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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08

wife, who, on his asking for aid, had
drawn from his breast the knife with
which an unknown hand had stabbed
him.
The whole bearing Of tie case would
point TO such a conclusion and to the
innocence OF the woman who was the
unhappy victim OF suspicion. As she had
stated, she neither knew nor suspected
that he would call upon her that even
ing Had he desired to have an inter
view with her, there was no reason why
he should net have gone 10 the hall
door instead of rushing across the grass
and flower beds 10 enter by an open
window
Then, as regards the knife by which
the murder had been committed The
servants in their cross examination had
sworn that they had never seen it be-
fore the night of the tragedy 1t was
surely impossible to tliflh the weapon
had been bought and secretcd by this
lady for the purpose of assassinating her
husband at such time and under such
circumstances as would favor the deed.
No; the knife belonged to the person
who had struck the blow to avenge HIM
self for wrong pe-petrated BY the de-
ceased.
Indeed, there was not sufficient motive
apparent for suspecting this injured wo-
man of committing this horrible act.
Nothing could have been more easy than
for her to have obtained a divorce had
she so wished. There was no neces-
sity for her to seek freedom by causing
his death. Mrs Dumbarton was wo-
man of blameless life, and all who knew
her could bear witness that hers was
not the wicked, depraved and malig-
nant heart that had conceived and car
ried out such crime.
There was no necessity 70 say more to
any enlightened body OF men, and he
would ask the jury, as men Of Judgment
and lovers Of justice, to return YER
diet which would free this suffering
lady.
George Coris sat down At the conclu-
sion of his speech with a sense of salts
faction at having done his best for his
client, bit likewise with the knowledge
that his case was weak and his arguments
inconclusive
The coroner then summed tip the evi-
dence Evening had come before he had
finished his remarks. and the jury had
retired to consider their verdict
Olive Dunlbarton, sensitively conscious
to all that went on around her, pre-,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08

served & cal-neSs :ha: ,h- felt vas un-
vite of her lie seemed to stand still
Those around her. George B0stock. her
solicitor, Dr. Qgave betrayed their ex-
citement by their restiessress and by the
anxious manner with which they re
Farded her. !; was 4 relief 10 her and
70 her friends when the jury once more
entered the court
IN mother moment the foreman of the
Jury declared that they were unanimous
in their opinion that David Dumbar,7a
had net his death b. being stabbed ir
the breast. and that the / ,al blow had
been struck - hls wife
The verdict was received in profound
silcrrr. broken by the caroner's voice a.
he proceeded 20 exp'ain the difference
between murder and man laughter. witt
vrew - hr.ning Them - their decision
as t. which form OF crime had been
committed by Olive Duubarton.
Without quitting the box. the jury
gave it rs their opinion hat the case
before them was one OF nansiaughter
The coroner then, turning toward the
h'-ck -ahed, imrn7vable figure which was
thc center OF al observation. said:
"oiirc numbzston, the jury have IN
qaiTci into the cause attending the de
mice n vou- husband, ard have come
TO tht conclusion he me. his death at
Y1ur hands Il is. therefore. my duty
to commit YOU to the next assizes, to
be holden 1t the Old Bailey. there 10
take yorr ;ri7l upon that charge
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08
IN THE SHADOW
OF SHAME
By Fitzgerald Moloy
Copyright by E. Fitzgerald MoI-oy.
By Fitzgerald Molloy
Copyright by E. Fitzgerald Molloy.

oEr,zcd as one Of the -leHrrest mcr in
hts profession. the lu-s settled itself 10
be hiu with expectation and interest.
T he case before them. George Co-is
sad. IL q I1w. earnest voice. and with
plain, impressive manner, Hsz one II the
most extraordinary that hai ever come
before that or ans other court. yx,raor-
din4ry U1t merely bee Use r the interest
i haL created, but beg,a5C OF the cir
cun1s.arccs uaicr ~hich fhe crime had
been committed. and II the suspicions
which these same circumstances cast
rrlG an innocent woman IuasmuCh as
u9ne Of those whI gave evidence had
actually seen the blow dealt TO the de
ceased by which he had lost his lie. their
testimony was therefore entirely clrcum-
st rtlll
There Has no need TO dwell upon the
unhappy married lie LED By the deceased
and his wife save to point Jut the vicious
career he had followed.
II a uar could not only alternate the
affection. bat lujurc, deceive and ab4n-
don his wifi. his bes- friend. the mother
Of his child. how badly could he behave
toward Others Of his SEX lie had for
years led q wandering and misguided
Lie au-s companion, as reckless as
himself. and, "hat was more probable
t.au 'a.. he had I.au guilty of one OF
.hJS~ wrongs which the Nv is slow, if
not plWergss. to punish, but whica
touching met on III" ;a;f-rest prints Of
,hei- affection and OF their honor, they
are sure T. avenPe.
Here "as Ire probable key 20 the utys-
tcry surrounding the crime Some man
who considered himself inquired beyond
endurance had sought and iauni revenge
for his Wong II was lawiu, 80 pre-
sHne Tia, wh4c approaching ms wife's
house The deceased had met with the
avcngcr, Nhcn to seek help and refuge
David Dumhartou had rushed through
the garden and into the presence OF his
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08
NEW IN SUMNER ORNAMENTS
Belt Buckles Of Carved Re Gold Novelty

Sets Of shaded erln1elled studs are pro-
led to finish the front ard cuffs Of
new white tailored blouse waist.
mere are green. blue, pink and maaya
studs. and unless the smart summer -.g
sticks to a distinctive color, the better
plan is to have 4 set ~ r-r0 20 thlt the
ruling color Ia her hat ana p-ras, may
he matched II her stu2
Silver chatrlai1e Ia-s H.--e -pr:ar
into i vogue somewi-5 D,us -Eg. cor d.
crsrg the comparative -hea'aess OF t3e
metal A woman in show 9urch>
the other day--a tNe D 4.l lueh Bsg.
which cost Sl5-exp.alned -l.at a gold
bag. Jewc! mounted, such ds S,'e ord'-
narily carried in town, did not 60 well
with summer morning costumes.
we sell almost as many OF the Ger
man silver as Of the real thing, and to
persons Of wealth, too" said clerk,
They cost only about one-quarter the
price Of the finer silver bags, they wear
wei. and look almost a smart The kid
lining in most OF them IS Adjustable, and
may be removed and cleaned
4 novelty in metal collars designed
after the fashion of the strings OF pearl
dog collars, is made Of perhaps twenty
or thirty strands OF ne&lD!t SllFcr Ctdul
as slender as fine wire, fastened at the
front, back and sides against very mar
row, two and one-half inch long silver
bars. One inch wide jeweled collars
worn with cOlarless waists are consi3-
cred almost a necessity by some women.
Few real jewels are used in these col
lars, the better liked varieties show
gold OF open work pattern, alternating
with oblongs and squares OF colored
stones.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08

They Give q Smart Touch :o the Sum
mer C7stUue-S 'va7 Collar Slides aat
Sets OF E1aH1eiIed Studs f1r Tailored
NaiSts-Sea~ou's Vogue II ChltsLalac
Bags
Among the things which atd a smart
touch u the aurrur wardrobe is the
bel. buckle ami l.-ls ornament made this
year OF nose gold sHi1rti almost t. a
deep orange -u., =hadur toward CID
rose. These buckles clasps and orua-
ments are ts 4neA iH beautifully carved
patterns rg.7g-a. ring roses and other
flowers and III conventional designs.
The other DIV q woman who hung over
4 counter on which these goods w&r,
displayoa, trying m vain 30 decide be-
tween two equally beautiful sets, finally
ended n taking both.
One had . back ornament iu'y five
inches tall By tw1 and enc hall inches
broad ana double front clasp LESS th4n
three inches tai and about t0ur inches
wide, both done in . rose leaf design.
he other s,- had front clasp about
two inches deep and i've inches broad,
and a back ornament OF irregular shape
almost four inches square both in a
raised design dotted with miniature
roses.
a second smart adjunct useful as
wei as oraamental, is the collar slide Of
silver, as thin almost AS t. therboae
which they replace. The s,5..> - finished
at the ends with tiny rhinestone or
pearl screw head, which alone appears
on the right side OF the collar. Thus,
supposing half a dozen slides are used
to hold up one collar. 4 row OF pearls
or rhinestones will appear at the top and
bottom Of the collar.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08

The deceased, David Dutnbarton, had
some eighteen years ago married lady
about FIVE years his junior Though their
domestic life began III happiness, it was
soon overCloudcd BY misery. After a
period ON which it would be too painful
to enter, David Dumbarton deserted his
wife. only to strive to rcjcin her when
she had earned independence and fame
by her industry and talents. \ compro-
mise was then arrived It between hus-
bay and wife For certain sum he
consented that legal separation should
be granted her and having received this,
he left England promising never to mo-
lest her
Unfortunately for himself, this prom
isc was not kept, for after little more
than five years absence he returned to
London and Immediately wrote letter
which would be read in The course of
evidence, a letter. as they would see,
which contained more OF a demand than
a request
The next and principal fact was that
on the night OF the 2Ist Of September
David Dumbarton entered MS wife's
house in the Hexton Road. St. Johns
Wood, and was there found dead at her
fttt. lIlGy DStaIS ING st4S tNNhPaliA7 VI
the room where the tragedy occurred.
while the knife which undoubtedly caused
his drt :, was seen in her hand. They
would lear the evidence, and it would
be for them to decide whether the case
She I'D be sent to another court or not.
hen Olive Durnbarton was called.
IN low tone, and without hesitation,
she answered the questions addressed to
her by the coroner, in this manner tell
ing the story Of the scene which ended
in her husbands tragic death Then
came the queries that touched the case
more closely, to ali OF which she replied
simply, clearly, ingeniously
The maid was next summoned, who
deposed to hearing her mistress cry out
as if she had been struck, and soon after
hearing a mans voice call for help,
whereon she ila4 rushed to the room
from where the noise proceeded, there
to sec Mrs. Dumbarton with knife in
her hand bending above the deceased
VII was lying on the floor. Witness
theii ran out OF the house in search OF
policeman. with whom she returned
Vcronica, Martin, the policeman, Dr.
Quave and Detective Inspector Mack
worth having been croSs-examined by
Mrs. Paa,bartcns solicitor, he proceeded
70 state rs defence; and he, being rec
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08
Lest He CO hungry.

Miss Mary s. Anthony, who is con-
;inuing the work Of her distinguished sis
te-, the late Susan B. Anthony, said re-
Gently apropos Of marriage:
1T is seldshness, boorish selfshness,
that, more than anything else, hes at the
root OF unhappy unions. Sometimes 1t
is the wife who IS the selfish one. Some
times it is the husband l think you'll
agree with me, though, that it is the hds-
band more often than the wife
A happening ei day or two ago pre-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08

sents a vivid and sad picture OF too many
marriages.
"An old couple came IN from the coun-
try with big basket Of lunch TO see the
circus.
The lunch was heavy. The old wife
was carrying it. As they crossed a
crowded street the husband held out his
hand and said:
Gimme hat basket, Hannah
The poor old woman surrendered the
basket with a grateful look.
That's real kind O ye, joshua she
quavered.
'Kind7' grunted the old man. Gosh,
| WIZ afeard ye'd git lost
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08
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r-- rru'aI la-fau1 H-r1-lrs p --#rs-rEa alffafr--
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E-.r.a Ias H.HH- 3 l-r. L..u srf Her
Ha.. -r-r4I7 ntfHrrt rH London aH. Is .stf#F fIE-
.rr. ~ -.r-tr.l- up U.l~T HsF sHl- L. Nai-r Us
'...us Nu Ta- af Igi+4~nA"uf H Ga, Nllo has
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.arH-fl .r-.r-s -Iari.Htg frfg - -ppt- tort
f- t4-rr t|.r I.Il fa-t.SI g. FH44l 'r he- ahr4FT
I..sA j. Ear over tie deaf r.asY q Lar husband
-.. -s.gser-I ~ TIE iu4rir- Ind = zr-.-t.l-
.Hf~-r.tz- Ef- pat Hu TIE rs-s trrHrsu Bostock.
a- D. !Eter, offer, - A.G HrE. Dun '4-rt0u-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08
Too Much to Saw

For goodness sake, Dorothy" ex-
claimed mamma impatiently, "why do
you talk so much?'
Il guess" replied the little girl. "it's
because I've got so much to say
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-09-08

An Irishman asked a Scotchman one
day why a railway engine was called
She Sandy replied. Perhaps its on
account of the horrible noise it makes
when it tries to whistle"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
WIZARD EDISON lNvENTS WON
DERFUL STORAGE BATTERY.
Automobiles to Be Run at Trifling
Cost-Long Search for Metal
Essential to Success of
Great Discovery.

New York.-Thomas A. Edison has
accomplished a surprise for the world.
He has worked out successfully the
problem of cheap power. He promises
to put ON the market within six
months new storage battery which
will enable every man to travel in his
own private carriage at about the
cost of car fare. Without danger,
without breakdowns, without cost, al
most, carriage, once supplied with
the new power for 5000, will travel
without repairs for Is years, for 1O0,-
900 miles if necessary, says the wizard.
Mr.. Edison reiterates the declara-
ton that he has invented storage
battery which will solve the problem
of congested traffic in the big cities
of the world as soon as he can manu-
facture enough of the batteries. He
is erecting two large factory build
ings, now nearly completed, and is in
stalling in them new machinery espe
cially for the manufacture of the mo-
tor battery.
I'm Is years from now the horse
will be curiosity; we shall b.; pay
ing SO cents to look at him in side
shows said MI. Edison to an inter-
viewer
Last year you were sure that you
had solved this problem?" he was re-
minded
eyes, last year I was sure" replied
Mr.. Edison, but now | am dead sure.
There is difference between the two.
It's one thing, for instance to be sure,
and another thing to be-Wall street
sure
For three years $4,000 storage bat
teries have been constantly at work
in the testshops of the Edison plant
at Orange, N. J.
Il never believed that nature, so
prolific of resources, could provide
only lead as a material ingredient of
the battery said Mr.. Edison. 81 have
always found her ready for any emer-
gency, and based on this confidence
that she has never betrayed, 1 COM
| muned diligently with her. One day
| good as lead Then l thought I had
accomplished the task
But he hadn't, to the satisfaction of
his commercial instinct. The ques-
| ton of the weight of the battery was
| most important as was that of it's
| durability
Nickel rust failed. other things
| failed, everything the ingenious Edi-
son, with his trained, scientific mind,
could conceive failed.
Then 1 tried cobalt" he said, and
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
Shotgun AND THE MIKADo.
Former Was the Military Chieftain
of the Japanese.

In name, and in name alone, the
shotgun was the military chieftain.
Master of all the three hundred clans
of the feudal nippon, the shotgun was
in fact at the head of the administra-
ton, says a Japanese writer in the
Forum. The army was his, and into
his treasury flowed the revenues of
the entire empire. In foreign affairs
also his was the master scepter. Nat
urally, you would ask: If the actual
powers of the state, both military and
civil, were in the hands of the sho-
gun, for what fanciful and amiable
reason should he take the trouble of
maintaining the fiction of the imper-
ial court at Kioto? What unheard-of
modesty prevented him from ascend
ing himself the throne of the emperor?
The reason of it all was this: His
majesty, the emperor, having turned
over the power of temporal govern
ment into the hands of the shotgun,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
SOLVES CHEAP POWER.

punctuated the statement with broad
smile.
And it worked?''
ct certainly did, but cobalt, being
one of the rare metals, the problem
was not solved. I secured the coun-
try to find cobalt in sufficient Quanti-
ties to warrant its use, and discovered
lots of it in Canada, in Wisconsin, in
Oregon and in Kentucky. Then
knew that l was all right
What are you working at now in
connection with this phase of the dis.
covery?"
"One of the most difficult problems
in metallurgy is to separate cobalt
from the ores with which it is asso-
ciated. At present it is done only at
great expense, and SO for the last
few months we have been devising a
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

his regent, he continued, nevertheless,
to be the sovereign of our imaginar
ton, of our traditional rites, and of
our devotion Ancient chronicles told
us that he was the son of heaven; in
the heart of his people he was sacred.
If, indeed, he was somewhat of an
abstraction, his majesty was not
whit less substantial than another
great viewless sovereign called ideal.
In fine, our emperor was our national
ideal in flesh and blood; he was the
state. And the chief distinction be-
tween the genius of the eastern cfvili-
cation and that of the west lies in
this: With you, the individual is the
hub of the universe-every charity be-
gins at home with you; while with us
of the east, it is the whole, the state,
not the individual, that we emphasize.
An individual is nothing; the state,
the whole, is everything. We sac
rifice our children and our wives upon
the altar of national honor, without
hesitation, without regret.
Analysis Of Cunning.
Discourage cunning in a child; Gun.
ming is the ape of wisdom.-Locke.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
RIDGEWAY'S ALL RIGHT.
Appreciates Good Work and Pays
Goods Wages For 1t.


Among the fourteen cities in which
Ridgway's Weekly is published is
Oakland, Cal, the mechanical work Of
the San Francisco edition being exc
cuted in Oakland President Tracy.
OF No Fl, has the following to say
of the management of the San Fran
cisco edition of Ridgway's:
The Ridgway publication, which
bears a San Francisco date line, is
printed in the jurisdiction of Oakland
union, just across the bay, owing, l
presume, to the more or less chaotic
and demoralized condition existing
here. All of the work is being done
under absolutely fair conditions, how
ever, and we of San Francisco are en-
tirely satisfied with the arrangement.
AS an instance of the good feeling
that prevails between the men en-
ployed on the magazine and it's man
agement, l will recite briefly what
occurred on the Friday night proceed
ing the first issue. The men were
held on duty for several hours over
time and every one pulled out and
worked faithfully in order that the
management might keep it's promise
to place the first issue on the street
at schedule time Saturday. The man
agement, approaching the good work
done by the men, not only paid them
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

plan of getting cobalt out of the ore
cheaply within a ratio of cost already
calculated for the price of each CELL"
sAnd you have succeeded?"
Completely. I can positively prom
Use that the new battery will be on
the market in the spring. The factory
buildings are ready and the machin.
cry is being installed"
But there may be some surprise
that nature is holding back that will
interfere?"
Absolutely none. I haven't kept
$4,000 batteries working for three
years without discounting all chances
of failure"
The actual cost of recharging the
new battery is matter of few cents
per cell, the greatest achievement be-
ing in making it light in weight, in
compact shape and above all, durable.
The new storage battery is not de.
signed for fast automobiles.
But l am not an automobile manu-
facturer, and l have thought only of
solving the problem of street traffic,
which is serious in all the great cities
of the world" says Edison.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09

the night newspaper scale for all work
performed, including the one.dollar-an-
hour overtime rate, but in addition,
presented each man with $40 gold
piece as a bonus, so that the days
work for the men employed amounted
to quite $50 each. This may sound
like fairy tale to some of our east
ern cousins, but it's gospel truth
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-09
DO YOUR DUTY.

Three hundred and sixty-five days
in the year you are denouncing your
enemies in congress and state assem-
blies. You have one day in seven
hundred and thirty in which to bring
about change by the ballot box. Do
your duty and-stop kicking.-St. Jo-
seph Union.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-08

two-thirds of all their leaves with four
or more leaflets. But he had discov-
cred a curious fact that much simpli-
fed his selection from then on. In
sowing clover one may observe that
the first leaf of each young and sub
sequent leaflets have regularly three
leaflets. This knowledge made it pos
sible for him to make his selection
muca more quickly. He had only to
choose the young clovers with COM
pousd leaves and transplant them
from his glass house to his garden,
leaving the others TO perish. Thus he
did not need so many hundred indi-
viduals as before, though each year
he still selected some thousands of
seedlings from their sowing pots. At
last, after eight years of effort. the
new variety of clover came into exist
ence. OF this crop nearly all young
plants had their first leaf compound
ed, and all. with few exceptions, wero
five leaved.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-08

Habit plays large part In the
comfort of the individual. At least.
so it was with a party of soldiers
from the ventures as related by Mr..
Todd in his book on the civil war.
The regiment was in barracks near
Cincinnati for over Sunday, and
party of four was made up to visit
the city and see the sights.
'As rare treat we were to put up
at the hotel for the night, and en-
joy good sleep on soft beds and have
fine breakfast before returning to
camp.
I'VE went to the hotel and paid for
a big room with two beds in It, We
were feeling pretty well as we re-
turned to the hotel and pitying our
poor comrades in their hard hunks.
'As we climbed into our comfort
able beds we made various remarks
about the places in which we were
accustomed to sleep. Then we set
tied for rest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-02-08
PIGS AS ORA UGHT ANIMALS

l. many countries and even so
nes. as Scotland the pig has served
the purpose of beast of draught and
has actually been harnessed 10 the
plow in company with cows and
horses. In Scotland also early in the
last century pigs were sometimes
made TO serve as chargers and proved
most docile mounts. says the London
Express.
The homing instinct is strongly
developed in the pig. Instances not
infrequently occur of pigs finding
their way back to farms whence they
have been conveyed. There is rec
ord of two pigs homing nine miles,
and crossing the Thames to boot to
their old farm, whence they had been
driven to Reading market and bought
by a local gentleman on the previous
day. At one point on their homeward
journey where two roads met the
twain were observed putting their
noses together as IL in deep consulta
ton"
About 1915 London gentleman
created sensation by driving a four
finland of pigs through the streets.
and thirty years later an old farmer
caused amusement to a great crowd