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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18

Bed room suit, bedsteads, rocking, chair ; cane
seat chairs. kitchen chairs oak rocker, kitchen
rockers stan music stand, sofa, refrigerator, Doo;
stand. cupboarc sink sewing machine, eXtentiou
able small table Light Hsuss cook stov., No
s. heating stove. oil steve, yards tive ply rsvers !
be carpet Of other carpet, mating and oil cloth
rugs 40 yds new rag carpet. churns, butter bow
and print, AIRES cream Sc ara,or, extention rsn ng
board, of irons dishes glass aud woodenw al c
hanging lamps, smaller lamps, lot canned fruit,
Jelies, aud preserves, 10 gal cider applebutteT,
Darrell cider vinegar, cider barrel, gallon bras
kettle irsn kettles sausage grinder lars press ga
ice freezer, clsthing wr ger crooks, jars et
Of poistees. lot Of tine No les. &C
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
40 a % "a @ ~ III

Taste and Smell Full size so cts, at Drug
gists OF BY mail; Trial size 10 cts. by 4..a.ll
Ely Brothers, So Warren Street. New ! ork
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18

brood sows one will farrow about the middle of
February and the other about the middle Of March,
the rest ne shoats weighing from 1875 $50 lbs
each,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18

D ssopns -s,5-.es s.sss.sg ssf4s stjTsy % sAEf
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
6 Head Horses and.Colts
7 Head OF Shoates

wiz weigh from - To 100 pounds.
Some oun and some white Plymouth Rock
chickens, extra fine; .34 horny Dorset buck
lamb.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Terms OF Sale

A credit OF o months will be given all sums Of
Sto and upward he purchaser TO give nste with APP
proved security negotiable and payable attic 20 :
les Trust Company with interest from date but il
paid at maturity interest RENTED UH der SO cash
No property to be removed un til settled for.
W. +. PURBAUGH.
J. W. DODD. Auct.
A. !. Cisndeaing Clerk.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Farming Implements

Four good brood so1s, one will farrow by day of
sale, two in al ARCH 10 and China boar, the ,est
will weigh from 10 I4o younds each.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
PUBLIC SALE
Of Valua BILE
Personal Property

Intending to discontinue farming on account o my
disable arm | will sell at nay home the Gerard
town road miles from Martinsblrg and Ia mi
Northeast rom Gsrardstown on
Friday. February l, 1907
beginning at all my personal pIope ty to
wit:
Head of Horses
Black hawk and Hambletonan maze will be A years
this spring Bay horse t47s lbs afne horse barshear
leader asd will work any@ere; dark and one bay
ccit years tlis spring will max, fine heavy draft
horses.
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a Positive
CURE
Ely's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.

It cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
talrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stnres the Sanaan 81
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Is Head of Hogs

OF ewes; fine large grade sheep in good condition
most Of them will lamb by day Of sale, fine ShroI
shire buck.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
so Head of Hogs

Some will have lambs by day eff sale, nearly all blas
faced This isa so flock OF sheep and looking
thrifty l good buck.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Public Sale
of Valuable
Personal Property

The undersigned intending to dsconti farming
and GO to o lahoma viii sell a his personal prop.
erty at his home theTabler farm half mile south
OF Tabl ers Station and FIVE miles south of Martins
burg, on the Winches pike. AL trains on the C.
T. X. will stop at the crossing only SO yards from
the barn, on
Tuesday, January %, 1907
commencing at a. m. follows:
Head Horses,
Jim, gray horse oyears old, weigh about lsoo and
will work anywhere hitched; ChaIley brown horse
years old weigh l4oo lbs, will work anywhere;
Fred, bay horse years old. 1900 pounds work any
wh~re excepting single line; Nance, a bay mare 4
years 1900 pounds with foal work anywhere; OK,
small driving mIre years, 1900 pounds, fine work
er; ohm VI. stallion, 900 lbs, bred from a ClyLe
horse and feroheron mare; Maud, yenr, with ioal,
1850 pounds.
9 Head Cattle
Four mich cows, ore will be fresh in February
the rest will be fresh few weeks later FIVE are thrift.
ty yearlings.
90 Head of Sheep
OF ewes; fine large grade sheep in good condition.
most Of them will lamb by day Of sale, fine Shrop-
shire buck.
Is Head of Hogs
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81 Head of Cattle

Three mich cows will be fresh in March, two giving
milk now good Durham heifers, ali with CALI viii
calve in February and March. They are good size
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18

ntrnding to discontinue farming and move
to Pittsourg will offer NV stock. farming
implements and household goods at public
auction, on the AcSherry fern, u mi e from
Oraensourg, ~ miles from Bedidgton, and
miles Northeast OF Martins burg on
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Public Sale
of Valuable
Personal Property

The undersigned intending to discon tinua farming
will offer without reserve all his live stock and i'm
plemcnts o the highest bidder at the farm Of Mrs.
Duvalps situated at Spring Mills two miles eas t
of Hedgesville and five miles west of Bedington, and
eight mil north of Martinsbuig, on
Wednesday, January 80, 1907
beginning =, a. m, The following property. to-wit
IA Head Horses and Colts
Fan, gray mare in Ioa by the Belgian horse,
will work anywhere hitched, good barshear leader,
will weigh about 500 pounds, IL years old, sound
and Alright Bess dark iron gay in toal b, same
work mare, but not broken to the lead; Mag, b ay
male coming years old, work anywhere, 10. 1
barshear leader, will weigh about 1900 los Star,
gray mare years old, 400 lbs, work anywhere
hiched good leader anywhere, FOUND and alir ghi
Queen, a Clydcsdale mare coming years old, loo
lbs. a good 1.acer and will work anywhere; XII.
bay mare good wagon leader 1900 lbs. Prince, bay
horse years DID, 1850 pounds, work anywhere,
noble work horse, blind in one eve Doll, bay mare
in foal by Jack, years old, broken to ride, worked
some; two ye ar colts, sound and Of good size, VIII
make large horses; weanling colts all flles, one
Percheron aad shire.
81 Head of Cattle
Three mich cows will be fresh in March, two giving
milk now; good Durham heifers, ali with cali, viii
calve in February and March. They good size
and quiet
10 Head Fat Steers
will weigh 1000 pounds EACH bulls good Durhsm
bull, Hestein bull Of good breeding, both OF these
bulls quiet.
80 Head of Sheep
Some will have lambs by day eff sale, nearly all bak
faced. This lisa No flock OF sheep and looking
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18

Wednesday, january %, 1907,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. M. the following
personal property, to-wit.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
10 Head Eat Steers
80 Head Of Sheep

will weigh 1000 pounds each, bullsI good Durhs n
bull Helsten bull of good breeding, both OF thes
bulls ar, quiet.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
9 Head Cattle
90 Head of Sheep

| Four are mich cows, will be fresh in February
the rest will be fresh few weeks later We are thrift
i - <liExs
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18

Dodd & Hoffman, Auct.
A. j. Clendcning, Clerk.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Friday, February l, 1907
4 Head of Horses

beginning at 70 a. m all my personal pIope ty to
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-01-18
Household Goods

SIS interest in ~ aer3s Of good wheat ie rtiliz'
paid.
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PRELIMINARY REPORT
AS TO THE ARRANGEMENT OF
THE EVIDENCE.

The testimony taken under oath by Mr.
Purdy follows Mr.. Taft's report, which is
preceded by a preliminary statement oy the
Secretary of War as to the arrangement OF
the evidence. as follows: t"
The evidence which is set forth, below in
cludes the statements of nearly seventy
witnesses, and in order that its force and
effect may be weighed 1 have directed the
arrangement of the testimony of the wit
nesses in groups, in accordance with the
order of time and place and subjects with
reference to which the testimony rs given.
OF course. as some witnesses testify with
reference to several places and several sub
jects. they can not always be separated,
but under each head is given cross refer
ence which will possibly be OF aid to an In
telligent consecutive and logical reading of
the evidence.
The most important part of the city of
Brownsville in this case is the alley which
begins ON the north side of the Garris m
road, opposite the barracks of Company C..
and runs north into the town. crossing l4th.
18th and 18th streets Tine alley Hes half
way between Elizabeth street on Its west
and Washington street on its east. The
shooting was all done either behind the
garrison wall or in this alley. or on the
streets where 1t crosses them, except that
which was done to Starck house. on wash
ington street, beyond 18th street.
l. Beginning where the persons who are
alleged to have done the shooting are said
to have had their rendezvous and the
shooting at the rear of the barracks and
behind the garrison wall, the testimony fol-
lows them across the garrison wall to the
street, thirty feet wide. that skirts the gar
rison WALL called the Garrison road. and
describes the shooting into the telegraph
station and the Martinez house that front
the garrison on this street just opposite
the garrison wall, and into the. Yturria
house. which is on the corner Of the Garri-
SON road and Washington street, and the
march of the squad the alley.
3 The witnesses then follow armed men
up the alley to 14th street. where they shot
into the Cowen house and into the Cara
house. which are on either side of the alley
and on the south side OF 18th street. and
into the rear Of the Leahy Hotel. on the
north side Of 14th street, abutting on the
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S w. r. MOSES & SONS, INC, F St., Cor. ltfn.

been aware of what was going on when
the firing continued for at least eight or
ten minutes thereafter. That guard
which was on watch, with a sergeant in
charge, 400 feet from where the first firing
took place should not have been aware
that this was the work Of their comrades
is utterly impossible.
There are many other circumstances
which might warrant comment, but time
and space will not permit .-
The sworn testimony of every man of
the battalion who was in the neighborhood
OF Fort Brown was taken and was in the
record originally submitted. In this each
man denies that he engaged in the shoot
ing or knew anything about 1t. In the
face of the evidence already reviewed, the
denials under oath by the men of the bat
talon do not overcome or meet the over
whelming evidence that men Of this bat
:alion cid do the shooting. contained in
the testimony already submitted to the
Senate. and confirmed by the evidence
herewith transmitted. Very respectfully,
THE PRESIDENT.
VIM. H. TAFT. Secretary of War.
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location and character of light of certain
street lamps located in Brownsville. On
the 1lth day of January. in this city. we
examined Capt. John III. Rice of the
ordnance department of the United States
army and secured the affidavit Of Mai. A.
p. BlockSom to certain exhibits received
during the course of the investigation. The
number of witnesses whose testimony has
been taken as above indicated amounts in
the aggregate to sixty-three
/ have the honor to transmit herewith the
testimony of each Of these witnesses duly
verified under oath. together with list
containing the names of each Of the wilt
nesses whose testimony has been taken. 1
also transmit herewith list of the ex-
hibts offered and received in evidence dur
ing the course of this investigation. to-
gether with the exhibits themselves.
| desire to state In conclusion that We
interviewed many persons besides those
whose testimony was taken, but did not
call them as witnesses for the reason that
their testimony would have been merely
cumulative and tended only to locating the
shooting in that portion of the city of
Brownsville In which II indisputably oc-
CURED. Very respectfully.
A. p. BLOCKSOM.
Major. Inspector General.
l concur In the foregoing report of Maj.
A. p. Blocksom. 70
MILTON d. PURDY.
Assistant to the Attorney General.
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TO FOUND A LIBRARY.
Offer Of Marie Cahill Accepted by
GEORGETOWN University.

Rev. Father Buell., S. j., president of
Georgetown University, has accepted an
offer Of Marie Cahill. the actress. to found
a library of value to dramatic students at
Georgetown University. ~
In pursuance with an agreement made
with Father Buell.. Miss Cahill, through a
representative, has sent a valuable edition
of Shakespeare OF twenty volumes. pub
lished in 1887. 1t is stated that the set is
the only one of its kind. for while Bell
editions of the date mentioned are not ex-
tremely rare. the one in question was espe-
cially prepared for Prince George OF Wales
and contains not only a special dedicatory
gold plate. but has also on the outside
binding the royal British coat-of-arms. The
books were purchased in London at the
Duke of York's sale by New York broker,
and Miss Cahill purchased the set as the
nucleus of library at Georgetown
University. 20
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DRIVER THROWN OUT.
An Exciting Runaway In the White
House Grounds.

There was exciting runaway In the
White House grounds today when team
of horses attached to brougham which
had brought Senator Piles OF Washington
and two friends to the Presidents office be
came frightened. after the senator and his
friends had left the carriage. and dashed
down the road leading to Pennsyiyania ave
nue.. The vehicle crashed into a tree in the
grounds and threw the driver. James Wat
son. colored, from the box. inJuring his Jaw
The brougham was hired from one of the
local stables and was damaged to the ex-
tent of 500.
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Japanese Mating.

1850 yards of Chinese and japanese
Mating. in remnants of from 10 To 30
yds. Values from 20c. to IJc. During
this sale to go at half price.
Smaller remnants of
from 2 TO 10 yards to go nm, ~
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Chinese and Japanese
MattingS.

Our own importations are on their way
from the Pacific coast. We must have
space In which to store the goods. and to
gain this We offer our stock on hand at
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The Starck house stood on the east side
of Washington street 1t was next to the
house of a man named Tate, who had
knocked down a member of c Company
with a revolver a few days previous. They
doubtless mistook the Starck house for
the Tate house. The assailants could not
fire into the Starck house except by going
clear to the front of it. for 1t was pro-
tected by livery stable wall to the south
of it. which was not touched. They thus
indicated their desire to fire into that par
ticular house. They fired some eight or
ten shots into the second-story rooms in
the front of the house, In which there
was light and in which rooms four or
FIVE children of Mr.. and Mrs. Starck were
sleeping. These bullets went through the
mosquito bars of the beds in which the
children were sleeping. and one went
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of the alley and 14th street, 1t appears that
there had been children's party at the
Cowan house. Mr.. Cowan had left the
house after 10 O'Clock. and at the time of
the shooting there were in the house only
Mrs. Cowan. the six children and the maid.
Amado Martinez. The Cowan house was a
small house, standing back little from
the alley, with a fence four or five feet
high between the lot and the alley. The
kitchen was In the rear of the. house, and
on the alley bedroom. There were
lights in the kitchen and dining room and
in the hall. The windows and doors were
all open. Mrs. Cowan and her daughter
were in the dining room. next to the bed
room on the alley, In which her boy, sixteen
years old, was just going to bed. AS the
firing approached she called all her chill
dren and rushed to the northwest room. her
own ROOM and put them under the bed to
avoid danger, while the maid rushed to the
windows of the boys bedroom, on or near
the alley, to close the windows Just as
the maid got to the window she saw the
men come opposite to the house In the al
ley. and by the light of the kitchen. recog-
nized them as negro soldiers. The Cowan
house was full of bullet holes. The dining
room lamp was shattered by a bullet. and
another bullet, going through several par
titions. broke a plate glass In wardrobe
and was found behind the glass. The men,
beers of the Cowan family-Mrs. Cowan,
Louis and Gertrude-describe the working
of the guns. the crashing of the bullets and
the terrible situation In Wnlch they 1ouno
themselves.
Cara lived In the Cara house. just
across the alley from the Cowan house on
the same side of 14th street. He testified
to the shooting into his house. but was
not able to say who did 1t.
On the northwest corner of the alley and
I4th street was the back of the Leahy
Hotel There were three rooms in ell
that looked out on to 18th street toward
the Cowan house. One room was on the
corner of the alley and was occupied by
Herbert Eikins. The next room was &C.
cupied by lawyer. Judge Parks The third
room was an empty room. into which Mrs.
Leahy the proprietress of the hotel, went
when she heard the firing Judge Parks Is
dead. and the only evidence from him Is a
letter which he wrote to his wife the day
after the shooting; that is. August 10.
Mrs Leahy testifies that she heard the fir
ing from the garrison. and that from her
window she was able to look across the
next block to the garrison and saw the
upper barracks of B Company and from
there saw the the flashes Of shots fired
from that porch. A photograph shows the
view which she would have had of these
barracks. These three witnesses were all
aroused and up when the men approached
the Cowan house. and they describe with
much minuteness the proceedings of the
men who did the shooting. In the first
place. they with others who saw them at
other places. describe the movements OF
the men who did the shooting as being
under order and having the march OF SOL
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evidence DE lSuOTeu
Conflict as to Circumstances.
There is conflict as to the circumstances
growing out of the evidence of the wit
nesses, which is entirely natural in re-
spect to transactions during the daytime,
and still more natural in respect to the
transactions and the direction of sounds
during the night. and there are some
things about the evidence of Mcdonald
Mrs. Odin, and Of Preciado. who testify
with such detail as to seeing the negro
soldiers-the at garrison wall. the
next at the alley of Miller's Hotel. and the
third at the. Tillman saLoCn-which. in view
of previous statements, shake some the
weight of what they say. Mrs. Odin's
statements bear evidence OF, being affected
by conversations with her husband, and
there is somewhat suspicious agreement
as to exact details between their two state
ments But taking their evidence and. all
the other evidence, together with the we'll
nigh mathematical demonstration with re-
spect to the cartridges and bullets. ven
dence judicially without being convinced
beyond a reasonable doubt that the men
who committed this outrage were negro
soldiers from Fort Brown, and therefore
of the battalion OF the 10Th Infantry sta
tened there.
Another conviction that forces itself
upon the mind from the reading of this
evidence especially that of those witnesses
who testify with reference to the begin
ming of the firing and what took place
along the garrison road and behind the
garrison wall. with the statements of four
or five witnesses as to the firing of bullets
from the upper galleries or porches of the
barraeks-a fact corroborated by the align
ment of bullet holes In the houses along
the garrison roads that what took place
on the porches and just back of the Tar
racks, the volleying. the noise. the assem-
bly, Of the men and the walking along the
porches. could not have taken place with
out awakening and attracting the atten-
ton of ALI who were in the barracks, pri-
Yates and non-commissicned officers.
whether asleep not. and that 1t is ut
terly impossible that they should not have
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Mayor George Edward Smith of Fred
erick. Nd. who has been the citys chief
nouncsd hts candidacy for denomination ct
tho spring primaries. r.
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Kensington
Art Squares.

This Is fine All-wool Art Square
woven in solid piece-no seams.
large variety of designs and colorings
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Imperial Cathedral Art Rugs-An-
wool rugs in Brussels effects-woven
without seams. In Old Blue. Red Green.
Terra Gotta and the wood shades-guar-
anfaai tp WAR
The oasis., 1907-04-06

Nessrs Cohen and Goldsmith. late pfotfietors oi thc Monte Carlo Buffet. corner International street and Morley avenue. wish Co an. ncunce that they have disposed of this business to Messrs. W. E. Smith and Vim. Meaney, two well known miners, who took possession of the business March l2. Anyone having accounts against Cohen & Goldsmith or II. Cohen will have the same settled upon presentation to Mir. Cohen at the Monte Carlo. 7
The oasis., 1907-04-06

Mesa Free Press: Sidney Lamb has been down from the Super stitious mountains for several days and reports the showing on the Gold Star as being the best ever seen in the district. The property is owned by Sidney B. and Victor Lamb, and they have been putting in some faithful work on the claim. Just now they are crosscutting on the vein from the granite foot wall, and find that the vein is over Is feet wide. The vein dips at an angle of about fifty degrees, and the cut across the vein will be about twenty seven feet. The boys say that when the hanging wall is reached they will find there their richest gold bear ing quartz.