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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-16

Sam Bernard has several children and
has trst changed his name, giving as one
of the reasons for doing SO because of his
children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-16

Arnold Daily has a clever baby daugh-
ter named Blythe after her mother. AL
though only 5 years old, her infant mind
Is busy thinking up questions for her par
ents to answer. Her latest problem ad-
for her parents solution was the
matter of relationship. What relation is
papa to you, mamma?' and What is you
to her. followed by What is I to he 2"
and What are he to II" almost drove
Mrs DAILY distracted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
Against Mine Owners is Being Made
Chief Feature of Defense in Hay
wood Case at Boise.

The effcrt OF the defense to open the
way for a showing of a general con-
spiracy extending over many states
on the part of the mine owners to
crush out the Western Federation of,
Miners developed one Of the in
teresting features OF the trial of Will
liam D. Haywood at Boise, Idaho, Fri
day.
The state is resisting this very ear
nestly. So far Judge Wood has ruled
that evidence showing a conspiracy in
the states of Idaho and Colorado will
be admitted on the promise that the
defense will connect this later with
their line of defense. But the defense
has not given UP their efforts to widen
the field and at Fridays session Of
court, the struggle was resumed.
The conspiracy and not the discred-
iting of Orchard has now come TO the
forefront. w. D. Easierly, who, as
member of the famous Altman Un-7
ion No. 10 of Cripple Greek, was on
the strike committee, and who Orchard
swore was one Of the men with whom
he made the arrangements for more
than one crime is still on the stand.
BY him other links in the chain OF
alleged conspiracy of the mine owners
and the work OF the detectives en-
ployed by them to create feeling
against the Western Federation will
be put in evidence.
incidentally Easterly fatty contra
dicted every statement Orchard made
connecting him with the Independence
depot or the Vindicator mine. He tells
of ,philanthropic work of the Western
Federation through the Altman Union
in caring for the sick and widows
and orphans.
Easterly will be taken under cross
examination by Senator Borah later,
and i; Is probable that this will be as
searching as the cross examination OF
w. P. Davis, which the state counts
as distinct triumph and a material
assistance to their side.
Clarence Darrow, VINO is conducting
the defense, and is in charge OF the
witnesses, asserts most positively that
he proposes to go, directly if possible,
into the conspiracy of the mine own
ers, and claims if he succeeds in broad
ening the scope he will be able TO-
prove that a widespread conspiracy
existed.
Darrow says he can bring the Pin
kerton agency in as one of the chiefs
in the conspiracy and claims to have
witnesses who will fully support
his charges: If the court permits this
line of defense it threatens a. prolon-
cation of the case as the state Will
call a large number Of witnesses IN
rebuttal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
A MILLION SOLDIER JAPS
Compose Mikado's Standing Armx
Saws Returning Missionary.

Compose Mikado's Standing Army,
Says Returning Missionary.
The Rev. Henry C. Mabrie, general
secretary of the American Baptist
Union, who arrived ct San Francisco
on the Korea, Friday, has been on q
four months tou- of the Orient in-
specting the mission stations. He gave
careful study to the Japanese question
and says Americans should be warn
ed against Understanding Japans
strength. /,
"They have a standing army OF g.
million men, he said, and their drill
work is not the performance of per-
lunctory evolutions. They go at It IN
the greatestest earnestness. No nation
can afford to hold the Japanese efn-
cheney or valor in contempt.
There is an increasing feeling be-,
meath the surface OF uneasiness and
sensi:iyeness in regard to our immi-
grafton policy and the treatment OF
her subjects. 1t is not so manifest as
reports would eRdeavor to convey; the
thoughtful, substantial men are dis
posed 10 be patient and to trust TO
the good intentions of cur country and
our officials for an amicabie adjust
ment OF the difficulties with regard To
their rights.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
White Man is Sent to Doom
for He in0us Crime.
RAPED STEP DAUGHTER
lynching is Pulled Of at Dalton, Ga,
in Orderly Manner by Enrased Git
izens-Victim Made Full
Confession.

Dock Posey, a white man, who had
confessed to outraging his nine-year.
old s:epdaughter, was lynched at Dal'
ton. Ca, between l and 2 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Shortly after 1 o'clock, a quiet but
determined crowd of twenty-five men
marched in an orderly manner to the
county Jail and demanded Posey.'
Covered by guns in the hands Of
every member of the crowd Jailor Brit.
ton was compelled to surrender the
keys. Entering the Jail, the crowd
went to the cell occupied by Posey, Sc
cured him, placed him in a buggy
and drove to the Gordon street viaduct
and hung him to a crossbeam.
There was absolutely no confusion
in the crowd. Marching in double file,
they collected several policemen and
forced them to accompany them. Not
a single shot was fred and Posey was
lef; hanging for the citizens to find
Monday morning at $50. The body
was cut down.
Before the hanging, the prisoner
was asked if he committed the crime
and why he did it. He answered that
he was guilty, but that he did not in
tend to harm the girl. At this the
crowd hooted and with the words,
die with a lie in your mouth" the
buggy was driven from under him and
he was left swaying to and fro to
slowly choke to death.
On the way to the viaduct, Posey
asked the crowd to pray for him, and
he met lis fate without s1ugle out
cry.
The crime struck the entire city
with horror Never before had there
been such an outrage in the county
as that committed by Posey. After out
raging the young girl, he himself car
ried her to Dalton and accused an.
other man of the outrage.
The Wit: Of Posey asserts that just
the week before an attempt was made
to outrage her older daughter by Po-
sey, but nothing was done at the time.
The young victim is in very criti.
cal condition, but hopes are held out
for her ultimate recovery.
Posey had been living in the county
only one week, having moved from
Walker county. He lived in one of
the section houses at Rocky Face.
At II o'clock Saturday morning, Po-
sey arrived in Dalton with his young
victim and went to the Office Of DR..
Wood. The physician was out of his
office, so the two Immediately went to
the office of DR.. J. S. Rollins, who, on
making an examination and seeing the
critical condition of his patient, quick
ly summoned Drs. McAfee and Erwin.
Officers were notified, and Posey
was taken to the Whitfield county, jail,
where he was locked in the murderer's
cell. At first he denied his guilt, but
Sunday morning, just before being
lynched he made complete confes-
sion, telling exactly how the deed was
accomplished. ::
AS soon as the young girl was able
to talk, she said that her stepfather
had abused her.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
WILL CONTEST NEGRo's SEAT.

Fioht to Be Made on Only Colored
Member of Georgia Legislature.
The seat of the only negro in the
Georgia legislature will be hotly con-
tested and a strong effort will be
nade to give Mcintosh county the first
white representative she has had in
several years.
w. H. Rogers is the negro member
and Captain George E. Atwood, a
leading citizen, is the contestant.
It is claimed that the recent elec'
ton in Mcintosh county, which result
ed in the reelection Of the negro, was
irregular.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
NEGROES ROAST ROOSEVELT
At Tenth Annual Meeting Of the Afro
American Council.

President Roosevelt and members OF
his offc;al family were handled with
ont gloves by speakers at the tenth
annual meeting of the Afro-An erican
council, which began a three days
convention in Baltimore Wednesday.
Senator Foraker was a favcrite and
every mention of his name was re-
ceiyed with vociferous applause.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
HOLMES MAKES DENIAL
Takes the Stand in His Own Behalf
in Cotton Leak Case-Theodore
Price is Mentioned.

At the beginning of Wednesdays sit.
ting of the criminal court at Washing
ton in the cotton leak" case against
former Associate Statistic!an Holmes,
Judge Stafford announced his decision,
overruling the motion made by
Holmes counsel that the court direct
the jury to bring in a verdict Of ac-
quittal on the ground that there is
no law covering the offense.
A number of Washington business
men were called and questioned as to
the personal and business standing of
Holmes. Some of them said they had
known him for twenty-five or thirty
years, and all declared his reputation,
so far as they knew, to be good.
Holmes was called and interrogated
as to the facts relative to the trans
actions leading to his discharge from
the position of associate stasistician
and his subsequent arrest.
He was first questioned concerning
his relations with Cotton Broker T.
H. Price of New York, whom he first
met at the agricultural department in
1903. The first interview, Holmes said,
Price had discussed the cotton crop,
predicting large yield, but nothing
else had taken place. Later, in March,
or April, 1905, Price had written a
letter to Hyde asking him to recon-
mend some one to take charge of his
(Price's) statistical work. On the
strength of this letter, Hyde, Holmes
and White had entered into tenta-
tive agreement to resign their respec-
tive Offices and go to New York and
enter upon the publication of crop
report on condition that they secure
Prices backing.
The witness and Hyde had present
edethe matter to Price, and it was still
pending in June when Hyde and
Holmes severed their connection with
the agricultural department. Letters
from Price were read to show that the
broker had made strenuous effort to
have the cotton report for December,
1903, show large yield, whereas Van
Ripper had said that Prices concern
was to have it made small.
The witness related the details of
the sale of his Idaho mining interest
to Van Ripper in 1904, saying that he
had been introduced by Peckham to
Van Ripper "as a remarkably rich
man. who was dealing in mining
claims.
Holmes said that be had received
$4,000 for his interest in the Idaho
mine, but that at Van Riper's request
the consideration had been fixed in
the deed at $4,000.
Il neither signaled nor attempted
to signal to Hawes nor to any one
else at any time the condition of the
crop report" said Holmes in reply to
a question concerning Van Riper's tes-
timony to the effect that he had agreed
to do so and arrange the window
shades in his Office as to indicate the
situation.
He also said that the crop reports
from the fields uDOn which the de-
partments finals is predioated were
not opened until the day of the pro-
mitigation of the official statement, rem
dering it impossible to secure accu-
rate information prior to thas date. He
added that there never had been a
time from September, 1904, to JAN
uary,, 1905, when he had advance in
formation concerning the state and
special report. Court then adjourned
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
COSTLY BLAZE AT JAMESTOWN.

Hotels and Amusement Places Adjoin-
ing Exposition Gutted by Flames.
Fire early Wednesday at Pine Beach
"a resort filed with hotels of vary
ing sizes, restaurants, stores and
places of amusement just outside the
jamestown exposition grounds - de-
stroyed frame structures, covering a
large area in the territory Immediate
ly on the outside of the western fence
Of the exposition grounds.
The loss is placed at between $780,
900 and s250,O00 with about 20 per
cent insurance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
Unwritten Law Saves Slayer
of Daughters Assai|ant'
VERDICT SOON REACHED
Jury Could Not Resist Tuching AP'
peals of Defendants Attorneys for
Honor of Women and Their
Finding Was Unanimous.

After being in the jury room thirty
minutes the jury, at Houston, Va, Sat-
urday evening, returned a verdict o,
mot guilty" in the case of former
Judge William G. Loving of Nelson
county, and manager Of the Virginia
estate of Thomas F. Ryan, who was
on trial for a week before the circuit
court of Halifax, Judge William R.
Barksdale presiding, for the murder
Of Theodore Estes, son Of Sheriff NJ.
K. Estes of Nelson county.
Judge Loving shot and killed young
Estes on April %, at Oak Ridge, fol-
lowing a buggy ride Estes had taken
WITH the judges daughter, Miss Eliz-
abeth Loving, who had told her father
that her escort had drugged and as
saulted her. The verdict of acquittal
was read by Foreman B. S. McCraw.
Judge Barksdale thanked the Jurors
for the attendance upon tie court at
great sacrifice. He declared that he
believed the verdict was in accordance
with the conscientious views of the
jury.
The last day Of the trial was spent
in argument, the forenoon session BE-
ing taken up by counsel for the de-
tense, and the closing speech for the
prosecution being made in the after
noon by Commonwealth Attorney
Bouldin. Attorneys BarkSdale, Moore
and Lee, for the defense, spoke prac-
tically along the same lines. They
pleaded for acquittal on the grounds
that Judge Loving was insane at the
time he killed Estes, having lost con-
troll of himself upon hearing the story
of the ruin of his daughter.
The real basis of the argument OF
the defense, however, was the "unWrlt'
ten law" They spoke Of the preser-
walton of the sanctity Of Virginia
homes, declaring that any man who
invaded the threshold and spoiled a
woman had forfeited his claim on So
ciety. On this point, Mr.. Moore said:
"You would not raise the moral
standard or elevate the womanhood OF
Virginia by conviction. Don't put the
badge of dishonor on him by sending
him to the penitentiary. Don't let it
60 out to the world that jury of Vi--
ginia gentlemen put the felon's stripes
on Virginia gentleman
Mr.. Lee appealed strongly to the
sympathies of the jury with both
words and tears. He said:
Sweep from Virginia the chas:e
homes of the citizens, and what re-
mains of the state? The purity and
the dignity of our homes is the sweet
est thing in life in Virginia. 1t is the
gift of God. When one invades our
homes, he strikes society and the body
polite the deadliest blow. You all
know how love for your wife and how
the smile of daughter can bring out
from your nature the best there is
in :
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
PEACE BY ARBITRATION
Is Sentiment of All Delegates to The
Hague Conference.

All the delegates to the peace con-
ference at The Hague agree that the
first important sitting will deal with
arbitration, which many Of the pow
ers. chiefly the United States, desire
to strengthen to such point as to
make it become an institution that
will gradually lead to the abolition
OF war among nations, as confidence
in the justice of ordinary courts grad
ualiy led to the abolition of du1ins
among citizens.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
VENGEANCE is CAsRERA's.
GuatemaIan President is Rounding Up
His Host of Enemies.

Word reached Mexico City that
President Cabrera of Guatemala has
caused the arrest of 16O citizens Of
that republic on the charge OF alleged
coD2licity in the recent attempt to
assassinate him. Ali were thrown
into prison and later huddled into
squads of 20 and tried in groups. Many
have been sentenced to death. Among
the prisoners are some Of the most
wealthy and prominent men in the re-
public
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
NEW IMMIGRATION LAWS.
Il
important Statute Passed by Last
conoress is Now Effective.

The, new immigration laws placing
numerous restrictions upon the incom-
ing of undesirable foreigners, went
into effect Monday The most import
ant change brought about by these
acts is the increase of the head tax
from 81 to 81, with the provision that
all over S2,OO0,COO OF the revenue SO
derived will revert to the United
States treasury instead of being de-
voted to the uses of the immigration
bureau.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
DEPUTY LOST" HIS PRISONER.
Usual Crime of Negro Results in Usua'
Aftermath.

Following an assault on a white girl
near Ruby, Va, small railway sta
ton. a negro who had been arrested
and identified by the girl as her as
sailant, was taken from deputy sher-
if bv a mob while being carried to Al
exandria for safe keeping, and lost.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
THREE SWING FROM GALLoWs.

Conyicts Who Murdered Prison Guard
Drop Together from Same Platform.
Harry Vaughan and Edward Ray
mond, convicts sentenced to the peni-
tentiary from st. Louis, and George
Ryan, convict sentenced from Kan;
sas City, were hanged in the county
Jail at Jefferson City, Mo-, for the
killing of Prison Guard John Clay
during a concerted attempt to escape
from the penitentiary on the afternoon
Of November "a, 1904.
The three were hanged at the same
moment. No statement was made
from the scafold.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
JAPS READY TO SNEAK IN.

Four Thousand in Mexico Awaiting
Chance to Slip Over Line.
immigration officials at San Anto-
Mo have received information that
there are four thousand Japanese in
Mexico awaiting a chance to slip into
the United States. The news comes
from the construction camps on the
Manzanillo extension of the Central
railroad Already eight hundred Jap.
anese laborers have left the work
with the intention Of entering the
United States.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
FIRST PROTEST REGISTERED.

Legislature Memorialized by Atlanta
Council Anert Prohibition Bill.
A red-hot prohibition discussion was
provoked in the Atlanta city council
Monday on the introduction Of resolu-
tions protesting against the passage
OF state prohibition bill and memo
rialinzing the legislature to defeat the
measure
A motion to table was defeated by
the vote of 6 to y, later motion
to refer to a committee being lost
by the vote of 6 ayes and 13 noes,
the vote upon its final adoption being
l3 ayes and noes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
HOLIDAY FOR PosTMAsTERs.
Those of Fourth Class in Georgia Are
Granted Leave Of Absence.

A Washington dispatch says: All
fourth class :postmasters in Georgia
have been granted leaves of absence,
not exceeding five days, to attend tae
state league of fourth class postmss-
ters, to be held at Atlanta, Ga, on
August II.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
UNCLE SAM IN GOOD SHAPE.
Finances at End of Fiscal Year $97,'
100000 on Right Side.

So far as working purposes are con-
cerned the fiscal year of the govern
ment closed with a surplus of substan.
TALLY SS7,O0OOCO, one of the largest
net balances ever shown. In the fiscal
wear 1902. there was surplus of $751;.
2S7,373, but that was the largest since
1890.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
COTTON IN Low CONDITION.

Most Discouraging for Month Of July
So Far on Record.
The July report on cotton of The
New York Journal of Commerce, just
issued, makes, the condition 74.2 per
cent. This compares with S2.7 at the
same time last year, S12 in 1905 and
1872 in 1904. This is the lowest con-
dition in June on record, the nearest
approach to it being in 1900, when
the government estimate was 1873.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
GERMANS ON THE WAY.
Hundred Immigrants Arrive in New
York for Alabama.

York for Alabama.
It is reported in Montgomery that
State immigration Agent DeHoll, who
has been in foreign countries in search
of immigrants, has arrived in New
York with one hundred Germans, who
will be taken to the Birmingham dis
trict. Governor Conner said that he
had no facts as yet about the trip,
but will be able to give some out when
he receives further report from the
agent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
FORTY CENTS PER POUND
Paid for First Bale of New Cotton on
New York Exchange.

The first bale OF new cotton to ar
rive at New York was sold at auc-
ton in front Of the cotton exchange.
Latham, Alexander & Co. were the
successful bidders. The purchase
price was 40 cents per pound.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-04
FIVE HUNDRED cREMATED.

Host Of Chinese Caught IN Burning
Theatre and Roasted to Death.
A horrible holocaust is reported in
mail advices from Hong Kong, where
FIVE hundred Chinese Of the audience
Of a Chinese theater, and ten of The
actors were burned to death when the
native theater was destroyed by fire.
The flames spread rapidly and the
building collapsed.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-27
Copper Mininq Good Trade.

Contrary to general belief, copper mining is healthy work. and the aver. age of life here reaches so years, for the composition of the ore has an ex- tremely strengthening effect on the blood and nerves. Few copper miners die before they reach the age of SS or S4. But on the other hand the copper smelter is lucky if he sees 50.
 Whiskey is bad to drink, but it's aistilling is health giving. and a fatal foe to disease germs of nearly every kind, Distillery workers show the ex- cellent average of S1 years of life and seldom suffer from illness unless given to intemperance.
 Oddly enough. barring accidents, there would be no trade to beat the steeplejacks for keeping life going. The task of working at great heights from the ground keeps the nervous system in perfect order and that is two-thirds of the battle, Steeple- lacks who are not killed by accident show the magnificent average of S9 years
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-27
TEXAS RECEIVER NAMED.
Waters Pierce Oil Company Interests Placed In Handc of Sher-
 man Banker.

Dallas, Tex, June 2i-A bill for 2 receiver of the Waters-Pierce oil com pany was filed in the federal court Thursday at Sherman. Texas, by Bradley w. Palmer, of Boston, a shareholder, Chester B. Rochester, 2 Sherman banker. was appointed re- ceiver by Judge Bryant The state court had already named a receiver, but the defendants had taken an ap- peal from this action to the higher courts. 1t is said that no effort will be made to stop the action of the federal court which is welcomed by the company.
 There Is now pending in the state courts a decision fining the Wa. ters-Pierce company more than $1,- COG. .000. In it's petition to the federal court the company alleges 1t has of fered to dispose of it's Texas hold ings for s2,000,010.
 Judge Bryant notified the defendant that he did not intend the receiver. ship to last for long period
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-27
NEEDED WHOLE BOOKCASE.
Why One Man Is Dissatisfied with His
 Encyclopedia.

Just as the train was pulling out of the station breathless commuter swung himself upon the platform of the last car at station some 30 min utes from New York He carried a green cloth bag, such as are affected by young lawyers. and one large vol tune of an encyclopedia was under his arm
 He sank into a seat and, with deep sigh, opened the book. He lost no time in finding his place, but he seem ed far from satisfied Soon he turned in great exasperation to his neighbor and remarked:
 Now, wouldn't that jar you? I've been paying for this encyclopedia for the last two years, and never had oc- casion to use 1t before. A new client, a big tanner, is going to call on me this morning, and l wanted to read up on the subject of tanning before l reached the city. So I snatched the volume with the letter T while eating breakfast, and incidentally ran five blocks to catch my train. Look for the word 'Tanning-there it is. But that is all that is there. Just take look at that!" he exclaimed pointing to this simple legend:
 "Tanning-see leather" Judge 8 Library.