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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

E1 0i CASH-Buys an upright piano n 1lJ.VV balance can be paid on casy instal.ments. The F. II. Lewis Co.,, 24 East
 Main street, l-24-6 s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

NOR SALE - Confectionery store with Il stock and fixtures, 33o North Main street. Purchaser can have a bargain as owner wishes to go to old country. l-27-l2
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

WANTED - Energetic workers every
 " where to distribute circulars, samples and advertising matter. Good pay. No Cooperative Advertising Co.,, New York. 4., Ii
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

WANTEc-The people to know if th.y
 W have not $7 for : ton of coal they can get 2 big bag Otto Coke from their grocer for dime. l2-i-tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27
FOR REp!T.

VC RENT-Fumshsd rooms, at l7 Clock | avenue, opposite Clock Factory.
 l-26-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

ITO RENT-Tenement of rooms, all inn Il provements $l40o per month, Branch street. Inquire Nathan Raffel, 4 Branch street. l-25-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

EOR RENT-Roon and board in private;
 l family for TWO gentlemen. Apply 473l East Main street, one flight up. l-2o-3 Z
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

WANrED-Pupils. class of sir to learn
 nice paying business, branches taught reasonably, SS up. day or evening c.ass. Call soon. Removed 10 No. 58 Center street. Madam Frances Murray Telephone D5-2.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

fV'O RENT-Tenemen of 5 rooms. all i'm Il provemcnts, within two minutes walks1 of center. Inquire of John J. Horan, 1877 North Elm street. i-26-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

EOR RENT Furnished room at 99H II Brown street. Mrs. Faix. l-26-3 <
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

WANTED - Lady agent. new idea, cir
 " cular free. Wilson C. Jones, Brock ton, Mass. l-27-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

D. R. MeM.-I see in your column that F. l.. l.. asks the question. "ls there a book giving the religions of the world:- have such book which was published by Bradley. Gar refSon X Co of Philadelphia in isi2: if gives the origin and name~ of founders of sII the religions of the world. nearly l!ts1 in alL
 X. Sueh q work must be founded largely oIi guess work. Iyclopslias do moi attempt to give such data. most religions having been founded heiore history he-ar.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

T ICHT TRUCK-Fair condition, needs I painting, can be bought cheap, For particulars write C. w. L., 33l W. Grove street. l-24-o
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

l.. S.-Did Nebraska go democrati, or republican when Mckinley was elected? e, From what time did they begin to number the sessions of con. sressI
 X. Democratic. i2l IL Is not ihe sessions but the congresses that are numbered. X congress is new every second year. and therefore the present is the iifty-ninth, The first consress assembled in 1Isi
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

C. IA mau executes noie fo- u,orcy tlayal,ie oiie month after slats tl,s. date af the note belmg January =. Another mote sf the same kind is ex- erufesl on tha slSf of Iauuarg. un what days wiIl the two Hoirs hss1ine ius.l
 A. The former woBId lsc payable the .~sh .f February: tho latter m the last day of the same noaih. If the rzthsr u<usi three days grace were added. both w"uIsI I,e payable March !. exeprl feap year. when the Hr~t wenhl spc sIr1e Marrh 7
 IT. R. w-How many teFTituries aTe rs.rra in fhe TnfieI StstsS Iz,~ssssisas. Name state arrcials ef MESsruFf. s.:s Presidents saisiHef.
 k <evsn-NeN Nex5ps. AFIEars Indian. ukisIpslsa. District uf cssiuaa Is. Iss<trfes uS Masks anf Hswaii = sscy.ruar I W raIk E-frutsrzus-ssoy- rvunr T. q. urkinlry- <s~TrfaFy as Saafr I- R Swasxrr. AFslitnr N W wtbfer. Trrssurrr !. r- trueiirA- Al fsruey-ssea<Fsl !. A. IeArmsH-k =
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

There has been no change since the list was printed in this column few weeks ago. .h
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27

k. D. P.-Your question is entirely too complicated for Il layman 10 an swer. It is not usual for deed to specify the precise number of acres. hut would read twenty acres. more or less" Possibly court would ignore the figures and let the bounds given decide what land was conveyed. Re- ter consult q lawyer.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Fanagan's Good Character.

At the trial II WIS brought out that
Flanagan was ordinarily a quiet man,
kindly 10 the Koreans and japanese.
The chief OF police al Chemulpo, Carl
F. Eckland, testified 10 his good char
acter. as well as AIasturas, a Greek.
and kim LOsk, a merchant
In spite OF the fact tEat the evidence.
such as It was. was purely circum-
stantial and conflicting IN the extreme,
the consular court decided that Flana-
gan was guilty AID sentenced him to
life at hard labor.
For three years Flanagan was con-
fined IN the consular prison At seouI-
Korea Whenever he could he protest.
ed his innocence. but without avail.
At last in desperation he planned 20
escape from his taI. He succeeded and
for day he tasted again the Joy OF
freedom. But he was found and
brought back 70 his cell. Then II waA
decided that he had better be brought
10 a safer prison ard he was trans
ported 10 San Quentin in California
In California Flanagan continued to
profess his innocence. BY chance he
heard OF Mr. Thomas. IN Washington,
and on November IS. 1903. he wrote q
letter 10 Washington asking AIr.
Thomas 10 take up his case Mr..
Thomas and Mr.. O'Shea were struck
by the appeal The peculiarity Of the
case. the trial by consular jury. the
sentence IN a far land, and the prison
er's earnestness IN asserting his mo
cence impressed them They looked
into the case The evidence convinced
them that the conviction had been
made without sufficient proof.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

this was about $50 O'Clock This, %
say the least. was conflicting evidence.
The effort OF the prosecution 70 es-
tablish a motive for the murder OF
Lake BY Flanagan was futile. It tried
to show that Flanagan wished 20 take
Lakes life because he, Flanagan, owed
Lake money. in spite OF the fact that
Lake was willing 70 lend Flanagan
money at any time, and they we're ap-
parently on the best OF terms They
further attempted 70 show that Flana-
gan hoped to inherit 4ske's property
in Chenuipo Il he died leaving q viii
IN Flanagan's favor, and that FIaaa-
gan might have forged such a doea-
ment- The great drawback 20 this line
Of argument was the fact that no viii
was found. and therefore the motive
was necessarily lacking
II Flanagan did not murder Lake
the question naturally arises. who did
commit the crime2 II was shown dur
ing the trial that Lakes house had
been broken into before and robbed.
and that il was not impossible that
thief had stolen in during the night
OF the Goth and seeing that he was dis
covered by Lake had struck him
down. But no one had been seen en-
tering the house and no clue was
found Whether the crime was com
Hitted in this way viii probably never
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
4 RemaIkQble Court.

An American citizen had been rnur-
dered. and IT behooved the represen-
tative of the United States 70 inves-
tisate. and. II possible. TO bring the
guilty party 20 punishment. The Hon.
Horace ~. Allen was consul general in
Korea at the time II was before
him. as Judge. and four associates.
that the case was tried 'at Seoul.
Korea Not one Of these men had
been trained IN law.
So John Flanagan was brought TO
trial for the murder OF Mr.. Lake. In
the narrow quarters OF the consulate
at Seoul were collected a motley crowd
OF witnesses. There were Chinese,
Englishmen. an American here and
there. japanese. and Koreans. The
testimony was conflicting; IN fact. a
survey OF che evidence presented
makes il a matter Of surprise that
any verdict but that Of innocent could
have been passed upon Flanagan But
there stood out IN glaring light the
lie that Flanagan told In his state
ment before the trial 1t appeared 70
be the one tangible bit OF evidence,
and II could hardly be properly term
ed evidence. The prosecution clung 20
this false statement like a leach II
was the lie that brought Flanagan 10
Jail.
This Is what Flana gan has said him
self IN explanation OF his indiscretion.
in letter 20 Mr.. Thomas:
1t was several days after the death
OF Mr.. Lake that I made this state
ment- I was then under suspicion OF
having murdered Mr. Lake. and was
terrified 20 think that l could be
thought guilty OF such ingratitude 70
my warm personal friend and benefac-
tor Ny terror and CONSERVATION were
heightened by the fact that the guilty
person or persons had not. even after
several days. been arrested.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

Korean mines. and .i.cn I again re-
turned 20 Chemulpo and lived at the
Klondike Hotel there for two weeks
before I saw Mr.. Lake.
When I did see him he was lame
and asked me TO collect some money
for him He suggested that I go into
business again. I accepted his propo-
sition, but was forced TO go away for
a short time. While I was away a
japanese stole everything and Lake
held me responsible. Again he set
me UP IN trade.
About this time Mr.. Lake was
drinking hard. He kept this up until
about a month ago. He had a boy u
look after him used to call on him,
but never later than o'clock. At tn :
time OF the murder I had been moving
Mr.. Lakes stuff TO a new place. It
was done by his orders.
Il wrote to his brother telling him
that Mr. Lake was i'll. This was after
a fainting sreH- He would take no
medicine and refused 70 see a doctor,
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
The Victim of His OLUn Terror.

For eight years John Flanagan has
been the victim Of his own terror. the
victim Of a lie. His case is one OF
thousands in which men have lost
their heads merely because they were
suspected Of wrongdoing. and like
trapped rats they sought the nearest
way out Of their difficulties. John
Flanagan made a lying statement be-
fore his trial Competent witnesses
proved that 1t was a lie And for that
lie. made in moment of desperation
when the rope seemed 10 be drawing
closely about his neck. he has lost
eight years OF his life.
Flanagan's life has been adventur-
Gus. At least the first years were full
OF adventure. The last eight have
been spent in prison. He comes out
Into the world again forty-two years
old. a young man still What has the
world IN store for him? A prison
record. even with a full pardon to his
credit, is a hard matter 10 live down.
not TO mention the fact that Flanagan
has lost eight years in which he nigh.
have been going ahead.
John G. Flanagan was born in
Prince Edward Island. When a lad
he came to the United States and was
naturalized a citizen of the United
States when he came Of age. in Chi
cago- After working in different parts
Of this country he drifted to the East
and 10 Korea, where he became q
miner in the Don San mines.
After he had worked in the ninez
for a time Flanagan resigned his no.
sition and wandered down to Che
mulpo. It was then that he became
acquainted with Lake, n man twenty
years his senior. who apparently had
means and was willing TO spend them.
Lake took great fancy 10 Flanagan.
The latter tells briefly Of their friend
ship. and Of the help that Lake gave
him in written statement which was
used at the trial in Seoul He says:
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Allen We1keHs.

An appeal was made to Air. Allen,
the consul general. who sat on the
case. by Flanagan. He wrote repeat
edly. declaring his innocence Even
Mr.. Aliens faith that a proper sen
tence had been handed down was
shaken He wrote 70 both Flanagan
and Mr.. Thomas, in Washington, to
the effect that he was not now sure
that the conviction was Just. ana that
he was not q lawyer. and authorized
them 20 use his letters II they saw 1T
in the effort 10 gain q pardon The
officials al the jail n San Quentin
were asked 10 make q statement as
10 the character Of the prisoner. FTan-
agan. No. 1s.1o4- The warden wrote
back that No. 1s.1o4. who had been
there for five years. had received all
the credits allowed By law for good
conduct
The task was long; there were many
discouraging delays Flanagan him
self wrote letters. in which he showed
his impatience TO be again a free man.
But finally the whole matter was IN
the hands Of the Department OF Jus
tice- Thence 1t went TO the President.
Like the mills OF God, the work
ings OF the law move slowly. but IN
the end they are exceeding sure. John
Flanagan IS free
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
She 9EBEGRAm
ANNOUNCING The PARDON

keys The safe was easily opened and
Flanagan discovered that two binoc-
ular5 and two account books were
missing A small pot was found just
outside the back door containing a
number OF coins.
Flanagan locked the safe and put
the keys under Lakes pillow There
were signs Of disorder IN the room.
The cover of the. stove. in which there
had been no fire for three weeks past,
was off and some Of the furniture dis
arranged. Then Flanagan and the
Chinese constable left the house and
Flanagan met the chief OF police and
told him Lake was dead and gave him
the key to the house. He then car
ried what money there had been in
the house to Mr. Townsend. an
American Of standing in Chemulpo.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
LINCOLN STEFFENs IN KANSAS.

J. Lincoln SterIens. Of McCIure's
Magazine. was in Emporia a few min
utes last night. He expected TO stop
over between trains. but was prevented
by a wreck in western Kansas. which
delayed No five hours Mr. Stenens
was en- route TO New York city, but
will stop al Jefferson City 70 see Gov
ernor Folk. and 20 get the teeth OF his
muck rake filed. He carries his famous
muck rake in three fat cars. and they
have 10 go slowly around the curves
on the railroad. The teeth Of the rake
have scraped some Of the roofs OF the
highest bridges on the Santa Fe. and
though the teeth are dulled from recent
use. they still retain on their bIunted
points the hair and whiskers and frag-
menfary remains of a number Of Con-
gressmen- II was a ferce-lookIng IN
str1ment. as Il lay on its fat cars.
teeth upward. and menacing. and the
crowd at the depot curiously gathered
around Il TO see If the remains Of any
OF their friends might be found i'm
paled upon it. Col Y Y L. Morrison,
our well-known and respected towns
man. claims that he found some hair
and a section Of hide that formerly
belonged 10 Speaker Cannon. Col.
Morrison and the Speaker were boy
hood friends in Illinois and the colonel
says that the skin he found on Steffens'
muck-rake tooth has a scar on il that
young Cannon got by running Into a
Gin on the slippery slide at the swim
ming hole on the SangamOn river. June
., 1S4S.
Mr.. Stenens was met at the train
by the editor OF the Gazette. who got
the password for Muck Rake Lodge No.
"a OF the Amalgamated Inksplllers'
Union William Allen White, n EmDOr1A
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Conflicting TeStimonv.

Opposed to this was the testimony O,
Kim Kui Ju, the keeper OF a brothel
in the Korean town. who said that
Flanagan was in his place about 10
o'clock at night. Flanagan. he de-
clared. was drunk and was trying 10
sell Chinese coat. Harry R. Bost-
wick. an American citizen. further said
that he saw Flanagan IN a narrow
ing toward the foreign settlement. And
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Flanagan Tells of His Benefactor

Lake set me UP in a small saloon.
After two weeks. as the place did not
pay. 1 moved from the Chinese settle
ment TO a Japanese house in the Ko-
rean town. 1 rented a place near the
Japanese cemetery. and Lake told me
TO put it in order. He supplied me
with goods at differnt times. For
three months I stayed there, and then
went TO the Korean mines. Before I
left Chemulpo I paid Mr. Lake 175
yen out Of the IA yen that 1 owed
him. For four months 1 worked In the
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
a CHASTITY Murder.

The murder was a CHASTITY affair
Ihere was no question of a pistol shot
or a quick stab of knife. The weap-
on used was an old weight, part OF =
scales, which was afterward found on
the floor crusted with blood. to which
were sticking a few hairs. The muir
der was committed some time during
the night Of August 80 1898
About o'clock the next mornin- a
Chinese constable came to the house
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
CN0 Of FLANNA6AN'S
APPEALS

who saw me would not be likely 10 re-
member which particular night they
had seen me. In which case I would
have been in as bad predicament as
I afterward was when Mr.. Van Ness
and his companion testified that they
saw me out OF my house at 9 o'clock on
that night
Had I been asked whether was ont
Of my house that night before 7 learn
ed that I was suspected. I would have
frankly said yes. for I was innocent
and had no reason 20 fear But when
1 saw that I was suspected. in spite OF
nv innocence, in spite Of the fact that
I had no motive 20 murder one Of my
best friends. and in spite OF the fact
absolutely nothing pointed TO my guilt.
my alarm knew no bounds. and I
sought to shield myself.
AS I was not permitted TO testify
by the gentleman who defended me. no
explanation Of why made thIs state
ment reached the jury"
A Chinese fruit seller testified that
he saw Lake the evening OF August 80
sick Ho Lao, Chinese pork butcher.
said that he. too, saw Lake that night.
and helped him 10 get 10 bed. Still
another Chinaman. a shoemaker. who
had a stand a few feet away from
Lakes house, testified that he saw
Lake before his door about 10 or IL
o'clock The fruit seller said that he
saw Flanagan in company with Lake
and had left them together. He did
not see Flanagan leave Lakes house.
nor did the other witnesses.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
Feared the Truth.

Il was out OF my house that night.
I was Up in the Korean town and had
been there among the rabble nearly
I found that I was under suspicion,
felt that could not prove that I was
in Korean town. because the persons
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

~ cence and reiterating II
again and again during the
"A eight long years n which
he lay behind prison bars
in far OF Korea and San
Quentin. Cal. John G. Flanagan. sen
fenced 10 serve a life term for the
murder OF his friend and benefactor,
George W. Lake. has been pardoned
by President Roosevelt.
The news that he was free 10 leave
fore .er the great forbidding prison in
San Francisco Bay was flashed to him
only a week ago by the men. both
Washingtonians. who have been in
strumentaI IN obtaining a pardon for
a man who was convicted and SEN
fenced by a consular court. none Of
whose members had had legal train
ing. TO wear ont his life at hard labor
on the fimsiest kind OF circumstantial
evidence. The men TO whom Flanagan
owes his release are Sidney T. Thomas.
former corporation counsel for the
District OF Columbia. and James a.
O'shea. an attorney practIcing in
Washington.
Their attention was called 20 the
case by letter from Flanagan written
from San Quentin prison TO Mr..
Thomas. urging him that he do what
he could 10 rescue an innocent man
from living death. Without hope Of
material reward they have worked
over the case for the past three years.
have sifted the evidence carefully.
have found that there was little to
convict upon. and have pushed the
case before the Department OF Justice.
and finally secured from the President
full pardon for a man whom they
have never seen. but Of whose inno-
cence they were convinced.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10
0DNeY 8. 3HOMAS

haw him the day before the murder
and talked and snohsd with him. We
parted the very best Of friends I did
not go out that night or see or hear
any more Of him until the constable
came"
II was IN the last sentence Of this
statement that Flanagan told the lie
Which cost him so dear He did go
out the night Of the murder.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

Mr.. Townsend asked Flanagan 70 help
the police investigate the murder.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

Dow Convict Humber 1904 Of The san
Quentin prison In California, Hncarcera=
teo for, Muroer Committed In Distant
Korea, by His 1nsfstent Hppeals for 9us-
ttce Interested a firm Of Lawyers in bis
1BebaIf, Caused His 5uoees to Aomft
Chat the Evidence Heatnst Totm was In
sufficient, ano Finally Secured a Full
Paroon from PRESIDENT Roosevelt After
Eight pears OF Ibis Life Sentence Mao
Been Serveo.
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

FTER proclaiming his inno-
cence and reiterating IL
again and again during the
eight long years n which
he lay behind prison bars
IN far OF Korea and San
The Washington times., 1906-06-10

in which Flanagan was sleeping and
awoke him. telling him that Lake vas
dead Flanagan Immediately accom-
panied the constable 10 Lakes house.
There was the body OF Lake lying
quite naturally on the bed. but the
pillow was stained with blood. After
a search Flanagan found Mr. Lakes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-06
JAPANESE AS STRIKERS.

OF North Yakima Wash
TO the press an
quickly japanese acquire American
North OF
that II he
the other
called Asonshed
with bushes
told
OF
he o
ike.
& re those Hsssfaow much ahsT tss
of that the
to of islands,
and labor started
ancd
labor planters had
employed letting
who at least
in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-06

accompanied by Roland F. Wilbur, the
Appraiser viewed the lands for the
purpose of valuation.
a new Protestant Portuguese church
is nearly completed at Paia. Tt is
much more ornate than the old struc-
ture, and, among other improvements,
its tiny steeple is provided with bell.
The framework of c. G. White IS new
residence at Haiku has been put into
position.
The Kahului R. R. Co. IS tracks now
run into Hamakuapoko and the rail
road delivers freight there in real bag
gage cars--completely covered in and
locked. These cars are something new
for Maui.
The Makawao Literary Society will
meet tonight at the residence of Mrs
J. J. Hair of Hamakuapoko.
Miss Judd of Honolulu is the guest
of Mrs. W. s. Nicon at Hamakuapoko
The harbor of Kahului is clear of
shipping.
Weather: Light showers in the Ma
hiku-Keanae region, but dry elsewhere.
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20 INVESTORS and SPECU.
LATORS

The following lands are hereby Offer
ed for sale by the undersigned:
i. IA acres of land fronting on the
extension of Fort street and
Pauoa road.
2. Land on KuI1uf lane and Nuuanu
street.
5. Lands in Waialua under lease to
the Waialua Agricultural Co.,
Ltd.
f. Land and brick buildings. north
east corner of King and kekau-
like streets.
.. Land and buildings on King street.
formerly Love homestead.
6. Land with cottages thereon on
Beretania street.
z. Beach lot at Kaalawaf. beyond
Diamond Head
8. Four "a beach lots at Waikiki
9. Land and buildings fronting on
South street and Kawaiahao lane
10. Land and buildings, northeast corr
ner of Emma and VINEYARD
streets.
IL. Rice lands at Waikiki
II. Five (5) building lots on Keeau-
moku street, Makiki
10. Lands in Manoa Valley.
Il. Lands in Pauoa Valley.
10. Lands on South street near Homo
lulu Iron Works
16. Land and buildings, corner Kinau
and Punchbowl streets.
H. Building lots at Kewalo.
Is. Two (2) acres of land at KukuIu-
aeo, near Ala Moana road
Also several pieces in the business
center of the city.
JOHN F.. COLBURN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-06
TAXATION OF BILLBoARDs.

An making bllboards
What line of action the
after the
ngon Company
saying in selfju
Nobody alleged trust getting for its
should
IS
eounty's in a stake.''
intended going before the board of qua-
he There
Improvement Club
fionon NewJe forthwith
in
anus regardle o business
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-06
MADE RICH BY CONFUSION.

OF industry
the the of
wealth forced
at
Malay
purely
MALT andg
exhausted
Wherever
gmbed
andres Celeials who
value