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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
Much Argument During the
Day in Discussion of
Points of Law.
WARN CLAIMS HIS
HOME IN ALABAMA
Miss Jennie Key Appears as
Witness for the State
Dispositions Presented by
the Prosecution Excluded
as Testimony.
Special TO The JournaI.


FL Paso. Texas. MAY 6.-ThP hear
ing under the haheas corpus proceed
ingS Instituted by W. W Warm several
months ago 10 prevent his eNtradition
from Texas 10 Florida where he il
Nanted on the charge OF desertion,
commenced here this morning before
Judge GOSgin, OF the district court.
and consuming the entire day wenc
over until tomorrow.
Much time was consumed today by
the attorneys for the state and Dc.
Tense in arguing points of law. par
ticUlarly as 10 the admission of depo-
sitions taken in Florida, relating 10
the residence of Warn in Pensacola
The court finally excluded this as les
timOny.
Warn then introduced Witnesses
from Alabama. who swore that on
May :, he was a resident OF South.
Ala, where he has naval stores inter
introduced witnesses to show that IL
would he dangerous for him 10 return
20 Pensacola.
The only witness for the state is
Miss Jennie Key. formerly a resident
OF Pensacola. who testified a. to Warns
residence in that city.
The state then presented a number
OF affidavits relating TO the residence
of Warn. bun Yarns ATTORNEYS I'M
mediately objected. AT adjournment
tonight the court had this under adj
ViSement.
The hearing Will probably conclude
rpnarrau
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
LORD GRAN TED
DIVORCE DECREE
Wife Withdrew Her Defense
to His Suit in Which He
Named a Negro as Co.
Respondent and Judge
Gave Husband Custody Of
Child.
BY Associates Press.

Bridgeport. Conn, May 6.-Trial of
the divorce suit of Henry J. Lord,
wealthy poultry breeder OF Trumbull,
Conn, against his wife. Augustine En-
manuel Lord, in which the negro
Goa, hman, Harry Cameron, was named
as correspondent. came to an abrupt
end in the superior court yesterday
afternoon, when Mrs. Lord withdrew
her defense OF the case, and Judge
Robinson granted the petitioner a
decree of absolute divorce and Gus
tody of the 6-year-old daughter.
Cameron had been lowering around
the courthouse. As soon as the ac-
ton of Mrs. Lord was made known
to him, he took the train for New
York. fearing violence at the hands
of Lords friends, who went in search
of him.
In the proceedings yesterday Ber-
tina SewaE, a maid at the Lord resi-
dence told many stories of Mrs.
Lords fcndneSs for the coachman.
Msr Lord confided in the maid. She
said that Cameron had good taste in
dress. When she did not know what
to wear, in the morning, she asked
him Once she changed a handbag
Cameron did not like The maid said
he had a photograph of Mrs. Lord
in a gold frame on his dresser.
The defendant also made necktie
rack for Cameron. the maid said, and
wrote on it: From the girl who loves
you"
On hot day last year Mrs. Lord
suggested to the maid. she said, that
it was too hot for Harry to sleep in
the attic.
I'm going TO see if he can't sleep
on the couch in my rqoaa." Mrs. I.oiad
declared. Pm not afraid of Harry
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
Tom Johnson Was Worsted
By Judson Harmon, Noni-
mated for Governor, But
Convention Was Solid on
Selection of NebraSkan.
BY Associated Prexa


Columbus. o.. May EN- a tumult-
uOus convention, characterized by in
tense fractional feeling. the democrats
of Ohio today nominated JUdsOn Har-
mon. of Cincinnati. formerly attorney
general of the United States. under
Grover Cleveland. for governor, en-
dorsed William Jennings Bryan, and
Instructed delegates TO the national
convention to vote for Bryan for pres
ident. A complete state ticket was
nominated.
The national issues were left to the
Denver convention. and the platform
adopted dealt solely with state ques-
items. attacking the administration OF
various republican state officers. and
endorsing especially. the initiative and
referendum, in state and and local
legislation, and the taxation of fran
chises.
Mayor Tom Johnson. of Cleveland.
after having met defeat in the open.
ing session Tuesday night. today
renewed his fight against Judson Har-
mon for control of the convention. but
was again wOrsted in one of the most
bitter and exciting contests ever wit
messed in an Ohio convention. John
son declined to enter into any agree
ment. and strove TO prevent the
placing OF the names OF any of his
followers on the ticket However
nominations for attorney general and
treasurer of state We're given 10 men
known 10 be favored by Johnson.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
CHILD LABOR
IS PROHIBITED
BY CONGRESS
Children Under Fourteen
May Not Work in District
of Colurnbia--House Again
Votes Not to Re-EStablish
Canteen in Soldiers Home.
ey Associated Press.

Washington. May 6.-The senate to-
day passed the bill proh biting the
OF children under II
years OF age in The District OF Column
Dia. No such children are permitted
10 work al any employment for wages
during school, hours, nor before o
o CLOCK IN the morning OF after Z
0 clock in the evening.
The conference report or The army
appropriation bill carrying S95,377,246
was adopted.
Senator Warner, OF Missouri con-
cluded MS speech on the BrOwnsvil e
affair.
IN THE HOUSE
The house today again went on rec
ord against the re-esta blishment OF
the canteRn in national soldiers
homes In the course of the discus
sion. d man giving the name or George
F GTidley, of Providence. Unfurled n
American flag. and proceeded 10 make
an address from the gallery on the
temperance question. He was prompt
ly elected.
The rea, sensation OF the day VAS
the admission ~ Bennett. Of New
K member of the immi grafton
comm -ssiOn. that N uad- under rhe
old immigration law ra.lrOaded' me
natural ization OF many foreigners in
one day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07

Intended Victim and Family Escaped
However.
BY AssocIate- 5-~1R

Chicago. May 6.-Charles W. Kirch-
ner and the members of his family,
had a narrow escape from death last
night when a mysterious bomb eX-
ploded and tore out the front of their
residence. $40 Racine avenue. ana
broke windows in all the adjacent
houses. Kirchner is lumber foreman.
The explosion aroused much excite
ment. Hurried calls We're sent for the
police, but the perpetrators escaped.
Kirchner lays the plot TO labor
troubles and admits that he has made
some enemies in looking after the in
teTeSts OF his employers, the NearS-
Slayton Lumber Company. 1l03 Bel
mont avenue. The company offers :,
reward Of $500 for the arrest OF the
dYnamiters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07

on Currency
RX Associated Press

Washington, May 6.-The republi-
can caucus tonight committed itself to
commercial paper asset upon which
10 Issue additional cIr- ulatiCn of cur
rencE in time Of emergency.
This Is in accordance with me Nree-
land Oil. but By separate action in a
resolution il was amended so as 10
eliminate Nreelands name from the
Dill. II was also dec ded 10 recon-
mend the appointment of commits
sion 10 consider the currency aues-
zion and report bill at the next SEES
Ion Of congress. and the immedia
= Y.,:,inTmeuJ Of a committee Of five TO
draft a new bill in accordance with
tonighus action. TO be reported 10 an
adjourned conference 20 be held next
Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
La Porte Farm Was Clear
ing House for
MurdererS.
FOUR MORE BODIES
FOUND YESTERDAY
Bodies of Murderers' Vic
tins Thought to have Been
Shipped There for Hiding.
Mrs. Guinness Had a Mys-
teriOuS Career.
Rv Associated Press.

La Porte, Ind, May 6.-The posi-
BILE solution TO the Guinness farm
mystery deepened today when four
additional bodies were found in the
barnyard late ehis afternoon.
Evidence that the nine corpSes I'M
earthed yesterday and today may
have been shipped 10 this city, pron-
from Chicago, came TO night to-
day. The les, -I4ony OF draymen. who
carried the trunks and boxes TO GUM
ness home bore this out. In add
ton TO this local authorities received
information that TWO trunks consigned
to Mrs Belle Guinness. La Porte, Ind,
are being held in the Chicago express
office.
one body found today was identified
as that OF Antic Olsen. OF Chicago, and
another as that of Andrew HelSelein.
-rv Lamphere. who is held here on
a charge of first degree murder, grow
ing out Of the fire which destroyed
the Guinness home. causing the death
of Mrs Guinness and her three chill
dren. offered no new evidence today,
despite repeated questioning. Ralph
y Smith, prosecuting attorney, as
serted however. that a confession was
not necessary as far as Lamphere IS
concerned. Smith said he had posi-
that connect i.amphere with the muir
ders on the Guinness farm. The ma
ture of these letters is carefully
guarded.
THE WoMAN's CAREER.
r is recalled that the two husbands
Of Mrs. Guinness died under suspicious
circumstances. both meeting violent
deaths. The first Max SOrrenSOn,
was insured for $500, and the sec
ona. Guinness, for 50, 500. This insur-
anca was paltF over TO Mrs. Guinness
by the companies
The first husband of Mrs. Guinness,
Max SOrrensOn. died several years
ago. while the family lived at Austin,
H. His death was said 10 he due 10
heart failure, but relatives claimed
that he had been poisoned. An in
quest was opposed some time after
The remains had been murdered. but
fo1. some reason the body was never
dfsinterred by the authorities.
While a resident of Austin the home
Of Mrs Guinness was burned, and al
though some question as TO the origin
Of the fire arose. the insurance was
collected
HER CHICAGO STORE BURNED.
With money secured from insurance
on the death of her husband Mrs.
Guinness bought confectionery store
in Chicago, which was located at the
corner of Grand avenue and Elizabeth
street \ short time later the store
was Quilted by fire. the origin OF which
was suspicious. but after making an
investigation the insurance companies
could not attach the blame TO Mrs.
Guinness and paid the lain.
After the fire at Chicago Mrs GUM
ness moved to La Porte. and il was
here that she united in marriage to
Peter Guinness. While in the kitchen
one dav Guinness was struck on the
head by a meat chopper, and the wife
explained to the coroner that ii had
fallen from a shelf and had killed
him. Although her story was qUes-
toned. the investigation never was
carried any further. and her story was
gwen sufficient Credence by the au-
thOrities to drop the case.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
BY Associated Press.

San Francisco, May 6.-Oakland
and other cities took a holiday today
10 witness the entrance o. the Allan
tic battleship feet through the Golden
Gate. into San Francisco Bay The
secretary of the navy. accompanied by
the governor Of California and mayor
of San Francisco aboard the gun boat
Yorktown. reviewed the feet as it
passed into the harbOT and took rOTma-
ton az anchor
Tonight the city Is gay with merry
making. and a long program of enter
tainments planned in honor or the
feet are we'll under way. The streets
and buildings are illuminated for the
first time since the earthq uake de
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
Fleet at Last Enters
the Frisco Golden Gate

strOyed the CITY.
Official dinners. band concerts. re
ceptiOnS and balls al the FaiTmOnt
Hotel. with 5000 invited guests We're
the features OF the first evenings stay
OF the feet
Rear Admiral Robley -. Evans
commander-in-chiet Of the Atlantic
fleet and just now in command Of the
assembled ships of both oceans, on the
bridge Of the Connecticut, MS famous
haGship. led the way through the har-
nor gate.
Both because Of his own Illness and
the desth Of 4 favOrite grand child.
Admiral Evans Will be unable TO par
uCipate in any OF the functions
planned.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
STANFORD WHITES SECRETARY
SENTENCED FOR AWFUL CRIME
By Associated Press

Washington, May 6.-Lindsey Wat
son, SO years old. formerly private sec
rotary to Stanford White, killed by
Harry X. Thaw, has been sentenced
to one year in Jail for assaulting a
7-year-old girl. Watson has been here
as the representative of the architect
firm of Carera & Hastings, New York,
designers of the Carnegie Institute
building. The little girl is Dorothy
Wells. daughter of Sherman Wells,
one of the contractors on the building.
The assault occurred Sunday and was
discovered by the father
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
Taft Controls
i'm Kentucky
sy AxaocIa.sa Press.

Louisville. KS - % .sss-The. repub-
four delegates-at+,arge to the national
convention adjourned this afternoon
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow. after a seS-
sion lasting an hour. The adjourn
ment was taken to permit the COM
mjttee on credentials to consider con-
tests from nearly half of the 119 cOun-
Hiest Taft supporters control the
gathering.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
THREE KILLED IN
VIRGINIA FAMILY FEUD.
By Associated Press,

Roanoke Va. May 6.-Samuel Shel-
ton, Charles DodsOn. and James Holy
were shot and killed last night on
Bowling creek Henry county Sheriff
Davis went TO the scene of the kill
'ng, took charge of the bodies. and
arrested Hereford Spencer Thomas
Spencer, William Massey and Grover
Massey all alleged to have been par
Elephants in the fight which is said TO
have been the outcome of an Old fam
ilY 9rudCe
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
TAFT GETS MAJORITY
CONNECTICUT DELEGATION
BY Associated Press.

Hartford, Conn. May 6.-The repub-
llcan state convention closed today by
choosing II delegates TO the Chicago
convention. Ten delegates We're in
structed to vote for Taft, and four go
uninstructed by district conventions
which selected them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
OHIO DELEGAT TBS WE'RE
INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN
Suicide at
AtmOre, Ala,
Cut Throat
Special to The Journal.

Atmore, Ala, May &C. F. Brown,
of Pine Apple, one Of the most popu
lar drummers ON the road. committed
suicide at the Magnolia hotel early
this morning, by cutting his throat
The deceased was given the best med
ical attention, but passed away short
while after infiicting the wound
His W fe and other relatives were
notified by wire and are expected on
the first train.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
AFGHANS KILLED IN FIGHT
WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS.
BY Associated Press.

london. May 6.-SiXtY AfGhanS
We're killed in fighting with British
troops last Saturday at a point in
Khybor Pass, near I-andi Khotal. ac-
cOTding 10 a dispatch sent in by a
corporal with the British column. The
message was published here today.
from Lahore, giving Afghan dead at
300, but this communication Is dis
credited.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
400, 600 FIRE
in NEW OIL EANS.
Bv Associated Press.

New Orleans. La, May O.
Fire tonight Quilted IN" five
story build Nc of r =. Ilnsell
& Bros. Limited. book-se lers.
and ruined the interior Of the
adjoining building. occupied
bv II. B. Stevens e Co. cloth
ing. Damage was close to
S4GO. 900. about t|O-thiIdS Of
which was covered by insur-
ance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
PORTUGAL'S NEW
KING TAKES OATH.
RN Associated Press.

By ASSOCIATED Press.
Lisbon. May 6.-Kin@ Man
uet. Of Portugal. sWOre ale
glance to the constitution to-
day With hands on the his
tore Bible. King Manuel SwOre
TO preserve the integrity of
Portugal. and seek the highest
welfare Of the Portuguese peo-
pie There was no untOward
incident Of any kind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07

To reach all Of the Peo=
pie, use both the DAILY
and the WEEKLY JOUR-
NAL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07

Continued on Second Pase.)
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-04-11

For a couple of decades or more Nevada was sneered at because It
had been admitted to the Union as a political necessity at a time when it
had but a small population and its natural and developed resources were
conhned virtually to the Comstock lode 1t was nicknamed the Sagebrush
STATE because OF its apparent agricultural poverty and the predominant
vegetation covering its hills and valleys. When the Comstock's bopanzas
we're exhausted, 1t was regarded generally as an irredeemabIe state OF
decadenee, with a steadily dwindling population and no future before il.
disneous OF desert wastes and a cattle range. It's glory a S a silver pro
dueer departed witt the decentralization OF the metal. Comparatively few
mad any faith in the states industrial regeneration.
Nevada is, howeyer, redeeming itself by leaps and bounds. Its old
time reputation as a silver and sageorush state is waning. The federal
governments irrigation program is developing dormant agricultural re-
sources us hardy prospectors are growing that it possesses unlimited
'"urltfons Wealth The developments of recent years ar proving that II
rs richer in gold than il was in silver in the hacyon days of the Com
stock and that II has been misnamed as the Silver state. II promises
during IN present year TO outstrip California rs a gold producer and to
give Colorado a hard run for the premier position among the list of states
yielding the precious yellow metal.
Hs malvHou wealth is Just beginning to be revealed Discoveries OF
aew mlneralzed districts. in which sold is the chief metal exposed, are
'onowihs another with marvelors rapidty. Communities housed il
moder habtaton, provided with all modern public utilities, are SPRING
M into existence with mushroom-ike rapidiy in regions where nothing
ot te coyote the desert owl and the ground squirrel were a short time
ago in sle possession. What will .aturaly follow in the wake of the
mN Processes OF development is the utilization OF such few water sources
as II naturally possesses and the artificial creation of means OF conser.
V"non OF the lamai o N its watersheds, which has hitherto been Above
70 run waste, and training them both on the arid land ST hat the desert
WI in reality bloom like the rose Oakland Tribune.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-04-11
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To W. Sperry, your heirs and assigns.
You are hereby notified that the I'M
dersigned. w. N. Sawio. co-owner with
you, the said w. Sperry. in the Willie
Stoddard lode claim, said claim being
situate in the Tonopah Mining District,
and being of record in the county rec
ords OF Nye county, State of Nevada.
did expend during the years 1905, 1906
and 1901 for labor and improvements
upon said claim, the sum of Three Hun
dred &3o0.0o) Dollars. being the
amount required 10 hold said claim for
the said years; the delinquency as to
the said w. Sperry being S~eventy-tiYe
$75.o0) Dollars.
You are hereby notified that II, at
the expiration of ninety days from date
of frst publication of this notice, you
shall have failed or refused TO conrtib-
ute your portion of the amount required
by law to be expended on said claim.
and actually expended on said claim as
aforesaid. you interest in said claim
will be forfeited and become and be
the property of your said co-owner,
under the provisions of Section 2224,
Revised Statutes of the United States.
w. NJ. SAwLE.
Dated Tonopah, Nevada, January s,
1908.
Date OF first publication. January II,
1908.
Wkly-l-il to A 0S
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-04-11

The anvil press is endeayorng to sound the knel of Rawbide per-
S"s NJ imagined that a mine may be made n a month are declaming thai
awhde Is unworthy of consideration by the mining world; they re YER
positive nj Rawhide was created merely for boom purposes and the per-
soma ichm Of designing promoters and that It has n o merit.
II is unfortunate that history has a habit of repeating itself but II
Toes. Every mining camp in the west was decried by an element that 8
hulu OF my ITO tn particular community attacked but TO the whole
Stte IS wen an element that see naught but disaster in the progress of
a lew community, II was not many years ago that Goldfeld vas in III.
Fepute' Eminent engineers asserted that It was mere surfacee enrichment
ht ga attraction TO this district. md despite the united efforts Of the
Goidheld had a sorry struggle ere she resumed her place anon.
we CHOSEN IN IN mining world. We had riches in the early DAYS iut
as we aFe today bnt development vas painfully slow during a protracted
period "hen II Id commence the Lame OF Godfed astounded the worli
would e foolish indeed for a person to assert that Rawhide will
nt rove to be u great mining district. 1t has all the favorable indca-
non n In every inssnce where any depth has been attained the or
o"N ueV'ioped a We Justified earlier predictions. Nor is this mere
"houes largon; hut an incontroyertible fact.
VI course nc mad rush to Rawhide cannot continue. That the IN
'"hnR :" me town Is ahead of dev slopment OF the mines is self ewdent
- Ia" an hopr s m one Is convinced of that Speculation in real esat
mas oeen spectacular and, quite naturally, there will follow an adjust
"et IN valuations which will be tartamount TO a slump
But the mining prospects will nat be injured DEVELOPMENT Is oinr
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-04-11
uosTON TONOPAH MINING co.

Incorporated under Inc laws OF Art
iona. Capital stock. 1.OOO,O 900 shares.
Par value, $1O0. 200.0 900 shares in
Treasury. Principal office, TonOpah,
Nevada. Location of property, Touo-
North Star. Belmont, Mizpah Extension,
Consists OF seven claims. Equipped
with fifty horse power steam hoist.
Located 1000 feet northeast of Mizpah
ladge. Has several veins cropping on
the surface. carrying from two to
twenty dollars in gold and silver. The
Boston is a very close In property, and
Is under good management. Officers
and directors; Geo. s. Nixon, president;
u T. Ifcnpessy. ice-~president; George
WinEtie1d. manager; j. NJ. Fenwick,
secretary: II. y. Davis, treasurer; J. II.
McCambridgc. superintendent.
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