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CHAPTER VIII.

A crime was committed, and 1t
occurred upon Sept. 81, between
Edalii's committal and trial, whilst
he lay in Stafford Jail. The facts
are these: Harry Green was the 49,
year-od son of farmer who lived
somewhere between the vicarage
and the scene of the outrage for
which Edalji was convicted. He
and Edalji knew each other slight
1y, as neighbors in the country
must do, but how slight was their
acquaintance may be shown by the
fact that when, in the course of my
inquiry, asked Edali what
Green's writing was like he had to
admit that he had never seen it.
Consider the utter want of common
ground between the two men, the
purblind, studious teetotal young
lawyer of q and the young yoe-
manry trooper of IS, one of set
of boisterOus young fellows who
made a center of mrth and also
of mischief at each annual training.
Edalji entered no public house, and
was at work from early morning to
late at night Where was there
room for that blood brotherhood
which would make the one man
risk any danger and sacrifice his
own horse for the sake of the
other?
Green's charger was found dis
emboweled. 1t was not very
valuable animal In one estimate
it is placed at $25. Whether 1t was
insured or not there is conflict OF
evidence. For days there was
scare and conjecture. Then, at the
end of that time, it was known
that Green had signed confession
which admitted that he had him
self killed his own horse. That
confession undoubtedly exists, but
Green. having had a week or two
to think things over. and having in
the meantime got ticket to South
Africa. suddenly went back on his
own confession and declared. with
much circumstantiality of detail.
that he had not done it, and that
the confession had been bullied out
} of him by the police. One or other
statemen of Green's must be a
falsehood. and have sufficient rea-
son myself, in the shape of evil
dence which has been set before
me, to form very clear opinion
what the actual facts of the case
were.
Here Is an outrage of the same
sort which has convulsed the coun-
tryside for SO many months, it is
brought home by his own confess
sion to the offender, and yet the po-
lice refuse to prosecute, and con-
nive at the mans flight from the
country. But why? If it was not
that the prosecution of Green
would bring out facts which would
interfere with the successful
prosecution of Edalji. then. again,
l ASK why?
1t may be noted before leaving
this extraordinary incident that the
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WAR WITH JAPAN NOT
LINE THAT WITH SPAIN

Special Correspondence to The Press
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. 10
War with Japan would not be the
holiday frolic the war with Spain
was nine years ago. War with
Japan would be real war, and the
administration knows it, as evinced
by it's earnest endeavor to avoid
any appearance of inviting clash,
1t is believed here that the finan-
cial question will not cause much
embarrassment to the Japanese. 1t
is almost cheaper for them to be
at war than to dwell in peace.
Right now they are equipped per-
fectly on war footing. 1t would
cost them nothing at this time to
take the Philippines except few
lives-and they are not sparing Of
lives when the lives are lost in ac-
ton.
They could hold the Philippines
at their ease. 1t would then be 10
times cheaper for the United States
to give up the Philippines than to
retake them. Japan. un:ess wiped
off the seas, could hold the islands
indefinitely, it is declared by some
experts.
The positions of the United
States now and in the war of Spain
are almost reversed. Then the
United States had not. as Spain did,
remote colonial possessions and
consequent divided forces exposed
to attack and capture. Now it has.
and its opponent has not.
On paper our navy is apparently
superior to the Japanese navy, but
1t Is scattered nearly as much as
the Spanish navy ever was. and
cannot be concentrated anywhere
without leaving exposed points that
must be guarded. For instance,
even II it is practicable to take
from the Atlantic all Of the vessels
that would be needed to dominate
the Pacific, there would at once be
dangerous insecurity of the At
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SPORTING SNAP SHOTS

The Independents, Spokanes
hockey team, defeated Revelstoke
yesterday by to at the Rossland,
B. c., carnival. Although Revel-
stoke is not considered such a good
team as either Rossland or Nelson,
Spokane proved a surprise. After
the game. players of both teams
were banquetted by the enthusiast
tic Americans. BY defeating Revel-
stoke Spokane gains the finals to
play for the British Columbia cham
pionship against the winners of the
Rossland-Nelson match Saturday
night.
This afternoon at the high school
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the girls basket ball teams of the
Cheney normal school and the high
school will play. This game will be
followed by match between the
boys teams from those schools. In
the evening the teams of the S. A.
A. c. and the Cheney Athletic club
will compete.
Benny Yanger last night beat
Johnny Morrison in seven rounds
at Hot Springs, Ark.
The Washington State college
team, of Pullman, has issued a
challenge to play the S. A. A. c.
basketball team
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UNITED STATES AND JAPAN IN 1907.

UNITED STATES JAPAN IN 1907. 9
with islands, 900; JAPAN @
Korea, 0OOOO00 United States. Q
with islands, miles with Fomosa and q
Korea. 229.665 square miles y
debt-nted States 1925 $1,250, Q
Revenue-Uned States $685. annually; Japan, Q
$33 .
Army-United States regulars we'll trained 1677OO .
militia citizens available military duty, 11O00O0O guns q
Manchuria; $4,000 re- y
enthusiastic for military .
duty. y
batleshps 29 armored cruisers H. e
protected cruisers 49, Q
torpedo So submarines g. transports etc. Q
battleshp g. armored y
protected unprotected cruisers 28 tor y
submarines TO- transports etc. q
and $4,000 .
Disposition forcesnted States bateships cruiser =
east Philippines y
naval forces Atlantic .
coast; army home 10000 in Philippines, .
all in Japan q
Korea, q
, ~ o
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UNLUCKIEST MAN FOUND.

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 14-Chris
Vollmer, former marshal and now
merchant here, claims that he is
head of the most unfortunate fam
lily in the world. Here is the list
of misfortunes: Death of his 10
year-old son; daughter Is crippled
for life; wife is stricken blind; he
loses one eye; one daughter has
been blind for five years; one of
his sons serving penitentiary SEN
tence; another in the reform
school; a third in a home for feeble
minded Now Vollmer has begun
suit for divorce against his wife.
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Aside from the loose practices Of
the dairymen, Chicago is faced with
the fact that her sanitary squad is
quite inadequate to cope with the
situation. } +. Diehn. head of the
city laboratories, cannot begin, with
his force. to keep the city dairies
inspected. and six country inspec-
tors have been supposed to oversee
Loco more or less widely scattered
country daries.
Where owners of unsanitary
dairies have been fined and had
their licenses revoked, they have
continued business without reform,
secure in the knowledge that suits
would be slow and policemen negli-
gent, One small dealer was caught
Is times, and now has many suits
filed against him, delayed hearing
since last November. City Building
Inspector BartZen tried to help the
sanitary department, and through
inspectors reported numerous cases
of rotten and filthy floors, generally
unsanitary conditions, and the feed
ing of malt to cows. These diff
culties in spite of record of l00,-
600 gallons Of milk condemned last
year and ia cows condemned
Now Chicago has awakened.
The sanitary force is to be in
creased 800 per cent, and high
salaried health commissioner will
probably be chosen, A national
health bureau is being widely dis,
cussed, and isolation hospitals are
proposed.
Chicago has heretofore expended
3 cents per capita in guarding the
health of her people. while in east
ern cities from 25 cents to 3S cents
has been the average Pittsburg
spends $l,0S per capita.
In the meantime the present
force of sanitary policemen is do
ing as best it can. Houses are be-
ing fumigated, quarantine Is be-
ing more or less strictly enforced.
and squads of officers with wagons
are passing from one milk depot to
another gathering up filthy bottles,
infected measures and cans, which
are taken to suburban lots, heaped
a.,
uselessnesss
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X&SMAGNNAMN0XE

reason given by Green in his con-
fession was that the horse had to
be killed, having been injured in
the yeomanry training, but nowhere
has he ever said a word to suggest
that he was acting in collision with
George Edalji.
And now at last we come to the
trial. Here, as at every point of
this extraordinary case, there are
Irregularities which will be more
fifty dealt with by lawyer.
There is absolutely the whole evil
dence-the coat-boot-razor business,
the letter business, the so-called
discriminating expressions which
have already analysed, and the one
fact, which | admit did really de-
serve consideration, that a group Of
schoolboys with whom once a
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lantic coast
Hawaii is not fortified and can
not be if hostiliites open soon. Any
reinforcpments started to the
Philippines would mean to precipi-
tate the attack on the islands. In
fact, war with Japan would not
only be a difficult one, but a long
one and perhaps very humiliating
one.
On the part vi the United States
military operations would be very
expensive, much more than the war
with Spain, which cost $l62 200, 900.
OF course these views are not
pleasant, but they are some of the
more cautious and pessimistic ones
expressed by students of the war
game.
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sPANks HIS WIFE; FINED $500.

"- KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 10
because he spanked his wife with a
slipper, August M. Thorson was
fined 500. The wife said it was
the second time he had treated her
so in their two years of welded life
He took some money out of my
purse. and when l objected he turn
ed me over his knee and spanked
me with a slipper" said Mrs.
Thorson.
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7he0terS
THE SPOKANE,

The Augustin Daily Musical Com
edy Co. presents THE Country
Grip tonight. First class work
and elaborate costuming are prom.
ised for the production. They play
is on for matinee and evening per
Torrance Saturday. "The Cingalee'
is the Sunday evening attraction
1t is comic opera in tropical set.
ting.
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TO PASTEURIZE MILh

Pasteurization of milk is a simple
process. The milk is placed in a
closed vessel and heated for half
an hour at from 60 to 65 degrees
G Gao to $50 degrees F. Then it
is cooled as quickly as possible by
placing the vessel in cold water or
on ice. BY this means only the in
furious organisms in the milk are
killed. and 1t will keep much
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longer. ~ :
There are pasteuriZers for large
dairies and creameries, and there
are also variety of small pasteur,
izers suitable for family use,
MILK is sterlized by heating it to
the boiling point. This. however
changes the character o. the milk.
making ii less suitable for drinking
and giving it cooked taste. .H
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THE COLUM BIA.

AS their closing engagement here
the linn Co. will play THE Hay
a double bill. They leave for Seat
tie then for a three weeks engage
ment. "Olivette" is the attraction
this week.
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NEW ENGLAND BABE WEIGHS
70 POUNDS.

MONTPELIER, VT, Feb. Is
New Englands prize baby probably
is Madeline Dow, 8 months old,
who weighs 70 pounds. The child is
intelligent, healthy and good ma
tured. Frank Dow, her father,
never weighed more than IT'S
pounds, while his wife is about the
average size.
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Forty ties in the Pittsburg pri-
maries are to be decided by the flip
ping of quarter. Philadelphia
politicians no doubt will be greatly
disguised to think that anything
could be settled with so small an
amount of money.
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THE AUDITORIUM.

"The Masqueraders," comedy
well played by the Jessie Shirley
Co., all this week. Miss Shirley
has the leading role.
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POISONED MILK EPIDEMIC

Results of epidemic -Four thous-
\ and people down with scarlet fever.
Five thousand more with other dis
eases. Forty thousand are in quar-
antine. Wave of sickness has ex-
tended more than 20 miles.
Causes of epidemic-Filthy dair-
les and diseased cattle. In the city
5000 dairies with no adequate SUI
perysion. Six county inspectors to
watch 1000 scattered dairies. Malt
fed to cows. Chicago spends 8 cents
per capita for health; other cities
from 25 cents to 3S cents; Pitts
burg spends $l.08.
Sanitary measures proposed
increase health department 300 per
cent. Isolation hospitals proposed.
National health bureau suggested.
Special Correspondent to The Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 15.--As result
of filthy daries. diseased cattle and
ridiculously inadequate inspection,
Chicago now has 1000 children, and
even grown up people, down with
scarlet fever: 5000 more affected
with other infectious disease, and
over 10000 residents or the city are
in quarantine. A heavy daily death
list adds to the horror of the situh-
ton.
The epidemic started month
. ago in the north shore suburbs, and
has now extended over 20 miles
from Evanston, until nearly one in
every 500 of Chicago's inhabitants
has scarlet fever as a result of in
fected milk.
Not since the packing house in
vestigation has Chicago been so ex-
ercised The health department
has been at It's wits end on ac-
count Of a force utterly iucompet.
ent to handle the trouble or its
sources.
The beginning OF the epidemic is
traced to a certain north shore
dairy. but even such further inves
legations as the meager force has
been able to make has resulted in
exposures OF the most shocking
character, showing that Chicago's
5000 city diaries are indescrlbably
unsanitary. and that its 1000 coun-
try dairies are possibly In even
worse condition.
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THE WASHINGTON.

The weeks vaudeville show
meets all kinds of tastes. 1t is a
bill full of variety and clean
comedy.
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The Spokane Press delivered to
any part OF the city for 25 cents
per month.
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Don't argue with me, Mary, |
will not pay $50 for hat; my
mind is made up"
81 know it is, made up Of a mess
of unreasonableness that no woman
can understand"
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moon at the high school
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-05


co City league, who play before big
crowds on Sundays and holidays after
the bull fights. h Sox win leave
on the night OF March IL, one section
going to New Orleans and another par
ty stopping al Monterey for a game.
The complete ante eason schedule
for the White Sox is as follows:
March 9 and 10, first and second
teams at Mexico City March IL and
II the White Sox and Mexico City
teams. March 13 the White Sox and
Vera Cruz March IA n Is White
Sox and Monterey, Mexico, March 81.
16 and II First and Second teams at
Mexico City. March 10 the White
Sox and Moterey, Mexico. March 81,
22, % and "a, the White o. and New
Orleans. March rs the First and Sec
ond teams at Vicksburg, Miss. March
26, First and Second teams at Jack
son, Miss. March 81 First INT Second
teams at Greenville, Miss. a %
and 20, First and Second teams at
Memphis. March 80 and 81 First team
at Louisville. April l First team Il
Indianapolis, second team and Knox
college at Galesburg, III. April 2, First
team at Indianapolis, Second team at
Des Moines. April 8 First team at Lin
coin, Neb. April 5, Second team at
Omaha. April 6 and z First team at
Cincinnati, Second team at Kansas
City. April 8, First team at Spring
field, O., second team at Springfield,
Ill. April 9, First team at Springfield.
O., second team at Peoria, April IL
the American league season opens
with the White Sox at ST. Louis.
The White Sox will enter the battle
for the pennant with the same vic
~torious squad that brought nome the
bunting last season. In the pitchers
box will be Ed Walsh, Patterson, All
trock, Smith Owen, Dow White and
other expert twirlers. Sullivan n
Mcfarland will continue behind the
plate. Jiggs Donnohue will hold down
the initial bag the lengthy Isabel will
play second and Tannenill will occu-
py the third station. George Davis
will remain as short. The outer gar
den will be presided over by Jones,
Hahn and D~ougherty. Several prom
ising youngsters, as well as the substl
tutes of last year, were taken on the
Mexican trip, but stand little chance
of getting in the regular lineup.
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BRIDE AND GROOM
WITNESSES TO WEDDING


Cartinus A. Marley. a young COW
man of this county, and Miss Annie
May Corn, daughter of Martin v.
Corn, of Eden Valley, were married
at eight O'Clock last night, the wed
ding occurring at the home of Elder
c. G. Hill, pastor of the Christian
church, who performed the ceremony
in the presence of a few friends. This
ceremony was hardly over when ano-
her couple, friends of the first, arriv-
ed seeking c~onnubiaI felicity. They
We're J.. NJ. Caldwell, son of a retired
sheep breeder of this city, and Mrs.
Laura Thompson, also of Roswell.
They were married at $50, the new
ly made bride and groom and heir
friends acting as witnesses. They
made two striking couples, both
grooms being splendid specimens of
sterling young manhood, and both
brides being beautiful young women
opposites in complexion and ply
sique. The grooms were dressed in
suits of black and the brides were at
tired in lovely dresses of white.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marley left this morn
ing for Galveston, Tex, On a honey
moon trip. Upon their return they will
reside at the groom's ranch 25 miles
northeast of Roswell. Mr.. and Mrs.
Caldwell will make their home in
Roswell.
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81
TiIlman a chautauqua Hero.

Washington, March 5.-No member
of the senate is SO greatly in demand
as a public speaker as is Benjamin
R. Tillman, the pitchfork senator of
South Carolina. Now that congress
has closed Senator Tillman will devote
his time to the platform, and is Al
ready ''booked solid" on h Chautau-
qua circuit. So great is the demand
for his services hat his agents have
| been forced TO refuse numerous prof
table engagements in various parts
of the country. 1t is a noteworthy
fact that most of the engagements
specify that he shall discuss the race
question, these requests coming from
the North as well as the South, show
ing the widespread interes in that
problem.
Perhaps the present popularity TO
the South Carolina senator is due III
a great measure to the free advertis-
ing he has received in the newspapers
in connection with the Brownsville
matter. There is but one Ben Till
man, however, and it may be said OF
him as of that other famous southeT-
ner. Sam Jones, that while the news
papers may have made him they can
NOT make another like him. Which is
a thing to be thankful for. or to be
regretted, according to the point OF
view.
In view of the wide demand for the
services of senator Tillman as an or
ator, it has been suggested that ne
engage jefferson Davis, h sena-
tor from rkans as an understudy.
Davis comes to Washington neralded
as a picturesque whirlwind orator
likely to cause a stirring of the dry
bones of the senate, and if he makes
good he may usurp a portion OF the
Iimelight which has heretofore shone
only on Tillman. Ex-Governor Bob"
Taylor of Tennessee is another new
southern senator h mas a wide rep
utation as a forceful stump speaker
and an unique character. Taylor IS
almost as famous as a fiddler as ne
is as a statesman and has taken part
in nan southern ''fiddling contests"
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NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE.


By virtue and authority of an ex-
ecution issued from the Office of the
clerk of the District Court in n for
Chaves County, Territory of New Mex
leo, and to me, directed wherein T.
l.. Carothers is plaintiff and Andrew
Olson is defendant being suit number
999 on the docket of said court. l
have levied upon and seized the fol.
lowing described chattels charged
with the lien of an mortgage and
judgment therein dated IA day of De-
cember, 1906, for the sum of $4,000
and interest and attorneys fees for
$21.OO and for costs thereon. Said
property described as follows:
One wagon, complete.
One Mccormick moving machine
One bay horse 4 years old, unbrand
ed, about II hands high.
One sorrel horse unbranded, 9 years
old, Is hands high.
One gray mare unbranded, 9 years
old, with wire fence cut on left hind
leg.
I will on the IS day of March, 1907,
at II o'clock a. m, at the door of the
court house in said county and Terri,
tory sell at public auction for cash
to the highest bidder the property
above described to satisfy said exc
cution and cost.
c. l.. BALLARD,
Sheriff Chaves County N. M.
By o. q. FINLEY, Deputy. Tu5t.
F. F. Hull returned Monday to his
home in Dexter, having spent three
days here on business.