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Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
ANOTHER DENVER MURDER,
ICtief Clerk In eherlff's offlce Shot b,
His Former Housekeeper.

Ictief Clerk In sherlffs ofHce Shot BY
His Former Housekeeper.
Denver.-William Otto shirey, chief
clerk in the sheriff's Office for
ten years. aged forty-five years.
was shot and instantly killed
about 12 O'Clock Monday night in his
home. $500 Curtis street, by Miss Be-
atrice Gordon, his housekeeper, and
for eight years his mistless Follow
ing Is the Republicans acHount OF the
tragedy:
Her voice and body quivering with
pain, Miss Gordon confessed the shoot
ing to Chief of Police Michael Delaney
at 2:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
after being brought back from Lafay-
ette, Colorado. in an automobile. She
claimed it was accidental. For an
hour she retained her GOODNESS and
composure under the sweating of the
chief-then she broke down and told
terrible tale of humiliation and indig-
mites, which she claimed had been
heaped upon her by Shirey.
Miss Gordon finally slipped Imply
down In her chair What do you want
to know" she demanded.
What did you do with the gun with
WHICH you SuOI surrey dsheu Ile
chief.
'I hot him with his own gun and
dropped II on the floor" Then the
woman broke down completely.
Later she told her whole story to a
representative of the Republican. She
lay, during the recital, on cot in the
matron's quarters, her body quivering
with shame and horror, alternately
clutching red worsted shawl with
shaking, toil-hardened hands, hard
ened in the service of the man she
killed. Her body quivered and shook.
her ewes stared wide at the scenes
she described, her voice was low,
tense, and monotonously despairing.
II shot him with his own gun and
dropped it on the floor. l was kneel-
ing to him, begging him to treat me
better or let me go away from him for
ever and forget. But he kneeled be-
side me, little to the rear, and would
not let me go. He wanted me to stay
with him the rest of the night. But I
said l could stand no more; was
broken-hearted and did not want to
live. He handed me a gun, l think
from his pocket, and said, Take this
gun, then, you damned fool. and go
kill yourself, but don't do it In my
house, took 1t and raised it to-
ward my breast to shoot myself, but l
had been waiting for him so long on
the porch that l was cold and my
hand trembled. The gun went off and
shot him. did not mean to kill him.
l often told him l would never harm
hair of his head, because l did not
want to disgrace his children, whom l
loved. For myself, l did not care what
I came Of me. l wish to God that it
had been me that was killed. wish
that it had been me-" and the agoniz-
ing words, coming between gasps and
sobs, ceased as she hid her flushed
and convulsed face in the pillow.
But in spite of the confession there
are still ements of mystery in the
story which the police have not yet
unraveled.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
Kansas cjty Depot Fire.

Kansas City.-The Union Station
annex, in Union avenue, adjoining the
Union railway station, was destroyed
by fire early Monday. The Union sta
tion proper, one of Kansas City's land
marks, was saved by the firemen after
a hard fight. The burned building
contained the receiving offices of the
Adams and Wells Fargo and Pacific
Express Companies, a branch mailing
room of the postofiice, the offices of
the Fred Harvey Eating House Com
pany, the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany's linen room and the Railway
Mems Y. M. c. A. rooms. The loss is
estimated at close to a quarter Of q
million dollars.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
The Money In II.

Joe Chapple, editor Of the National
Magazine, is moved to observe that
II the human race could be all happy
by habit, or even moderately rational,
there would be little bitterness, and
no more of the absolutely needless
sacrifice OF the nobler and uplifting
emotions of mankind. To-day" he
says, I'VE offer human sacrifices just
as truly as did the Aztecs, and our
shafts of sarcasm and persecution cut
as deep as any sacriicial knife of old,
beneath which the human blood
gushed out and stained the great
stone slab on which the victim lay
bound. True, those who suffered in
the old days were not all helpless vic
hms-some went to the stake cheer
fully content to die for their convic-
tons. They are now made victims for
personal revenge and public honors,
which could never be attained except
by Staying those in power, over whose
PROSTATE forms the ambitious grasp
the tinsel of glory they covet, but
which they, too, some day will find
only broken bauble. 1t has been
said that the way to appeal to an
Englishman is through his stomach;
let 1t not be said with equal truth
that the way to appeal to an American
Is through his purse. Too many great
questions to-day are considered on the
basis of whether or not there is
money in it; but all manhood cannot
be bought with gold, or the nations
sense of justice dulled by pecuniary
gain. Ruskin was one who loved his
fellow-man. This great man said:
The sum of enjoyment depends not
on the quantity of things tasted, but
on the vivacity and patience OF
taste.'"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16
AMAZING DECISION OF THE CAL
IFoRNIA DISTRICT COURT
OF APPEALS.
IN MAYOR SCHMITz CASE
OTHER CASE WILL BE PRESSED
AGAINST scHMlTZ AND
RUEF.

San Francisco.-The District Court
Of Appeals handed down q decision
Thursday setting aside the Judgment
in tho case Of former Mayor Eugene
u. Schmitz. convicted Of extortion in
tho French restaurant cases. Abe
Ruef also benefits by tho ruling Of
the upper court. for, according to its
decision. he pleaded guilty to an act
that was no offenss against the laws
of the state.
According to the appellate judges,
the compelling of French restaurants
to pay big fees" to Abe Ruef was
not q crime. even though Ruef divided
the "fees" with the mayor.
After discussing the point the court
reverses the judgment against
Schmitz on the ground that no acts
constituting q crime had been proved
against him. Abe Ruef. who pleaded
guilty to extorting money from the
French restaurants, Is. therefore,
equally guiltless.
The decision wipes out the French
restaurant cases and pending charges
OF extortion against Schmitz and Ruef
must be dismissed Both are now en-
titled to release on bail. II they OBJ
tain the necessary bondsmen, they can
remain at liberty until such time as q
jury finds them guilty on one of the
indictments charging them with re-
ceiving bribes from corporations. Ow-
Ing to the number of cases against
them. the bail. figured at $4,000 =
case. would reach an enormous figure.
Tho Judges Of the court which rem
dsred the decision in favor Of schmitz
and Ruef are ]. A. Cooper, Frank H.
Kerrigan and Samuel P. Hall.
The news Of the decision Of the ap-
pellate court declaring the indictment
Of sx-Mayor Schmitz for extortion in
valid spread rapidly over the city,
causing CONSERVATION in some quar-
ters and delight in others. Superior
Judge Dunno, before whom Schmitz
was convicted. said:
1T 10 to be regretted that the hear
ing Of this appeal came up before a
court whoSe members have relatives
and intimate friends against whom
many indictments were returned by
tho grand Jury that returned these
true bills. In view Of these facts do
not believe that the court was in the
proper frame Of mind to give this mat
ter an impartial consideration and de-
eide 1t strictly upon its merits. ! am
satisfied that the evidence and the law
sustained the judgment, and the ver-
dict. / will further say that the Jury
which returned this verdict In accord
ance with the law will be remembered
with respect and honor In the COM
munity long after the court which set
aside the verdict has been forgotten"
Both Schmitz and Ruef, when seen
at the county jail. refused to make
any statement or comment upon the
decision.
Francis J. Heney, assistant district
attorney, who prosecuted Schmitz, ar
rived Thursday morning from Wash
ington and left at night for Portland.
Oregon. to take charge of the Oregon
land fraud cases there.
"The prosecution has not been en-
barrassed in the slightest by this de-
cision." said Heney before leaving.
There are plenty Of other indictments
against both Schmitz and Ruef"
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

up one of the finest lines of sensa-
tional testimony ever heard of that
American witness in the Druce case in
London should have to fee merely be-
cause, it is alleged, his testimony was
untrue. Thus does genius fail of ap-
probation.
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

That Connecticut man who was bad.
ly hurt in a fight with an eagle may
think his experience exceptional, yet
many man has got the worst of an
encounter with q Rocky mountain
canary
Gilpin observer., 1908-01-16

Free love will be the ultimate fate
OF the United States II the present
ing to prophecy made before the
Twentieth Century club, Chicago, a
few days ago by Margaret Deland Of
Boston.
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1880 and Have THE EVENING STAR Delivered Regularly.

for which he was elected, be nominated
or appointed by the Governor, or by the
Legislature in joint meeting, to any
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of the constitution of the State Whlch
reads: mo member of the senate OF
general assembly shall, during the time
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thority of this state which has been
created by tbe~Legislature,
at is well known Tint there are civil
offices of great power, authority and
patronage, which we may assume II was
designed to include bv the plain laii-
guage of our constitution, as we'll rs
offices to which salary or enlolumon,s
are also attached. Cnder all the cir
c~umstances, therefore, ] am compelled
to advise you that In my Judgment it IL
improper for you to appoint members
of either House of the Legislature, to
either of these positions, which have
been created by the Legislature.
II have appointed on my own motion
a commission of the revision of the
bank a laws. In view of the decision
of the highest court of the State, L
think that there should be a considera-
tion of the whole tax question, with a
view to suggesting legislation next
year, if legislation be thought by the
commission after consideration to be
necessary.
More Bank Legislation.
THE matter of bank taxation in New
Jersey involves probably a hundred
millions in taxable values. a matter Of
serious import to the people of the
State, and further Legislation seems to
be necessary in the interest of fair and
equitable taxation Of this class OF
moneyed capital. For this reason, I
have appointed the commission, and
will provide for in some way for it's
legitimate expenses out of my emer-
gency fund. The Commission for the
Blind was provided for by a Joint reso-
luton last session. The State of New
Jersey is now expanding about SIS, 900 a
year for the care of blind patients in
institutions outside of our State. They
cost $3.50 each.
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Are "CiviI oRcers.''

Are "CtyI Officers"
"A proper answer to the inquiry first
involves the decision whether these
commissions are civil Offices, within
the language of the constitutional pro-
vision above quoted. | find that.
with some slight conflict. the tendency
of the courts throughout the country,
including the Supreme Court of the
United States, has been to give a very
wide Interpretation to the word of
flcer' or civil officer when used in the
Constitution, n I am unable to
escape the conclusion that the mem
hers of these important commissions
will fill civil Offices within the pro-
visions of our Constitution. The func-
tions of some of them will be most i'm
portant. Under the practise that has
obtained, as l I'M informed by the
! Secretary of States office, they will
take the oath required of all officers,
and the mere fact that they receive
no compensation does not, in my judg-
ment, relieve them from the dignity
and responsibility of filing a civil Of
flee under our law.
Governor Murphy Precedent.
During the term of Governor Muir
: ply my opinion was asked as to
| whether he could accept the position of
national director or trustee of the Sol
| diers' Home, and, after, reflection, 1
advised him he could not, in view of
the provisions of Article 5, section s,
of the Constitution. providing. In case
the Governor shall accept any office
under the United States or this State,
the Office of Governor shall %thereupon
be vacant 1, therefore, conclude that
the commissioners to be appointed by
you will hold civil offices under our
Constitution.
Applies TO All Civil Offices.
1T has been suggested that the CON
stitutional provision in question only
applied to officers receiving compensa-
ton and the argument is, that, mas
much as the provision prohibits the
acceptance of an office thai has been
created, or the emoluments whereof
have been increased, the sole purpose
was to prevent members of the Legis-
lature being appointed to offices with
pecuniary reward attached, but it will
be observed that this is not the Ian
guage of the provision, and I see no
reason Why there should be amy addi-
tion to the plain language of the con-
stitution. As 1t reads. 1t certainly APP
plies TO every civil office under the au-
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FORT APPOINTS
EXCISE AND OTHER
NEW COMMISSIONS
Continued from First Page.)

Mercer; Algernon A. Osborne, of Essex.
The Governor also made public the
opinion of the encouragement, which
holds that members of the Legislature
could not be named on any of these
commissions.
The Governors memoranda on the
appointments and the Attorney-Gen-
erals opinion follow:
I'm selecting the various commissions
which have been appointed today by
authority of the Legislature, or other
wise, it has been my purpose to procure
men of entire independence along all
lines, and who were free from any
complications or prejudices.
ION the excise commission Mr.. Fisk is
Mayor of the city of Plainfeld and
that city is probably the best regu-
lated place in New Jersey on the excist
question. Mr.. Rice is a former judge
of Middlesex County; Mr.. Smith is an
ex-senator of Ocean County; Mr.. Howe
is one of the az commissioners of the
city of Newark; Mr.. Whitebeck is edi-
tor of the Hackensack Record; Mr.
Appleby is Mayor of the city of Asbury
Park, and Mr.. Backes was placed upon
the commission because of his familiar
ity with the Bishops bill.
The Republican party stands COM
mitted to the Bishops bill and is
pledged to maintain it. 1t is essential,
therefore, that whatever this commits
! sion may be, it shall know exactly what
the Bishops bill is, and avoid any pos
sible complications or otherwise from
any Legislation which might conflict
with il. So far as I know. not a single
member of this commissioner preju-
diced the subject in any way or will
bring to the consideration of the ques-
tons or the investigation any prejudice
or preconceiVed notions.
THE Commission on Dependency and
Crime is probably the most important
commission which I have been called
upon TO appoint. This commission Is
authorized by an act Of the Legislature
of the present session and a special APP
preparation has been made to meet its
expenses.
Has Extensive Powers.
1T has before it a duty which will
require considerable work in akinG
of testimony and a general inquiry as
to the causes of crime and dependency
Incidentally, this commission could in
quire along all lines and may find it
necessary to do some which the Excise
Commission seems to be authorized to
do. The act gives it full power to
subpoena witnesses. employ experts
and to generally conduct an official ex
animation. Its report will. if the work
is thoroughly done, be of great benefit
on the questions under consideration
as TO future legislation relating thereto
p,Tuio.,
1T will be noted that on any of these
commissions authorized by the Legisia,
/, ture. they cannot be members of tn
Legislature, in view of the opinion o
the attorney-geperal that such con-
mission n have upon them mem
l bers Of the Legislature creating tn.
commission The attorney-generalj
opinion is 2 sfollows'
l Il have given considerable reflection
r and examination to the question wheth
er paragraph l, section 8, of article
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civil office under the authority of this
State, which shall have been created,
or the emoluments whereof shall have
been increased, during such time, pre-
vents you from appointing members
of either House of the Legislature of
the State on several of the commits
sions which have been provided for by
the last Legislature"
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-11

presented the name of Bucklin Evil
IDENTIFY the latter thought he would
take first chance at Congressman-at
Large and then try for Congressman
from the first district
The yota 1.aSultnd nc fnllou.-.
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-11
A GREAT FUNMAKER
is THE ROYAL CHEF

''The Royal Chef is coming to
the Park opera house and will have
its first hearing on Monday, Septem-
Der IA. 1t is musical comedy of
much reputation and is constructed
on comic opera lines, some of the
music ranging from grand to the
popular music hall style. Every
number is excellent and is said to be
brightly sung. while great many
laughs out of the dialogue are prom
ised.
The piece has been newly and
brightly mounted for the coming
seasons tour. and nearly all the prin-
cipals who have worked conscien-
tiously to assist the Chef" to the
prominence it possesses, through its
lengthy runs in both New York and
Chicago, will be in the company,
while a few new personalities are
brought forward to receive favor.
Among them is Miss Mary Malatesta,
who, it is said, has fresh, pure
voice and sings as If for the love of
singing. She possesses a demure, in
gratiating manner that is declared
charming, and, according to all re-
ports, has the acting style and a cul-
tivated pronunciation as we'll 1t is
asserted by the management that
Miss Malatesta is destined to become
one of the favorites of the day.
Besides good music all through the
play, there is story and a rational
kind of prettiness in the pictorial
display. Ben M. Jerome wrote the
former and many of the numbers are
richly hued and characteristic, and
possess an excellent swing. George
Stoddard and Charles S. Taylor
evolved the lyrics.
L
cose factor in the proceedings His
magnetism. facial play, dialect and
vocalization fit him for the charac-
ter of Heinrich Lemphauser, the
chef, as though to the manner born,
and the dramatic critics of other cit
les are a unit in declaring his a
Characterization par excellence.
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-11
A Dangerous Leak.

When an engineer discovers leak
in his boiler that will not allow him
to keep up steam. he has an expert
boilermaker repair that leak as soon
as possible.
People afflicted With headaches
and eye pains have leak of nervous
energy and brain strain through the
eyes which Is the cause. They should
be just as prompt. or more 30, than
the engineer in having that leak re-
paired.
Nervous leaks of the eyes are re-
paired scientifically and accurately by
CHAS. GASHO. Oph. D..
Rooms / and Margery Building.
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-11
sENTINEL'S WEEKLY
STOCK MARKET REVIEW
Especial to The Sentinel. /

South Omaha, Neb., Sept. IL
There has been very fair run of
cattle here the past week, but there
has been good demand from all the
packers and values lave held steady
to- strong.
The best beef offered here the past
ten days sold up to $40, averaging
1905 pounds. Fair to good steers
are selling at 4.50 to AIS; common
to fair, 400 to 4.40.
Cows and heifers have also held
up in good shape; in face. prices are
from 1Oc to 15c higher than a week
ago. Good to choice kinds are quot
able at 3.75 to 4.40; fair to good,
1926 to 3.S5; common to fair, $50
to 800.
Stockers and feeders have met bet
ter inquiry than at any time during
the fall with an advance of from 15c
to zoe over one week ago. Good to
choice heavy feeders are quotable at
4.40 to 40: fair to good. 4.15 to
4.40; good to choice light and medi-
um weights, 400 to 4.40; fair to
good. 3.65 to 400.
The run of sheep has been quite
heavy-nearly double that of the
previous week. Lambs have made up
a large share of the offerings and
these have suffered the heaviest de-
cline-fully 40c from a week ago.
Sheep are 15c to Zoe lower
Good killing lambs are quotable
at 500 to 5.35 yearlings. 400 to
4.4O; wethers. $50 to 400; ewes.
800 to $50. Good feeding lambs,
4.5O to 500; yearlings, 3.75 to 4.25;
wethers. 1926 to 3.75; ewes, 2.25 to
3.00.-Clay, Robinson & Company.
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-11

WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF
INDUSTRIES, SCIENCE Il ART
Grand Junction, Colo.
Elementary School
School of Commerce
Preparatory Engineering School
Western School of Music
School of Domestic Science and Art
College Preparatory, Teacher Train
ing, Civil Service and College
Courses
For Information Write
o. A. YOUNG. President.
The daily sentinel., 1908-09-11
DE LA MATYR
Conservatory

2US NOrth SeVe1lth
Piano, Organ and Vocal depart
ments now open. Special classes in
harmony and history.
The Ellis Illustrated Music Course
saves time and drudgery. Free
demonstration every Tuesday and
Friday at 3:45 pm.