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BURNS AND SCHRECK

Tommy Burns and Mike Schreck
are, matched to fight for the heavy
weight championship of the world.
Burns returned Schreck's articles
with his signature. Tommy, how
ever, believing that his champion
ship claims entitle him to name
conditions that would shackle
Schreck, did not send back the ar
ticles until he had made enough
changes to discourage any other
than the sturdy Cincinnati German.
Burns inserted in the articles
that the purse for the battle must
be $4,000, of which he is to receive
IS per cent and Schreck the re-
mainder, no matter what the out
come may be. He insists that each
fighter post forfeit of $4,000.
rather than $1,000, as was original
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e has been most unjustly I

he has been most unjusuy re-
moved
The story begins as far back as
the year 1874, when the Rev. S.
Edalji, Church of England
clergyman of Parsee origin, was
married to, Miss c. Stoneham. An
uncle of the bride, as I: under
stand it, held the gift of the living
of Great Wyrley, which was a par
ish, half agricultural and half
mining, about six miles from Wal
sail, in Staffordshire. Through
this uncle's influence Mr.. Edalji
became vicar of Great Wyrley, a
cure which he has now held for
81 years. living a blameless life in
the sight of all men. Placed in the
exceedingly difficult position of
colored clergyman in an Eng
lish parish, he seems to have con-
Quoted himself with dignity and
discretion. The only time that
can ever find that any local feel
ing was raised against him was
during elections, for he was
strong liberal in politics, and had
been known to lend the church
school room for meetings. Some
bitterness was aroused among the
baser local politicians by this &C
ton.
There were three surviving chill
dren from this union-George,
who was born in 1876; Horace, in
1879. and Maud in 1882. Of
these Horace received govern
ment post and was absent at the
time when the long persecution to
which the family had been sub
jected eliminated in the tragedy
which overwhelmed his brother
In the year 1888 George Edalji,
being at that time II years of age,
number of threatening anonym-
Gus letters were received at the
vicarage. The aid of the police was
called in and an arrest was made.
This was of the servant maid at the
vicarage, one Elizabeth Foster, who
was accused. among other things,
of writing up ribald sentences
about her employers on outhouses
and buildings. She was tried at
Cannock in 1889. but her solicitor
pleaded that it was all foolish
joke and she was bound over to
keep the peace. An attempt has
been made since to contend that
she was not guilty. but | take it
that no barrister could make such
an admission without his clients
consent. She and her friends were
animated afterwards by bitter feel
ings of revenge: and there is good
reason to believe that in this Incl
dent of 1888 is to be found the
seed which led to the trouble of
1S93-95 and the subsequent trouble
of 1903 The 1925 letters openly
championed Elizabeth Foster; the
1903 ones had no direct allusion to
her, but a scurrilous postcard on
Aug. contained the words, why
not go on with your old game of
writing things on wallis" this be-
ing the very offense Elizabeth Eos
ter was charged with. The reader
must remember that in 1888 Geo.
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ly named, and that the club offer
ing a suitable purse deposit the
$4,000 in bank, and also forfeit
of $4,000 to insure good faith on it's
part.
Tommy insists that George Siler
be referee. No other official will
do. 1t is case of Siler or no
fight.
"The articles are unfair" said
Mike. "but | am not going to
bubble. shall be just as glad as
he to battle for pot the size he
Names"
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ton. | love him better than life. be-
cause for my sake he lost promo.
tion.'
3. The third characteristic of
these letters, besides hatred of
Edalji and eulogy of the police, is
real or simulated religious mania,
taking the form, in some portions
of the same letter, that the writer
claims to be God, and in others
that he is eternally lost in hell. So
consistent is this that it is hard to
doubt that there was a real streak
Of madness in the writer.
4. A fourth remarkable char
acteristic of the letters is the in
timacy of the writer with the
names and affairs of the people in
the district AS many as 20 names
Will sometimes be given, most of
them with opprobrious epithets at
tached. No one can read them and
doubt that the writer lived in the
immediate neighborhood, and was
intimately acquainted with the peo-
pie of whom he spoke.
One would imagine that under
these circumstances there would be
little difficulty in tracing the letters
to their source, but, as matter Of
fact. the handwriting was never
recognized nor was the culprit dis
covered The opinion was strongly
held, however, by those who were
most concerned, that there was a
connection with the former Incl
dent, and that the letters were
done by some male ally or allies of
the discharged maid.
(Continued.)
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NREAL LIFE DETECTIVE ST0M
!. - The Case 0fM George dalji
DBY THE GREATEST LIVING cRnuNoLoGTT
kSR kcONKND0XNE g :: ::; ::: g.: =:

Edalji was schoolboy Of II, and
that the letters received at that
date were in formed handwriting,
which could not possibly have been
his.
In 1892 the second singular out
break Of anonymous letters began,
some of which were published in
the Staffordshire papers at the time
by Mr.. Edelji, in the hope that their
style or contents might discover
the writer Many were directed to
the vicarage, but many others were
sent to different people in the vi.
entity, so malevOlent and so in
genious that it seemed as If very
demon of mischief were endeavor-
ing to set the parish by the ears.
They were posted at Walsall, Can
mock and various other towns, but
bore internal evidence of COM
mon origin, and were all tainted
with the Elizabeth Foster incident.
They lasted for three years, and as
they were accompanied by long
series of most ingenious and ella
borate hoaxes, it is really wonder
full that they did not accomplish
their proclaimed purpose, which
was to drive their victim off his
head.
On examination of such of these
letters as | have been able to see,
their prevailing characteristics are:
l. A malignant, diabolical hatred
of the whole Edalji family, the 1G-
17-1S-year-old George coming in for
his fair share of the gross abuse.
This hatred is insane in its in
tensity. and yet is so coldly reso-
lutte that three years of constant
persecution caused no mitigation.
Here are extracts to illustrate the
point: Il swear by God that | will
murder George Edalji soon. The
only thing | care about in this
world is revenge. revenge, revenge,
sweet revengae. I long for, then |
shall be happy in hell" Every
day, every hour, my hatred is grow
ing against George Edalji." do
you think. you Pharisee. that be-
cause you are a parson God will alb
solve you from your iniquities? ?"
May the Lord strike me dead If
I don't murder George Edalji. ="
"Your damned wife" Your hor-
rid little girl" 81 will descend into
the Internal regions showering
curses upon you ALL" Such are a
few of the phrases in which maniac
al hatred of the Edalji family is
shown.
2. The second characteristic Of
the letters is a frantic admiration.
real or feigned. for the local police.
There was Sergeant Upton on
duty in Cannock, who is eulogized
in this way: "Ha. ha, hurrah for
Upton. Good old Upton! Blessed
Upton. Good old Upton. Upton is
blessed! Dear old Upton!
Stand up, stand up for Upton,
Ye soldiers of the cross.
Lift high your royal banner,
1t must not suffer loss"
THE following in this district we
love truly-the police of Cannock
in general" Again: Il love Up
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KILL WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Feb. 6.-The
constitutional convention this
morning killed the woman suffrage
bill and adopted clause giving
votes to males only.
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CHAPTER I.

The first sight which ever had
of Mr.. George Edalji was enough in
itself to convince me both of the ex-
treme improbability of his being
guilty Of the crime for which he
was condemned, and to suggest
some at least of the reasons which
had led to his being suspected. He
had come to my hotel by appoint
ment but | had been delayed, and
he was passing the time by reading
the paper. l recognized my man
by his dark face, so | stood and OBJ
served him. He held the paper close
to his eyes and rather sideways,
proving not only high degree Of
myOpia, but marked astigmatism.
The idea Of such man securing
fields at night and assaulting cattle
while avoiding the watching police
was ludicrous to anyone who can
imagine what the world looks like
to eyes with myopia Of eight d.
optres-the exact value of Mr..
Edalji's myopia, according to Mr..
Kenneth Scott, of Manchester
square. But such condition. so
hopelessly bad that no glasses
availed in the open air, gave the
sufferer vacant, bulge-eyed, star
ing appearance, which, when
taken with his dark skin, must as
suredly have made him seem very
queer man to the eyes of an Eng
lish village, and therefore to be
naturally associated with any queer
event. There, in single physical
defect, lay the moral certainty of
his innocence, and the reason why
he should become the scapegoat.
Before seeing him mad read the
considerable literature which had
been sent to me about his case
After seeing him | read still more,
saw or wrote to everyone who
could In any way throw light upon
the matter, and finally visited
Wyrley and had useful days work
upon the spot. The upshot of my
whole research has been to intro
duce me to chain of circum-
stances which seem so extraordin-
airy that they are far beyond the in
vention of the writer of fiction. At
all times in my inquiries have
kept before my mind the supreme
necessity of following truth than
any preconcelved theory, and | was
always prepared to examine any
point against the accused with as
much care as If 1t made for his in
nocence, but | have felt at last that
Ii was an insult to my intelligence
to hold out any longer against the
certainty that there had been an
inconceivaDle miscarriage of JUS.
tice.
Let me now tell the strange story
from the beginning. hope that
the effect of my narrative will be
to raise such a wave of feeling in
England as well make some public
reconsideration Of his case in
evitable. for | am convinced that
such reconsideration can oily end
in his complete acquittal and to
his restoration to the ranks of that
honorable profession from which
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(Continued.)

When Hart was president of the
Chicago National baseball club he
gave expression to a sentiment con-
corning spring practice tactics, that
is coming to be regarded as true by
many managers.
THE purpose of training trip"
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THE AUDITORIUM.

Western play to be named by the
audience at end of weeks engage
ment.
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THE WASHINGTON.

Vaudeville with a comic sketch
feature and popular music.
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THE BASEBALL BIGHEAD

at Valley, r. I. It's a toss up.
Lewis is the sort who can beat
Melody, but the latter is the
cleverer. Lewis is lazy and adver'
tises the hops too much.
Kid Savers last night defeated
Willie Fitzgerald in six rounds at
Bridgeport, Conn. 1t was stopped
to save a knockout. Willie's chief
fame lies In the fact that he gave
Battling Nelson a trimming in a
rough and tumble bout in the Bel
vedere honka-tonk in FRISCO.
Kid Scaler and Manager Kearns
left last night for Helena, Mont,
where on Feb. 81 or whereabouts
Scaler fights a finish affair with
Kid Oglesby Lots of money will
turn over on the result. The mill
will be held at the opera house.
The boys fight for $1,000 purse
and side bets of $500. The winner
will get a good cut out of the in
dividual bets.
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HOCKEY GAME SUNDAY,

The Independents and s. A. A. c..
hockey teams will play match
game Sunday at the ice rink. 5
is the last game here before the.
teams leave for the Roslyn car
nival, Feb. II and IA. In all prob
ability they will arrange for a Sc
les of games with the crack British
Columbia teams, to be played in
Spokane.
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7heQterS
THE SPOKANE.

Cheridah Simpson in Red
Feather" Saturday and Sunday.
Arthur Hartman, the young
violinist who will appear at the
Spokane Tuesday evening. has
awakened the admiration of
musical critics and the enthusiasm
of his audiences all over the world.
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THE COCUM BIA.

"The Beggar Prince" with spe.
cialties, by the linn Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
Counsel For Both Sides Show
Strain
or LONG DRAWN TRIAL
Haywood to Retaliate on Prosecution
Defense Asks That Sheriff and
Detective Be Kept in Courts
Jurisdiction.

Boise, Idaho, July fs.--unless the
plans Of the prosecution are changed
today there Ii little chance Of seeing
The close 81 the Haywood case and tue
commencement Of argument before Sat
urday at the earliest. ]. II. Ilawleyi
leading counsel for the state has an
nomeed that lie has eight Of ten Wit
nesses In reserve. One or two OF these
and perhaps half dozen may not be
called
Most of the rebUttal evidence To BE
introduced bears on the labor situation
in Colorado IN the years 1908 and 1904
and il Intended 20 rebut the claim 81
the defense chat there existed cnndi.
ton Of peace and quietness prior to the
calling out OF the state troops.
The warm weather, the close atnlo.
sphere of tho court room and the strain
ot the Trial, new we'll Ia the middle "
its 10th week. are telling on the nerves
Of counsel Mr. Richardson Is sarcastic
aud Mr. llawloy aggressive. but Ahs
nnrrow, losing some 81 the suayeness 81
his manner no longer uses Oh upon the
troubled waters
William D. Haywood's attorneys are
likely 10 rctaliate Oh THE state bg hay'
ing certnin witnesses arrested tor per-
jury, At the opening Of court yes.
terday the defence requested that De-
tectiye y. G, Scott, Sheriff Rntan 81
Telluride and William Dewey, 4 nom
union miner, be held within the juris,
dietion Of tie court.
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National League Standing.
FOUND MOTTO GUILTY,
OF Defacing Government Property BY
Throwing Mail Box in River

Windsor. July iS.--United States dis
triet and deidrdcdut court reopened
here yesterday instead of Tuesday ow-
ing to the absence Of the respondents
attorney, Fred q. Davis, Of Springfield.
Iii the case Of United States ", George
Richards, Of Rockingham, 1t appears
that Richardson dug UP a rural free
delivery mail box on the main highway
between Chester and Bellows Falls.
This box was itilated at a fork in the
road and il was on triangular piece of
land in the center Of the fork. The
box was the property OF Il, II. Rowley
apd he owned the land on which the
mail box was set mp and as relations
were unfriendly between Richardson and
Rnwley Richardson ordered Rowlcy to
remove the box from his land, which
Rowley refused to do.
Richardson spoke to Rowley several
times between MAY Is and September
rs, 1904, and told him that ii he fRow
lew al not remove that box that he
(Richardson) would d oso Nchard.
son dug up the mail box September rs
and. II is alleged, threw il into the mill
pond. The United States took UP the
inatter. claiming that Richardson de.
stroyed or otherwise deiaced govern.
ment property District Attorney
Alexander Dunnett, Of St. Johnsbury,
represented the United States and Fred
e. Davis, of Springfield the respondent.
The evidence was completed yesterday
morning and Judge George G. Holt
charged the Jury which took the case
and yesterday afternoon reported
disagreement.
Tho next case to be taken up Is that
against John Jenkins, alias John Brown
charged with burglarizin gthe post
Office az Norton Mills about a year
and a half ago
Joseph johnson, Of Newport, charged
with smuggling, pleaded guilty and
was tiped $50 lie was represented BY
IL w. Lund, Of Newport.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
CALLING IN PARIS.
The Concierge Is a Peculiar Institu-
ton In Several Ways.

The Concierge Is Peculiar institu-
ton In Several Ways.
You leave your card at the door OF
the person TO whom you desire TO pre-
sent yourself, ana there it is taken in
charge by that peculiarly French func-
tionary, the concierge, says Professor
Barrett Wendell in Seribner's. A.
least in Paris. the greater part Of
French people live in large houses con-
tanning number Of apartments with
a common entrance and staircase.
Close to the entrance door, on the level
Of the street, are some stufy little
rooms inhabited by the concierge, or
porter. with his family Their duty,
among other things, is to keep strict
watch on whoever goes In or out, and
at least one OF them. often the porters
wife or half grown daughter is always
at hand.
The chief popularity Of their temper
ament seems to be Unsuitable appetite.
At whatever hour of day or evening
you call on a concierge you are sure to
find somebody eating or just risen
from table. and the atmosphere inhab-
tied by this pustling parsonage seems
Numerically laden with the fumes Of
something recently boiled.
No matter whether you call on a
friend who lives in some unpretentious
out Of the war place or on one who
inhabits something like a palace, the
concierge is always about the same.
You can detect little difference be-
tween those in charge Of important
doors and OF insignificant They are
as ike as house dies OF course there
are private houses IN Paris, with regu-
lar domestic servants such as you
would find anywhere, but these, grand
or simple. are SO unusual that you re-
member the concierge as everywhere
standing between you and further hui
man intercourse.
In response to your card, which the
concierge duly sees delivered, comes a
card, often with a note. in return. II,
as Il generally the case, this acknowl-
edgment Of your existence contains an
intimstion Of when your French ac-
quaintance may be found at home, ell
Their habltuai or for your special hene-
ft. you make your second visit at this
appointed time aud thus enter into real
personal relations.
Otherwise. your intercourse has limit
ed itself TO a polite exchange Of cards.
Generally speaking you never expect
or attempt to sec French people socially
except when they have asked sou to
one OF their regular days OF reception
or have made definite appointment
10 call on q person at any other time
to do more than leave your card with
the concierge would be an Intrusive
pretense 20 intimacy.
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End Of Controversy Seems to
Be Nearer
OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK
Friction Among Leaders Of the Union.
San Francisco the Only City
Involved at ALI
Events.

San francisco, July ls.--As result Of
a conference yesterday between Labor
Commissioner NeilI and President s. }.
Small Of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union, an end 81 the telegraphers' strike
has. rs believed, been brought into
sight. 1t was limited yesterday about the
photographers heaquarters in Oakland
that some friction had developed between
President Small and the three members
Of the executive committee Of the ma
tional union who came west with Conn
missioner Neill and one Of them is said
to have strongly intimated that there
would be no extension Of the strike to
other cities, whatever might be the OUT
come here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
To Calculate Longevity.

eBacon took a deep Interest in
longevity and fits earmarks," said
physician, aand Baeon's signs Of long
life and Of short life are as true today
as they ever were. You won't live
long. Bacon pointed out, If you have
soft, fine hair, d fine skin, quick
growth, large head, early eorpulence,
short neck. small mouth. brittle and
separated teeth and fat ears. Your
life. barring accidents, win be very
lengthy IL you have slow growth,
coarse hair. rough skin, deep win
kles in the forehead, firm flesh, large
mouth. wide nostrils, strong teeth set
close together and a hard, gristly ear"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-18
The Value of Diamonds.

The yalue of the diamond is at so
much per carat. and up to certain
limit the value per carat increases as
the size of the stone Increases. When
b carat diamond II quoted az Sl25, a
diamond Weighing d half carat is
counted ut the rate Of ST5 per carat
tliree-quarter carat diamonds at 500
per carat, one and olle-quarter carat
diamonds at $40 per carat, one and
one-half carat diamonds at Sl50 per
carat, one and tbree-q quarter carat dia-
nionds 1T $3.50 per carat. and two carat
stones at Sec0 per carat. Stones weigh
ing more than two carats sell at about
the same rate as that quoted for two
carat stones, and do not Increase as
rapidly owing to the more limited de-
mand for the larger sized stones-New
York Herald.
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He Conveyed Letters to d
Convict
GETS NOT LESS THAN TWO
Prisoner Said He Felt Sorry For Man
Who Only Wanted to Send
Line to Ais Poor Old
Mother.

Woodstock, July isl State cases are
in progress Of trial in Windsor county
court. Some ot the respondents are
pleading guilty one Of these being III
the case Of state rs. benjamin Wool
house The respondent was charged
with conveying letters from d convict ia
state prison to persons in the outside
world, These letters were instructions
as to what the addlessee Of the letters
was to do when the writer effected his
escape. The respondent was employed
as stone mason working ON the prison
wall repairs. he said lie did not realize
ii was such a grave eifense; that he felt
sorry for the poor man who only want
ed TO send a line 10 his old mother The
court Sentenced Woolh0use to not less
than two years nor more than two and
one half years Iii The state prison. Harry
WI. Hoys appeared for the respondent.
The ease OF state vs. Willard White
lalies William Austin, was a charge Of
breaking into 4 house in the day time in
the absence of the owner. The premises
are situated III Weathersheld and were
owned by George w Spencer. The re-
spondent Is an old-time crook and has
twice before been in state prison. once
for burglary and once for being possessed
Of burglarious implements. Watches,
silyerware, clothing, etc, were taken and
found ga the person Of the respondent
aud his companion who II now III tic
state prison The jury found the re-
spondent guilty and he was sentenced to
not less than four nor more than 1--WE
years ia the state prison.
In the case Of State vs.. Warren Pitts,
Of Ludlow, the respondent, young man,
pleaded guilty to one offense Of illegally
selling Intoxicating liquor. He was sen.
fenced 10 imprisonment HI tile house Of
correction at Rutland for tie term Of
one year.
The case Of Fred l.. Brigham VS.. the
town Of Norwich was taken ltp yester.
day morning. Ii is an action to recover
damages Tor an injury sustained by rea-
son of an alleged detective planking Of a
bridge in the defendants town. r. r..
Buck and John @, Sargent appeared for
the plaintiff and William Batchelder for
the defendant.