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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-01

and ninety per cent Of the people be-
lieved there was direct relation be-
tween those difficulties and the bomb
of 1905.
The metaliferous miners had formed
a union to make better conditions for
themselves. The whole country was in
two hostile camps. Some have even
attempted TO Justify the deed, when
we openly say that there is no justif-
cation for it. One side denounced the
w. +. M. and named them as respons-
sible for the act. Others said perhaps
il was the deed of some one man.
Others thought that n bull. pen victim
had nursed his grievance and taken
dreadful revenge. Even the presi-
dent of the republic had taken sides
in advance Every one had some opin-
ion. This condition Of affairs con-
fronted US at the time the general ar
rest was made
Ihere never was any doubt as TO
the actual perpetrator Of the deed He
WAS cought red handed aud has never
been tried.
Soon certain wcll-knUwn Pinker-
ton came upon the scene, and before
long il was announced that Harry Or
chard had made confession iuvolv-
| ing the Western Federation of Miners.
The papers of the country laid the
crime upon them and the controversy
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-01

When court convened this morning
it was evident that the closing scenes
Of the great trial were about to be
enacted. The court room was crowd
ed, and many strange faces were not
iceable. Lawyers have come in from
neigboring states to hear the argu-
ments, and there is hushed air Of ex-
pectaney attending the proceedings.
Mr.. Richardson took position well
towards the railing, facing the jury,
the stenogrsphers tables having been
moved from the intervening space. Mr..
Hswley was not in court, Senator Bo-
rah taking the notes on Richardson s
speech. The two lawyers for the state
have not been in court together for the
last two weeks.
Mr.. Richardson began his argument
in an easy, confident oratorieal man.
ner that excited interest and inspired
confidence from the start. His state
ments were so clear, concise, logical
that the jury men followed him intent
ly and with evident pleasure. The
greatness of the occasion was evident
from the beginning. The most remark
able thing about Mr.. Richardson is the
training of life time by which he has
his naturally strong powers complete
ly in hand. There is nothing accident
al about him, nothing haphazard. He
has been the great general of the de.
fense forces, doing his work easily and
thoroughly, because he neglects no
thing. He is always good-natured, al.
ways ready for action. A gentleman
in every item of his carriage and ap
pearance, tall and commanding, some
what bold with a fine railing intelIi
gent, and always neatly and tastefully
dressed.
He marshalled his facts with magni
fcent logic, and moved from point tC
point with a comprehensive disposing
of every mooted point that left no un
guarded projections on which the en-
emy could hang a danger signal.
His argument was mainly as follows!
"If IL pleases the court and gentle
men of the jury. The tragic death OF
Governor Stcuneubcrg spread conster
nation over the civilized world Per
haps IL was aggravated by the labor
controversy in the Occur d'Alcnes that
had preceded it so many years. We
will not discuss that. Mr.. Steunen
berg took such an advanced stand or
that occasion that IL caused endless
discussion from one end of the earth
to the other. For the first time in the
history Of America the military bull
pen was instituted. The discussions
on his policy were worldwide and peo
pie judged the acts according tC
which side their interests were on
When the murder Of the Ex-Governor
startled the country, the press started
the statement that the deed was tbs
direct result Of the troubles Of 1899
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-01
Boise, Idaho, July 20.


William ID. Haywood, secretary
treasurer of the Western Federation
Of Miners, was acquitted Of the charge
Of completely in plot to murder eI-
Governor Stunenberg at clock yes.
terday morning.
The verdict was arrived at after
the jury had been deliberating almost
constantly since II o'clock Saturday
morning, when they were sent to the
jury room. Haywood walked from the
court room a free man after dem.
onstration had been made in court by
his attorneys and friends.
The First Ballot.
When the jurors retired Saturday
morning shortly after IL o'clock they
proceeded to the election of fore.
man. Thomas B. Gees, No. /, being
selected. Then came the first formal
ballot, which resulted:
"Not guilty s; blank -
The blank ballots were cast by Fore.
man Cess and A. p. Burns, both farm.
ers. The second vote was 9 to 3, Cess
going over to the majority. Then
Bunrs joined, making it 10 to .. Here
the jury remained at deadlock for
twenty-one hours, the men insisting
upon conviction in some degree being
Thomas Powl and Samuel B. Gilman,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-01

tive positions, would work injury to
the great cause hanging in the bal
ance which he represented. But Oar
row more truly judged the duty he
was there to discharge to that
mighty, rumbling, oncoming march of
the people, TO the great issues still
wrapped in the womb of the future.
to the posterity that will read with
sagerness the history Of where labor
and it's advocates stand in this momen-
tous crisis.
Darrow realized that this course
sould not be won and the lives Of the
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-01

waxed hot. Some Of the newspapers
cspoused the cause OF the mine owners
in dcnouncing the W. r. VI. Others
were incorporate in behalf Of the nc.
cused men and denounced the capital.
lists for their attack upon them
| have made these preliminary re-
marks before sisposing Of the argu.
ment. 1t IL the duty Of the jury TO
try the ease ON the law aud the evi,
denee. Bat all humanity is swnycd to
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-01

ranchors. The jurors in favor of ac-
quittal took turns in arguing with the
recaleitrants Once during the long
debate as the doors of the jury room
stood open, Mr.. Powell could be seen
seated at the table pouring over a copy
of Judge Woods instructions. At $50
a. IN, he succumbed and then all the
jurymen turned in for a nap. 1t was
a little after 9 o'clock when Juror
Gilman was aroused with the announce
ment that another vote was 10 be
taken.
"Well, F" he said, "if anybody would
stick with me | would stay here as
long as any the rest Of you, but as
/ am alone will fall in with your
wishes"
Final Ballot
The vote was east and William ID.
Haywood was declared acquitted Of all
charges.
Judge Wood was telephoned for at
7:10 a. m. and arrived at the court
house 20 minutes later. The attor-
neys for the defense and prosecution
were slower and did not arrive until
just before O'Clock, Mr.. Darrow be.
ing first. Haywood entered court al
7:45 and smiled his customary greet.
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Richardson's
Argument
Reviews Evidence and Makes Splen.
did Plea for the Victims of
the Colorado War

Boise, July % and ninety per cent Of the people BE-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
AMERICAN FOOD sTUFFS.

Contract for Canned Meats Placed
in Chicago-British War Office
Has Every Confidence in the
Stoclkyard Products.
Another large contract for timed
meats for the British Army has been
placed with Libby, Mcneil & Libby of
Chicago, through the Director Of Sup
plies Department of the British War
Office. This contract was a competi-
tive affair, England, Canada, Australia
and Brazil entering with tenders. 1t
was quality and method of packing that
got the Chicago firm the business. Cen
eral Clayton of the War Department
in an interview, according to the LON
don Standard, stated that the British
Government is highly satisfied with the
Foodstuffs supplied by Chicago, and
they have every confidence in the manu-
features entering Britain from the
Stock Yards.
THE foods for the Army will be
packed under the supervision of British
representatives at the invitation of the
packers he said. Although the Gov
eminent is ready to rely upon the new
Pure Food Regulations recently inaug-
urated in the United States. All the
talk about the inefiiciency of the new
law is sheer nonsense British officers
in America have gone fully into. the
matter and the authorities are per-
fectly satisfied to place orders in Chi
cago when conditions call for outside
supplies of canned meats"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26

terrible clutches. He raised him to the
top of the low parapet mad whispered
hoarsely:,
Il will send you where you won't need
the money"
Then he flung the blackmailer from him
with the force of a catapult- The waters
received the detective and closed over
his head. He had not time to utter
cry.
The broker passed quickly from the
bridge and, plunging into a narrow street
which diverged from the main thorough
fare, soon gained his apartments. Arriv-
ed there, he threw himself, dressed as he
was, upon the sofa, and slept soundly till
daylight.
Three days passed some workmen on
brick barge drew from the black and
Shiny river the body of a man which
bore upon its throat the marks OF fingers
At the morgue Victor Lablanche, the
project of police. recognized in the muir
dered man the detective he had put on
the track OF NJ Chabot.
Poor fellowi'' he exclaimed, as he ex-
amined the finger marks at his throat.
"a tiger must have seized him. He was
first strangled and then thrown into the
river"
And the sole clue he had was this :
The murderer must have had enormous
hands.
ITO be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26

Now that the season of the humning
is darling in and out among sweet
bios soms, it may be interesting to know
what some early observers of nature
thought in regard to this least of feath-
cred beings. Two quaint observations
are published in Early Long Island"
0y Martha Flint, both quoted from let
tiers of the seventeenth century, writ
ten from the new country of America.
Says one:
The Humbird Is one of the wonders
of the country, being no bigger than
Hornet, yet having all the Dimensions
of a Bird as bill, wings with quilts,
spider-liae legges, small claws. For
Colour she is as glorious as the Raine
bow"
Adrian van der Donck. one of the
HollanderS of Nieuw Nederlandt in
| 1642, writes of
Curious small bird concerning which
| there are disputations whether it is
| bird or bee. 1t seeks its nourishment
from flowers like the bee and is every
| where seen RECALLING itself on the flow
| ers. In flying they make a humming
| noise like the bee. 1t is only seen in
| Nieuw Nederlandt in the season of
cannot be kept alive, but we press them
| between paper and send them as pres
! ents to our friends
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
Too MANY SyIl8bleS

Justice Holmes of the Supreme
Court of the United States recently had
to announce the decision of the court
in the case of David Kawananakoa,
Jonah KALAMAZOO. Abigale w. Kawan-
anakoa and Elizabeth X. KalanianO.e
against Ellen Albertina Polybland and
others.
Justice Holmes hesitated. the Wash
ington Star affirms. and although an
nouncing a decision of the supreme
tribunal of the land, was obliged to
acknowledge that he would have to
forego the form of pronouncing the
names. He spoke in a low tone and
said, as smile played about his lips:
This is Case 2T3, but l will not I'M
dertake to pronounce the names of the
appellants, which are a matter OF rec
ord
No member of the court smiled in
sympathy except Justice McKenna, but
the assembled attorneys enjoyed the
situation thoroughly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
CUNNING OF MUSKRATs.
Foresight With Which These Ami
mails Build Winter Homes.

Foresight With Which These Ami
mails Build Winter Homes.
In the month of March, before the
rivers have opened, CD the snow around
the heads Of the creeks and about the
airholes in the thick ice may be seen
the curious trail of the muSkrat. 1t
can readily be recognized by the firmly
planted footmarks, heavily and slowly
impressed and the sharp after drag of
the long, scaly, bladelike tail. All
through the cold winter months these
heavily furred animals have lived
warm and comfortable in their well
constructed houses, rearing their third
and last litter. One house erected
about September seemed planned with
almost human foresight. Here, with
their long sharp teeth and strong, inch
long claws, they had cut and cleared
wide paths through all the marshes
paths so deep that three feet of ice did
not close them, so wide that we have
often padded along them, marveling
at the great floating masses of torn up
aquatic vegetation. These paths were
a hundred yards long and four feet
wide and were cut through a mass of
tangled cover high enough in most
places to thoroughly conceal duck
hunter and his canoe. In the winter
months the muskrats can easily dive
from their houses into these under ice
channels, and the whole marsh is be-
fore them to choose their meal from
The long yellow roots of the flag and
the juicy tubers Of the wild onion (the
muskrat apple is the more poetic Ojib-
way) hang exposed before them or are
readily torn out.--Bonnycastle Dale in
Outing Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
a Hard Task.

\ Chicago man tells of resident Of
that city who had been unsuccessful
in one venture after another At last,
however, he made a large sum of money
by means of an invention in car wheels !;
and very soon thereafter his family,
consisting of his wife and two young
daughters, were to be seen taking their
daily outing in a motor car.
One day the three were being driven
rapidly through the park, while look
of painful self-consciousness over
spread the features of the inventors
wife, as she sat bolt upright, looking
straight before her.
'Now, ma" came in clear tones from
one of the daughters, whose keen face
was alive with enjoyment, "now, ma,
can't you loll back and not look, as If
the water was boiling overp
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
RISE IN COTTON GOODS.
The Increase VariousIy Ascribed to
Trusts and Trade Conditions.

The Increase VariousIy Ascribed to
Trusts and Trade Conditions.
Fortunate is the housekeeper who
has a good supply of household linen
or, to speak more accurately, cotton
on hand, says the New York Tribune.
Cotton goods have gone up 40 per cent
In the last year and some Of the retail
ers have almost doubled their prices in
that time Sheets that could be bought
for 90 cents a year ago are now S1.10
in one store and pillow cases show
corresponding increase.
Spool cotton, which has never been
higher than 3 cents spool within the
memory of woman and was 4 cents a
few years ago, went up to cents on
May %, and it is rumored that it may
60 much higher, 10 cents having been
named as the high-water mark. Some
kinds Of cotton are not to be had at
all and some dealers are laying in their
next seasons stock now for fear they
won't be able to get any next year.
Tapes, for instance, which are made
out of the finest cotton, are very hard
to get One dealer sent all over town
last week for a certain kind of tape
and couldn't get it.
These things are variously ascribed
to trusts and trade conditions. The
thread market is controlled by the
Spool Cotton Company and the Ameri-
can Thread Company, or thread agen-
cy, as it is commonly called, and they
were certainly making handsome
profit at cents a spool, according to
one authority. There could not have
been any urgent reason, he thinks, for
the rise in price, because people will
not buy thread that has not the stand
ard names on it.
1--WE could probably produce a spool
of cotton as good as any for 5 cents"
remarked the authority, "but no one
would buy it because it would not be
one of the standard makes"
Trade conditions, however, seem to
count for something. Labor is higher,
it is said, and the factories cannot get
it at any price The demand for cotton
has increased with the rapid expansion
Of the country, and it is not expected
that the coming cotton crop will equal
the requirements. Altogether, the
prospects of immediate relief in the
cotton situation are none of the bright
est
There are no signs Of lower prices
and the tendency is toward still higher
ones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
PUTS THE mGINGERv N.

The Kind of Food Used by Athletes.
A former college athlete, one of the
long distance runners, began to lose his
power Of endurance. His experience
with change in food is interesting.
while I%was in training on the
track athletic team, my daily joys be-
came task, until after / was put on
Grape-Nuts food for two meals a day.
After using the Food for two weeks
felt like a new man. My digestion was
perfect, nerves steady and l was full
of energy.
81 trained for the mile and the half
mile runs (those events which require
so much endurance) and then the long
daily joys which before had been
such a task, were clipped off with ease.
1 won both events.
THE Grape-Nuts food put me in per-
feet condition and gave me my gin
GER Not only was my physical condi-
ton made perfect, and my weight in
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous so that | could get out
nv studies in about half the time for
merly required. Now most all of the
University meH use Grape-Nuts, for
they have learned its value, but l think
my testimony will not be amiss and
may perhaps help some one to Learn
how the best results can be obtained"
There's a reason for the effect Of
Grape-Nuts food on the human body
and brain. The certain clements in
wheat and barley are selected with
special referesce to their power for re-
building the brain and nerve eenters.
The product is then carefully and sci
entifcally prepared so as to make it
easy of digestion. The physical and
mental results are so apparent after
tive or three weeks use as to produce
a profound impression. Read The
Road to WellYille," in pkgs. There's
q reason"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26

On the left side Of the building is q
big display of porcelain, a great deal OF
it being made in Nagon simply for eX-
port-Which means that it IS not the
best-and a great deal came from
Imari, where potteries were established
by a Korean some 800 years ago, says
q Toxic letter to the Portland Oregon
ian. The best porcelain displayed was
some by MakUga, who has his lIilns and
hips in the outskirts of Yokohama. One
small peachblow vase was marked yen
800 and n big blue one was yen $50
Makuga KoZan is a man of great repu-
tation hercabouts and d winner of
medals abroad. Many Of his pieces are
In imitation Of the old Chinese.
The wooden articles were interesting
Some trays inlaid with mother-of-pearl
in simple designs caught our eyes, and
especially fine was Il panel, carved by q
Toxic artist, showing three saints
standing in bold relief against the plain
background The expression of faces
and hands was wonderful, yet very
simple and done with few lines. There
was a big display of lacquer, chiefly
trays and the tables and bowls that the
japanese use for meals. The finest
were made in Kanozawa, on the west
coast. There were some beautifully
carved and lacquered affairs, and be
fore these were many people, walking
slowly and talking in low tones Ten.
shoda, silyersmith TO the imperial
household, showed some truly artistic
things. 4 tea service of most grace
Sui shape and design, with the bent
bodies of dragon flies for handles, was
what fascinated us most.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
The Slow, POttering Gordon Setter

Years ago the Gordon setter was
quite a favorite and much in use by
sportsmen of this country. In later
years, however, this really good dog
was displaced in greater part by the
pointer and English setter. The Cor
don, says Ed f. Haberlein in Dogdom,
is the largest and heaviest of all bird
dogs, more clumsy and usually slow.
Where most hunting is done in wood
land and thickets and a slow working
dog is needed so as not to get 'lost"
almost continually he fills the bill well
works close to gun, has good nose, Is
steady on point and if properly trained
very good retriever from land and
water. The Gordon is easily trained
and retains his training well, is also
of good pleasant disposition and an adj
mirable companion. AT this age, how.
ever, when so very much stress is laid
on speed and wide range, the Gordon
is not lin it, because he is a slow,
pottering dog as a rule.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
No Need of Another,

An italian priest who was well
known for his missionary work among
the Passamaquoddy Indians in eastern
Maine was once urged by a young lady
of his congregation at PASSPORT to have
mission" there to rouse some of the
lethargic members of the church, whose
spiritual condition, she earnestly de
clared, was really deplorable.
NO mol" he replied. Il do not APP
prove Of missions. Dey make de ex-
element, but de effect is not last
ing"
'Oh, yes, father, indeed it is" she
insisted.
I'm dat case, den, you do not need
one" replied the good father, with a
genial smile, for you had one dree
years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26

There Is more Catarrh IN this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
Sether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced II s local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and BY cea-
stantly failing 10 cure with local treat ment,
pronounced 1t iRcurable. Science has prov
en- catarrh TO be q constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio. is the
only constitutional cure on the market. II
is taken internally in doses from 10 drops
TO q teaspoonful. 1t acts directly ON the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
ii fails TO cure. Send FOR circulars and tes-
timonials
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halfs Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26
Our Own MinStrelS.

"Mistah Jinkins, why am a scoldin'
woman's tongue, when it's goin' all de
time?"
Il am not sure, George, that 1 under
stand you. Why is a scolding woman's
tongue, when it's going all the time
what is the rest, George?''
Amt no rest to it. Got caught off yo'
base dat time, dida't 20, Mistah jim
kins?''
Ladies and gentlemen, the eminent
tenor, M'sieu Yelike Phewry. will now
sing the favorite sentiment ballad, An
swer Me the Old. Old Question, Love
How Do You Eat Soft Shell Orab?"