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The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1907-01-05

washed into town are liable to
be brought to town by flies.
Why is it that we can not have
a strict enforcement Of our sani-
tary laws?
We have gone crazy over the
Sunday law and can not buy as
much as drink of soda water
on Sunday.
Why not be as eager to enforce
a law that will protect our lives?
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1907-01-05
Happy New Year to you!

Selling Small Tracts Of Land.
Rev. W. c. Ricketts, Of Broken
Arrow, |. T., has bought the 40
acre tract of. land near town known
as the Frank Hilburn place and has
put the land on sale in small tracts
or lots. Mr.. Ricketts, will make
his home here and as he sells prop
Eerty in the Indian Territory he will
invest in Alamogordo property.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1907-01-05

Mrs. W. w. Wood Of El Paso
spent Sunday last with her hus-
band, Mr.. Wood, and brother, 0.
F. HartsGeld.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1907-01-05
Estray Affidavit.


IaffIt0Fy 0I stW HaeAIcOf
County Of 0tero.
Sept. %, t9De.
NJ j, j. W. johnson, make this afidagIt Is le-
gz1 notice that hare tins day taken 10 one
III estray mules the same is talite, and broken
20 work. ana has beenih the vicinity Of my
premises more than twenty s0i days,
Described a. follows. S0rfel asaTe mule.
about thirteeu lt5l hands high, scar ever fefs
eye. branded thus 3 Oh fIsitt thigh and i
aboHt ten tI0l years Old. &. " JOHNSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me ftaiA the
10th day Of Septs 19us, CaAS. =. E.bEAsLEY.
ILiI6w Justlce of the Peace.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
Chiefs of the Western Federation of
Miners, Accused of the Murder of
Former Governor Sfuenenberg of
Idaho, Soon to Face a .Jury---State
Is DiDided on Question of Their
Guilt OF Innocence---L17n1en Fund
Raised for Defense---FIght Prom
ises to Be Long and Bitter.

saying that it was obtained from him
by coercion and undue influence.
All Idaho is torn between the prose
cution and defense in this trial. Al
though broken by great ranges of
mountains and divided into separate
sections by lack of through railroad
connections, Idaho is a unit and its
progressive citizens are we'll acquaint-
ed in all parts of the state The popu-
lation is small, but enlightened. Rich
mines and irrigated farms have pro-
duced a great deal of wealth, and the
resultant culture has not weakened
the moral fiber of it's citizens. The
people of Idaho are very high class
of Americans.
Trial Made Labor Issue.
The prosecution of Meyer, Hay
wood and Pettibone has been made a
labor issue throughout the United
States For a year and more meet
ings have been held, ending with a
sensational series in all the large
cities a few weeks ago, in which the
prosecution was declared a persecu-
ton. and the question was asked
"Shal1 our brothers be murdered? ~
The purpose of these meetings was to
obtain money with which to conduct
the defense, and over a quarter of a
million dollars has been raised.
There is tremendous interest in the
trial all through the west, even in
portions where there are no mines or
miners. 1t is most talked of in labor
circles. There the spirit regarding
the trial is good. All the labor unions
ask is fair and speedy trial. They
have reserved their judgment and are
willing to stand by the judgment OF
any IL good men.
The trial will cost the state of Idaho
over 100000. The defense expects to
spend even more. 1t has $1,000, 200
belonging to the Western Federation
of Miners, besides the 5000 raised
in public meetings. James H. Haw-
lay, formerly a well-known California
lawyer, now of Boise, Idaho, and Sen
ator w. E. Borah of Idaho, are lead
ing counsel for the prosecution
Clarence Darrow of Chicago heads the
defense. His principal assistants are
ex-Gov. John T. Morrison and John F.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18

Boise, Idaho.-No one living in the
Rocky mountain regions can have an
appropriated opinion regarding the
Steunenberg murder trial. This is
the most important event that has
occurred in western America in re-
cent years, and William d. Haywood,
secretary of the Western Federation
of Miners, charged with the murder of
Idaho's governor, has half the popu-
1ation of the entire western country
with him and half against him. This
is the elimination of long line of
bloodshed in the mining camps, begin
ming in the Occur d'Alene's mines Is
years ago, and eliminating in the
bloody mining riots in Colorado. The
prosecution aims to show that all the
crimes in the mining camps which
appeared at the time to have their
motive in the existing bad feeling be-
tween the mine owners and the West
.ern Federation of Miners were
planned by the Inner Circle" of the
federation. OF this the three officials
indicted for the murder of Gov.
Steunenberg were members, and the
crimes committed were supposed to
be carried out under their directions
The defense is confident of its ability
to disprove these allegations, as well
as the charges made in Orchard
confession" described further on in
this article.
At the time of the Wardner riots
in. the Occur d'Alenes, Gov. Steunen-
berg, in the absence of the Idaho
militia in the Philippines, asked for
federal aid, and Gen. Merriam estab-
1ished such stringent military rule
that Gov. Steunenberg gained the en-
nifty of the entire Western Federation
of Miners. Two years later Steunen-
berg retired from Office and returned
to his home in Caldwell. Four years
later, returning home from his office
at six o'clock on the night of Decem-
Der 80, 1905, he swung open his gar
den gate, aud a mine that had been
set for him exploded and tore his
body to pieces. His head was found
a block away.
Two Confessions" Made.
Investigation implicated Harry Or
-chard and Stephen Adams in the MUIR
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Miners depends on the validity OF the
confession" of Harry Orchard and its
power to convict
The complaint that two terms OF
court has passed before the cases were
brought to trial was made the basis of
a motion to have the case dismissed a
few weeks ago. The motion was over
ruled, Senator Borah arguing that the
trial could not previously have been
legally held under the laws of Idaho,
as habeas corpus proceedings were
pending in the supreme court
The defense then petitioned. for
change of venue from Caldwell to
Boise This was granted by Judge
Wood, the defense agreeing not to
bring up the question of change of
venue again. Judge Wood then set the
trial of Haywood for May 8 in Boise
About this trial centers the greatest
interest, as the fate of Haywood will
decide the fate of the others, since all
three of the indicted men were equally
implicated by Harry Orchard.
Could Not Have Trial Earlier
The prosecution has been generally
criticised for allowing a whole year to
pass without bringing these men to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18

in the morning, Orchard. according to
his confession was ordered by Sec
rotary Haywood of the Federation to
wreck the train on very dangerous
curve. The attempt to wreck the train
was made; spikes were pulled from a
rail on a curve of a 3O0-foot embank-
ment. When 1 was ordered to wreck
that train,' says Orchard in his "con-
fession,'' Il said would not do it. And
1 was the man who passed the word to
the conductor, warning him to look
out" The conductor took warning and
the wreck was averted.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
ANSWERS TO THE CURIOUS.

No, Amateur Thespian, the heavy
man it not stage wait.
An Old Subscriber is informed that
wives are not like beefsteak-you can
not make them tender by beating
them.
A Lover-The way to open the door
to successful courtship is very SIM
pie. All you have to do is ring the
belle.
If Epicure wants the best way of
avoiding indigestion through mince
pie, the remedy is easily learned.
Don't eat it.
A correspondent who signs herself
'Fastidiousn wants to know how to
convey delicate hint to a lady guest
who persists in using cigarettes. If
she smokes, put her out. This applies
equally whether she smokes cigarettes
or sets herself on fire.
Easy Mark asks the surest way of
detecting counterfeit notes. Try to
get to serve a term on the grand jury,
and then you will know how to find
true bills.
1t is hard to answer your question
without further data, Lily Bell. The
fact that your heart 1utters strangely
and that you are always blushing, may
be either signs that you are romantic
ally in love or that you have indiges-
ton.
Worried Wifie-If buying a new
bonnet is a crime in you husbands
eyes, just charge it to him.-Baltimore
American
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trial, and many excuses have been
made to account for it. The Idaho
laws provide that man cannot be con-
victed of crime on the uncorrobor-
ated confession of an accomp1ice. 1t is
stated that the prosecution has delayed
because it was unable to obtain cor
roboration of Harry Orchards confes-
sion. The district attorney yields no
Information on this point. But since
the prosecution is now taking up the
case, it is presumed that it has stronger
evidence against Meyer, Haywood, and
Pettibone than the Confessions of
Harry Orchard and Stephen Adams.
The fact that Adams has retracted his
confession practically destroys it as
evidence, and Orchard is understood
to be in so weakened state of mind
that he will not be able to take the
stand, and the prosecution will be
forced to seek to have his sworn testi-
mony, on which the indictments were
brought, admitted as evidence in the
form of affidavits-
The confessions of Harry Orchard
and Steve Adams for the murder of ex-
Gov. Steunenberg were obtained by
James MCFARLAND of the Pinkerton
detective service, who broke up the
Mollie Mcguire gang in Pennsylvania
in the seventies, and secured the con-
viction and execution of II members.
Murder of Steunenberg.
When ex-Gov. Steunenberg was muir
dered, Dec. 80, 1905, the nature of the
death trap set for him and seemingly
the probable motive for the act pointed
suspicion toward the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. James Mcfarland, SUI
perintendent of the western branch of
the Pinkerton service, with his Office
in Denver, took up the case Three
days after the murder Mcfarland ar
rested Harry Orchard, in whose room
in hotel in Caldwell was found a sus-
picious white powder and some letters.
In his trunk in the railroad station, it
is claimed, were found materials for
making bombs, cipher code, and let
tiers from several Federation officials,
containing instructions and advice
How "Confession" Was Got
! Mcfarland set about obtaining q
confession from Orchard He worked
on his nerves by placing him in soil
tary confinement with silent attend
ants At the end of week MOZART
land appeared. sowed the seed of dis
trust in Orchards mind, and left him
to ruminate over what he believed to
be the treason of his instigators- Nc
Partland did not come back for days
BY that time Orchard was ready to
talk. 1t took five days steady writing
to take down his confession" 1t
takes seven hours rapid reading to get
through with this document, which pur-
ports to give the entire history Of the
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CNlRZE5 NOME

Nugent of Idaho. the firm of Richard
son, Patterson & Hawkins of Denver.
and lawyers from every town in the
west in which the Western Fedora
ton of Miners has had trouble
Will Be Hard Fought Battle
The trial will be long and hard fought.
In the first place. it will be difficult To
secure jury in state where every
one takes a vital interest in the trial
The prosecution will exert every posi-
bic effort to secure the conviction of
Haywood, as the hope of fastening the
long line of Colorado murders on the
ofiiciaIs of the Western Federation OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
Fellow Travellers.

A Greenwich man tells of Con-
necticut farmer who, after having
driven a lot of hogs to Greenwich,
sold them for precisely what had
been offered him before he left home
You don't seem to have made much
by bringing your hogs down here"
remarked the man who tells the
story.
well, no. replied the agricultur-
list, dejected1y, 81 amt made no mon
ey, but then, you know" he added his
face Frightening, Il had the company
of the hogs on the way down."-Har-
perS Weekly.
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MXLHM HHDW0lD

der, and both confessed. In their con-
fessions they stated that they were
the tools of the Inner Circle" of the
Western Federation of Miners, and
implicated the officials of the fedora
ton in a long list of murders and at
tempted murders. Charles H Meyer,
president; William D. Haywood, sec
Rotary, and George A. Pettibone. COM
mitteeman, all members of the In
ner Circle" were kidnapped" in Colo
RADIO on hurried extradition proceed
Sfngs and rushed to Idaho on a spe-
cial train Orchard has since become
greatly weakened mentally and
Adams has retracted his Confession
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
activities OF the Timer Circle" or the
Western Federation of Miners
orch.rd,. e.eno.rk.t,Ie s<orv

western teQeraI1On OF MINERS
Orchards Remarkable Story.
According to his own confession, Or
chard was the principal assassin In the
pay of the Western Federation of
Miners, hired to get rid of objection
able persons. A remarkable side to
his story is his care not to injure per
sons not enemies of the Federation.
He planned many times. he confessed,
to assassinate- Gov. Peabody of Col
orado, but, as he says in his "confes-
SION: Il could have got Gov. Peabody
time and time again, if 1 had not been
afraid of blowing up those Peabody
girls
He tells in another place how he de
liberately foiled a determination on the
part of the Federation to destroy a
whole trainload of innocent people.
There was a military ball at Victor,
Colo, Nov. IA, 1908, in the midst of the
mining trouble in this district. The
military was in control, and the
miners objected to the martial law. A
train on the Florence e Cripple Greek
railroad took over to Victor from Grip
pie Creek 21S persons Knowing that
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
An Advantage OF Elaborate Dictior

You say he accused you of being
untruthful?"
That's what happened" answered
Piute Pete, with much embarrassment.
And lives to tell the taller"
We'll, you see he used long words
in such a roundabout way that he
was out O. town before ] had figgered
out exactly what he meant. Wash
ington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
The Interest Nin Risks.

people are always willing to listen
to a man who wants to make a
speech
YES" answered Senator Sorghum !;
Its the sporting instinct of the Amer
lean people. They know he's taking a
chance on saying something he will be
sorry for."-Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
Tells Of Another Crime.

In the long story of his Confession"
Orchard tells of many things. He con
fessed to the blowing up of the indie
pendence railroad station. The Find
lay mine, at Independence, Colo, en-
ployed nonunion men, The plan, Or.
chard says, was to kill off two shifts
at once by blowing up the railroad sta
ton as one shift was going to work
and another leaving. Two o'clock in
the morning was the hour selected.
Orchard says that this crime was
framed up in Haywood's room in
Denver Haywood made his get
away by inducing a saloonkeeper
named Neville to burn down his sa,
loon, get the insurance money, and
then to travel north through the noun
tains. On the first night out, Orchard
pretended to have forgotten his gun.
and rode back in the night with the
ostensible purpose of getting it. AT
that time he says he laid the mine
which tore 13 men limb from limb and
crippled six more for life.
Judge Goddard's Escape.
of efforts made to get two judges.
planted a bomb just outside the gate
before Judge Goddard's house, buried
six inches below the surface, on the
outside of the gate post, covered with
a piece of sacldng, and attached to a
fine wire connected with a small bottle
of acid, which lay above a heap of
potash and sugar, deity placed over
the explosive The little wire from the
bomb came Just above the surface and
a fishhock was fastened to the end of
it A screw eye was driven into the
gate and a piece of iron wire was at
tached to it, When the two wires were
connected the slightest opening of the
gate would explode the bomb. But
Judge Goddard. said Orchard, constant
ly failed to come when he was expect
ed, and the Job" was forced to wait
until Orchard should finish some other
work he had on hand. The time never
came when Orchard was able to set
the mine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
In preamland.

How does it feel to be counted
out they asked him.
Il don't know" answered. the de-
feated pugilist- Il was billion miles
away while that was going on-"-Chi-
cago Tribune
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
As Phrases Change.

you know people are critieising
your parsimony." said a candid friend.
Never mind" was the answer;
wait till I get as rich as some OF
these railway magnates; then the
magazine writer's will compliment me
on my heroic frugality. Wa Washington
Star.
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Sour Grapes.

Viewed seems to be awfully proud
of his wife," said the old bachelor
~WeH,'' rejoined the unsuccessful
sutton, he hasn't much to be proud
of. She only weighs 80 pounds
Chicago Daily News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
Discourasina News.

Yeast-Dinizulu, the Zuly chief, has
a graphophone with which he enter
tains his guests, and also an organ of
English build on which he himself
performs
Crimsonbeak-No wonder mission
aries are getting more scarce.-Yonk-
ers Statesman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
TheoreticaI Treasure.

Some rich men are unable to count
all their money"
YES" said young Mrs. Torkins.
when Charley sits down and figures
how much he is going to win at the
track next day 1 am almost certain
he isn't going to be able to count it"
Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
A Mfsnomer.

A Misnoner.
Twas IL of the night, and the tired
man, unable to sleep, was listening to
the dog barking after rats on one side.
another bowling at the moon, on the
other side cats fighting and yowling
on a shed near by, and rats squeaking
as they scurried to their holes.
/. And these fool nature writer's call
them our dumb animals." he mutt
tered.-Baltimore American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
Not Lucky.

BiIl-Does your brother carry a rab
bits foot?
Jill-No, but he goes around with Z
hare-lip.-Yonkers Statesman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
cou,d Hear Him.

Patience-Is her husband still tax
ing soup every day? =
Patrice-Wen, hes taking soup
every day, but he's not still about it
by any Eeans!-yonkers Statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
The Old. Old Story.

OF mystic ''new-thought' cults I've tried
In vain to be scholar,
Only to learn that, '-after ALL
1t takes hard work to the dollar
Judge.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
EVERYBODY Busy.

Father has gone back to riding a wheel;
The family is madly gyrating;
Mother has bought new automobile,
And the children are all roller-skating-
Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18
May RediyiNux.

Mary had a little am,
Also some little buns.
She made sandwiches out of them.
Just like the railroad ones
Judge
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18

She-Grace could get along with her
husband if she wanted to- Where
there's a will there's way.
Heller husband says where there's
a will there's a wont.-Chicago Jour-
nal.
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MoIly-How are you going to reform
him?
Dolly-Marry him.
Molly-Goodnessi Does he need
such heroic treatment as that?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-05-18

She-I think he's such a breezy
chap.
He-He certainly does blow a great
deal about himself.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-05-03

trustee for about all the best estates
In our part of the country. 1t seems
from, what she tells, that Of late he has
ben very active in developing our
coal mines and railroads, and that par
ticularly he took a prominent hand in
the Seaboard Air Line. You know the
road for your father was a director.
and ! think the house has beea prom
lneut in its banking affairs. Now. Jim.
this poor girl. who, il seems, has re
GENTLY been acting as the judges sec
retary, has just learned that that coup
Of Reinhart and his crowd has com
pletely ruined her father The decline
has swamped his own fortune. and
what is worse, a million 20 a million
and a half Of his trust funds as well.
and the old 5udge-well. you and | can
understand his position Yet | 90 not
know that you just can, either for
you do not quite understand our Vir-
ginia life and the kind of revercd posi-
tion a man like Judge Sands occupies.
You would have to know that 70 un-
derstand fully his present purgafory
and the terrible position Of this daugh-
ter, for it seems that since he began
to get into deep water ne has been
relying upon her for courage and ideas.
From our talk ! gather she has a won
derful store OF up-to-date business no
tons, and | am convinced from what
she lays out that the judges affairs
are hopeless. and. Jim. when that old
man goes down IT Will be a smash that
will shake ou- state in more wars than
one
TIP to now the girl has stood up 10
the blow like man and has been able
TO steady the Judge until he presents
an exterior that holds down suspicion
as TO his real financial condition. al
though she SAYS Reinhart and his Bal
timore lawyer. from the ruthless way
they put on the screws TO shake out
his holdings IN the Air Line, must
have a line on IL that the Judge is
overheard. The old gentleman can
keep things going for six months
longer without teopardizing any Of the
remaining trust funds, OF which he has
some two m'!!ions. ard while his wife
Who Is an ilsalid. knows the judge is
In some rcI5le. -he does not suspect
hls real position His daughter saws
that when the blow came. that day ot
the panic, when Resiart iann.d The
stock out OF sight and scu I'D her
tatser's .ar sers ano rar -es IN The