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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

ident shall be filled by the member who appears to be in the most immediate danger of matrimony. Others who are on the ragged edge are elected to the vice presidency. Before marrying, the president is compelled to provide a banquet for the other members. He then yields his place to the vice-presi- dent.
 There were many nominations for vice president at the short session after the banquet. As a result of a tie two vice presidents were selected both of whom are from Mesa Wedding bells appeared about as imminent for one as the other. They are Orrin Standage and Donald T McQueen. The menu Of the banquet consisted of many courses and was as follows:
 Manhattan Cocktail. Canape of Caviar. Olives, Radishes
 Celery
 Consomme Royal
 Oysters on the Half She'll Frog Legs Sauce Tartar
 Parisian Potatoes Fillet of Beef Masked Potatoes
 Burgundy Supreme of Chicken French Peas Saute of Game Asparagus Tips
 Fruit Salad En Pimienta Moet ct ChandOn Roman Punch
 MaccaroOnS
 Lady Fingers Water Biscuits
 Camembert
 Fruits Nuts Cafe Noir
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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04
Sentenced to Twenty Years in
 the Penitentiary 4 REQUEST FOR LENIENcY
Met by an Observation by the Court That the Jury Would Probably Have Been More Lenient if it Had Learned the Truth.

Judge Kent yesterday sentenced Jesse P Pearce to a term of twenty years in the territorial prison for the killing of Ossian NJ. Button for which the defendant a week ago yesterday was found guilty of murder in the sec Ond degree.
 When the case was called Judge Baker, counsel for the defendant offer ed motion for a new trial The mo- ton was entirely formal for the pur- pose of keeping the record straight and when Judge Baker stated that he had no proof to offer in support of the mo- tiOn it was Overruled. The motion was based on certain instructions of the court alleged to be improper, one of them being that the defendant must have been in actual danger when he fired the fatal shot. That instruction for -ears had been given in California courts in murder cases when the plea of self defense was offered, but some two years ago the supreme court of that state reversed a judgment of the lower court on account of that instruc- tion.
 All lleN DttD ulSpOS- ed of Pearce was ordered to stand up and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him. He had only to say that he was not guilty and he asked the court Ito be lenient.
 Judge Kent replied that he had found nothing in the case to call for leniency but what he might thing about that would not influence the verdict He reminded. the prisoner that if he had told the truth at the trial the verdict might have been a different one. But on the contrary he had offered evil dence that fit in with and eOrrOborated plainly manufactured evidence. Then the sentenced was announced.
 Pearce received the sentence with fair degree of cOmposure while he was5 in the eyes of the crowd, but when he was taken back to his cell he gave way under the weight of his punishment A considerable part of the afternoon friends called on him to comfort him, but there was little to be said that would offset the grin fact of the twenty years.
 Though no notice of apaeal was giv- en yesterday it was staA t6at it will be given in a few dayJ$nd tbe appeal will be perfected as Hon aS possible The prisoner will probably lbsItaken to Yuma tonight. ZE
Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

Phoenix office the a all members including Membe and Secretary, present the m l and read and dapproye and
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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04
A SUIT IN REH A%A

A SUIT IN REhEl+A<suIt was begun in district count yesterday by c. A. Bacon against R. "A. WIfdes for the possession of not and fAPrtgage for s135O. The complh hnt is H illuminat- ed by a statement of 3 great many facts It is alleged tFtst the plaintiff was prior to DeceRbesss@hd is yet. the owner of the no9 ana ubrtgage. On that date they passssi-iBts -tise~ posses- sion of the defeRdant in a lawful man ner but a timASApe lStSk when the plaintiff wanted Mem kyk~his request for them was NfAsed. file asked for the restoration of the property and damages in the sum of S20O.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

 The Board met at its office the Capitol Building the 10 o'clock including Honorable Chairman Sims Ely Auditor J. Riggs Citizen Member  The following claims allowed   The California Builders 
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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

The following claims examined and allowed General Fund provided R. s. 
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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

J VI z  o'clock all members including Joseph Kibbey ChrnaR A w. Membe
Arizona republican., 1908-12-04

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Arizona republican., 1908-12-04


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 nix, riz, ', Capitol Building the including Honorable Joseph H. Kbbey Citizen Member Se following approved 9 Geo. Smith. A sala 935O Te Tel November and service oo tember and October Auditors office November Public Examiners office 4 500 Capito & Capio  supplies 5SO Anderson repairing Total expenditures
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

Another factor in the republican equation which seriously menaces the success of that party is the split over national chairman. Secretary Taft, the presidential nominee, wants to have Frank H. Hitchcock, the gen. tleman who guided the steam roller" at Chicago. appointed chair man of the national committee. Sec retary Taft's brother, c. P. Taft, on the other hand, opposes Hitchcock and favors Arthur I. vorys, the man. ager of the Taft forces in Ohio. Brother Charles" is furnishing the necessary and abundant cash with which the campaign has thus far been carried on, which makes him a difficult individual to turn down. AL together, Judge Taft is finding that the battle is far from won when the nomination is secured and his ex- perienee in politics places him at a serious disadvantage as compared with NIT Bryan.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

trance of those getting on.-Bridge- port Standard.
 It cost Matthew E. O'Brien of Bridgeport only $5.30 to be elected delegate to the national prohibit tion convention and to be nominated that party's candidate for governor and also presidential delegate. Considering that political honors are not generally found on the bargain counter, he seems to have beaten all previous records in the way of par ty' shopping-Ansonia Sentinel.
 Ogden Armour of Chicago comes back from his European trip this year with the assurance that the prejudice against American canned meats which was aroused two years ago by the muck-rakers has been already lived down, and that the dis position to buy the products of the Chicago meat establishments is about as good as 1t ever was. The truth is that these canned goods are an indispensable food supply the world over, and 1t was only neces- sary to stop the clamor of the Amer ican magazinists in order to have the demand resume its customary proportions.-Hartford Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
First Silver Weddinu.

The first silver wedding dates back to the time of Hugues Capet. The serv. ants, says Home Chat, belonging to him had grown gray in his service, a man aud a woman, and what could he do as a reward? Calling the woman, he said: Your service is great, greater than the mans, whose service is great enough, for the woman always finds work harder than a man, and therefore I will give you reward. At your age l know of none better than a dow Y and a husband. The dovry is here this farm from this time forth be- longs to you. If this man, who has worked with you five and twenty years, is willing to marry you, then the husband Is ready"
 Your majesty" said the old peas- ant, how Is It possible that we should marry. having already silver hairsY'
 Then it shall be silver wedding" And the king gave the couple silver enough to keep them in plenty.
 This soon became known all over France and raised such enthusiasm that It became a fashion after twenty-five years of married life to celebrate a sIl- yer wedding.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

Dexter 6 Go vill go further, and will give with every package fhey sell their personal guarantee to re. fund the money if Dr Ames' Pleas ant Specific does not cure-a re- liable medicine at half price. with a guarantee that your money will be cheerfuIly returned If the remedy does not cure
 Anyone who Is suffering from liver trouble. constipation. sick head ache. indigestion. bad taste in the mouth. biliousnesS. specks before the eyes, melancholy. or tired feel Inxr should take advantage of this orer. Msssrs Dexter & Co don't kpox how long they will be able to seII Aues- Pleasant Specific al half priee. for the sale has been some thing phenomenal
 As ths dose is diminished after the first fev days a bottle that you can obtain now for 2s cents. will last a month And if eos-s nothing fl ft does not cure
 .G. L. DEXTER & co. Druxxssts.
 Corner East snd WezE Main
 Streets. Waterbury.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

The preamble of the Connection
 state constitution reads as follows
 'The people of Connecticut, ac
 knowledging with gratitude the gooC
 providence of God in having permit l ted them to enjoy a free govern | ment, do, in order more effectuall,
 to define, secure and perpetuate the
 liberties, rights and privileges which they have derived from their ances
 tors, hereby, after a careful consid
 eration and revision, ordain and es
 tablish the following constitution and form of civil government.
 Thus before proceeding to adopt the articles of the constitution Dy section,' the constitution makers Oi old Connecticut acknowledged their dependence upon the mercy and goodness of God. In no more em- phatic manner could they, and lat CT the people of the state, who ap- proved the instrument at the polls, testify to their faith in the sublime wisdom of the Almighty. In no more striking manner could they accept for their guidance the 10 commandments. And yet in spite of the divine injunction not to kill, the state of Connecticut has stubbornly adhered to it's traditional practice of taking human life in spirit of re- venge for life already taken by its victim. Periodically a solemn process sion is formed at the death cell of the states prison and proceeds to the death chamber where the fiction is enacted of the murderer hanging himself. It was done at an early hour this morning when Connecticut added one more act to the acts of re- venge which have preceded it.
 It is impossible to reconcile the enforcement with the Christian phil osophy which lies at the bottom of the fundamental law of the state. Legally Connecticut claims the right to kill; morally no such right exists. It is time Connecticut studied its moral conduct more carefully and it's legal power, in this connection, less seriously. It is not mere matter of sentiment, this agitation to establish SNPAeoA It ud5 EUOIS in the we'll being of the state itself. The very deliberation which precedes the act makes it, upon sober refiec- tion, the more difficult to reconcile with the principles of Christian peo- pie. From no point of view is society benefited by the legal assassination; from every point of view Is society demoralized by doing that under forms of law which the victim of, its hate does without warrant of law. Connecticut in fact admitted the bru- tality of it's practice when it t'eagerly substituted for the old gallows an in- .genious instrument, which is sup posed, to provide the guilty with the means of taking his own life.
 We hope the day is not far distant when executions will be forbidden in the state of Connecticut, and when the state undertakes to get from its life prisoners all the useful labor possible. It should obey the divine injunction: Thou shalt not kill."- New Haven Journal-Courier.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

Conditions throughout the coun try point to an early return of pros perity, says a writer in American In dustries. Bank clearings and rail
 road earnings are below those of a
 year ago, but the gap is steadily nar'
 rowing. There are fewer idle cars than there were at the beginning of June. The July interest and divi- dend payments this year in New York, the country's financial center, will be $177, 100000, as compared with s1S4,0O0, ,000 in July, 1907. Thus the falling off is far less than
 had been expected. About s46,0oG,- 900 of gold has been exported since the present outward movement began in the middle of April, but as we
 gained over $100,0O0,000 of gold in
 November and December last. and
 as we can get as much as we need
 from the outside world at any time
 we may need it, this movement does
 not disturb anybody. The rates for money are about the same as they are in midsummer of normal years.
 Unemployment days" are becoming
 general. St Louis had one on June first, when 15,000 idle persons were put to work. On a far larger scale the Pittsburg district will have one on July 9th, when every plant of the United States Steel corporation, the largest concern in the world in it's field, will resume operations. The other shops of that corporation, all over the country, will, it is expected, all be running by August 1st. All the independent steel concerns in the Pittsburg district, it is an- nounced, will be at work with full force by the firt week in August. The department of agriculture in Washington says the crop outlook is better, on the whole, than 1t eyer was before at this time of the year. It estimates that the value of the country's farm products of 1908 will reach the $s,O0O. 900, 900 mark. This will leave all records far behind. It will be more than double the value of the farm yield of 1900, which was s3,764. 900, ,0OO. Big crops have al- ways heretofore meant good times for the country, and they will mean the same this year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
ANNUAL ENCAMPNIENT.
Spanish War Veterans to Gather at
 Hartford, July 31.

The annual encampment- of the Connecticut department. United Spanish War Veterans, will be held at Foot Guard Armory in Hartford on Friday and Saturday, July 31 and August 1, and orders covering the sessions have been issued by Depart ment Commander Henry H. Saunders. The encampment will convene at 8 o'clock on the evening of July 31 and the Saturday session will oren at 9:30 a. m. On Saturday after noon. by invitation of Burdett Camp. there will be general outing at the clubhouse of the Hartford City guard on the Pennington river in Windsor, the house having been loaned for the occasion. The following committees have been appointed:
 Credentials--Department Adjutant Nathaniel c. Valentine, Past Con- manders William B. Dwight and William E. Mahoney of Camp No 4.
 Auditing-Department Inspector Frank E. Johnson and Aide-de-Camp Robert D. Chapin, Camp No 4.
 Acts and Resolutions-Post Junior Vice Commander-in-C Chief Charles W. Newton, Camp No 4, chairman; Past Junior Department Con- mander Samuel E. Magoon, Camp No 5; Commander Frank E. Fenton, Camp No s., Adjutant E. Martin Ogden, Camp No 13; Commander Martin Laubscher, Camp No 14.
 Commander Joseph Monaghan and Comrade A. P. King of Camp No 12 have been appointed assistant marshals on recommendation of De- pertinent Marshal Gustave Ashcim.
 Past Adjutant Edward E. Moseley, Camp No 4, has been detailed as as- sistant department adjutant. George Johnson, Camp No 13 and Frederick w. Chapman, Camp No 14, have been aides-de-camp on the staff of the department commander.
 The encampment will close about noon on Saturday, after which will come the excursion to Windsor, where dinner will be served and the after noon passed in sports of various kinds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
The snirit cf tha Fourth.

It stands on the mountains where. frozen
 and cold. Alaska conceais in the snovdrifts her
 gold. It walks in the south where the cotton Is white And the strinss of the banjo are hum
 ming all night Rain or shine. every year on the very
 same date IL raises old Glory in every state. And the rockets ignite with the same hal
 lowed fires That from Lexington's battle were brought
 by our sires. t speaks to the traveller. Eirdiing the
 earth. Of America. glorious lard of his birth. IL teaches the children in letters of flame The magical meaning of IIbsrty's na-ne IL calls from the dust of the shot riddlsd
 flags n. stern ccnuusntais. ar-aT.d ia then
 rags For f never grOvs oia. and it never car
 cse- The spirit immortal of Fourth Of yuiv.
 -xlnna Irving h Lesite's weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

which are entitled to participate in this great military tournament. If reports received at Washington can be taken as a criterion, says one writer, the scores this year will be in excess of those at previous matches. From almost every range the news comes that great numbers have qualified as marksmen and that the scores are almost perfect. One of the most remarkable scores is that of Captain Stewart A. Wise, ordnance officer of the Sixth regl- ment, Massachusetts National Guard, who made seventy consecutive bulls eyes at the Bay state range. At 600 yards he scored fifty-one bullseyes, and ten at 1000 yards and nine at 800 yards, all in succession. His tenth shot at this last range struck on the ground in front of the target and the miss was laid at the door or poor ammunition" Much en- thusiasm over rife practice is being evidenced in the state of Pennsyl- vania, the National Guard authori- ties there placing this feature above all other work. Many of the com- pany captains have offered trophies and cash prizes for excellence in rife practice this season, with view of stimulating and keeping up the in terest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
HEARD na PASSING.

The Denver convention is not ex pected to accept the anti-injunetior and prohibition blanks in peace Norwich Bulletin.
 The new secretary of war is a southern man, to be sure, but if any question of loyalty is raised at this late date, just bear in mind that three of his sons served in the Spanish-Ameriean war.-Middle- town Press.
 The fact that Hon William H. Taft doesn't smoke will shield him from the results of accepting some of the cigars that will be handed out during the campaign. A mans virtues are frequently useful.-New London Day.
 Fire insurance men are praying for a soaking rain before the glor- ious Fourth. The country is as dry as finder and now destructive coniagrations are feared as a par tial penalty for our independence New Haven Palladium.
 There Is some talk of State Sec retsry Bodenwein as a candidate for congressman-at-laTge. Should he decide to enter the contest in earn est he would stir up all opposing candidates. Mr BOdenvein has many friends and they are usually to be found in the state conventions. New Britain Herald.
 It is hoped that Commodore Peary may yet be able 10 start for the North pole this veek in his fa- nous ship. the Roosevelt. which has been delayed by troubles with the equipment and is lying al the recreation pier at East Twenty- fourth street. New York. The lead CT of the party will join the ship at Cape Breton.
 All lovers of verscity will com mend the automobile driver arrested for oveTspeeding al Jamaica who stated that he vas going at a sn- mile-an-hour gait instead of So as charged Fishermen from whom the biggest fish of the day gets away wfn indorss his adherence 10 the truth in the eircumstsnces-yeu York World.
 The subuzys iu New York ciry are to have cars with side doors. four to a car, one on each side a. each end The most successful side donr scheme is in the center. thr0grh which the exit is made. leaving the szd doors and the sislss free to the inooniuz pzssengzrs Side doors al the ends will nor free the aides nor much facilitate the en-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

Steadily man has been forced to the conclusion that for economic req sons he cant afford to drink" writes
 George C. Lawrence in the July Ap- pleton's. Tn the last century the
 temperance clock has gone ahead
 more than twelve hours. The per
 capita consumption of spirits has steadily been decreasing in all coun- tries which are advancing. A hun dred years ago, for example, drink ing among gentlemen began with
 rising. To-day it only begins at 5 o'clock. The very fact that former English marriages were celebrated before noon was due largely to the laws recognition of the fact that after that hour no gentleman worthy of the name was supposed to 5e sober enough to go through the mar risge ceremony with responsibility. Ask the average man to-day aLodt his drinking. and in the great ma iority of cases he will reply: "Oh, I never take anything until after ofzce hours. Nothing but an eco homie reason wiil explain this arbi- trary division. for morally 1t would seem as wrong to drink at ?. m- as al : a. n. Economically, how ever. the matter Is different. since it is from this point of vfsu a ques- ton of s5eiencE. of producing result units- And experience has shown that alcohol will not produce them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 7:30, rises 4:31; p. m., planet Mercury in conjunction with the san, passing that body from east to west on the nearer side; suns diame- ter today 31 minutes 31Ea seconds of arc; the same Jan. 2. 32 minutes 35S seconds of arc; earth 3,250,0oo miles farther from the sun now than in Jan. uary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 7:30, rises 4:S1: moon sets HAS p. m.; moons age days; 10 p. m., planet Venus at inferior conjunction with the sun, passing from east to west of that body on the nearer side and thus becoming morning star; ve- nus nearest earth of all the stars, 24,- COG, 900 miles distant.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
July 4 In History.

i1S26-John Adams, second president of the United States. died; born 1735. Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, died; born 1743. 1881 James Monroe, fifth president, died: born 175S. 1S9S-Truce at Santiago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

1S93- Bishop John P. Lord Howe.
 Newman, noted Methodist divine
 and the friend of Grant, died; born / 1926.
 1900- Professor Henry Barnard, ia.
 nous educator, died; born 1911.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

Kodol will without doubt help any- one who has stomach disorders or stomach trouble. Take KodoI to- dsY and continue it for ths short tine that Is necessary to give ycu complete relief KodoI is sold hy Buckingham Pharuzcy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

With the national matches at Camp Perry. ohio. but one north and a half distant. military narEs- Esa throaghozt the oo4ntrT are daily przcticinE a the ranges ia competition for places a the teams
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

Necessity is the strongest law we know: it subdues both instinkt and reazon, and thare iz nothing on earth nor in heaven superior tu it.-Josh Billings.
 Just think when you are trying to make a fire with some damp wood or poor charcoal, how nice it would be if you had bag of BROWNS QUICK FIRE CHARCOAL near at hand. Or der from your grocer at once.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1908.
July 3 In History.

1Se3sND Decisive day at Gettysburg; Pieketts charge repulsed. 1898 Spanish squadron destroyed by the American fleet after escaping from Santiago harbor. 19o4-Jspanese destroyers repulsed in an attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03
July 5 In History.

George Augustus Viscount Howe killed near Fort Ticonder- oga, N. Y. iS01-David Glasgow Far ragut, naval hero, born; died 1870.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-03

ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
 Sun sets 7sSl rises 4:30; 2 a. m., plan sts Xenus!And Neptune in conjunction.