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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-24
Free Fight in q Church.

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, April 22.-
Rivalry between factions of the Free
Will Baptist church broke out here
in open battle during yesterday
mornings service. A faction oppos-
ing the pastor. Rev. Freeman Chase,
attempted to hold service with an
other minister in charge. This was
resented by the Chase faction and
soon blows were being freely ex-
changed. During the melee many
women tainted and others ran
screaming into the street. The po-
lice were applied to. but refused to
interfere. Finally the new minister
Withdrew. leaving Mr.. Chase's sup
porters in charge and order Vas ret
stored.
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City Dads Weekly Stunt.

The city council was In session
last night. Regular meetings are
held only on the first and third Tues
days of each month, but owing to
the large volume of business up for
discussion Mayor Scheble has called
these extra sessions for the first and
fourth Tuesdays also. Business is
simply discussed at these extra meet
ings; definite action is taken at the
regular meetings.
Last night water and water works
was the topic occupying the major
portion of the evening. Several pet
ty water matters were left to the
water committee for its attention, to
be reported on at the next regular
session.
For awhile the attention of the
council was occupied with the ques-
tion of sidewalks on Orondo avenue.
and elsewhere. It was brought out
that several property holders were
willing to build permanent sidewalks,
but were not disposed to do so until
permanent grade levels were supplied
them by the city engineer. The city
engineer has been crowded with ex-
cess of work, and has been unable to
make complete surveys and furnish
levels for permanent sidewalks in all
of the places where they are desired.
1t was the sense of the council that
the city engineer be authorized to
employ such assistants as he deemed
necessary for period of month or
more, or until surveys could be COM
pleted and street levels established.
On motion he was so authorized.
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Southside Items.

"Southside, the Home of the Big
Drafe Horse says correspondent.
Squirrels are very thick this year.
Now is an excellent time to poison
them.
At this time the rural route is
much appreciated. Carrier Schmizer
is like the north star-a1ways there.
Conceding that Wenatchee. is the
home of the big red apple. 1t must
also be conceded that Southside is
the home Of the big draft horse. It
will be recalled that Southside colts
carried on 1st and and prizes offered
by the Wenatchee Shire association
last fall. Two imported Percherons
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-24
HbNTLEY ASKS
FOR RULING
He Asks Attorney General How Far
Commissioners May GO-BOwie
Loses Office.

State Commissioner of Horticul-
ture Fred A. Huntley has requested
an official opinion from Attorney
General Atkinson concerning the best
means of relieving legally the horti-
cultural interests of the state from
the embarrassment into which the
recent decision of the supreme court
plunged them by declaring that the
new law relative to the manner of
selecting county fruit inspectors is
unconstitutional. He expects to re-
ceive the attorney generals opinion
tomorrow.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-24
Fruit Inspector to Serve Without Pay


BELLINGHAM, April 24.-C. T.
Garfield, fruit inspector for Whatcom
county, who has held the position
for eight years, has announced that
he will perform the work for nothing
if the commissioners will appoint
him to the place. He says he will
labor in the interests of the fruit in
dustry whether he gets any pay or
not.
A plan was on foot to change his
title and eva the board of commits
sioners pay him for the work. County
Auditor James A. Miller stated en-
phatically that he will sign no war
rants for a fruit inspector, no matter
what title he bears,
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Rehearing for Fruit Inspector Law.


OLYMPIA, April 24.-The attor-
ney generals Office today announces
that the supreme court will probably
give rehearing in the case decided
last week declaring the law for the
appointment of county fruit inspec.
tors invalid.
The object of the rehearing will
be to have the court lay down more
definite rules for the guidance OF
county commissioners and prosecut
ing attorneys pending new legisla-
ton. So far as the game wardens are
concerned the attorney general holds
that deputy sheriffs can be appoint
ed to act in that capacity.
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A dense crowd packed the house
when court opened this morning, and
the hearing in the case of the State
VS.. Padre Colin was resumed. Inter-
est in the sensational case is unabat-
ed, and seats in the court room are at
a premium.
Not woman was present today.
Sensations followed in sudden sue
cession yesterday.
As reported exclusively in yester-
days World the feature of the after
noon session was the testimony of
Dave Norris. the aged father of the
complaining witness. A stricken look
of shamed despair clouded the face
of the old miner as he told the story
of his ruined home, and of the visits
of the pious padre. In describing
his encounter with Father Colin on
the day the latter came armed to the
Norris home, he said:
Colin came up with pistol, and
he said he'd come to kill the kid and
me to, I'll kill you too, you old son
of a D. he said. l went in and
, got my gun, but didn't want to kill
him, so 1 shot - ore side, and a. little
up in the air. Colin ran away"
When the crowd left the court
house late yesterday afternoon, Colin
was among the last to come out, ac-
'companied by Frank Reeves, his chief
attorney. A few steps behind him
came Charlotte Norris and her fatheD
accompanied by a woman carrying
Charlotte Norris, illegitimate child
the child of Padre Colin, she says.
The prosecution is making no eff
fort to prove the identity of the
father to Charlotte Norris child
born out of wedlock. The question is
us Padre Colin guilty of statutory
rape?"
The real age of Charlotte Norris is
the question harrassing the minds of
the jury. The defense has called
numerous witnesses to prove her to
be more than 18-to be anywhere
from 25 to 20 years of age. Her
father testified that she was 18 last
August. She herself did not testify
on this point. Prosecuting Attorney
Grass adroitly lodged the introduc-
tion of such question in his direct
examination, and this precluded
Frank Reeves from bringing it up in
rross-examination. But later the de-
tense introduced testimony to show
that the complaining witness is prob
ably 27 or 2S years of age, and this
was allowed to go to the jury un-
.controverted.
Frank Reeves masterful and min
ute summing up of evidence in his
address to the jury left the case be-
fore them in succession of clear
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connected facts. He made plausible
continued story of it, and when he
finished the spectators were willing
to lay odds on Collins acquittal.
Colin himself was not called to the
stand.
Reeves explained to the jury that
there was no necessity for it. Based
on an ancient principle of British
jurisprudence, the supposition nat
urally is that a defendant will affirm
his innocence. The presumption is
that he is innocent, and it is up to
the prosecution to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt that he is not. At
torney Reeves defined reasonable
doubt" to the jury. and added,
Some of you gentlemen of the jury
are from Missouri, and must be
shown"
A feature of Reeves address to the
jury was his pantomine 'take-off'
/, on the stealthy approach of ''The
Sneaking Priest" as described by
Prosecuting Attorney Grass.
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JURY FINDS PADRE COLIN
mot GUILTY" OF CRIME
Aged Priest Is Acquitted by Twelve of His
Peers-Father of Charlotte Norris
Child Still Unidentified

S acquitted.
thought hour
told aged Catholic
priest not guilty.
wholly after
the clerical defendant guilty charge under
which being
defendant himself
Char
lOtte Norris iegtimate wasn nOta
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Prosecuting Attorney Grass, made
a -terse. pointed resume of the evl-
dence against the old padre, Judge
Steiner admonished the jury on their
duty in sitting out the facts, and at
IL O'Clock they retired into the jury
room.
They were out one hour.
During their deliberations street
speculation as to the verdict seemed
to be about equally divided between
acquittal and disagreement.
Promptly at one o'clock the jury
was ushered into the court room, and
the foreman announced a verdict of
not guilty.
-. Padre ]. Colin took the news of his
acquittal-and the congratulations of
his friends-with equal Indifference.
Throughout the trial he has main
tanned stoical, inscrutable attitude.
and appeared to be the least inter-
ested of all in the crowded court
room.
Members of the local bar say the
jury drawn was all that either side
could have asked for, but one Cath
olic was sworn in as a juror, which
would suffice to explode any possible
theory that Colin was acquitted from
motives of religious sympathy or
loyalty.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
THE WAY 1T GROWS.

j. c. Stribling of Pendleton, S. G
writing for the GAINESVILLE (Ga.) I'm
ion News says:
THE south will also take her proper
position as the master Of the cotton
trade so soon as her cotton producers
and other occupations in the south
come to know that we must come to-
gether as a unit on cotton. Then we
can control the cotton situation against
the world if we can induce cotton
growers to raise their own food
for both man and beast as far as
possible.
Our cotton growers will have done
quite a big thing for themselves and
the south when they have complete
control over their own affairs.
. Our own farming business when
done in a busnesslike manner should
give us our full measure of profts
without our meddling with other
tradesmen's affairs that do not block
our progress. That disposition to mix
our farming business with politics ANA
other things not in our way is the
dose that killed the alliance"
II. M. Odom OF Campbell county,
Ga, says. 81 am satisfied the union
is the best thing for the farmer that
has been on earth. There are a few
good union men in this county but |
am afraid they are scattering. We
need a good organizer here"
President r. F. Duckworth OF the
state union, and editor of the Union
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
STATE OFFICERS.

Georgia-R. f. Duckworth, Presi-
dent, Thomaston, Ga, r. L. Barron,
Sec.-Treas., Hendrix, Ga.
AIabama-I A. Worley Pres,
Guin, Ala; E. j. Cook, Sec.-Treas,
PeIl City, Ala.
Arkansas-J. B. Lewis, Pres,
Jonesboro, Ark; Ben l.. Griffin, Sec.-
Treas, Conway, Ark.
Indiahoma-J. A. West, Pres,
Shawnee, 0. T.; B. C. Hanson. Sec.-
Treas, Shawnee, 0. T.
Louisiana-L. N. Holmes, Pres,
Bernice, La; j. w. Boyett, Jr., Sec.-
Treas, Tanhill, La.
Mississippi. M. Bass, Pres, Ha-
zlehurst, Miss; G. w. Russell, See
Treas, Hazlehurst, Miss.
Tennessee j. E. Montgomery,
Pres, Greenfield, Tenn; j. T.
Brooks, See. c.-Treas, Atwood, Tenn.
Texas-E. A. Calvin, Pres, Dallas,
Texas; B. f. Chapman Sec.- Treas,
Dallas, Texas.
South Carolina-O. P. Goodwin,
Pres, Anderson, S. c.; b. f. Earl,
Sec.-Treas., Anderson, S. c.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28
NATIONAL OFFICERS.

c. S. Barrett, president, Atwater,
Ga.
]. e. Montgomery, vice-president,
Gleason, Tenn.
R. H. Mccullough, secretary-treas-
urer, Beebe, Ark.
l.. N. Holmes, chaplain, Bernice,
La.
Executive Committee-W. S. Mil
Ter, chairman, Lake Greek, Texas;
w. o. Morris, secretary, Sulligent,
Ala; Jas. Butler, Topeka, Kan;
Campbell Russell, Russell, I. r.; l. N.
McAIlister, Many, La.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

200 boys, cadets at the Virginia Mill
tary Institute, during the late war,
went into battle, with a courage that
knew no faltering, charged and fought
mid whitening fire driving the enemy
before them and winning the victory
for General Breckenridge. We farmer
boys are enlisted for this fight, and
like those matchless southern lads nev-
er intend to halt until the battle is
won. Under the leadership Of our
National President G. S. Barrett, we
are going to drive the speculating
horde off the field and plant the flag
of Golden Rule above the ramparts
of Greed and Graft, to float over the
fallen walls and broken ruins Of every
speculator stronghold in all the coun-
try" What an inspiration this noble
boys enthusiasm should be to every
weakened adult who carpingly cries
"The farmers can't do anything be-
cause they won't stick together"
If S. 0. Broussard is not greatly
misled by the 62 members of his local
crop of 1907 in the farmers union ware
house. So may it be throughout the
cotton belt.
President J. B. Lewis will meet
with the county union of Garland coun-
ty, Ark, at Myers March 7th, when the
organization of a stock company will
be considered. The farmers of Ar
kansas are not negligent of the advant-
ages of the farmers union.
The Farmers Union State Central
Warehouse has been completed at
Winfield, La, and opened for busi-
ness. The local banks have agreed to
advance tWo-thirds the value Of all cot
ton stored at 8 per cent per annum.
A. P. Collins is president and J. E.
Croker, Secretary.
The farmers of Texas mean busi-
ness. They are now building ware
houses throughout the state sufficient
to store 100000 bales of cotton. In
addition to this they contemplate
great number of cotton mills to spin
their cotton. The plan advanced to
build the cotton mills is the co-opera-
tive plan: Every time a farmer sells
bale Of cotton he deposits one dollar,
for which he gets one share of stock;
said stock is subject to transfer and
negotiation at any time; to this fund
is added local subscriptions from COM
munities who compete for the location
of the mills; to this is added subscrip-
tions of local investors. Some farmers
are subscribing from $500 to 81 900
thus showing their faith. And all of this
home rule, progress and Enterprise
must be credited to the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union of
America. Wake up, Georgia farmers.
"A number of local unions have
been organized in Crisp county, Ga,
and the farmers union will have cause
to be proud of its Crisp county con-
stituency.
-Elbert county, Ca, farmers are
getting interested in the farmers
movement. Thos. l.. Johnson, Middle
ton, Ca, secretary and treasurer of the
Elbert county union, says: "The time
has come for the farmer to get a
move on himself, in his own ranks,
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

This is going to be a year for hard
fighting; all kinds of schemes will be
laid to catch the farmer.
Such men as Joe Hoadley will pro-
pose during the spring. to finance
this falls cotton crop.
THE thing. that worries us so is to
think that some of our farmers are
green enough to be caught in his trap.
yes, he will claim to be a friend
of the farmers, why not? He and
his cohorts could afford to spend ten
million of dollars to get the farmers
demOralized this year.
Their first plan is to get the farm
ers to plant everything in cotton so
that enough of it will be forced on the
market to enable them to hammer the
price down.
will the southern farmer walk into
this trap? The Union News is going
to do all it can to keep them from it.
Plant peas, corn, SOW oats, let some
Of your land rest, don't plant it all in
cotton"
From Montgomery county, Ca,
comes cheerful intelligence. through
the Union News, from j. M. d. Eth
ridge, vice president of the local union.
He says: I'VE have twenty members;
but think it will grow rapidly now.
1t seems as if the people are just now
beginning to take an interest. | can
hear the people around here talking
up for the union, saying that they
are going to come in with us soon;
and l think they Will"
The District Union Of White cOun-
ty, Ark, will have a warehouse ready
for the coming crop.
There are over 900 members of the
+. E. and G. u. of A. in Lawrence
county, Ark, and they are discussing
the warehouse proposition, and if AL
vie Dillin's advice is taken they VIII
be independent or commission men and
local cotton buyers, by building ware
house to store their cotton.
w H. Entrikin, of Bethel union.
Miller, Miss, is writing good stuff"
and giving sage advice in the Cooper,
ator and Farm Journal.
Hollis Local Union of Texas has
resolved not to sell any cotton seed
for less than SIS per ton and if ev-
cry union in the cotton growing states
would set their price and stick to it
the mills would pay it.
j. E. Rankin, Of Aberdeen, Miss,
says: Leave politics alone, We are
not a political party, and should, as
a body abstain from even 50 much as
a discussion of partisan politics." AS
Mississippi is now entering a political
campaign the advice should be needed
and thereby prevent the fate of the
Alliance.
S. ID. Phillips, of Madden, Miss,
expects the union to derive much bene-
fit from local unions meeting together
and the interchanging of ideas on
such occasions.
The Madison (TeXas) County I'm
ion is hummer. 1t owns it's ware
house, got IL cents for cotton and ex-
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

cents for their cotton, so says Josh Mel
that will advance the interest of the
union
The Winton county, Ala, local
union is one Of the liveliest unions
in the state and S. p. Hanson will
keep it alive if any one can.
as union is a live wire. When he
drops into a town there is something
doing and when he drops into a dis
trict or county union good bye to
carpers and kickers. Rubber goods
won't save them.
Some mems heads are longer than
they are wide, while some mems heads
are wider than they are long, and
there are some other mems heads
that are neither, but just like an old
time black bottle with a hollow space
in the bottom of it, consequently you
can never get it full. If you fill it at
empty, and if you turn it over to fill
the hollow, what you have put in it
runs out. So you see you can't satis-
fly everybody" says "Old Dick" (B. r.
Carter) speaking of things in Polk
county, Ark, and of the men who know
it all.
Bob Nelms, of Brookland, Ark,
says local union of Antioch is ION a
boom, and never, prior to the present
time, have the farmers been stirred up
as they are now. They have determined
to make 1907 the banner year Of the
farmers union, and to make the spec
ulatOr hunt his hOle.'
The district union of Yell county,
Ark, has built a warehouse at Riley,
Ark, which is full Of cotton and moth
ing under II cents can move it. A
cooperative store with $4,000 stock of
goods has been opened at Havana, and
Dave BrOaddrick says the prospects
are that every farmer, worth having,
will unite with the union-those who
expect to get everything and give
nothing will be weeded out, you see.
w. E. Beasley, of Austin, Ark,
says: There is not farmer in reach
of Camp Grand local union who is
not member of the union, they have
built warehouse at Cabot and stored
their cotton" What a valuable exam
pie these Arkansas farmer unions are
setting for their Georgia brethren.
Georgia farmers, listen at this from
Il. j. Johnson, Of Baldwin, Miss. 1--WE
will never let the fires slow down so
that we have to blow the sparks to
start them afresh. Our county trade
agent delivered two carloads of flour
last week and We are all now supply
ing our tables with union flour, sugar
and coffee"
"A. ]. Dunn, of Farmersville, Texas.
says: 81 have stored all my cotton in
the farmers union warehouse to stay
there till l get II cents" Suppose ev-
cry cotton raiser in the south should,
in 1907, follow this example, cotton
would easily bring Is cents.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-28

ROSTER OF NATIONAL AND
STATE OFFICERS OF THE
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND
COOPERATIVE UNION OF
AMERICA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-05

William G. Ward, piano merchant
of Wtnsted, Conn, does not like to be
without a fire. When moving from
Pratt Hill to the Beardsley block on
Main street he kept the coal fire in the
parlor stove a-going full blast. The
teamster had piled the last article of
household goods pn the sleigh when
his thoughts turned to the redhot stove.
ooh, wen fill the hopper with coal"
said Ward Load the stove on back,
and when we get to the new home
Wen have the fire going" The cold
days moving was done without acct
dent. The sight of load of household
goods passing up the street with fire
burning in a stove caused much laugh
ter
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-05
NINE FEET OF SNOW.
Winnipeg Wild Over Story Told In the
United States.

Citizens Of Winnipeg, Man, are hold
ing mass meetings to denOunce the au-
thor of the following dispatch printed
in number of papers in the United
States;
Reports from Prince Albert tell of
terrific snOWStOrm of q week ago. The
flakes fell necessarily for six days,
covering the ground to a depth of nine
feet in the open with drifts fifty-fOur
feet deep.
Fortunately the snow was soft, and
the settlers had no trouble in digging
tunnels from house to house M is
probable that the snow will not disap-
pear until spring, so the farmers are
making arrangements to live under it
for the winter a few who did not
have their fall blowing done have prop
ped up the snow in the fields and are
carrying on their work as usual Their
only complaint is the dimness Of the
light Since the mantle of snow is so
thick no fires are required in the
houses, and in order to prevent being
overcome by the heat very little cook
ing is being done. When it is absolute
ly necessary to come to the surface lad
ders are used, and the shafts are care
fully covered by trapdoors to prevent
a draft reaching those living below"
This story caused a sensation in Win
nipeg, and various local organizations
have promised to discuss this defama-
ton of Canada The snowstorm story
first appeared in the comic sections of
a number of American newspapers and
then was copied into other papers,
which did not have the column marked
coke"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-05

vOLVERS.
smoking he suddenly heard the vesti-
bule door open and the hurry Of feet,
but investigation showed the door Sc
curely locked and the guard chain on.
Night after night the incident was
repeated, and he could hear the steady
tramp all through the house. The
noises increased until pandemonium
reigned every night, and the family
was panic stricken and nightly locked
themselves in their rooms.
The parlOr was the rendezvous. The
furniture shifted, and the piano VIC
lently opened and closed. There were
riot0us feasts in the dining room; the
silver ratified and china crashed. But
when the family charged downstairs
with reyoIvers nothing was disturbed.
This continued for weeks, and just as
they decided to abandon the haunted
house. which meant nOtOriety and loss
the distracted father made an eXhaus-
tive search of the house from base
ment to attic. peering behind books
and bric-a-brac in the cabinet, when he
noticed a basket filled with curiOs be
hind Il screen in the unused fireplace
And there lay the silver handle Of
the coffin, which he supposed his
daughter had returned. Ashamed to
admit the possibility that this mani
mate object could be the cause of the
disturbance. he took it out into the
alley and threw it as far as his strong
arm could fling it. And from that day
to this there was an end of supernatu
raj demonstrations
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-05
1EESlEGED BY GHOSTS.
Strange Experience of Morse Family
Laid to a Coffin Handle.

%asN % q NUIIIH FTaFUTSs
A stalWart Norseman, strong nerved
and unimaginatiye, experienced a SUI
pernatural demonstration in his home
in Austin, Mimi, that transformed a
skeptic into an ardent believer in the
occult says a correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune.
lie is a widower with four grown
children. and while visiting his wife's
grave in Graceland his eldest daugh-
ter found silver handle of exquisite
workmanship from a long buried coffin
that the workmen had just exhumed.
That night after the family retired
as the big NOrseman sat in the library