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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Murderers as Heroes.

Instructions have been given by the government of Java for the execution of criminals within the walls of the prison in future. The present rule of public executions has no deterring ef- feet on the Javanese. Murderers on the way to the scaffold are treated with great respect by the native police and are dressed in white and wear flowers in their hair. The spectators look on them with respect which re- sembleS hero worship when the crim- inals walk with bold and defiant tread. In such cases the relatives bury the murderers with great ceremony and hold their memory in reverence.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
k1 u m or
NOTHING SERIOUS.
Chance Meeting of Two Men on 6
 Street Corner.

Chance Meeting of Two Men on a
 Street Corner.
 q beg your pardon" said the man in the plaid suit, but isn't your name Nelson?"
 ''Yes, sir" answered the other, a spare elderly, gray haired man. with a black mustache, whom he had accost. ed at street corner.
 "Flavius J. Nelson?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Used to live in Mendota about for. ty-seven years ago?"
 "Yes, sir"
 Your father had team of ponies he called Duke and Diamond. Is that right?"
 Yes, sir"
 "Well. well! You've changed some, of course. in all that time, but thought I couldn't be mistaken. wonder if I've passed entirely out of your recollection. Do you remember a barefoot boy with a wart on his nose that lived across the street from you house."
 Why, can't exactly say I recalI'- Had a stump tail dog that was al ways following him around"
 ''I seem to remember the dog. but Used to go out hazelnutting witll you every fall. Slipped into old
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Lamp For Dante's Tomb.

The Italian Dante society is to fur nish the tomb of the poet of Ravenna with lamp which 1t is proposed shall be kept perpetually burning at the ex- pense of the municipality of Florence The lamp is in the fourteenth century Venetian style, its main feature being an ostrich's egg, surrounded at its greatest diameter by a circlet of cop per. with ornaments of gems, lapis lazuli and malachite. The cup of the lamp will be of the finest Venetian crystal. The work is pronounced wor- thy of the best traditions of Floren- tine craftsmen.-London Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
SPORTING NEWS.
WEsTON's SCHEDULE.
Veterans Walkers Daily Route Given
 in Full.

The attention which Edward Pay son Weston, aged 69, is attracting by his effort to duplicate his feat of footing it from Portland, Me, to Chi cago is attested by the crowds which have so far greeted him at all points on his route. Weston is travelling by a regular schedule. intending wher- ever possible to gain on his schedule, however, so as to have time in re- serve in case of delay on account of a storm. He is accompanied by phy- sician and two companions, who ride in an automobile. so as to be able to assist him should he require it.
 He left Portland on Oct. 20 at o'clock in the afternoon. His walking table showing stopping places is as follows:
 Oct. 29-Kennebunk, Me, 22 miles. Oct. 30-Hampton, N. H., 6S miles. Ost. 31-Jamaica Plain, Mass, 121 miles.
 Nov. 1-Natick, R. l., 169 miles. Nov. 2-Andover, Conn.,, 22S miles. miles.
 Nov. 3-Rest for Sunday.
 Nov. 4-Waterbury, Conn, 2S6 miles.
 Nov. 5-Great Harrington, Mass, 335 miles.
 Nov. 6-Troy, N. Y., 33s uliles. Nov. Fonda, N. r., 431 miles. Nov. S-Utica, N. Y., ASA miles. Nov. 9-Syracuse, N. Y., 539 miles. Nov 10-Remain over Sunday. Nov. 11-Palmyra, N. Y., 5sS miles.
 Nov. 12-Batavia, N. r.. 653 miles. Nov. 13-BufiafO, N. l., 59O miles. miles.
 Nov. 14-silver Creek. N. r., 732 miles.
 Nov 15-North East, Pa, us miles.
 Nov. 16-Ashtabula. O., s34 miles Nov. 17-Remain over Sunday. Nov. 1S-Clevelanu, O.. Ss1 miles. Nov. 1s-wakeman, O.. $40 miles. Nov. 2O-Tremont. O., 9S1 miles. Nov. 21-Springfeld, O., 102s miles
 Nov. 22-Bryon. O.. 10s7 miles. Nov. 25-LigOnier. Ind. 11Sc miles.
 Nov. 2s-Laporte. Ind. 1900 miles. Nov. 27-Chicago. H.. 1234 miles.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Part of a Ship.

lTessrs Harland & Wolff. shipbuild- CTS of Belfast. Ireland. are soon to launch a new bow portion for the White Star liner Suevic. which ran ashore near the Lizard. on the Corn wall coast. 4 good twO-thirds of the vessel was saved and taken to South ampton for repair Now the new bow which has been built for her is to be lowed round from Belfast to South ampton, and the ship is to be rendered once more complete.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
BOYS CLUB DEFECTIVE.

John Cannon did good work as de- tective at the bowling game between the North Ends and the Blue and White of the Boys club last night. Robert Scott and Joseph Aspalek started to bet on the game when Louis Bouet bowled 175 in the first string. The great detective stepped in just as Scott said: Five dollars says Boys club wins" And they did.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
there too. She went down in 1901. sent

there too She went down in 1901, sent to the bottom by collision with an other steamer in the fog. The relent- less tide runs over her cozy cabins and beautiful stairway, dank with the pas sage of time.
 And there lie also. caught in the sea weed, the City of Rio Janeiro, the Els cambia, the May Flint and the Caleb Curtis, the last pilotboat sunk in a blinding fog. Truly. the bottom of the bay is paved with memories. - San Francisco Call.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Cree Indian SuDerssition.

Cp in Canada the Cree Indians have some queer ideas ln regard to delIri- um- The other day a Cree chief and a medicine man were arrested at Nor way House. Keewatin. for the mur- der of a squaw. According to the GUS ton Of the tribe. the woman was stran- EIed while she was suffering from de lirium. with the idea of preventing the evil spirit from escaping.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Collections
DECEIVING THE EYE.
How Witnesses May Differ as to What
 They Think They See.

t1o" "ieHessSe NaJ CIuoT as to WHdt
 They Think They See.
 Can anybody be perfectly sure that he is telling the truth, especially on the witness stand? To illustrate the fact that two witnesses, testifying as to how many people were in a room, may differ widely. yet honestly, in their opinion, Professor Munsterberg in an article in McClure's relates the following experiment with some of his students of psychology at Harvard:
 Last winter I made an experiment with the students of my regular psy- chology course in Harvard. Several hundred young men. mostly between twenty and twenty-three, took part It was test of very trivial sort. I asked them simply. without any theo- retical introduction, at the beginning of an ordinary lecture. to write down careful answers to a number of ques- tions referring to that which they would see or hear. I urged them to do it as conscientiously and carefully PDSSlDlCs lAIG Ul swers which I received showed clearly that every one had done his best. I shall confne my report to the first 100 papers taken up at random. At first I showed them a large sheet of white cardboard on which fifty little black squares were pasted in irregular or der. I exposed it for five seconds and asked them how many black spots were on the sheet The answers va ried between twenty-five and 200 The answer over 100 was more frequent than that of below fifty. Only three feltunable to give definite reply. Then showed a cardboard which contain cd only twenty such spots. This time the replies ran up to seventy and down to ten. We had here highly trained. careful observers whose attention was concentrated on the material and who had full time for quiet scrutiny. Yet in both cases there were some who be- lieved that they saw seven or eight times more points than some others saw. and yet we should be disinclined to '..lieve in the sincerity of two wit nesses. of whom one felt sure that he saw 200 persons in a hall in which the other found only twenty-five"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
csuaht the Fever.

~He was knOcked down by a motor car. you know. Got S2500 damages from the fellow"
 aThe idea. I wonder what he'll do with the uo7eyy
 -Oh. he's spent it Bought the fel- lows car win it--PhiIadeIphfa Press
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
We-Sa-kuT H..1

Pgy-Yes. it's rather a neat tie. Who gave you the idea? CbOlly-No- body I got it ont of my own head PeTcy-Oh. Blocked it out yourself. did you.-ChicagO Tribune-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
BARRETT BEAT PARKER
in Two Straight Falls at Lewiston
 Monday Evening.

At Lewiston Monday night in the sity hall. wiIfred Barrett of Bidde- ford beat Harvey Parker of Brock ton in two straight falls. in 20 min utes and in minutes There was a big crowd present and the ErestIers gave the people some excitement The people running matches there want Parker to return in about a month and meet Eugene TrembIzy. vho Is making ehampioaship elzius. at 140 pounds Parker says he is uncertain whether ks can make the weight. and uournfuIIy remarks that ks Is a back number.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
At the Ro.tor, of San Frsneisea Bay

~ tfIe bottoW oT oaN FFa1clsco 5aJs
 What a melancholy sight the bottom of San Francisco bay must present. A diver recently told me of going down to the City of Quebee. sunk many years ago at the mouth of the harbOr by one of the large China steamers He descended with a stout heart and a mind inured to the tragedies of the sea. but when he saw two sisters of charity sleeping quietly in their berths and near by a man oa his knees. sway ing hack and forth with the motion of the tide. and a dia. myste-.'1s lisit over all the sonber objects his heart failed him. and he gave the signal to be hauled above The San Rafael Hes
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
kn.u Mir

~GaIboys rev stsnogrspher Is q fine o1e. but shsI never do for hin-
 ~Why. Es1t shs quick e7oughT
 %Tes- bat ber hair is black ard hss wIfeTs Is rsIlow.--Judga.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Superstitious.

q fine you S13"
 Make 1t thirteen and costs. judge; thirteen is an unlucky number."-Ha=. per's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06
Another Thinn.

q hear Starleigh took new play ou for q run. Did he strike it?'
 "No; he beat it."-Boston Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-06

Co1Edences are sometimes blindIrg evea when they are sincere--ElIct-
The oasis., 1907-07-06
EVEN BANKERS OBJECT.

Washington, June 2S.-One of the most important cases yet filed with the interstate commerce commission under the new railroad rate law was presented by the American Bankers association which alleges that the express com panies, through the power and facilities as common carriers, are usurping the prerogatives of the banking associations and at the same time employing the cap ital of the banks in the conduct of their business.
 It is alleged that the exchange busi- ness in the express companies and the relations which they have with the rail- road companies enable them to seriously discriminate against regular commercial operations of banking Institutions
 The complaint is directed against the Adams, United States, American, Paci- fic, Wells Fargo, Southern and Great Northern express companies.
 The foregoing press dispatch which appeared in many newspa- pers last week shows that even bankers entertain strong objections to having their field invaded by corporations or individuals in other lines of business.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

THOSE most alarmed about the alleged inconsistency" in Presi- dent Roosevelt's accepting another nomination in the face of his declaration at the time of his elec- tion in 1904, are those who wish most sincerely utter defeat of the Roosevelt policies.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

Now the issue mentioned must be met and settled equiiobIy, or free government is doomed. lt can. not he settled by the mob The unfortunate condition of San Ftan- cisco has demonstrated that fact. But unless there be an equitable settlement there will be the mob to deal with. To do that there is but one way; and that is by force. A government that rests upon force cannot remain free very long.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

AFTER many years in the news paper work in Arizona, Governor and Mrs. Hughes retire from the Arizona Star at Tucson, and are succeeded by the Kellys, of the Bis bee Review, Douglas International American and Arizona Democrat. The kellys are very pleasant men and first class newspaper people, but they represent corporate monopoly, and nothing more. Their acquisition of the Star means another Copper Queen newspaper in the Arizona field.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

EVEN the Arizona Republican has seen light" and boosts for Foraker no more. It is willing that there shall be an Arizona dele gation next year to the national republican convention, for Taft, Knox or Cannon, or any good republican. And it opines that any effort now toward shaping up a delegation from this territory would be premature.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

Buttinski has hired another newspaper man to run his paper for him. Very likely the gentle man will work while, and then be glad to pull out, like some of the other real newspaper men who have been inveigled into going onto the staff of the Times.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

WHETHER one lives in a Russian city to be shot down by soldiery, in San Francisco to be terrorized from doing according to your needs by brutal mob, or in Colorado and Idaho to be ruthlessly mur- dered by hired assassins, makes little difference to the average citizen.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

BUT the way Arizona statutes are drafted would take more than a Philadelphia lawyer to ascertain what the drafters really meant" walls the Globe Silver Belt. Ordin- arily it looks like they meant nothing.
The oasis., 1907-07-06
.'THE PeRFUmED ioLeR."

'iUpon lonely moorin Scotland a poor widow gathers thistles to cook and feed to her fatherless bairns. About the Eil de Boeuf there lounges a perfumed idler who hath subtle alchemy by which he extracts from her basket every fourth thistle, and calls it rent. ."- Thomas Carlyle.
 So long as men read disquisitions upon the iniustices of organized society that were merely academic, like the quotation from Carlyle, 1t was fashionable among the high and lofty, to discuss in the same academic way the various mani festations of those injustices; and the Carlyle cult received many ac- sessions from the very classes who profited most from the inequalities that received the we'll merited and scathing criticisms that flowed from his pen with most remarkable facility. But that new genera ton has arisen that demands the fighting of such wrongs and seeks a practical remedy, the privileged classes have become alarmed, and seek to break the force of the prop uganda of the doctrine of "a square deal," by the use of epithets, by misrepresentation of motives, and many other questionable methods. And those who would work for just amelioratipn of the condition of the masses are chased ether with anarchists, who would over turn the social organization. and with socialists, who aim to hurry the natural tendency. But the world is coming to be more enlight- ened, and in time inequalities so terrible as that depicted in the vivid words of the Sage of Chelsea will disappear.
 And men have begun to question also the inequality of the distri- button of wealth other than that in land; and there is arising a per- sistent and insistent demand that there be a more equitable distri- button of the joint proceeds of capi- tai and labor than is prevalent now. Those who stand for that change in civil polity are branded also with epithets and hard names, to divert the attention of all who may be hoodwinked from the force and merit of their argument. There seem others beside "perfumed idlersV who have "a subtle alchemy"
The oasis., 1907-07-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

WHAT with "nicotineless tobac- co" and "n6n-alcobolic booze," a mollycoddle may pose as d tough should he choose.
The oasis., 1907-07-06

stock, created and accumulated by the joint efforts and labor of all As landlordism first siezed all the land of the nations, and subjected to tribute those born and residing thereon, SO has industrialism siezed the great and complex machinery of production, and endeavorcd to reduce to a condition that is nearly as abject as that of the widow de- scribed by Carlyle those who oper- ate that machinery. Contempo- raneous with Carlyle there was an American writer who was widely read, and who studied the tendency of human affairs in an academic way-Kobe:t Dale Owen. Mir. Owen was a manufacturer, con. ducting factory that for the time was an extensive enterprise. He was in business just as the inven. tion of the spinning jenny and the power loom superseded the more cumbrous and clumsy hand ma chimes used so many generations before, and with the enterprise of the true American he adopted the new machinery. And he noted that with the new machinery his work ing force of some three hundred operatives could spin the yarn and weave as much cloth as could have been made by twenty-five hundred operatives using the old machinery that had been displaced; and in one of his essays on political econ omy Mir. Owen volunteered the ad- that the three hundred producers should receive share of the increased production due to the new machinery; and that the owner of the machinery should not be permitted to absorb an entire prodr rction equaling that twenty two hundred people who had been by the new appliances. Now that is the very doctrine of Socialism, and those who embrace that theory class RobertDale Owen as one of the early apostles of the creed. But Mir. Owen overlooked an important point in that com petition of those who had appro- priated the machinery would re- duce price, and give to consumers a large part of the increased pro- duction. But that does not break the force of his original observa- ton that the three hundred should have a part of their own increased production from use of the inn proved machinery. That they have been getting part, and that not all has gone to the master and to the consumer there Is every reason to believe. The vastly improved of the workers of the world, over what was their condi- tion a half century ago goes to prove the assertion. But they claim that they are not given yet
The oasis., 1907-07-06
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The oasis., 1907-07-06

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-14
CATTLE ON RANGE
NEVER HEARD OF
WALL STREET
New Mexico Stockman Says
Grass IN Good and Animals
are in Fine Condition. Big
Drove Reaches Here.

l. w. Cox. of Datil. y. NJ. one of
the well known stock raisers Of So
zorro county, arrived in the city yes
terday with 146 read Of splendid cat
tie. which he drove overland from his
ranches. They were all Herefords, SO
being steers and so cows, all between
two and three years old. The cattle
were sold to the Blanchard Meat and
Supply company. by Mr.. Cox.
"Ive got 1000 more Of them on my
ranch" said Mr.. o yesterday. THE
drive overland was a successful one
and the cattle are all in good shape.
In fact. stock conditions We're never
better, the range Is good and cattle
exceptionally healthy and fat" From
which Il appears that the financial
furry has not touched the stockmen.
They are all looking satisfied. with
the exception Of a few in some sec
tions OF the territory. who have been
vainly waiting for cars TO ship their
cattle in.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-14
CAUSED
THE DEATH OF
TWO INFANTS
PATHETIC CASE OF LITTLE
REBECCA CHAVES OF BELEN
Nine-year-oId Child Insane
Since Attack of Cerebro
Spinal Meningitis When Five
Months Old.

one of the saddest cases OF a min
diseased that ever came before the
district court here ended yesterday
when Judge Abbott ordered little y
year-old Rebecca Chaves, daughter OF
Crescencio Chaves, Of Belen, COM
mitted to the "a Vegas asylum. h
child is violently insane n II IS sald
that two playmates in Belen dled as
the result of injuries inflicted by the
little girl. She has been practicaliy
without any mind at all since the age
of ) months, when she had an attack
of cerebro spinal meningitis, from
which she never recovered. The girl
would tear off her clothes and act IKE
n wild creature. and one OF the phases
of her Iunaey attested by DIR. w. r,
Wittwer. of Los Lunas, who examined
her. was that she was dangerous 10
infants" She is entirely without the
power Of speech and a pitlaole Cd
iect. The grief of her parents over
the condition in which she has re,
mained for nearly a ecade Is stu
poignant and there We're tears IN the
ewes of more than n in the court
house yesterday when her case was
disposed of by the court.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-14
WITNESS DECLARES
PLAINTIFF WAS
IRRATIONAL
SOME MORE INTERESTING
EVIDENCE IN SCHMIDT CASE
Testimony Of Plaintiff on Stand
Yesterday Not Damaging to
the Defensei Case viii Take
Several Days Yet,

Eugene With, brother-in-law of Jo-
seph Schmidt. who is suing the
Southwestern Brewery and Ice COM
pany for $4,000 damages. was one of
the witnesses on the stand during the
continuation of the trial in the dis
trlct court yesterday. With's testi-
mony went to show that the plaintiff,
during the time he was In the hospital
after the scalding he received by the
bursting of the beer cooker at the
brewery. was out of his mind, and not
aware of what he was doing. The
testimony was of importance as bear
ing on Schmidt's allegation that he
had no knowledge of signing the re-
lease alleged by the defense In which
he promised, for a consideration, not
to prosecute a case for damages.
With said that several days after
the accident when he went to see the
plaintiff at the hospital, Schmidt i'm
agined he saw two large men In green
o%vercoats come in and hand him $50
in greenbacks, which he said he had
under his pillow. and which Schmidt
pretended to take charge of for him.
with also testified that Schmidt, after
he was taken to With's house from the
hospital, chewed all the bandages off
his burns until the bed was bloody,
and had to be afterward tied down
with straps. He said that on several
occasions Schmidt showed no signs OF
recognition when he went to see him,
and once got mad because, as he said,
they had put him in the wrong bed.
indicating several other n~on-existent
beds i'm the room. With said that DIT.
earns had admitted TO him that the
plaintiff did act a little queer" and
asked IL any member of his family
had ever been crazy. which With an
swered In the negative. With said he
went with schmidt afterward To see
the company about some satisfaction
for the accident. and hat the officials
told him he had already signed a re-
lease. and no further arrangements
could he made. With said he went TO
Q. y. Marion and asked to see a copy
Of the release, but was not allowed to
do so.
Schmidt. who was On the stand dur
ing the day. was severely cross-eNam-
ined. aud his story was not particular
" damaging to the defense. schmidt
claims that he was not in his right
mind for long after he left the hos
Dital
Other witnesses on the stand y~ester-
day were Henry Loebs. Bossert. DR..
earns and j. A. Real. The most of
the testimony was concerned with the
condition OF schmidt when he signed
the alleged release i'm the presence OF
MI. Marion and Mr.. Loebs. The de-
Tense makes a strong point OF the al
legged fact that Schmidt went back TO
work and accepted his salary for the
time he was sick, in accordance with
the provisions Of the release.
The case is being fought hard all
the a IT has already consumed a
week. and viii take at least three days
more to finish up.