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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
Mcdonnell. And the jury protested to
believe that.
Smith 10 speechiess.

Mcdonnell. And the jury protested to
believe that.
Smith To Speechiess.
Commissioner Smith was speech
less when he learned Of the verdict.
He had been present at nearly all the
interviews between Capt. Mcdonnell
and the defendant and was satisfied
that no inducements had been held
out to Bowin.
Judge Phelan was so disguised with
the fasco perpetrated in his court that
he sought refuge across the border.
Thursday night.
I'm going to Canada In search Of
an honest man." he said.
Public sentiment as to the outcome
OF the Bowin case was well illustrat-
ed by a little experience the Judge
had Thursday afternoon. He was rid
Ing on a street car when woman
touched his arm and said:
Judge, that verdict will please
every woman in Detroit"
A moment later the woman's hus-
band addressed his honor thus:
Judge, you gave those jurors just
what they deserved. That's n
OF verdict"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
Practical German
Socialis m---
A Sixth Of the Population support
ed by Government.

Statistics furnished by Consul Han
nah. OF Magdelbprg show that the rail
way. postal. telegraph. and telephone
services OF Germany. practically all
OF which are state institutions. EN-
ploy about o million people. or one
in sixty OF the population OF the en-
pire. Allowing five dependents to
each employee. II may be said that
one-twelfth OF all the inhabitants OF
Germany depend upon these services
for living. This Is a considerable
instalment OF practical Socialism. but
II is only the beginning OF Germany's
efforts in that direction. The govern
ment employs over six hundred thouss
and men in the army and nearly forty
1--we thousand in the navy. Counting
the employees In other branches or
the government, together with state
and city officials, there must certainly
be at least two million persone directly
attached TO the public service, repre-
senting, with their families, q sixth
OF the entire population.
In 1906. when the German railroads
had 64S.437 employees. those OF the
United States had 1921, 1856. or nearly
two and half times as many. That
force alone. all of which would be In
the employ OF the government II the
United States were as Soeiaiistie as
Germany is. represents about one
eleventh of the population OF tho
country. The telegraph and telephone
services would put something like two
hundred thousand persons more on
the government payrolls. The German
Socialists do not seem TO be particu-
larly happy just now. but they can
congratulate themselves upon being
at least twenty years ahead OF Amer
lea In the practical application OF their
doctrines.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
PERCY BOWIN> OFF
FOR HIS HOME
IN CANADA


maker, OF No. 1874 Concord-ave.. was
the leading soloist OF the crowd. His
favorite song was Mother Was Wait
ing for Her Boy" and he rendered 1t
with such feeling. that the other pur-
ors would give way to tears on hear
ing It.
1t was noticed, too, that at least
one juror in the box took out his
handkerchief when Attorney Kennedy.
In his closing argument, spoke Of Mrs.
Bowin's devotion to her boy and
otherwise played on the heartstrings
of the IL men who had sworn 10 be
guided in reaching a verdict, by the
evidence alone.
In view of the scoring they received
at the hands OF Judge Phelan. the
jurors now seek to justify their ver-
dict by alleged defects In the prosecu-
tons case, such as discrepancy In
time. They claim to have figured out.
from the evidence, that Bowin had
only Ave minutes at the most In which
to knock Mrs. WEIGH down, bind her
and rob her OF her earrings and $14 In
money, and they don't think he could
do all this In such brief interval.
Bowin himself, In his confession to
the police and to a Times reporter.
declared that he was In such hurry
to get away that he overlooked sew
eral articles Of value.
He was afraid Mrs. WEIGH would
come to" before he could get out OF
the place. he said.
What 8ovvjn Confessed.
BY his own confession. Bowin is a
thief. a perjurer, q blackmailer and a
murderer. On the stand he could not
tell his story as to how Mrs. Welch's
diamonds and money came into his
possession twice alike, while his va
rious confessions to the police and
others agreed perfectly In every Inn
portant detail and were corroborated
by the testimony OF more than score
of witnesses, except as to the killing
itself. His manner on the stand
showed plainly that he realized he was
In a desperate fix. He could not look
one straight in the eye. but kept shift
ing his gaze to the ceiling and fumb-
ling nervously with his necktie.
The Jurors say they believed the
confession was "wormed out OF him"
on the promise OF a pardon. On this
proposition II was his word, the word
Tof a self-confessed perjurer. black
mailer, theft and murderer. whose In
terest In the. outcome Of the case was
paramount, against that OF veteran
police Official. and the. jury chose to
believe the former. The only reason
Bowin could give for pleading guilty
was that he was willing to serve nye
years IN prison for crime he did net
commit Just 20 accommodate Capt
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
CHAPTER XIV.
laura's Plot Fails.

Love. vanity. money. ambition-one
OF these will sometimes prompt
girl to make an evil slip. The slip
is not Intentionally wicked. and In the
general hubbub Of life II fl frequently
overlooked
Perhaps 1t may be forgotten for
years, and then, like Frankenstein.
turn upon and destroy its maker.
Laura Herriard. wilfuily ready to
leap into the very jaws OF evil, had
called TO ask Eleanor's aid. She wanted
Nine. Isis" TO make the slp--a
wholly innocent one, apparently, inso-
far as Isis" was concerned.
Money would be the tempter. Laura
was sure that this fortune teller. with
the repulsive-looking mass OF wavy
black hair. would listen. What would
Isis" care--"Isis," who lived In an
atmosphere OF oriental incense and
darkness?
Would a respect for conventlnallties
prompt the fortune teller TO raise a
protesting hand7 Truly, Laura Her
lard was a woman OF experience, but
with all her keen insight. she was un.
able TO see behind the mask OF ISIS"
which hid Eleanor AIderson--honor-
able, upright and far above the
worlds base greed and unrighteous.
ness.
When Laura entered the consulting
room OF mime Iris" she discovered
the seeress sitting before the crystal
globe. by means OF which she foretold
the future
Crystal gazing was at this time a
teigaiHg fad=iH=L London. Although
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
-Four Years for Druce PsrJurer.

LONDON, April 10.-Mary Robin
son, the bruce case witness, who COM
mitted perjury, was sentenced today
to four years penal servitude In Old
Bailey. II was Mary Robinson who
testified that she knew the fifth duke
Of Portland as T. G. bruce. She pro-
duced a remarkable diary, which she
declared she had kept during her
employment by Druce, hut later cor
fessed that II was q fake.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10

Mercy Bowin. the self-contess-
ed slayer of aged Mrs Corneiia
WEIGH, is free and walking the
streets of Detroit today as the re-
suit of one of the most monstrous
and absurd verdicts ever render
ed by a jury in the history of De-
troit courts.
Free in the face of circumstan-
t;al evidence which in itself was
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10

Will our readers kindly come
with us today for a little excur-
sion into the azure of politics?
We make reference to the ethe-
real blue, because it is not ''prac-
teal politics" that we intend to
discuss, but to debate a little bit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
Locating H.

Il never told lies when I was a 1T
tie girl. Gladys
When did begin, then, nam.
ma ?.-London= opinion-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
Friday, April. 10.
1903. -

CAIRO. H., Aprli 9th. (En route
TO Mesico).-speedino southwark. TO
New Orleans over the illinois Cen
trial, we have met the Spring Of 1908
moving toward Michigan. lts moist
breath has brought white and pink
ioveiIness to the, pear, cherry and
peach trees. The wItchery Of the
first fIeeey blossoms and the spiashss
Of color In pIume-Ike form stand out
against the vivid living green that
carpets the earth and clothes the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10

The reason some men like TO go
home at night Is because OF the pleas
ure 1t gives them to 60 away again
the next morning.-Chicago News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
Back to Earth Again.

THANK gon, mnrmnred- Jane.---..--
lou see you always haFe-te= be
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10
Gentle Springs Great
Surprise in The
Sucker State
Comes Back TO Find Over 500
Cities and Villages Gone Dry.


great Of and promise setting.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-10

gazing was at thIs time a
feigning fad IN London. Although
The oasis., 1908-09-05

ADVERTISED as the "millionares' drink" is a certain brand of min eral water. But it is not so popu- lar, nor has it the ready sale of that brand of conversation water which makes a hodcarrier imagine himself millionaire.
The oasis., 1908-09-05

FIRE has been lighted under the political pot in Santa Cruz county. MT. Frank J. Duffy is announced as candidate for the legislative assembly. If Santa Cruz must be represented by democrat Frank is about the best But THE OASIS hopes to beat him with some good republican.
The oasis., 1908-09-05
Announcement.

Believing that politics should not enter into an election for Town offices the undersigned announces himself an independent candidate for Justice of the Peace, and if approached properly might be pur- suaded to accept the endorsement of both Parties"
 CHARLES TAYLOR.
The oasis., 1908-09-05

and believing all women like herself she smugly admits the scathing indictment and pleads extenuation. Particularly was TIE OASIS struck by one of the interviews quoted re- gently in one of the metropolitan newspapers. It was from woman who has cut something of figure as a writer herself. And most of her work has been effort at exten- uation of lack of virtue in woman kind. Like one of the most famous of English women novelists her characters have been drawn from her own pattern, and the romance in the story woven in garment as fair as possible to hide their men tai and moral obliquity. By cover- ing their sins, not with the mantle of charity but with the glamour of romance, she hoped to deaden the gnawings of her own conscience. And so with the writer interviewed about Mir. Herrick's book. She ad- mits his entire indictment, alleges the truth of the professors animad. versions against her sex, and as. serts that American men willingly have their wives so. According to this writer the average American man uses his wife as an asset. She is given fine establishment, gor- geous raiment and elegant equipagt as an advertisement of his material
 prosperity; and he cares but little whether she be true to her marita
 obligations or otherwise. Such ar assertion is a libel upon the trutl and honor of American men anC
 women. There are few such mer as intimated by the woman inter
 viewed, and the women described are far less in number. The fac
 that ot about fifty interviewed il
 her city she was the only one talk
 ing such view goes to show abou
 how accurate is Professor Herrick'
 gauge of the mental and mora , character of the American woman
 Probably the newspaper nigh
 have had five hundred women in : terviewed in that self same cit, without finding another who woul' , declare herself so clearly as of tn character Professor Herrick con
 siders a true type of the Americal } woman.
The oasis., 1908-09-05

This evening Miss Beulah Smith son is expected to return from Vir- ginia, where the lady has passed her vacation. She will go to Pata- gonia to take charge of the school in that district.
The oasis., 1908-09-05
A Kick Back.
EDITOR TIE OASIS,
 Nogales, Arizona.


 Nogales, Arizona.
 DEAR SIR:-Will you permit me- through the columns of your paper, to make answer to an attack di. rected at me personally, as mana. ger of the Four Metals Mining Company, and which appeared in the Border Vidette of date August 29? Under the heading "A Just Kick" Mir. Miller does some very unjust, uncalled for and untruth. ful knocking. He says the Four Metals mine is only a few miles from NJgales, while on the other hand, he says it is necessary to Ego to Mowry from Patagonia, thence around many miles over a noun. tainous road" Now, anyone who has ever visited the camp knows that that is false and if Mir. Miller has ever visited the camp he must know that it is false. As to the mine being few miles from Mo- gales, everyone who has ever been over the road knows that 1t is at least twenty miles, with the Santa Cruz river to cross and no bridge to make the crossing easy; also that there are several long stretches of sand to pull through. From Patagonia the camp is reached over we'll kept stage and freight road, a distance of less than seven. teen miles, which distance can and probably soon will be shortened by about three miles by a cut off, which will not require any great ex- penditure of money. But these are matters that MT. Miller probably does not know. 1 am inclined to think, from his article, that there are many things about the geography of Santa Cruz county that MT. Miller does not know. He is apparently as ignorant Of the subject on which he wrote as 1 am of his object in attacking me. 1 have never met the man nor have 1 ever had any dealings with him. If he has al- lowed some one with spite against me to stuff" him, and use him for : cats paw to scratch me, can  only say that he displays a woful lack of intelligence and certainly makes himself ridiculous. If, on the other hand, he was paid for the work, then truly he must be a creature too contemptible to notice. : But, l am 10th to believe that he , can be of that class that can be , hired to do the dirty bidding of any who may pass him out a few 3 paltry dollars. 1 am charitable : enough to believe that he was 1 stuffed" and used as cats paw,
 However, MT. Miller makes one
 truthful assertion. He says that
 with proper management the Four
 Metals mine can be made to pay l dividends" That is one reason n why am not spending any money s trying to move the Red Hill down e to the other side of the Santa Cruz f river. 1 am here to look after the - interests of the Four Metals Mining t Company, and every dollar that
 spend will be used in developing
 the body of ore we have discovered
 and in putting the mine in posi-
 tion to pay dividends.
The oasis., 1908-09-05
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.

versity of Chicago appears to be to serve as a nucleus or common rallying point for lot of halt baked professors whose chief aim is to present to the world startling views of various. phases of life, upon which they build theories that they aver solemnly are realistic portrayals of the entire fabric of society. The latest product of the University named is d novel by Professor Herrick of that institu- ton which is wholesale arraign- ment of the American woman, de- picting her as sordid, grasping, avaricious, and without moral sense-a splended animal and little else. And he would have his readers believe that the portrait he has drawn is true to life, and that the picture he presents is type representative of all American wo- men. One glance at the portrait of the author is sufficient to class him. The face is that of a degen- crate without ideals, possessed of 1 an acute but misdirected intel ligence, that has been trained be- yond a point that is profitable or useful. It is in contemplation of such products that thinking men doubt sometimes the usefulness oi the so called "higher education ? It would seem that education which inspires its possessor to revel i'll only the muck and mire of human nature is of little or no real value and could be dispensed with with. out being missed.
 But one of the most interesting phases of the situation that has grown out of the publication o' Prof Herrick's work, Together, , is the way in which the yellow newspapers have taken 1t up an, to make sensationalism vet more sensational have exploited 1t by publication of interviews with prominent and we'll known society women wherein they have beer sounded as to their views of tho n ovel and the authors theories o American life as depicted therein
 And in reading those interviews on, can read almost the true character of the women interviewed. Som, of them take up earnestly stou
 cudgels in defence of the honor ant true womanliness of the American woman; and in reading one can SC, that they know themselves to b.
 true, wholesome women, and tha
 they believe the great mass o American womankind are lik
 themselves. In which belief the, are eminently correct. But nov and then the interviewer has hap pened across one who is of tn nature of the type so ungraciousl,
 depicted in the pages of the novel
The oasis., 1908-09-05

HAD poultry wire fencing been invented before evolution deprived man of prehensie tail the tail never would have evoluted away.
The oasis., 1908-09-05

Mir. Tim O'Keefe, special deputy collector, has returned from hlS vacation, and is at his desk again.
The oasis., 1908-09-05
SUBSCRIPTION .

SUBSCRIPTION: SIX MONTHS l.50 SINGLE CoPY 10
 STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Payable in American Money or it's Equiva- lent.
 Advertising Rates made known on applica- tion to the business office Unless otherwise specified all subscriptions advertisements and job printing are payable in American Money.
 Address all communications to THE OASIS, Nogales, Santa Cruz county, Arizona.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
EDGINGs FOR PILLOW CASES.
Crochet Work the Best for Use in the
Hot Weather.

Crocheted edgings make a pretty
and useful finish for pillow cases used
during the summer, when simple bed
furnishings are preferred to the more
ornate. Many women keep bit of
this crochet work at hand to do when
enjoying the cool breezes of the ver-
anda or Willing away a few minutes
in their rooms. 1t makes excellent
pickup work.
The favorite crochet pattern for this
use is the Greek key, which is made
with the corner worked in the lace.
For shams the corner is necessary,
but for the pillow cases straight cro-
chet is all that is required. The
Greek key pattern is about two inches
in width. with a battlemented edge.
The key design runs through the upper
side of the lace
A wheel pattern looks well when
used this way and is simpler to make
on account of being narrower. The IA
vorite one has a row of wheels through
the center and fan-shaped edge.
The Worcester cross border is an
other effective pattern If one likes a
wider lace. When made it is at least
three inches in width.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
Suicides in Natal.

The abnormal suicide wave which
is passing over this country has been
made the subject of very serious
thought, and it is well that it should
be so. In Natal within the past four
weeks there have been three suicides
of Europeans, which, on the basis OF
population, is four times greater than
the suicide rate in England and Wales,
a deplorable state of affairs indeed.
In Durham few weeks ago it was
at the rate Of one day.-Natal Wit.
ness.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
SPEND TIME ON THE coIFFURE.
Simple Effects Require Patience and
Artistic Taste.

Present coiffures reveal infinite pa
tience and infinite time in the doing,
and the effect is simple and artless in
the extreme. No more of your round
bullet heads, encircled with regular
and almost metallic waves achieved by
the systematic passage of a hot iron
mathematically balanced, and sur
mounted by a geometrical coil of pre-
else proportions and definite outline
all this is now thought provincial,
prim, graceless, not to say demode.
Instead, the hair is bundled rolled,
twisted and looped with the appear
ance of carelessness and indefinite in
tention. high drawn here. dropping
there, now sweeping in smooth, long,
flat stretch of shining lock, then break
ing into a witching tendril or fascinat-
ing curl. The iron crumples up this
little spot, or a bit of brilliantine
smoothes out that, after the coiffure
is almost completed, as the exigencies
of the hair ornament or hat suggest.
No two women wear their hair alike,
save that it is done over, invariably,
for the evening in a more elaborate
fashion than for the morning.-Vogue.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02

He set the men to work untwisting
ropes until they had more than 300
feet all unraveled. Uncle Dick went
up the derrick and put the end of the
unraveled rope into the bottom part of
the rocket. Then he poured kerosene
oil all over it and rubbed gunpowder
into it.
That afternoon Uncle Dick sent out
invitations both by mail and by mes
senger to places as far away as 200
miles, saying:
Jimmy Broderick respectfully in
vites you to his Uncle Dicks farm to
see him set off the biggest skyrocket
in the world on the evening of the
Fourth of July"
Uncle Dick also sent word to the
papers about it, and on the evening Of
the Fourth more than 10000 people
were at the f. m. wondering at the i'm
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
Old JewelrY Fashionable.

Bring out your old-time trinkets this
summer. as they will be fashionable,
no matter how ancient they may be.
Old-fashioned necklaces will be espe-
cially in favor, and those with long
pendants are preferred. One such set
seen recently in the east was of the
bunch-of-grapes design. and attracted
a great deal of attention, but they
were not used as earrings. but as
pendants for a necklace that was made
out of a pair of bracelets of the same
design,
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02

one large button, the sleeves are long.
and have plait starting little way
from the wrist. finishing with a point
in which button is sewn.
The skirt is composed of large in
verted plait, stitched three-quarters
of the way down, two rows of stitching
finish the foot of the skirt.
Hat of green chip, trimmed with
roses. foliage and soft feather.
Materials required: Z yards cloth
A inches wide, " yard silk, and 8
buttons.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
A Sensible Idea.

In certain home is large reading
table and in the center of it is fas-
tened hand-wrought mission lamp
that cost s12. 1t is securely fastened
to the center of the table with iron
screws and bolts underneath the table.
The owner explained that the lamp
was necessary in the room and the
children liked to play games on the
table or it was a favorite place for
study and they lived in constant dread
of lamp being tilted until the idea of
fastening it securely to the table was
thought of.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
His Appreciation.

When Patrick McGinnagan became
a member of the Chicago police force
last week, a delegation of his friends
burst in upon him while he was at
dinner and presented him with a
handsome night stick in honor of his
popularity and their esteem.
Completely bewildered by this unex.
pected token, the new policeman
nevertheless struggled to his feet and
stammered his appreciation.
"Frinds, ye have upset me wild y'r
Kindness" he said. flourishing the
night stick. "Oi'll try an do me duty
wild this little shillaly, an l hope an
thrust thot ivry mon herell live t. feel
its inflooince."
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-02
Is Universal Panacea

Olive oil is good for many things and
should be much used, not only at table,
but in the massaging of the body. In
the case of nervous troubles or a run.
down condition of the system it may
be taken both internally and external
ly with great profit. Massage with
olive oil and afterwards rub down
with a Turkish towel and the result
will soon be felt. 1t is also recon,
mended as good for catarrh, whether
of the throat or the stomach.