corroded and decayed by
the fumes of the chemicals from the
nickel works in years of use, gave the
spikes lch insecure hold that many
Of them pulled out at the slightest
pressure.
Mcmahon had covered pretty near
half the distance to the top of the
chimney when the discouraging dis
covery was made. and the day was
top of tie chimney all night meant
death, for no human frame could with
stand the rlgors Of such exposure.
By the time the crowd of people had
grown to immense proportions and all
sorts Of suggestions for the rescue OF
the man we're offered.
Send Up balloon with rope
said one.
Fly kite and lei him catch tie
string anil then send up rope" said
another.
Among those really feasible plans
many ridiculous suggestions were Of
fered. b.. the happy one was that Of
sending for Joe Corbett.' tEo
"steeplcj.ck' Of local fame, who has
performed many peri!ous feats On
church spires and chimneys of Carl
cen. Mcmahon grabbed the chance,
fearful that even this might fail, ard
in a little while Cofbett was at Tie
scene
With a stout rope about his wakr
Corbett began the slow ascent OF
those spikes which held, but he had
half the distance to traverse the top
Of the stack when the last spike vss
reached. He knew what he was about.
though. anal. like the small boy WHO
climbs up the walls Of an alley Ivy
bracing his hands and feet against the
sides and moving foot by foot by man
strength and agility. Corbett began
the wearisomc ascent.
1t was nerve-raG.:lg wait for the
crowd and the foreman below and y
terrible strain upon the lone man
above. now invisible in the darkness
which had fallen. But the skill of the
brave climber won After his tedious
effort he managed TO reach the end Os
his rope to the man on the chimney
top burnett made IT fast. and Cor
bctt was able TO get rest for his mus
cles. Then after the latter had le.
himself down. Burnett followed, and
when the two men emerged from tho
openiirg at the bottom of the big stac.;
the q! eers OF the multitude brok3
loose.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
miscellaneous.

A strike of street Car employees a
Detroit, Mich, has been avoided b,
the railway company increasing theil
pay to 25 cents per hour.
Fighting between the fcrccs of the
sultan of Morocco and the pretendel
has been renewed The pretender has
driven back the sultan's troops, in
flicting considerable losses, and alst
have devastated the territory of the
Loyal Riff tribe.
The governments of Sweden ant
Norway have negotiated a loan of SIS,
100000 with Swedish, German, Frenci
and Belgian banks.
The federal grand jury at Las Vegas
N. NJ, has returned indictments against
the Santa Fe railroad company and
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
for granting and receiving rebates on
coal shipments.
The National bank of Mexico has
realized a net profit the past year OF
$5,GS5,325 and have declared a dividend
of IS per cent
Two bombs were recently thrown
into a party of CoSsacks escorting
Gen. Alikhanoft at Borjon. Transcau-
casia. The general and several men,
bers of the escort We're seriously in
jured. The Cossacks fired indiscrim
~inately into the crowd killing many
persons.
The Missouri supreme court has
affirmed the sentence of death in the
case of Lord" Darlington, convicted
of murder at ST. Louis He will lie
hung on July 26.
Memorial day ceremonies at Arling-
ton cemetery at Washington We're on
an elaborate scale. Representative
Birdsall, of Iowa. delivered an address
The orator of the day was Rev. D. J.
Stafford, of the Roman Catholic
church.
In an address to Atlanta. Ga, bus
mess men recently Chairman Shonts,
of the Panama canal commission,
took strong grounds in advocacy of
the lock canal system.
The warden Of the city prison at st.
Petersburg was shot and mortally
wounded by an 1S-year-old youth.
r The first permanent leper colony in
: the Philippines has been established
on Culion island and 200 lepers have
been removed there from Cebu.
Armour & Co.'S elevator a." in
Chicago was recently destroyed by
fire causing loss of 100000.
The indictments recently found
against the officials of Oklahoma City,
Ok, have been annulled by the district
court.
A jeweled decoration worn by King
Alfonso was shattered by splinter of
the bomb which killed 20 persons and
wounded 60 others on mis- wedding day.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
WOULD EXPEC SMOOT.
Decision of Committee is Against Utah
Senator.

Washington. - That Mr.. Smoot is
not entitled to his seat in the United
States Senate as senator from Utah
was the decision of the Senate com.
mittee on privileges and elections, de-
clared by a vote of to ).
The decision was on Senator Dubois
resolution offered at the meeting two
weeks ago, which was carried by Sena-
tors Burrows. Dolliver, Pettus. Over.
man. Bailey, Dubois and Frazier vo,.
ing in the affirmative. and Senators
Foraker. Dillingham;. Hopkins, Bever.
idge and Knox in the negative. The
vote of Senator Depew was not cast.
Votes were had on the constitutional
questions of expulsion and exclusion.
after which the members of the COM
mittee expressed themselves in favor
of vote In the Senate at the present
session Of Congress.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08

Philadelphia. - Marooned for 13
weary hours on the top of chimney
standing $50 feet in the air. John
Burnett was rescued by Joseph Cor
bett. a daring and intrepid 'steeple-
jack" in Camden. The rescue was
witnessed by a crowd of fully 1000
persons, many of whom had stood
near the chimney watching the i'm
periled man nearly all day. and such
cheer went up from their throats
as Burnett came down to terra firma
that the chimney itself threatened to
topplc.
The thrilling scene lasted from
seven o'clock in the morning until
eight o'clock at night, with intermit-
tent shifting of the center Of excite
ment as efforts were made to save the
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08

horses and several times members OF
the motley crew had narrow escapes.
Finally as the horses were making
the fifth circuit of the track the
clowns massed at one of the turns and
by waving their arms and shouting
caused the horses to go slower. A
dozen hands seized brides and reins
and the animals were stopped
Mescal was badly bruised and one
shoulder was dislocated. The injury
was attended to in the dressing room
and he was taken to the circus train,
where he was pr:. q Etl.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
tOflSrt-SSiB! NJ.

The senate has passed the resolution
providing for the purchase of supplies
for the Panama canal in the United
States. unless the president deems the
price unreasonable or extortonate.
The statehood conlerees have agreed
to fix the capital of the new state of
Oklahoma at G-,thrie until 1915.
Both houses of congress adjourned
over Decoration day.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections has declared by vote
of seven to five that Reed SmOot is not
entitled to his seat in the United States
senate as a senator from Utah. The
senate as a whole will vote on the
question before the close Of the pres
ent session.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Intercsting Items Gathered from All
Darts of the World COndensed
Into Small Space for the
Denent Of Our Headers.
l'eraOn % u ].


DR.. Mary X. Benedict, formerly con-
nected with the Warrensburg, Mo-,
state normal, has been appointed pres
ident OF the new women's college at
Amherst, Va, at salary OF $3,O0o i
year.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas will deliver
an address before the National Editor
ial association at Indianapolis, Ind.
1t is reported General Nogi has wired
asking Russia if it is true that Gen.
Stoessel, who commanded Port Arthur
has been sentenced to death for sur
rendering the fortress adding that IN
his opinion the capitulation was JUS
tifiable.
President Roosevelt delivered the
Decoration day address before the
Army and Navy union at Portsmouth,
Va.
A rumor gained currency in Pana-
ma that Chairman ShCnts of the canal
commission was 20 resign. MI
Shonts, who is now in this country,
has registered an emphatic denial OF
the report
Michael Davitt. the noted Irish par
llamentary leader. died recently IN Il
Dublin hospital of blood poisoning.
Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural
department, after conference at tina
White house. announced in positive
terms that the president would not
sanction amendments radically chang
ing the meat inspection bill. nor
would he tolerate a new measure.
In telegram to the Associated
press A. j. Cassatt denies that he in
tends resigning as president of the
Pennsylvania railroad company.
George w. Skies, manager of thc
Butte, Mont, Miner, formerly Of the
St Paul Globe, is dead at his home
In Butte.
Services in memory of the late Carl
, Schurz was held in Chicago, before
an audience which filed the Auditor
ium, William Woke Of Berlin presid
ed and a letter was read from Fresi-
dent Roosevelt.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-04-25

George Medley, who has been here
attending court. left Tuesday after
noon for his home near Valentine,
Tex.
First class cabinet photos, $3.50
per dozen. No extra charge for
groups.-Davis Bros, opp. Court
House. 46tf.
Gus Christopher, who has cen here
for eight months, stopping with DIR.
Van Doren. left this morning for St.
James. Mo.
Miss Lillian VanBuskirk. VINO has
been here visiting lei cousin, Brake
nan Tullis, left this morning for Des
Moines, Iowa.
Mrs. F. N. Brown left this morning
for Abilene, Tex, to spend two weeks
with her mother She was accompa-
MED by her little son, Nat.
Mrs. A. d. Martin returned Tues
day afternoon to her home in Day.
ton after spending a few days with
the family of Carson Hon.
Miss Marcia Waskom returned to
her home in Dexter Tuesday after
noon after spending a week here with
the family of w. c.. Winston.
Ben Allison, of Lake Arthur. re
turned to his home Wednesday aft
ernoon after spending a few days
with his parents and friends here.
C. E.. Millspaugh left this morning
on his return to his nome in Alva.
O.. T., after spending ten days here
seeing the beauties of the Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c.. Ditto and two
daughters returned Tuesday afternoon
to their home in Lake Arthur after
spending a couple of days mere shop
ping
FOR SALE A bargain in 100 acres
of fine land with artesian well 3
miles from Dayton. Price private,
Edward A. Finnegan room 5 Bfxby
Block. 45t2*.
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Fat hens. pure lard and good beef
at Sacramento Market, prone 425. STA
Mrs. ]. Fl. Croft has gone to Will
lard, N. NJ, for a visit with her mo-
Their.
Veal. pork, sausage and beef, cheap
at Sacramento market Telephone
425. Asia.
Ladies will be admitted free to The
grounds for all the ball games this
week.
Gasoline stoves repaired and guar
anteed.- Makin's Second Hand store,
phone 227. 46tf
V. r. Kenney left Tuesday after
noon for Lakewood to do a job OF
surveying.
H. N. Keifer, wife N children re-
turned this morning from Lake Arthur
and Artesia.
Tom Blackmore came in from the
south this morning and will be here
several days.
Jersey COW for sale. Fresh. will
give four gallons daily, or money re-
funded.-W. w. Pettey. 32tS
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Thompson. of
Lakewood, were here to-day on their
way to Monmouth, Ill.
w. G. Meeker, of Caney, Kansas.
came in this morning with w. S. Da-
visson from Hagerman.
4 jennets. All Missouri bred. In
quire OF J.. F. Taught, City. 47t4*
]. NJ. Giles, of the U. S. Geological
Survey, left this morning for Las We
gas after spending two days.
Come out and root for the home
team at the pail games this week,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Phi. E. Herald arrived Tuesday on
the auto from Albuquerque and is
here to look after business interests.
Miss Dora Jones has accepted a
position as book-keeper and steno-
ographer for he Pecos Valley Drug
Co.
j. NJ. Giles. of Carlsbad, arrived
with E. w. Mitchell. Both are connect
ed with the U S. Reclamation Ser
vice.
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Mrs. Anna Birmingham, who has
been here since February, with her
sister, Miss Lelah Hext, left this
morning for her home in Canadian,
Texas, her sister accompanying her.
$500, 900 to loan on irrigated farms.
Long time loans, interest payable an
nually with privilege to pay off loan
before DUE. B. Herbst. Financial
Agent, 300 N. Main, opp. P. o.
Mrs. c. @. Sewell has arrived from
Shamrock, Tex, to join e sisters
brothers at the bedside of the
father, w W. Lock, who was recent
ly stricken with paralysis at the
home of his son, two miles west of
Roswell. Mr.. Lock is improving
slowly.
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COMMITTEE:

James N. Chichester and wife TO
George Kline, for 81 and other con
sideration, the SW quarter 23-14-25.
The Lake Arthur Townsite Co. to
Jacob Wynne, for 1920, lots a, 5 and
1924.
James w. letters and wife to ]. J.
Webb, for 1925, a lot so by $50 feet
neal Union venue and Eleventh st
Charles J.. Dannefel to Amanda Dan
nefel. for 81 and other consideration.
lots 6 and 8, block 9, Thayer's add
ton to Dexter.
Cumberland City Real Estate, Town.
Trading and Development Co. to Jas.
F. K~insella, for SIG, lot p, block 20,
Cumberland City.
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Deeds Filed for Record.

The following deeds have been filed
for record in the office of Probate
Clerk and Recorder, F. P. Gayle.
Robert R. Lund, to Sarah L. Bonney
for $4,000. forty acres in 6-11-24.
The Lake Arthur Townsite Com.
pany to Elrie c. Jackson, for $3.50,
lots II and II. block As, Lake Arthur
Charles c. Hoyt, and wife to Elrie
C. Jackson, for $100, lot 10. block AS.
Lake Arthur.
The Pee Valley Telephone Co, to
the Chaves County Telephone Co, for
81, lot p, block 4, Dexter.
Monte Goodin to Manuel Peredes,
for SIS, lot 9 and all of lot 10 lying
south of the Lea-Cunningham ditch.
in block 3, Wildly addition to Roswell.
Charles F. White and wife TO John
s.. Wranosky, for $500, lot 10 in
West Hagerman and a water right.
L. K. McGafey t j. w. Parks. for
5 $500. the north nalf of 9-15-26.
J. H. Mullis to Elizabeth H. Hunter,
for $1,000, forty acres in 29-11-24. and
forty shares in the Rio Hondo Reser-
voir Water Users Association.
VIM. L. Dreier to Charles F. Re
quier, for 400. the north half of
1O-13-25.
United States to Theodore Schwei-
chler. patent to so acres in 11-13-25.
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Revival meetings will begin in the
First Methodist Episcopal church to-
night. DR.. A. P. Morrison is expected
today or tomorrow and will preach
until Evangelist Armstrong and his
singer arrive, which will be Friday or
Saturday. We ask the cooperation of
great revival.
VIM, REACE, Pastor.
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; LOCAL NEWS. s

: E. A. Clayton came up from Artesia
today.
J. r. Stanley came up from Dexter
yesterday.
Photos 25c doz.-Davis Bros, opp.
court house. Aft
No charge for ladies at the bali
games this wee
John A. Afford, of Hico, Tex. is
here on business.
H. NJ. Mccormick came III from
Artesia yesterday.
w. B.. Mikesell came up from Dex-
ter this morning.
J. B. Cecil, of Artesia, was in town
today on business.
Ross Malone returned this morn
ing from Hagerman.
Save money and buy for cash.-Lee
& Hampton. phone 425. Asia
H. Vaughn left this morning for his
home in De Soto, Mo.
FOR SALE Fresh milk cows, st.
John Bros. box Alb City. If.
]. w. Norvel, of Colorado Springs,
is here looking after business.
Howard w. Cass left this morning
on a business trip to Amarillo.
s. M. King returned this morning
from Lake Arthur and Artesia.
Figure with b. F. Smith when you
want buggy painting. Phone ITS. 7tf
Perry Crisler, of Hagerman. was a
business visitor in Roswell today.
C. A. Overholt left this morning
for his home in Burlington, Iowa.
WANTED Position as governess.
Address o. NJ. G., care Record 47t3*
Our 1906 stock Of wall paper has
arrived.-Pecos Valley Lumber Co.
7tf.
We have some houses for rent, also
some rooms furnished or unfurnish-
ei--Cariton & Bell. 300 North Main
street.
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Miss Eva Newman left this morn
ing for Bolivar, Tenn, where she will
make an extended visit and where
she will remain permanently if she
likes the place. She was accompanied
by G.. M. Warren Inc A. O.. Pruit, who
have been here several months for
their health. They will probably re-
urn after a visit to their old home.
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S. a. NELSON. AssAsslNATED.
Former Resident of Roswell Killed in
Old Mexico:

OiQ MC&tCQ.
Mrs. S. A. Nelson received a mes
sage yesterday from M~apastepec,
Mexico, sent by C. I. Crawford. stat
ing that ner husband, S. A. Nelson,
was assassinated in his camp Monday
afternoon at two o'clock. The message
gave no details, except that he was
killed with a knife, that all was done
possible to save his. life, and that he
would be given proper burial there.
A letter had been received only yes
terday from Mr.. Nelson saying that
he was in good health, liked the coun-
try and mad purchased LAND there
with the intention of remaining. Mr..
Nelson lived in Roswell from 1889 to
1900, when he moved with his family
to Oklahoma City.
Mrs. S. A. Nelson returned here
with her children in 1900 Miss Net
tie Nelson is now Mrs. Oliver ear
son. In January, 1905, Mr.. Nelson left
CITY Tor the land opening
in Jalisco, and has since been in the
Mexican country.
He went to Mapastepec, $50 miles
south OF Jalisco about a month ago.
He some time since wrote that there
were only four Americans in the
place. 1t would be impossible to have
the remains brought here, as the ira
gedy occurred a long distance from
the railroad. Deceased was "a years
of age. and for eleven years was en-
gagged in gardening while he lived
here. He was in the same business
in Mexico. He was a member of the l..
O.. o. F. lodge at Oklahoma City. He
carried a life insurance policy in he
Northwestern Mutual for $1,000.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-04-25

The Cubs were winners over the
Alameda Athletics again this after
noon, 16 to Is. Mrs. Rogers served
the Cubs ice cream and cake this NOR
ming, her o being a prominent mem
Der of the team.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-04-25

The Elks initiated into the mystic
ries OF their order last night Mr.. Ste
venson, of Carlsbad, and installed the
new officers. Following is a list of
appointive officers, announced last
night: Frank Crossen, tiler; Luther
Slower, esquire; DIR. L. B. Rasch-
baum, inner guard.
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George Foster, of Marion, KY. and
his cousin. Miss Bert Wiggington. of
Fredonia, KY, who nave been visit
ing B. d. Garner and family for the
past few days, LETT this morning for
heir homes. They and Mr.. Gamers
family made up a fishing party yes
terday,
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Rev. Henry F. Vermillion left this
afternoon on the automobile for Ala
mogordo to attend a meeting of the
board of trustees of the New Mexico
Baptist College.