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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07
KESTER DENIES
THE CHARGES
Tells the Jury He Did Not Com
init Fraud

Moscow, Idaho, June 7.-Yester-
day vas another day for general de-
NAL BY witnesses for the defense in
the north Idaho land conspiracy cases
Of ell accusations made against them
by witnesses for the prosecution, and
= Tat denial OF each and every alleR-
alton contained in the indictment
under which defendahts are being
tried before Judge Dietrich. Prob
ably the most interesting part Of the
testimony OF the day was brought out
while george II. Ksstsr, cashier Of
the Lewiston National bank, was on
the witness stand. IL was to the
effect that William Dryer. one Of the
defendants last fall convicted Of sub
orr alton OF perjury, Is insolvent,
transaeting his business In his wife's
name.
The defense, In It's opening stat
ment to the jury, laid great stress up-
on the fact that Dryer does not own
timber claim. IL now develops
that he can not because no IL lnsol.
vent.
DENIALS BY MR.. KESTER.
Mr.. Kester took the witness stand
in his own behalf this afternoon.
Admitting every conversation to
which witnesses for the prosecution
testified, MIR. Hester had different
tale to tell as to what those converse.
tions amounted to. According to
his testimony, he never once said or
did a thing that could be construed
as being q violation Of the law rela-
tive to taking up timber claim.
Although he admitted that he now
Owna claims taken mp by many entry
men who swOre against him earlier In
the trial. Mr.. Kester always had a
Legitimate showing OF how the claim
eventually became his. Three deeds
we're produced from Shoshone county
TO show that title to many timber
claims had passed from Mr.. Robnett
to him, but Mr.. Kester denied owner
ship, although the records show that
Mr.. Robnett requested that the trans
fer be made.
by q long series Of questions Mr..
Hester denied any conspiracy or joint
ownership In tho lands as alleged in
the indictments. On oss.examina
tion the prosecution tried TO bring
out the Fact that MIR. Hester Is under
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07
Open Land TO Settlement.

Land temporarily Withdrawn De-
csmber Is. 1901, for forestry pur-
poses and adjoining the Kootenai for
est reserve, will be opened for settle
ment August Il, 1907 aud 10 entry,
Cling aud selection, September Ii,
1907. The description il township
81 north, range 3 e7st that lies north
and east Of Rootenai river, Boise
meridian Settlement or occupation
Of tbess lands Is forbidden bafore
August u.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07
ARREST FURNITURE MEN

Portland, Ore. June 7.-Unlsss
the men wbo we're indicted in the al
legged furniture trust appear 10 court
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, As
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07

John Malloy. Of the firm of Malloy
Bros, Spokane, IL at Hayden lake to-
day looking over the new irriagtion
machinery. The water will be put
into the bitches for the first time
next week.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07

Myrtle Taylor was arrested last
evening by Patrolman jackson for
being drunk and dlsorderly. She
was tried this morning and given
twelve hours to get out Of town.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07


ID when he made an explicitly
lied confession of the murder of
k SteunenbeTg by an internal
bine that directly opens the way
liz own conviction and execution
he motal offense. He swore that
assassination of Steunenberg was
suggested by Haywood, was
ly plotted by Haywood, Meyer,
bone and himself, was financed
haywood and was executed by
elf after the failure of an at :
i in which Jack Simpson had
cipated.
rchard lifted the total of his own
ered victims to 10, and detailed
q circumstances under which he
to murder former Governor Pea
Judge Goddard, Judge Gabbert
raj Sherman Bell, Dave Moffat
Frank Haarebe.
cidently, he confessed to a plan
dnap the child of one of his for
associates. Then, under cross
nation by the defense, Orchard
ssed guilt of the social crimes
setting his wife and young child
htario, fleeing to British Column
ith Hattie Simpson, the wife of
er man and committing bigamy
arrying a third woman at Grip
reek.
rough the shocking details of
er plots, stories of secret bomb
ng and tales of man hunts with
off shotguns and internal ma
8 as weapons, the witness went
the same quiet, offband manner
marked his demeanor. His
dropped to lower keys as the
story of the long hunt for
aberg narrowed down to the
~ and he told of the race from
otel to the home to beat his
with the deathtrap and the
ng in the evening gloom az the
walked unconscio1sly to his
rough it all he WINGED but once,
bat was when the defense made
name his sisters and his one
81 and give their residences in
10 and New York.
defense fought the story with
Implicitly of objections and sue
d in heading off an attempt to
be story of the murder of Arthur
ns at Telluride and temporarily
ing out the contents of tele-
received and a telegram sent by
Ard after his arrest. out for
rest the state managed to get in
cry intact.
state began its corrobration of
ard's crimson tale by produc-
the lead casing of the Peabody
Orchard identified it, swore
be brought it Canyon City from
en- aud then on to Wallace,
he gave it to a man named
'ngham. 1t was thrown into the
and the state promises to later
Its recovery.
en- for the flrst time the witness
down to the SteunenherR case.
haywood suggested. I" he said,
We ought to get Ex-Governor
lenherg. He thought that if we
Elm after letting him go seven
ieht years, and then went back
lerson, n. j., and wrote letters
adge Gabbert, Judge Goddard,
10Y, Bell and others telling them
would get the same thing as
'enberg, it would show them
we're not forgotten either and
have a good effect. Meyer
would be better than killing
that it would be a living death,
1ey would be confronted by the
.At always of somebody waiting
benz.
haywood said he had sent several
20 Caldwell to do the Steunen,
100 Among them we're Minister,
0ascnm, Mccarthy and Steve
rs Minister was a miner-s
OeF Of the union. | did moi
Mccarthy.
ADAMS AND sIMPKINs.
e''leone and Hay wood told ma
sieve Adams and Jack Simpk1nl
= Idaho to get rid of som,
i JUMPERS. They were then go
steunenberg. l went to Cal
I'ef this conversation. wheE
talked with Adams, Hay
fettibone. Adams said
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-07
HARRY ORCHARD, WHO ACCUSES HAYWOOD.

ce witness the OF
% the murder Of Ex-Governor
some made
oals who ne said
miner According
mating BY firearms and dynamite
Detroit -
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
MRS. BROWN KILLED BY HUSBAND
Frank Brown, Thinking His Wife Was Burglar, Shot and
 Killed Her

Batesville, June 11.-About 1 o'clock this morning Frank Brown a carpenter, shot and killed his wife, mistaking her for burglar.
 Brown and his wife lived in the outskirts of town, and hearing someone disturb the chikens, they arose to listen. Passing into an other room, Brown bade his wife return to bed, as she was sick. Securing his pistol, he entered the kitchen, and seeing a form crouch ing at the window he fired, little thinking it to be his wife. She screamed You have killed me- Brown carried her to the porch and yelled for help. Several neigh bors came, but she died within a few minutes.
 The coroner's jury today fully exonerated Brown.
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14

fore it is earned-go in debt-buy on credit The system is one of the greatest causes of hard luck. , To buy things and settle for them with promise to payo will surely bring trouble. no matter how large a salary one has. By thus tying up our resources, we are never ia position to meet the future with anything like a comfortable con- dition of mind. and if for any reason our earning ability is cut off, it pieces us in a very disagree able position. The only sane, sen- sible way to live is to set aside some portion of our earningings, and force ourselves to live strictly within the limits of what is left. We>may want more than this bal. ance will buy, but 1t won't hurt us half as much to want, as to face deficit with no prospect, or distant one of being able to meet our obligations.
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
THE SECOND ANNUAL STATE FAIR
Now Being Made For Great Display at State
 Fair Next October

Hot Springs, June 10.-The Sec ond Annual Arkansas State Fair will be held at Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs, October 3 to 12, inclusive. The first State Fair last year de- monstrated the great possibilities of the annual exposition of Arkan- sas products, and while the first fair was success, much that was left to hope for last year will be realized this year.
 The state fair has been fully recognized as such. The legisla- ture has endorsed it as such; every state department will be represent ed at the fair and most of the im- portant state interests are now CO., operating with the fair association.
 Splendid daily programs are we'll under way. Each day will
 
 be specially featured and every night will be made brilliant with a series of gigantic outdoor fea- ture acts.
 Arrangements have been effect ed to almost double the amount of exposition space and to enhance the value of the product exhibits of every class.
 The premium list will soon be completed and ready for distribu- tion and all those who send in their requests for the new pre- mium list will receive them by mail as soon as they are completed. The premium list for this year. has been re-arranged and more fully adapted to the needs and products of Arkansas and the amount of premium money has been almost doubled.
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14

the sum of s, ,539. 71,x and that Sheriff John A. Lovewell, the present sheriff, is short in his ac- counts S11, S05, ,35. In addition to these charges the jury reports that the books of County Clerk James Lovewell are not correctly kept.
 Clyde Goings, prosecuting at- torney, is censured by the jury forsordering magistrate to dis miss cases againt certain individ- uals at Burdette.
 The Lovewells have been polit- ical leaders of this county for a long time, and Mir. Goings has been invincible before the people. This makes the affair all the more sensational.
 The grand jury is composed of leading men of the county. They made a careful investigation of the books of the several county officials, and their report was ap. parently unbiased.
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
ALLEGED WHOLESALER CONVICTED
Attempt to Establish Wholesale Liquor House Causes Trouble
 For T. V. Scott

T. V. Scott who owns a small distillery near Sulphur Rock and who brought two ten gallon kegs of whiskey to Newark some time ago with the alleged intention of opening a wholesale liquor house, was tried before Mayor Ration Saturday on a charge of bringing whiskey into prohibition territory in violation of section 5137 of the state law.
 The trial of the case consumed considerable time, there being quite a number of witnesses. and after hearing all the testimony the court rendered judgment against Scott and ordered the whisky de stroyed, as provided by the law covering such cases. Scott entered plea for the mercy of the court, stating that this was his first of fence and pledging himself to never again attempt to .sell liquor in Newark, either legally orillegally, and begged that the whiskey be not destroyed but turned over to him under the pledge that he would take 1t back to his distillery and make no further efforts to sell whisky in Newark. This the court finally agreed to do, and upon payment of the costs in the case, the liquor was turned over to Scott and he took 1t and left town. It is alleged, however, that Scott violated his pledge to the court that he would take the whisky back to his distillery, and that in stead of fulfilling his pledge. he took the whisky out only 8 short distance from town and disposed of 1t to certain parties around town who are noted for their unsuitable thirst, some of whom procured buckets, jugs, bottles, coal oil cans, Tor anything that happened to be handy, and followed the process sion out of town.
 It is claimed by some that Scott violated his pledge to the court by thus disposing of the whisky, and that he is liable to have to answer for contempt of court.
 Scott was arraigned before May or Ration again Wednesday on a charge of blind tigering whiskey at the time he opened his so-called wholesale house, but was acquitted.
 Attorney J. k. Alexander pros ecuted the cases, while Hon. w. A. Oldfield appeared for the de- fense.
 Deeds of trust and legal blanks A
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
WEEKS DOINGS AT SULPHUR ROCK
Short Items of Interest Picked Up at the Metropolis of White
 River Township.

Sulphur Rock, June 1.-The new switch board for the telephone system at this place has been re- cieved and will be installed in few days.
 Mrs. Annie Murphy of Passa- dena, Cali, is here visiting Mrs. Hattie Murphy. She will go from here to Tennessee.
 Mrs. Jas. F .Jernigan left last week feF Melbourne to visit her father, who is not expected to live but few days.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bob Malery of Asher, Okla., are visiting the lady's sister, Mrs. w. F. Way man.
 Ike Nelson returned last week from months visit to Texas. He says crops out there are very poor.
 Miss Willie Taylor of Salem spent Saturday and Sunday here with her cousin, Mrs. w. F. Way man.
 Johnson Moore, who has been here several days, left Saturday for Beebe where he has position.
 Just received car load of the famous Bowman flour, also meal, chops, bran, etc. J. H. Jimerson.
 J. K. Rawlings has bought the residence of o. l.. Hoover and they will exchange places soon.
 Misses Nettye Bevens and Rena Cunningham went to BatesviIle Tuesday to spend 8 few days.
 A. G. Johnson returned Sunday from Mississippi, where he spent two weeks visiting relatives.
 Miss Lucy Hanna of Byhalia, Miss. is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. C.. Johnson of this city.
 J. H. Jimerson went to Little Rock Tuesday to attend the Hard- ware Dealers Convention.
 Mrs. Paxton Thomas and chil- dren of Batesville visited Mrs. Dan Moore last week.
 Jim Moore who has been at Hendrix college the last term came home Friday.
 Rev. Geo. James filled his regu- lar appointment at the Baptist church Sunday.
 Rev. c. l.. Castleberry of Pig gott spent Wednesday night in our city. This place furnished fifteen tearchers to the institute this week. Miss Mae Hodges returned from
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The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
FEATHERS UNION NOTICE

The regular quarterly meeting of the Independence County Union F. E. & c. U. of A., will he held with Liberty Hill Union No. 7S7, five miles south of Oil Trough. on Thursday and Friday, June 27th and 2Sth, 1907. The election of delegates to the State Union will be held at this meeting and all local unions are requested to send full delegation.
 W. D. BURLINGTON, Sec. Treas.
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
OFFICERS ARE SHORT

Blytheville, June IA consid- erable sensation was created here by the report that was filed in the Circuit Court by the grand jury of Mississippi county, in which it is alleged that former Sheriff Sam Bowen is short in his accounts in
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
A Delegates Delightful Trip to the State Convention Held at
 Fort Smith

In company with that genial Christian gentleman, Prof. Sidney Pickens and Mir. Farris Rice, | left Sulphur Rock on Tuesday evening, June 4, for Fort Smith, to attend the State Sunday School Convention, the Sunday school at Sulphur Rock paying my expen- ses, as matter of courtesy to me, for which I feel truly thankful in- deed.
 We had a pleasant run from Sulphur Rock to Little Rock. meeting several friends on the train, some of whom 1 had not seen for some time. We arrived at Little Rock at 11:30 p. m., and immediately retired for the bal- ance of the night and slept some, notwithstanding we were in close proximity with the. railroad, whose great engines were wfistling and rambling, coming in and going out all the time, drawing the great trains laden with the commerce of our country.
 We arose at , o'clock, breakfast. ed and visited some places of in- terest in the capital city, among which we mention the old State house, which has some features of attraction yet.
 As we sat on the beautiful grounds our minds were carried back to other days, and our thoughts turned to the many great and good men who had filled the governors office with honor, but, alas, most of them now sleep be- heath the sod of the valley. We also thought of the many whole some laws that had been enacted by our legislatures in the past, great est among which we consider our public school laws. which make it possible for every boy and girl to obtain an education to enable them to be blessing to the country. We also visited the new state capi- tol, now under construction, which when completed, will be a great and magnificent structure. We left Little Rock at about 10:30 a. m., for Fort Smith in company with quite lot of friends from Pine Bluff and other places, most of them being strangers to us. But when it was learned that we were all on the same mission there was a feeling of brotherly love which existed between us and which made our journey very pleasant indeed. Among this genial crowd 1 met Messrs. Richey and Huber of Pine Bluff, two young men who are engaged in the whole sale business. Mir. Richey l used to know as travelling salesman, but is now engaged in the whole- sale grocery bushes, but can find time from his business to attend to the Kings business in the Sun day school, willing and ready to go anywhere, do anything and contribute of his means for the success of the Sunday school work. My prayer is God give us many more such men.
 After a delightful run of several hours we arrived at Fort Smith at ) o'clock p. m. Some of us had been casting about in our minds eye as to just what we would do when we arrived; where we would go, how we would find the church, etc. But, To and behold, when we alighted from the cars the first thing that attracted our attention was a company of people, about
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The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
BIC MISSIONARY RALLY JUNE 30
Arrangements Being rlade For ? Grand rleeting in Newark on
 Fifth Sunday in June
To The Newark Journal:

Let everybody around Sulphur Rock, Lees Chapel, Moore6eld, the Gap, Mount Herman, Lebanon and ''the regions around about, , remember that on the 30th of June, 1907, all roads lead to New ark, where we are to have grand Missionary Rally.o Addresses by Rev. John H. Dye, D. D., and Rev. A. F. Skinner, P. E., of the Batesville district. Dr. Dye will deliver his address at 10 a. m. Suitable songs for the occasion will be rendered by the Newark and Sulphur Rock choirs and any others who will, are hereby re- speqfully invited to join in the singing.
 After the address by Dr. Dye collection for the benevolent claims for the Sulphur Rock cir cult will be taken by Bro. Dye. Let every member, young and old. who can possibly be there, provide themselves with a contribution. : Don't see how little you can give, but figure on how much thou owest thy Lord and his cause, and how great his blessings have been to you and yours, and give in keeping as to how He has prosper ed thee. Without being dictatorial, but merely as suggestion, and q conservative suggestion, there are 204or 30 men, members of our church, who are able to pay $500 each to these needy and worthy causes. Then there are many, many men and women who are fully able to give $2.50; many more S1, % each and on down to copper. Let this be your motto on that day: "A pound for God, and a penny for self" Then there are many friends who are not con nected with any church who will be willing to give. We ask no man who Is a member of any other church to contribute to this fund, as duty or obligation, but the door will be shut in no mans face who wants to help us. This Is an obligation of the Methodist church and it ought to cheerfully met, and will be. Help from any others will be deeply appreciated. When this is over-dinner; yes dinner! Bring your we'll filled dinner pail, and eat, sing, shout, pray and be merry.
 We want this to be an eventful day and historic day the best day in all the long history of this old, historic work. It will be the be- ginning of our revival meeting at Newark, in which we expect Dr. Dye to-take an active part. Oh, may it be the time when Newark shall be revolutionized and every. sinner in the town saved! Saved for useful and happy life; saved for God and heaven in the end.
 We cordially invite the pastors of any other churches who can, to be present on this day. Others will not think me partial when 1 i, publicly invite Revs. H. T. Gibson and Jas. McDoniel, who are our own boys, and with whom we have been associated from our child hood. This is a long invitation, but it means much. Read it and pass the paper to your neighbor. Newark will be made ready for the occasion and will do it we'll. F. M. Martin is chairman of the committee on arrangements.
 JAGF. JERNIGAN, Pastor.
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14
GOING IN DEBT

One of the very worst things one can do is to spend money be-
The Newark journal., 1907-06-14

Deeds of trust and legal blanks for sale at The Journal office.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27
SUGAR CITY.

Dave Rearick is down with ty-
phoid.
The year old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sierra died Sunday.
Sunday seems to be the busiest
day for the ice wagon.
Mrs. Lancaster and Miss Hermann
spent Wednesday at the Ford.
Mr.. Mosier, the genial night oper-
ator, has gone east to attend the
wedding of his sister.
"Coony" Marquis is the proud
papa of boy, that arrived Wednes-
day morning.
Mr.. Stas arrived from the Hague
early this week and will assume the
duties of chemist at the factory
Our local freight was ditched at
Ordway and again at Sugar City on
Wednesday afternoon. No serious
damage was done.
MIR. trenton Snlelds, OF chicago,
spent few days with friends here
the last of the week. Old settlers
will remember MIR. Shields as stem
ographer at the factory.
Sugar City still holds the champ
ionship of the Valley in baseball.
On Sunday she defeated the Rio
Grande team of Pueblo. Z to g. So
far this season the percentage Of
games won is 66s.
A sad accident occurred at Eads
Sunday afternoon. Miss Ivy Mercer
was drowned in the King reservoir.
Her aunt. Mrs. Gallagher, left for
Eads as soon as the news of the ac-
cident was received.
La Junta tribune., 1907-07-27

bsdy Of organized men. with chief.
could accomplish more than fifty
unorganized. Your interests are at
stake as well as others, 50 get busy.
Gay Ecton was in Swink Wednes-
day looking for white turnip seed
Gay says he was pretty badly dam
aged by the recent hard rain and
hail storm which fingered here
abouts the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powars, Of De Rider,
La. are in the city, arriving last
week. Mr.. Powars is q brother of
our Joe, and is waiting the arrival OF
the latter from Philadelphia, where
he has been eating Quaker Oats and
taking in the sights Of the annual
gathering of the antlered tribe.
There was short session of the
city council Monday evening, during
which DR.. Brown was appointed city
health officer, and the ordinance re-
garding a franchise for a street car
line through the city was placed on
its first reading. After allowing a
few bills the meeting adjourned.
The brainstorm cocktail is now all
the go in eastern cities and the craze
has now hit Swink. 1t is very cool
ing drink in hot weather. and is much
in demand by polite society. and the
babies even cry for it. For the ben
eft of those who have lost the re-
ceipt, We will give the formula
again. which is as follows: Take
two ordinary mixing glasses. squeeze
little lemon juice into one and in
the other put cracked ice. after
which pour from one glass to the
other until it "thaws." and then you
have your cocktail.