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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-04

PAGE FIVE.
Reform the Watchword.


The Georgia Legislature began its
opening session promptly at 10
o'clock last Wednesday morning.
Senator John w. Akin was elected
president Of the senate, and John M.
Slaton, of Fulton, speaker of the
house. Many reform measures will
be introduced.
In his message, Hon. Joseph M.
Terrell, the retiring governor, spoke
Of the last four years as the most
prosperous in the history of the state.
In a comparative table of figures he
shows that the taxable values Of the
state have increased on an average
of $40,0O0,000 year since 1902.
Governor Terrell devotes consider
able space to the subject of taxation,
in which he calls attention to the
fact that the laws upon this subject
are substantially the same as they
were century ago and do not afford
ample machinery for enforcing the
advalorem requirement of the Con-
stitution, such as the honest tax
payer is entitled to receive from the
state.
Our first Constitution was more
liberal to education than the present
one in the opinion Of Governor Ter
rell. He recommends an amendment
which will permit of appropriations
in assistance of high schools. He
advocates larger funds for public
schools and more liberal salaries to
teachers, and insists that one of the
gretaest evils is the failure of the
present law to provide for their
prompt payment. He says that either
a reserve fund must be held in the
treasury or the scholastic year must
be changed from the calendar year
to extend from September l to Au-
gust 81. He recommends that the
first eight months of 1908 be consti-
tuted special school year, and the
two and half months support be
provided by appropriating special
taxes.
The governor recommends that the
State School of Agriculture receive
an increase in the appropriation Of
$4,000 annually. He also recon-
mends an increase in the apprcpria-
tiOn to the State Normal School, and
that some needed improvements be
made. He also advocates that the
legislature pass an amendment where
by the legislature may relieve col
lege endowments from taxation.
The proposed law creating state
board of examiners for trained nurs-
es meets the approval of the COVER
nor. He asks that pension claims
be considered at once.
Judge Loving Acquitted.
After being in the jury-room forty
five minutes, the jury last Saturday
evening returned a verdict Of ''not
guilty" in the case of former Judge
William G.. Loving. Judge Loving
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AAOHo Ill 1O0S GO CScdpo ImpIlSOH-
ment in the bullpen.
1t is to be admitted by the defence
that Orchard, member Of the West
ern. Federation, visited headquarters
and was given the same treatment
that was accorded to other members
of the union. His relations with
Pettibone were also admitted, except
that there was ever any plot or con-
spiracy to kill any one or destroy
anybody's property.
After Darrow closed, witness aft
err witness, members Of the Western
Federation of Miners, as we'll as
men who have never been members
of any labor union, took the stand
day after day and tore Orchard s
evidence to shreds.
Here, for instance, is the testi-
mony Of w. B. Easterly, the union
secretary, whom Orchard accused of
being a dynamiter in Cripple Creek.
Easterly frankly admits that he
carried a six-shooter when he went
into Victor the day Of the riot, and
that after he fed from the Citizens
Alliance and mine owners deputies
he hiked to his cabin and got his
shotgun. In the course Of the long
examination Easterly was called up
on frequently to deny the assertions
of Orchard that he had vouched for
Orchard in headquarters, or he had
gone with Orchard and helped to
blow up the Vindicator mine. He
tells that Orchard threatened to kill
Steunenberg, and Senator .Borah got
after him pretty hot on his neglect
to inform the authorities when he
learned that Orchard was in Cald-
we'll.
''I was not an informer along that
line," was Easterly's reply, "and
besides, I did not know that Steun-
enberg lived in Caldwell. I did not
think anything of nor recall Or
chard's threats till after he was ar
rested and confessed, duplicating
Haywood, Meyer, Pettibone and 9th
ers.''
Important also is the testimony Of
Joe Scholtz, Cripple Greek miner,
who says that he was in the midst of
the Colorado troubles, but did not
know Orchard. Orchard said that
Scholtz went with him to blow up
the Vindicator mine, but the other
day, when this Joe Scholtz stood up
in the courtroom, the States witness
declared he was not the man.
Thomas Wood, non-unionist, who
entered the Vindicator mine as
timberman after the strike began,
swears that the night before the ex-
plosion he placed a box containing
twenty-five pounds of giant powder
at the shaft of the eighth level. He
saw the powder the next morning
shortly after 10 o'clock, and a few
minutes later Superintendent Nc
Cormick and Foreman Beck came to
4ho o.o.bt ~ laval Tbo1y ,.o,,oosnol huk
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powder he had placed. One witness
for the State has sworn that he later
found wire attached to the safety
bar, but Wood said that he careful
ly examined the safety bar, and found
nothing attached to it.
G. D. Copley swears that he heard
Orchard tell of the loss Of The Her
cules mine, and threatening to kill
Steunenberg for it. And this is but
one days result Of the assault on
Orchards s story.
W. F. "Bill" Davis, who, Orchard
swore, led 1000 miners from the
canyons of the Coeur d'Alenes to
Wardner, Idaho, on April 90, 1899,
and dynamited the Bunker Hill-Sul-
liam mill; who, in Cripple Creek, he
declared, offered him $500 to blow up
the Vindicator mine, and told him
of plans to wreck trains filed with
non-union men; who, he asserted,
suggested the blowing up Of the In
dependence railroad station-this
same "Bill" Davis held the atten-
tion Of every person in the court
room for two hours Of the Haywood
trial.
Davis testified:
''I was not member of the un-
ion when the mill was blown up"
he said. He had never met Orchard
in the Coeur d'Alenes. The first
time he saw him was in May, 1902,
in a union hall in Cripple Creek.
Orchard said he had been a member
Of the union and, although he had
no card, the union took him in. Dav-
is was soon elected president of the
union. Then came the sympathetic
strike in August, 1903, soon followed
by the arrival Of troops. Davis was
chairman of the Strike Committee.
Soon after the strike began he encoun-
tered Orchard in the union hall
while the subject Of the deportations
Of miners from Idaho Springs, Colo,
was being discussed.
Orchard, he testified, said Gov.
Peabody was acting like Gov. Steun-
enberg, and he proposed to "get"
Steunenberg and Sinclair, former
Idaho Secretary Of State, some time.
Davis told how the unions went out
of business in Cripple Creek the day
after the independence explosion.
He was in Denver attending the Fed
GRAFTON convention at the time. He
left Denver for Wyoming, and met
Orchard at John Neville's home in
Cheyenne. He worked in Wyoming
for several months under his assumed
name. He emphatically denied that
he had ever offered Orchard any
money at any time to commit vio-
lence, and declared that he knew
nothing about the Vindicator mine
explosion or the train wrecking until
after they had occurred.
John M. O'Neill, editor of the
Miners Magazine, testified that the
periodical reflected the opinions Of
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Judge Loving Acquitted.


After being in the jury-room forty
five minutes, the jury last Saturday
evening returned a verdict Of "not
guilty" in the case of former Judge
William G.. Loving. Judge Loving
shot and killed Theodore Estes, son
of Sheriff M. X. Estes, of Nelson
county, Virginia, on April %, at
Oakridge, following a buggy ride Es-
tes had taken with the Judge 3
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Loving,
who told her father that her escort
had drugged and assaulted her. The
plea for the defense was "the
unwritten law" On this point at
torneys Moore and Lee for the de-
fense spoke as follows:
Mr.. Moore said: "You would not
raise the moral standard or elevate
the womanhood Of Virginia by con-
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The letters are regarded as cor
roborative of Mrs. Thaw's testimony.
which she often declares. In response
TO objections by the district attorney
was a repetition of the reasons she
had given Thaw for refusing to be-
come his wife. They also were offer
ed as tending to show the state of
mind of the defendant just after ho
had heard from her own lips the story
of the girl he loved and her rela-
tions with the man it is claimed he
killed as a result of insanity. inherit
ed in part and induced by the stress
'of circumstances.
Disconnected and jerliy, jumping
from one subject they nevertheless
show the love he bore the girl and
he wanted among other things that
provision should be made that in the
event of his death all his property
should go to her The letters con-
stantly refer to that blackguard who
poisoned her as a girl" and say that
her name was called with two others
besides that blackguard."
when I told him the awful story
in Paris" she said, "he came to me
and picked up the hem of my dress
and kissed it, and said he would al
ways love me. He nearly always call
ed me his angel We sat together
that night until daylight talking the
matter over. The effect on Harry
was terrible.
Stanford White sent me to school
in October, 1902. and early in 1903
| became i'll. The doctors came and
said an operation was necessary, they
told me I was very sick but did not
say what was the matter Mr.. Thaw
came to see me and was the last per-
son except the physicians, whom l
saw before being placed under the
influence of ether. He had been told
that I was dangerously Ill. He came
in quietly and kuelt at my bed and
kissed me and looked at me for a
moment and then went out. when
recovered l found he had made ar
rangements for my mother to take
me abroad to recuperate. It was
while we We're in Paris on this trip
that he proposed to me-"
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@ @ sa 1 Ss S s aa xa PRELIMINARY
YOUNG WIFE HAS SAVED
HARRY THAWIF HER TES-
TIffONYIS NOT DISPROVED

have turned us down he said. AT
ter We had dined and | wanted to
go home, he said | had not seen all
of the apartments and we went to
the bedroom with the mirrors all
around it,"
Thus the story ran. with here and
there an interruption by Mr.. Delmas
as to the date of the happenings and
always to tell just what she had
told Harry Thaw when he asked her
to become his wife.
1t was through the fact that she
had told Harry" that she was per-
mitted under the rules of the law
to give her story to the jury.
Thaw sat pale but brave faced be-
side his counsel when his wife took
the stand. The two exchanged glanc-
es and the faintest smiles played
about their lips. In the sympathy i'm
pelling story of the girl. the girlish
fascination of voice of softest quail
ity, yet ringing clear in enHnciation,
the court room last view of the pris-
oner.
But when the girls eyes filled with
tears they gazed increasingly at her
lowering her eyes as if in sorrow un-
til she regained her composure.
Harry Thaw, whose whole frame
shook, sat with his head buried in his
LANDS. Where the defendant sits
he was all but shieled from view.
AS he sobbed over the table he could
not be seen at all. When he finally
lifted his head his eyes were red and
swollen.
Even if they could have seen. the
jurors would have had no eyes for
the prisoner. They too had turned
their gaze upon the witness, tears in
her voice as well as in her eyes. and
each man of the twelve seemed in
tent upon the girl. The scene and
the story marked a new precedent in
the possibility of criminal proceed
lngs In New York.
Once during the afternoon She was
excused for an hour while Lawyer
Longfellow was sworn to fix the date
of certain letters written to him by
Harry Thaw subsequent to the reve-
lations Miss Nesbitt had made to
him in Paris.
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Il Sold The Child
To Mrs. Ewing

conditions with one or more men.
Today various witnesses have testi-
fed In an effort to prove that Mrs.
Ewing has been guilty of unfaithful-
ness to her husband. 1t is claimed
that she spent the night with men In
a cabin on her husbands claim near
clifton She is accused OF being
intimate with a young man named
Sharp.
Mrs. DeValk, of Clifton swore that
Mrs. Ewing told her that her baby
was an incubator baby, having been
prematurely born and then nurtured
in an incubator.
Mrs. w. A. Miller, of Clifton. swore
that she overheard young man nam
ed Stuart tell that he and young An
derson had had a time with Mrs.
Ewing"
A great amount of extremely SEN
sational evidence was introduced to-
day.
with the grand parents of the baby
irving to prove that the child is not
that of Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing and
desiring to adopt 1t and the young
mother standing with them with
husband and wife each attempting TO
show the other to be guilty OF Inn
deity, the case is decidedly racy.
There Is a crowd of spectators IN
constant attendance including many
Attorney Wheeler is conducting
the prosecution of Ewing. while Attor-
news. Logan, Greer and beaverton
are on the other slde.
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New York, Feb. s.-(SpeciaI.)-
200 p. m.-Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw
this afternoon declared that time and
again Stanford White attempted to
force her TO resume her relations with
him after she had married Harry
Thaw and she bitterly opposed his
advances. He pursued her relentless
ly even up to within a short time of
his death.
The beautiful girl wife has won
the case for her husband unless Jer-
ONE can disprove her statements re-
garding Stanford Whites actions.
The defendant is certainly to be ac-
quilted IL the statements made by
Evelyn Thaw stand.
Attorney Delmas is saving the
strength of the girl for the merciless
cross examination which Attorney
jerome will subject her to on Mon
day.
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Manager Boyer of the Auditorium
announces a big Valenties day ball to
be given at the popular amusement
center on the night of the 14th.
L. T, Stewart. Alfred Meyers. w.
II. Johns. j NJ. Morrow, and Clinton
ong, all Of DeBeque, arrived last
night for the purpose of being in at
tendance at the trial of A. J. Harris
which is In progress before Justice
sweeney today.
Invitations for the annual banquet
of the local lodge of knights of Pyth-
las. which takes place on Thursday
evening. February 2Sth, the first an
niversary of the organization of the
lodge. are being sent out this week.
The banquet will be one of the most
brilliant held in the city during the
winter. II will occur at Margery hall
The menu is to be prepared by the
ladies of the Congregational church.
1t is expected that there win be at
least $50 guests.
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DeLONG THERE

Denver, Feb. Sc Especial Sen
ator Horace T. DeLong, of Mesa
county. took a prominent part in
the meeting of the shippers of Colo
RADIO held here last night for the pur-
pose of discussing a shippers bill.
1t was declared at the meeting that
the shippers of Colorado lost a mil
lion dollars last year owing to the
inability of the Colorado railroads
to furnish cars to handle the goods.
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Chloken dlnner an snpper In base

Chicken dinner an supper in base
ment of Odd Fellows Hall tomorrow.
Price 35 cents.
The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
C. Glassford is very low and can
har lily recover.
Mrs. V. c. Talbert and Mrs. w. j.
Meyer are entertaining at Margery
nall this afternoon.
The preliminary plans for the Y. NJ.
c. A. movement are being worked out
rapidly by the executive commit
tee and the various subcommittee.
The campaign for subscriptions. to
be started March 4th will be pushed
most vigorously. Interest in the
movement is growing from day to
day.
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ASSASSINATED

Penva, Russia. Feb Especially
S. Alexanderisky, governor of this
district, was shot and killed as he left
a theatre last night by youth. The
assassin killed the assistant chief of
police and policeman and badly
wounded the manager of the thea
tire, in attempting to make his es-
cape. Before he was captured he
shot himself and died during the
night.
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The Sensational Ewing trial has at

The sensational Ewing trial has at
tracted much attention yesterday
and today and the court room has
been filled with spectators at every
session of the trial.
E. e. Hart, OF Cojad. Nebraska. an
old time friend of Harry Burnett OF
the ST. Regis hotel. stopped over to-
day In this city for a brief visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnett He is en- route
to Los Angeles, California. to take
charge of the work on a large irri-
cation project. He is most favor
ably impressed with this city and
valley and especially with our delight
full weather which is as near perfect
this winter as It well could be.
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william Kipp of Gunnison. is in
town today
Chicken dinner an supper IN pas. Dasg-
mont Of odd Fellows Hall tomorrow
Price 80 cents.
Chicken dinner an supper IN ,,. Dase-
ment Of odd Fellows Han toiioiro"
Price 80 cents.
Desert Chief. one Of the besI sell sell
ing stocks today, not llsted SgS, ~. tn in
now he bought for 20 cents. Get IN
an 'n tbe ground floor-Grand Junction
stock and Brokerage company
rurnar,s masquerade Tuesday
-ohrrarv 10Th. Costumes at Suitor-
INN f25 S. 5th street Monday and
Tmasday. ONLY full costumes allow
ed on the floor until unmasking. Aa- i
mission mi for masque so cents, speetat-
ors 20 cents.
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Leon B. Brown, OF Red Bank, New
Jersey. arrived in the city last night
and viii spend a few days here before
continuing to the far west.
The management Of the local lee
ture course regrets very much that
jiIIis falls on a Saturday night but
anch could not be helped. However,
in order to accommodate the busi-
- t mon az far as possible the lee
tnre I win begin at S:45 o'clock. BY
holding the lecture until this hour
and by the business men closing lit
tIe earlier than usual all can be ac-
er,nr1odated and no one greatly in
oonyenienced. DR.. Hills Is one of
tSe fSe.' greatest lights on the American
nIatform. % The scientific lecture OF
Gobn b, Denote takes place this
evening at the usual hour.
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TO ADMIT JAPS

Washington, Feb. Especial -
President Roosevelt in a conference
with Mayor Schmitze and the board
of education of San Francisco, to
be held tomorrow, will probably de-
mand that the japanese children be
allowed to enter the public schools
and accorded the same rights given
white pupils.
The daily sentinel., 1907-02-08

New. York, Feb. S.-(Special) -
The largest sum of money ever given
at single time to charity. in the
whole history of the world was gift
that John d. Rockefeller, the oil
king, late yesterday afternoon pre-
sented to the general board of educa-
ton IA,
In a lump sum Mr.. Rockefeller
gave to this board 1872. 100000 more
than the total wealth of many cities
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The Greatest Gift
I'm Worlds History

in the United States.
The only condition that Mr.. Rookie
Teller imposes Is that he and his son
shall specify the use of two thirds
of the sum-
1t is said that the funds of the gen
eral board of education, now is $43,-
600 900 since the announcement OF
this mighty gift will be raised at once
to s5O.0OO.00O by other contribution
to be made by rich men.
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Sexton Wanted.

p lions az rs for the position o,
year en5,a 'Is loint Cemeteries fof.
'ecelved ding y, March /. 1905 will
$50 MAJ ~ the Office of the secre-
|lsOi at taia ms street, until February
at the oogmxaerning Sexton may be
tine dUriree y.nee Of the secretary al
Elng nnnIIIIlng business hours In
state spspsl,lSeation. give reference in
|4e Committee. wanted By order
HENRY NICHOLS. sscy.
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ON TINE

90 advantage of the many
Itul and handsome article
40 are suffering In oar saie
|e,ocks, cut glass, tA1ls silver
4 ali kinds Of iewelry. Our
T.. have been reduced on all
|these articles. which are au
for weddings or birthday
4, or for use in your own
.ne.
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Mrs. DR.. Fitch, the woman doctor
of Denver who is serving sentence
in Jail on a criminal charge, was seen
at the Denver Jail yesterday after
noon bv a Denver Post reporter at
the instigation of the Daily Sentinel
and told of Mrs. Alice Ruby Ewing s
sensational statement in the Mesa
county court to the effect that the
child which she and her huspanu
oscar Ewing had lead the world
TO believe for five years was tneli
own. was not theirs by birth but thal
it had been bought from Mrs. Fitch.
Mrs. DR.. Fitch admitted that about
five years ago she sold to Mrs: Ew'
ing of Grand Junction, an iliegitimate
girl baby for $500. When told tha'
Mrs. Ewing had testified that the
child was that of a prominent Den
yer lawyer and Capital hill woman
DR.. Fitch said, ats a good thing
didn't tell that woman any more than
/ did. vet she told the truth aDou'
the child's parentage but l don't pro
nose to give up any professional sec
rets so ] have nothing further Ia
say.
The trial has been In progress all
dav. witnesses for the defense are
being examined Ewing took the
stand late Yesterday afternoon and
testified that the child was theirs Dy
hirth. and then declaring that his
vito was not fit person to have
the child in her custody swore thai
he had caught her in compromising
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WOULD DO, IF YOU WERE SOME
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DUTY IS LOW
ON EMERALDS

New York, Feb. ga decision of
great Importance to precious stone
dealers in this country was handed
down today by the United States gen.
eral appraisers, reversing the action
of the port appraiser in imposing ad-
yances aggresating 80 per cent. on
emeTalds imported from Brazil. When
the emeraldS reached this port they
were sent to the appraisers warehouse
where they were turner over to the
diamond examiner, for appraisal. That
official found that the stones had been
invoiced in lump sum without segre-
eating the emeralds according to the
value of each stone. In other re-
spectS the evidence before the exam
liner warranted him in reporting TO
the appraiser that the stones were un-
deryalued 75 per cent. and Col. Fowl
er, the appraiser. exacted duty on
that basis The importer took an ap-
peal and produced evidence to prove
that the original invoice prices were
correct and that the entry should be
liquidated according TO the values
placed upon them by the exporter.
The general appraisers admitted the
emeralds on the valuation contendei
for blythe importer.
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White s Nix,
OUTFlTTERS
Your Moneys worth or Your Money Back.
Phone 100 70 S. Palaf0X st.
TO SUPPORT THE
ALIEN LABOR LAW

Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 23.-The Depart
ment of Labor to-day is considering q
petition for the suspension of the alien
labor law in order that Americans may
be allowed TO work in Canada in
spring. This action is asked for be
cause of the scarcity of labor for rail.
way construction work, as the con.
tractors cannot import enough labor.
ers from Britain and other parts OF
Europe. The application is being op-
posed by several labor unions. Big
pay is offered by many lines especial.
" in the northwest