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The Washington times., 1907-02-26
Pathetic Scenes in the
Court as Story Is
Told.
Jury Visits Scene of
Tragedy at Stfother
Home.
Mrs. BywaterS viii Be
Called for the
Defense.

CULPEPEE, Va, Feb. 26.-Dra-
matte incidents followed one an
other in rapid succession today at
the trial of James and Philip
Strother for the killing Of William
F. Bywaters at "Strotherwood" on
December -, after he had married
their sister under compulsion.
4 pathetic spectacle was present
edwhile John Lamon testified regard
ing the death of Bywaters on the
roof of the porch and a conversa-
tion between James Strother and
Mrs. Byyvaters. The father of the
StrOther victim wept as though his
heart was breaking as the circum-
stances surrounding the death of
his son were recited. The witness
passed from that to instrumentation,
and as he repeated the words of
Mrs. Viola Bywaters, James Stroth-
er. the elder Of the defendants,
sobbed for some time.
Call Mrs. Bywaters Tomorrow.
1t was announced by the States
representatives that Mrs. Bywaters
would not be called to tes .ify for
the prosecution. Counsel for the
defense said she wonld testify in her
brothers behalf tomorrow morn
ing Judge Harrison ordered that
the court room be cleared when she
testified. Counsel for both sides en-
gagged in a lively tilt over the failure
of the State TO call Mrs. Bywaters
after she had twice journeyed over
the frozen roads 10 testify, notwith.
standing the fact that she is still
seriously i'll.
Jury at Scene Of Murder.
This afternoon the jury is at the
Strother home, where Lamon is
showing them the spot on which
Bywaters suffered, prayed, and died
the room in which the conversation
took place, and the bullet holes in
the woodwork in the room. It is
probable the State viii close il,
case against the accused this after
noon.
When court convened W. Z
Coons, county clerk. went on tn,
witness stand to testify to the pro
curement of n license for tn,
/ Strother-Bywaters marriage on De
cember Is. Witness said he heard
James Strother, who was with BY
waters when the license was OBJ
tanned, say to his future brother-in
law, 81 mean business" Clerk Cooni
said the two wanted TO hold a con
ference before obtaining the license
He let them occupy his room. Wit
ness said Bywaters remarked: 'T'n
going TO be married at 4 o'clock"
/ Officiating Clergyman Called.
Testimony was next heard from tn
Rev Josiah Ware, pastor of 81
Stephens Episcopal Church. who toll
OF being summoned 10 the Strothe
home and later performing tie mar
riage ceremony The minister said h
was told the bride-tO-be was III in be
with typhoid fever. and that the coupI
had been engaged n number of year:
Witness said the ceremony was per
formed according to the Episcopal ri
ual Every question was asked and ar
sWcred in an audible voice by bot
n parties. The bride was given away h
Il her brother James. Bywaters gave IN
bride a wedding ring The minister sal
the license was handed him by Jane
Strother The marriage fee was a
bill. g. bill. 81 bin and 81 in halves an
/ quarters.
The Washington times., 1907-02-26
Brothers Offer Congratulations.

on cross-examination the witness said
the wedding was somewhat delayed be-
cause of Viola Strother's nervousness.
He said he saw the Strother boys extend
the hand Of friendship to Bywaters and
he was impressed with the idea that all
was harmony.
The minister read one Of the questions
he asked Bywaters. 1t was: win thou
take this Viola and love her, honor her.
comfort her, and care for her in time OF
sickness
"The answer" said the witness. was
4 Will
The Rev Mr.. Ware said Bywaters was
leaning over Mrs. Bywaters kissing her
when he left The room.
Both Brothers Admit Shooting.
L. B. Crump said ne was summoned
to the Strother home after the shooting.
Witness said Philip remarked en- the
night of the tragedy: Il did 1t because
he ruined my sister. We made him mar
~ her. but he tried TO run away and ]
shot him
James Strother, according to witness
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The Washington times., 1907-02-26
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DOWNTOWN.

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Both Brothers Admit Shooting.

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Sun TABLE.

TIDE TARIF
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
GREAT UNION PROPOSED
OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

NEW YORK, Oct 20.-An ANAL
gamation of the Order of Railway
Conductors and the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen into a compact
union, which is to take in all the
conductors, brakemen, fagmen and
baggagemen employed on the rail-
roads of the United States and Mex
leo, is expected to be the result of
a national convention of railroad en-
ployes which opened today in the
Central hotel.
The delegates to the convention
who come from every state in the
union and from Mexico, are very Sc
.cretive as to the aims they have in
view. The only delegate authorized
to talk is w. T. Brown of the order
of Railway Conductors, the chairman
of the convention, and he would nei-
ther confirm nor deny the report of
the prospective amalgamation of the
two unions.
1t is said that matters of such
great Importance to the railway en-
ployes are to be brought before the
convention that several letters have
been received by the chairman from
the presidents of several railroads re-
questing the convention not to take
any drastic action relative to matters
involving the railroad employees until
their employers had been consulted.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
HONOLULU WOMAN
BUYS LOCAL REALTY
MRS. GEORGE +. GEAR COMES
FROM HAWAII TO INVEST IN
ELY PROPERTY.

That the fame of Ely as the great
est copper camp on earth has spread
beyond the seas, was evidenced yes
terday when Mrs. George ID. Gear of
Honolulu II. L.. closed a deal here
whereby she became the owner of
the stock exchange corner, Third and
Aultman streets.
Mrs. Gear has been partial toward
investments in small towns with as
sured futures, and her eyes were
first directed toward Ely short time
ago when the work was begun on the
smelters at McGill. After correspon-
dence for some time she determined
to visit the camp, and make a per-
sonal inspection of the town and con-
ditions existing here, with view to
making investments if the outlook
was favorable.
After a careful investigation cover
ing more than two weeks, Mrs. Gear
was convinced that there would be
no better place in the entire west
to invest her money; and was as
sured that there would be the great
est growth and development here of
any camp in the state.
Sne accordingly ueleTIllHeu W III
vest in business property, and as a
result of this determination, author
ized Herrick & Keren to make pur-
chase for her This firm selected the
stock exchange corner, and entered
into negotiations at once with the
Pheby brothers, owners, with the re-
suit that the deal was closed yester-
day and a large initial payment was
made by Mrs. Gear, The purchase
price of the lot. which has a frontage
of twenty-five feet on Aultman street
and 100 on Third street, was $1O,-
900. The balance on the property
will be paid by Mrs, Gear as soon as
the abstract of title is delivered to
her.
1t is understood that Mrs. Gear
will not undertake the improvement
of the property at once, but Will wait
at least a year before erecting mod
ern building on the lot.
Mrs. Gear will leave today or to-
morrow for California. where she will
visit friends during the winter, after
which she will return to her home in
Honolulu
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
BISHOP IS NAMED
FOR NEVADA DISTRICT
WESTERN CHURCH MAN SELECT.
ED FOR THIS MISSION FIELD
OF EPISCOPAL WORK.

Press dispatches have announced
the appointment by the general con-
vention of the Episcopal church at
Richmond, Va, of the appointment of
the Rev. Henry Douglas Robinson,
d. d., warden of the grammar school
of Racine college. Racine, Wis, as
bishop of. the Nevada missionary dis
trict of the Episcopal church.
DR.. Robinson is evidently familiar
with western Episcopal missionary
work, and the peculiar demands of
that work, as he was for four years
professor in st. Matthew's school at
San Mateo, Cal, and assistant min
lister of st. Matthew's church.
Dr. Robinson was graduated from
Racine college in 1884, whence he
received the degree of master of arts
in 1887, and the degree of doctor OF
divinity in 1892. He was ordained
deacon in 1886 by Bishop Kip, and
priest in 1888 by Bishop Wingfield
1t is not yet known if DR.. Robin
son has accepted the charge, which is
freighted with responsibility, and un-
til his acceptance is received the date
of his conservation as bishop cannot
be fixed
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
100000 LOAN
WILL Be LOST
GOVERNMENT MAKES BAD IN
VESTMENT IN JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Treas-
ury officials have practically admitted
that the $1,000,000 loan by congress
to the jamestown exposition and the
additional money expended from fed
eral funds for construction work on
the fair, will be dead loss to the
government.
Acting Secretary Edwards has had
under consideration for some time
the scheme of assuming charge of the
exposition and retaining the gate re-
ceipts as partial return of the gov
ernment's loan.
Under this arrangement the run
ming expenses would, of course, also
have to be paid from the federal till,
and it was finally concluded that the
admission to the grounds were not
sufficiently great to meet those ex-
penses. By the act of congress grant
ing a loan to the exposition company,
the only redress the treasury officials
have is to levy on the receipts. 1t is
understood that there are now only
between 5000 and 1000 paid admis-
sions to the grounds daily.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
ELY FOR WHITE MEN
SAYS GEORGE MORGAN /
lining MAN DECLARES LOCAL
EMPLOYERS ARE WEARY OF
FOREIGN LABOR.

Ely, New, white mans town.
That is the slogan adopted by the
great copper mining camp of the
Sagebrush state. Two hundred ltal-
ians have just been discharged from
the mines and they were told that
their usefulness in Ely had ended.
II saw three placards posted in Ely
advertising for white men-Ameri-
cans born-to work in and around
the mines," said George w. Morgan,
president of the Inlay Mining COM
pany of Ely, to the Salt Lake Tele-
gram few days ago, when he re-
turned from the copper camp.
''The mine owners are tired of the
discomfort caused by the foreigners
and have decided to employ only
white men. They want only the best
They want change.
1.-The places of the 200 Italions
who were discharged few days ago
will be filled with white men who are
born Americans"
Mr.. Morgan says that while the Ely
mine owners naturally feel little
downcast over the drop in copper
they are still loyal to the big camp
ana all preparations are DelnS nnaue
for greater activity than ever. when
the conditions open up better.
II had heard that only few hun
dred men were employed in complet-
ing the big smelter at McGill, near
Ety." he said today. Il remained out
there until the noon hour to see for
myself. Fourteen hundred men are
at work there now. That shows that
the confidence in Ely has not been
shaken.
"The INLAY mine is in splendid
shape now. A pump was put in the
day arrived there. Now we are un-
der the water and can drain and
pump it right out successfully. The
mine is in such shape that we can
get to the ore and within ten days
we expect to begin tapping the ore
bodies"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
CLEARS UP ENOUGH
FOR WINTER EXPENSES
New Wall Street Bear Makes Big
Fortune i'm Summer Cam
paign.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-J. Brandt
Walker, the newest Napoleon of
Wall street, wrote "finis" on the last
page of his gilt-edged memorandum
book today and announced that he
thought he would be able to winter
quite comfortably upon the $6,5OO,-
900 he has cleaned out of Wall street
since last st. Patrick's day.
Mr.. Walkers bear plunges during
the present slump alone have netted
him $3,000,000. That was upon his
arrival from Saratoga, where he con-
Quoted a Wall street campaign be-
tween races that poured $500, 900
into his Golfers, already bulging from
the famous March raid, through
which he sat in an arm chair in a
Lakewood, n. j., hotel, directed OPP
erations by telephone and cleared
$4,000, 900.
Coyly slipping out to change be-
tween times he has beaten the sea-
soned grain spectators out of $780,
900 in bull wheat, and it was the
grand total of these winnings now in
the bank that gave Mr.. Walker cour-
age today to close up business and
turn his face to the oncoming SHOWS
with reckless smile.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
WESTERN PACIFIC IS
NEARING SACRAMENTO
RAILS WILL BE LAID IN CALI
FORNIA'S CAPITAL BY
FJRST OF YEAR

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 20
With the dawn of the first day of
December it is calculated that the
first Western Pacific rail will creep
into the city of Sacramento.
Work on the road is being driven
along as rapidly as possible. More
than 800 men are employed in this
immediate vicinity by the Western
Pacific in grading and 500 head of
stock are pressed into service.
At the present time the Western
Pacific has crawled within twenty
two miles of Sacramento. The track
has been laid from Stockton as far
as the Mokelumne river. A bridge
is now being constructed over the
river and another over the Cosumnes
river. AS soon as these are compet-
ed the work of laying the rails to-
ward this city from the south will
commence. This will probably be
done by November 1st, and it is now
calculated that one month later the
entrance to this city will be made.
North of this city the construction
is progressing rapidly. The track has
been laid between Marysville and Or
oville, and the bridge across the Yuba
river is nearing cOmDletlOn. Nnen
the Yuba bridge is finished the work
of laying the rails toward Sacramento
from the north will be commenced.
j. G. Pierson, assistant engineer
for the company, says:
LAS soon as the bridges are COM
pleted we will start laying tracks
from both north and south toward
this city. The grading between Sac
ramento and Marysville is being
rushed to completion as rapidly as
possible. The bridge across the
American river, Just outside of the
city limits, is nearing completion.
The piers have been finished and the
steel girders are being riveted up"
All differences between the West
ern Pacific and the Southern Pacific
regarding the crossing of the latter
company's tracks has been settled
amicably.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
FINE SHOOTING BY
ELY PISTOL EXPERTS
REMARKABLE SCORES MADE AT
REGULAR SUNDAY MEET OF
ELY GUN CLUB.

The regular weekly shoot of the
Ely Gun club was held on the hill
south of town yesterday afternoon.
Frank Rathburn won the club cup
and Frank Daily won the club medal.
The shooting was very difficult on ac-
count of the high wind but all of the
scores made were good and reflect
credit on the craftsmanship of the
gunnerS.
Fesler was the star performer of
the day. He won the revolver con-
test from Caperton and came within
one of tieing the high scores for both
the cup and the medal
After the regular shoot there were
a number of private contests between
members of the club and others who
had aspirations in the shooting line.
Fesler was in all of these and he
backed his good opinion of his shoot
ing ability with real money There
were twelve bets laid on different
shooting propositions and Fesler won
eleven of these.
He was in great shooting form and
offered to lay bet every time he
pulled a trigger.
A bottle was placed on box at a
distance of about 60 feet from the
line and several shot at it and missed.
Fesler thought he could hit it the
first shot and looked for some one
who doubted it.
These were not hard to find and
in a few minutes he had bet with
nearly every man on the grounds.
The champion pistol shot took
careful aim and the bottle was shat
tered. After this performance the
club adjourned. The scores for the
cup and medal We're as follows:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINE
IN FINE COPPER ORES
Vein Fifty Feet Wide Discovered
Close to Surfacc-Wil1
Develop.

Jesse w. Fox and J. b. Jenson,
who returned to Salt Lake from a
visit to the property of the Copper
Acres Mining company in the Battle
Mountain country, report that the
lower tunnel at a depth of eighty feet
has broken into the great vein of cop
per ore which shows so handsomely
at and near the surface. The vein
has not yet been crosscut at the lower
level, but enough of it has been op-
ened to prove that the ore goes down.
The tunnel close to the surface
shows the vein to be at least fifty
feet wide and it is all ore averaging
about 10 per cent copper, with
streaks of good size running as high
as 20 per cent red metal. Something
like twenty carloads of shipping ore
were taken from the surface work.
ings before the slump in the price of
the metal lessened the ardor of the
owners in the matter of placing the
product on the market. The work
of developing the mine will be con-
tinued pending the inevitable advance
in copper.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
FOR CARRYING
BIG POCKET KNIFE

J. e. Hayden was sentenced by
Justice Cartwright Saturday to serve
a term of forty days in Jail on a
charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons. Hayden had in his possession
when arrested, long bladed clasp
knife. The blade is made from a
rasp, and the handle is made from a
walnut root.
Hayden says that the knife was
made in South Carolina in the late
forties, and that he carried it across
the plains in the early fifties, when
he went to California.
Hayden says that he had the knife
in saloon in Ely, where it was on
exhibition, and that he had taken it
to send it to the historical society of
South Carolina, and then got drunk
and was arrested.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
HELEN MALONEYS FATHER
SEEKS AID FROM POPE
Would Set Aside Daughters First
Marriage as Void and Se-
cure Divorce.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-In his dis
tress, Martin Maloney, a most devout
Roman Catholic, is about to go to
Rome, if, indeed. he has not already
gone-to seek advice and comfort.
Mr.. Maloney, whose splendid bene-
factions to the church gained him a
papal title, has laid his course as
follows to rehabilitate his daughter,
Miss Helen, which is the one object
of his life now: First, he will pray
the vatican to annul his daughters
marriage to Arthur Herbert Osborne
of New York.
If the vatican pronounces this mar
riage, made as joke and performed
only by civil ceremony, as nil. as hav-
ing never taken place, Mr.. Maloney
will proceed to get divorce for his
daughter in the American courts.
Then he Will demand that Samuel
Clarkson marry the girl whom he per-
suaded to elope.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
ITALIAN LABOR TROUBLES
TIE UP MILAN CAR LINES

MILAN, Oct. 20.-At a meeting
this morning the workmen on strike
in this city decided to continue the
strike and to invite workmen
throughout Iatly to join it.
The railway men have already done
so. No trains are leaving or arriv-
ing at Milan. Trains approaching
the city are stopped outside. The
street cars have also ceased running.
The strikers number 1000. An
the public offices and banks are
guarded by military. A general
strike has been proclaimed at Bo-
logna and Leghorn.
The Socialists of Rome are actively
urging the proclamation of a general
strike throughout Italy and seem de-
termined to provoke an interruption
of the entire railway service. Every
thing is calm in Rome. but extensive
police precautions are being taken.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
WOULD TRY TO KILL
SECRETARY TAFT

MANILA, Oct 20.-A report
reached the local police yesterday
from a priest that an attempt was
made to throw a bomb at Secretary
Taft while he was attending a re-
ception in his honor, given at the
Jesuit college. A careful investiga-
ton of the rumor, however, has failed
to disclose any foundation for the
statement. Every precaution was
taken by the authorities to prevent
any such outrage, the secretary being
closely guarded by insular as well as
by United States secret service men,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
Record Price for Prunes.

SAN JOSE, Cal, Oct 20.-Twenty-
six growers of prunes have pooled the
product of their orchards in an or
ganiZation founded at Campbell, and
are holding $50 tons belonging to the
members until the market reaches
the price they have set for sale. The
crop for the year is the lightest in
the memory of most of the growers.
The $50 tons is the product of 800
acres of orchard which last year
yielded 1,500 tons and in 1900 a
crop of $500 tons.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
HAMILTON TO HAVE
DAILY MAIL SERVICE
INCREASING BUSINESS MAKES
CHANGE FROM SEMI-WEEKLY
NECESSARY.

Lane City, Kimberly and all other
points between Ely and Hamilton
will be given the advantage of a
daily mail service beginning Novem-
ber A. There is at this time only a
serli-weekly service in operation be-
tween these points, but the volume
of business has grown to such pro-
portions with the rejuvenation of the
Hamilton district, that it has been
found necessary by the postoflice de-
partment to inaugurate a daily SER
vice.
This will be a great advantage to
these camps. and will also be of great
benefit to local business men who
will thus be put in closer touch with
the business interests of that terri
tory.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
STREAM OF GOLD TO FLOW
FROM AFRICA FOR AGES
Expert Declares Mines Will Produce
IncalcuIable sums for Gem
turies.

LONDON, Oct. 20.-As a result of
Investigations recently made in South
Africa, ]. B. Robinson, chairman of
the Robinson South African Banking
company, and owner of gold mines in
South Africa, figures there is a mil
lion millions worth of gold that can
yet be taken out of the Rand. More
over, he is convinced that there are
immense deposits of gold, gems and
minerals as yet untapped in the
Transvaal Assuming the accuracy
of Mr.. Robinson's estimate, the gold
in the Rand will not be exhausted at
the present rate of output until the
year 1907.
According to the English notation
a million millions of pounds would
be the equivalent of S., 900, ,000,-
900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
BALLOON|STS. BEAT TRAIN
IN EXCITING AERIAL RACE

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20.-Captain
Charles ID. Fandler of the United
States signal corps, with his pilot, J.
C. Mccoy, ascended in balloon No.
10, the signal corps largest bag, at
) O'Clock last night. They will stay
in the air all night and hope to alight
in some large city, possibly Cleveland,
Ohio.
The balloon raced nine miles from
Mitchell, ILL.,, to Edwardsville, with
a passenger train on the Wabash and
an interurban car, and arrived in
Edwardsvile half a mile ahead of the
two trains, which, running on par
allel tracks, covered the distance in
sixteen minutes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
Good News Kills Man.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-After life
of penury, William Chernovitz, 60
years old, tailor, of No. 21 Willett
street, learned that a brother in Rus
sia had died leaving him $4,000. He
became ill from the shock and drop
ped dead in the Grand street ferry
house in Williamsburg.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
Echo of Brownsville Affair.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The
blame for the shooting up of Browns
Vile, Texas, has been definitely plac-
ed on Company b. Twenty-fifth in
fantry, according to the annual re-
port of Brigadier General Crozier.
chief of ordnance of the United
States army, made public today.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
Alden Again Bereaved.

"It never rains but 1t pours" has
again been illustrated in the case of
c. H. Alden of Hamilton. Mr.. AL
den's father and mother died about
six months ago. He went to Hamil-
ton and his little son was taken down
with diphtheria and died last week
and Thursday night his wife passed
away with the same dread disease.