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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
JURY FINDS
PETTIBONE IS
NOT GUILTY
MINERS CHIEF IS ACQUITTED OF
CONSPIRACY CHARGE IN
TRIAL AT BOISE.
ORCHARD STORY A FAILURE
Labor Men See Great Victory in West
ern Cases Through Discharge of
Accused Men.
STEUNENBERG DRAMA IS CLOSING

BOISE, Ida, Jan. 4.-George A. Pet
tibone, accused of completely in the muir
der of former Gov. Steunenberg, was to
day found not guilty by jury.
Late last night Judge Wood ordered
a cot sent to the jury room for Juror
Stahl, who became i'll yesterday
Luncheon was taken to the jurors a
midnight and breakfast this morning.
NO DEMONSTRATION IN COURT.
The verdict was returned after four
teen hours deliberation. No demonstra-
ton of any kind marked the reading
of the verdict, which made Pettibone q
free man after two years awaiting trial
All night the balloting of the jury
stood ten for acquittal and two fol
the final ballot was reached, both of the
men who had been holding out giving
way at the same time.
PETTIBONE MERELY SMILES.
The defendant, Pettibone, pale anC
emaciated because of his long. illness
merely smiled as he heard of his freedom
and a moment later he was surrounded
by his attorneys and friends His wife
who has been by his side at every SEES
sion of court during the trial, wept fol
joy.
Expressions from members of the jur!
after their discharge showed that from
the start tel IF them maintained thai
the state had failed to prove the de
PENDANT guilty of the crime charged. The
verdict caused little surprise in Boise in
view of the verdict in the Haywood case
ENDS PROSECUTION OF MINERS.
The defense introduced practically nc
evidence and did not argue the case,
amply maintaining that the state had
entirely failed to connect the defendant
with the killing of Steunenberg. No ac-
ton was taken in the Meyer case today,
but attorneys for the state admit that
the prosecution of the Western Fedora
ion of Miners leaders for the Steunen-
berg murder is at an end. Meyer was
expected to be released on bail this aft
ernOOn.
The indictment against Jack Simpkins,
who is a" fugitive, will stand. Pettibone
will return at once to Denver. His
health is in a precarious state and his
physicians fear that his malady is of
such a nature that he will never recover.
George A. Pettib0ne was charged with
having been accessory to the murder by
manufacturing bombs and in being the
inventor of hell fire." substance
which. once ignited cannot be extin-
III Denver that the bomb which killed
Steunenberg is said to have been manu-
featured.
Pettibone WAS not in Idaho at the
time of the assassination of Steunenberg
nor was William II. Haywood, who was
then president of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. Pettibone, Haywood
and William Meyer We're brought in the
Steunenberg case through the remark
able confession of Harry Orchard.
Orchard declared he killed Steunenberg
at the instigation of the heads of the
miners union. He also confessed to u
large number of crimes which he said he
committed for pay during the mine
strikes in Colorado and Idaho.
Haywood has been acquitted and now
Pettibone is free. Orchard remains to
he tried
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
Ships' HVital" Statistics.

During the three months ended June
80 last nine vessels were abandoned at
sea. eight broken up or condemned five
burned. fifteen lost in collision. nine
soundered, one was lost" eight were
missing" and fifty-four wrecked. The
total casualties affected 100 vessels. of
an aggregate tonnage of 1861. Thir-
ty-six of the ships sailed under the Brit
ish fac.-London Daily News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
REPORT SHOWS A GAIN.
Cheese Holdings in Wisconsin Have Sub
stantial Increase in Last Year
Statistics Prepared.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Jan 7.-ESpe-
cial. 1.-The annual report on the number
of boxes of American cheese held by deal
ers in Wisconsin has been prepared by
w. c. Thomas of Sheboygan Falls. who
is recognized as the best cheese statisti-
clan in the state. The total number of
boxes of cheese held by Wisconsin deal
ers in 1907 is 21O.566. as compared with
1856. 1902 the total for 1906.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
MILWAUKEE, HAY MARKET.

Choice timothy hay, 15.OO@15. %; No I
baT nay Ok 0Ta1 and Mo xad tm9shy
1850; choice Kansas and Nebraska prairie,
12.00@12:25; No. 1 prairie, 11.Oo@115o; No.
feeding, soo9sS5; 0 packing i hay, 6.5o@7o 90;
rye straw, S.25MS5O: oats straw, 725M75O.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10

and before one box was gone "elI'
through four days Of intense pam nn tr
ly passing a stone one-half by l'e-''N
teenths of an inch in diameter
haven't had a sign of kidney trouO'
since"
Sold by all dealers, SO cents d O'N'
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, \. l.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
The Senate was in session only four min
utes on the 9th, adjourning until Tuesday
as mark of respect to the memory of Sen
ator Mallory Of Florida, who died recently
House.
One hundred and sixty bills, some of them
of considerable Importance, were introduced
in the House on the 9th. President Roose-
velt's message urging that the employees to
take the next census be chosen under civil
service rules was read. Representative Ii.
B. Slemp Of the ninth Virginia district took
the oath of Office. At 1890 p. m. adjourn
meat was taken until Tuesday.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
LABOR MEN JUBILANT.

These labor cases have engaged the
services of some of the brightest law
yers of the country. James H. Haw-
ley has conducted the prosecution
throughout. He is the nestor of the Pa
cifc coast bar. The defense has had for
its advocate Clarence H. Darrow of
Chicago, who is now so i'll that his life
is despaired of.
Labor men here see great victory in
the Pettibone verdict. They declare that
it proves without a doubt that the Or.
chard story is a fabrication of lies The
trial of the Pettibone case was clean
throughout
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
WILL STAY IN WISCONSIN.
Des Moines Life Insurance Company Not
to Leave State.

MADISON. Wis. Jan. THE Des
MONIES Life Insurance company, which
declared its determination to withdraw
from Wisconsin because Of the new life
insurance reform laws. has notified the
department Of its reconsideration and re-
yersal of this determination. t will re-
main in the state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10

attacks Of hard pau
in the back, kidneys G
and bladder and 'ne
ney secretions
we're irregula rIy
scanty or profuSe'
Medical treatment
failed to cure nI,n'
"At last" says MI,
Wood, Il began using
Doan's Kidney Pills,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
R. A. BALLINGERRESIGNS
Land Commissioner to Be Succeeded or
March by Fred Dennitt,
His Assistant,

WASHINGTON, d. G. Jan. r
Richard a. Ballinger, commissioner of
the general land office has rendered his
resignation of that office to President
Roosevelt and it has been accepted, to
take effect March f. Fred Dennitt as
sistant commissioner, has been appointed
commissioner.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
A Reasonable Extrication.

pS-Who's that awful old trump over
there!
'09-That, sir. is my mother.
'OS-Er-ah-oh-, yes-um. Well
ahem-you just ought tc see mime
Harvard Lampoon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-10
VIRGINIA MERCHANT RID OF
A VERY BIG GRAVEL STONE

Another Remarkable Cure OF 0e
Kidney Trouble.
c. L. Wood, a prominent mercnan'
of Fentress, Norfolk Co., Va was SUI,
fering some months ago with trequen'
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
LOSING FOOTHoLD IN ORIENT.

Recent Decisions of Courts Alleged
to be the Cause
Washington, February 1g.-lnFCr I =
tion from unofficial and individual
sources evidencing the aggresslvencs5
Of Japan in Manchuria, has been "a
cumulating in the state department
for some time. That this condition
Is irritating II increasing degrees to
China, is also q matter of knowledge
here
1t is state with authority that in
TO manner has the Chinese govern
Elent brought the matter to the at
teLtion of the American government
is looked for. It is frankly am ttec
by officials who cannot be questioned
that America is losing her commercial
foothold in the orient This loss,
However is not charged to Japan.
Rather it is asserted to be the effect
Of the growing tendency toward in
ternal governmental regulation in
the United States.
Five years ago -four in barrels was
being shipped to the Orient from the
northwest, steel from Pittsbure, md
cotton in bales from Texas. These
shipments were made possible bocau7e
of an exceedingly lew ocean freight
rate arrived at by a railroad combI-
nation.
This rate has been condemned by
cur courts as a conspiracy against
trade, and the development of this
trade has been abandoned The do
mestfc war. as It is characterized,
against the Standard Oil Company
which is credited With the lareest
Oriental trade Of anv American en- 'er-
prise, is declared to have been disas-
trously effective in the Orient while
the tobacco and cotton trades are
said to have been dealt heavy blows
through the operations or regular reg
UiatiOns here
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

the revenue cutter Seminole reached
fore nge O'clocI- from It's rescue tip
Deal OcracOKe, where Invent on sun
day, III response to hurry orders from
Washington, TO the aid or the scaConer
MelhOse, which was reported stranG-
cd ihere.
Tie cutter lett port Sunday af.e.-
noon and reached the 31elrose on
Gerday morning. The schooner VS.
found ashore on Core beach near
Ccracoke BEND imbeGed in sthe sand
.GAd with feet Of " ater in the l4oid
M was seen at once that her cOnd ton
was dangerous and it is believed that
the vessel will be a total loss The
captain and crew of the MelrOse we g
taken off the schooner ON Sunday
morning after strenuous work by
the life saving station until the cutter
4ae members of the life saving crew
at Ocracoke. The men were kept at
arrived and they were taken on the
Seminole to Beaufort, where they were
landed.
The Melrose was bound from a Gu
Ban point to New York with a ergo
eon6isting CT salt, sugar and rum an
NJ Is not known how much o. the car
ge an be saved. Captain Marstor,
mas Ter o. the Melroee is well know
IN shipping circles here, having been
On the past a frequent trader at this
port
Nr. p II. Crowell Of Boston, one O.
the owners of the Melrose arrived In
the city yesterday morning and he
teft in the afternoon for Beaufort to
look after saving as much of the yes
sci and cargo as possible. The val
ue of the schooner and its cargo is
not known.
Norfolk, Va, Feb 19.-The three
WASTED Boston schooner Melrose VIII cb
stranded on the North Carolina
coast Sunday, ten miles south of Ocra-
coke inlet, has been abandoned by the
Norfolk wrecking tug Rescue. The
Stern of the Melrose is badly DANA ed
with the vessel full of water and it
is believed by the wreckers who w:n
10 the scene that the vessel will prove
g total loss. Her cargo of salt from
Turks Island is rapidly melting.
Captain Marston OF the Melrose wos
tnken of the schooner by the United
States revenue cutter Seminole and
taken, it is said to Beaufort The
Hemainder of the Mclrose's crew were
taken Off by coast life savers.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
FOR sEGaETlRr OF STATE
G GsneraI n. P. Roberts Of Gates.
Vile is a Candidate
So Stated TO Messenger Reporter
feSterday-Is I'm City ON ShoEt Visit
20 His Niecc-GrasfEed zt frc.eses
Of support.

General w. p. Roberts. who arrived
in the city on Tuesday night from his
home at Gatesville on a short visit te
his niece, Mrs c. ID. Bell on North
Third street, has been given a cordial
welcome to the city by his many
friends WHO are rejoicing to see him
in such fine health and with such q
hold on youth. The general was a
welcome visitor at the Messenger of
fee yesterday afternoon. He spoke OF
his pleasure at again being in Viii
mington, this being the first visit in
more than 20 years, and while, he
stated, that he was glad of the privi-
lege OF meeting and shaking hands
with so many old friends yet 4 great
number of those he once knew here
and esteemed have passed away, their
absence bringing a tinge OF sadness
to his visit.
General Roberts assured a Messenger
reporter that he is in earnest in his
candidacy before the next democratic
state convention for the office of
secretary Of state and he feels graft
fed at the promises of support by his
friends throughout the state. General
Roberts said that the only other can
didate for the Office besides himself so
far as he knows is the present incum-
bent, Mr.. J. Bryan Grimes, who he
esteems as a splendid fellow and good
friend. 49," General Roberts declared
Its not the man I am after. but the
Office
In this connection he referred to the
fact that Mr.. Grimes had already held
the office two terms, period of eight
years, a@id he ztato1 +'-n' eoc~T1ir,.
to his Information the ea12"v arriuc
that tire had amounAn4 r. ln9-a tilar
50,O0O. TIE party tca :i;c.- h" =, '~s.,,
he stated, that two terms is the limit
for a state official and he thought for
this reason he should be given the
nomination.
General Roberts says he will run his
campaign along the old line and he
asks the support Of democratic cit1-
5ons throughout the state.
General Roberts is an old Confed-
crate soldier and he thinks that on
this account some support should be
eiven him. He was in Lees army dur
ing the whole length of the civil
War. For eight years, 1881 to 1889 he
was state auditor, the salary at that
time having been only $500 year
He served the state to the best of his
ability at great financial and pecuniary
sacrifice
The announcement of General Rob-
erts' candidacy viii be received with
Interest throughout the state He is
we'll known in nearly every section
and doubtless he will be given hearty
support by many citizens.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
ARRIVALS 1T GERMAN COLDaI
Several Families Recently Settled
at heWberIin
Were Brought to the City BY Phila-
delphia Agent OF the G. Il. 10. Co..
Colonists Went to Newberlin On
Tuesday and Were Given Royal
Welcome to Their New Home.

| A party of Germans, composed OF
| several German families, arrived in
| the city On Tuesday morning from
! Philadelphia and in the Afternoon they
were taken to Newberlin, the German
colony recently established by the
Carolina Trucking Development Com
pany, on the w. G. & A Railroad,
where they will reside in the future.
The colonists were accompanied on
their trip 10 this city by Mr.. August
V. Demel, Philadelphia agent for the
CT. d. Co. people and they were met
here by Mr.. +. w. Holden, local agent,
who took charge of the party and
went with them to their new homes.
Superintendent Lipincott. in charge
of the NeWberlin colony, with a num-
Der of the colonists already situated
there, met the party at the train and
gave them a royal and hearty welcome
to the prosperous and progressive set
tlement.
The new arrivals temporarily are
quartered in the big boarding house
at Newberlin where they will remain
until houses are erected for them on
their various farms Each Of the fam
lilies has already been placed on a
farm and those arriving Tuesday lost
no time In getting to work, having
started at their labors yesterday.
The latest arrivals at the colony
have been in this country for about
four months and they are energetic,
hard working people who will undoubt-
edly make fine citizens
To make the new arrivals feel more
at home Mr.. Holden thoughtfully ar
ranged a big party for them and all
the other colonists on Tuesday night,
the affair having taken place at the
boarding house. 1t was a highly en-
joyable occasion to the members Of
the colony, furnishing the opportunity
for the different families to get better
acquainted.
Newberlin has a bright and attrac-
tive future before it and that section
will soon be settled with numbers Of
prosperous German farmers.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
COTTON MEN IN SESSION.
Southern Association Meets i'm Annual
Session at Dallas Texas

Dallas, Tex, Feb 19.-The features
OF the first days proceedings OF the
annual convention Of the Southern
Cotton Association here today was the
address Of w. B. Thompson prcs1-
dent of the New Orleans cotton ex-
change.
MIR. Thompson's subject was The
functions of legitimate cotton ex-
changes" The substance Of his ar2u-
ment was that the New Orleans cot
bon exchange is an indispensable ad-
Junct to the cotton raising industry
Of the south in that it furnishes q
market where the seller may post
the price he is willing to take for the
staple
He declared against gambling where
NO actual cotton was involved but
favored dealing in futures saying this
was absolutely necessary.
Several delegates replied to Mr..
Thompson.
B. w. Marston, of Eastpont, La :.
declared that the distinction which
&Ma AiVL1lpoOh lO uEdW OG-
tween an exchange and bucket
shop" Was the difference between
"Etweedle-dea and tweedle-dum.'
Mr.. Taylor, of Guthrie, Oklahoma: !:
R. R. Dancy, of Houston, Texas, and
Or. L. Johnson, of Cass station, Ga,
also joined in the discussion
H ID. Smith, of Columbia, S. C. ds-
czared that IN going after the bucket
shops, the convention was allowing
Itself to be switched off from the real
issue.
Men get rich by attending to their
own business" said Mr.. Smith. Let
Ns attend to our business by pro-
ceeding to make arrangements To
warehouse and finance the cotton.
What somebody in Liverpool or New
York or New Orleans may write on
u piece OF tissu> paper about the pfice
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
ANSWER IN LIBEL SUIT.
Filed Yesterday By Captain e. ID.
Williams-Denies Charges Made
in Complaint of Mr.. w. X. Wander
biIt. Jr.

Capt E. D. Williams president of
the Diamond Steamboat and Wrecking
Company, yesterday in the office o.
tie clerk of the United States court
filed his answer to the libel made
against the barge Beaver" owed by
that company which was Instituted
last week in the name of w. K. Van
derbilt. Jr., owner Of the pleasure
yacht Tarantula it being claimed that
the yacht was damaged by reason OF
being run into by the Beaver and
that the owner is entitled to some COM
pensation for the deprivation of tne
use of the yacht, total damages of
$500 being asked. The complaint
charged negligence and incompe ence
IN the answer the general charges Of
the complaint are admitted, but tie
charges of negligence, incompetence
and improper handling are denied
absolutely
The barge was being properly hand
led the answer alleges when bv an act
Of Providence, terrific wind and
strong tide caused the hawser at
tached to the Beaver" to part. wren
the barge was carried against the
Yacht. 1t is further alleged that the
yacht was at an exposed place and
that safe quarters assigned by the
harbor master when the Tarantuia
arrived In port had been deserted
and that i'll this manner proper pre-
CARTONS had not been observed.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

There is evidence next door to an
ocular demonstration that some
Cannon money is floating around in
this town and Of course in this et7t'.
If the Taft men vi core n oT"d and
promise not to tell W =
strate the fact. Btt here .. X V
Leak? This money got here and was
evidently divided up while he was az
tending a meeting Of negro bishops in
Washington, at which time all OF
them were making money a-a.ns
Taft.-reensboro Record.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

of cotton is no concern OF GUS
C. c. lark, assistant statistician
OF the United States department or
agriculture, read q paper on the meth
DDS employed by the bureau in rela-
ton to government cotton crop re-
ports.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21

GUTTER AGAIN IN P0R!
Returned Yesterday From its Trip
to 0craCrOhe

Gutter Left or Sunday to 90 to the
Aid of the Distressed Vessel
Captain and Crew Rescued by Life
SaVerS-Schooner Ashore With
Nine Feet OF Water in the Hold
One of Owners i'm the City fIester-
day.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
DETAILS OF NATIONAL MATCHES
Board for Promotion of Rifle Prac-
tice Makes Plans.

AT the meeting of the national board for
the promotion of rifle practice held here
Yesterday it was decided that the dls-
tances and order of fire for the national
team match shall be as follows;
|. 300 Yards slow fire; = 200 yards rapid
fire: >. GEO yards slow fire; !. 500 yards
slow fire. ). One skirmish run; o. l,oJu
yards slow fire.
In the national individual match the
distance and order of fire VIII remain the
same as at the last competition
In the national individual match prizes
have been increased to twelve gold med
ais. twelve silver medals. and twelve
bronze medals.
Cash prizes in the national individual
match will remain as they were last year.
namely, cash prizes for the flrst twelve
men. the first man to receive cash prize
of $40 each next lowest 10 receive 50 less
10 the twelfth man, who will receive
cash prize of 50.
In the national pistol match 1the new
target known as AZ will be used.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
FIND STOLEN GEMS.
Detectives Recover Small Fortune
in Antique Jewelry.

NEW YORK. January 11.-ln an IN
tenanted room in tenement house on the
East Side yesterday detectives found a
valise containing ancient jewery valued
at S1101a. stolen Sunday from the home
of Charles F. Brooker at Ansonia. Conn.
Frank Riva. who was formerly butler
in Mr.. Brokers Ansonia home. his vile
Enrica and his brother Carlo are under
arrest charged with the theft, and are
held awaiting eXtradition papers from
Connecticut Although Riva WAS identi-
fed by pawnbrokeTs and dealers IN an
tiuues as a man who had tried to sell
them antique jewelry. nothing Of The kind
was found in the rooms he occupied with
his wife. Yesterday detectives went 10 1
tenement house where they had seen Riva.
and in a room which had been rented 10
a man whose description answered 10 that
of Diva was found the valise contain
ing the jewels. MIR Brokers house was
twice robbed after Riva left there. both
times the theft getting a key from lis
hiding place and opening the secret safe
in which the antique jewels were kept.
The total value OF the jewels taken was
SrJ coo
Evening star., 1908-01-12

X. I'd Regiment: Henry II. Leizear: COM
Many / 1st. Regiment; Edward McGovern'
Company |, I'd Regiment; Willis Madden
Company d. 1st Separate Battalion. Ben
iarain Nadert. Company G., I'd ReSl-
nant: paul j. Martin, Company Is: %
Regiment: George W. Nusbaum, Com
~ 4 Isl Regiment: John w. Payne.
Company f. I'd Regiment; Samuel r.iI =,
Ruark. Company l.. lst regiment % VI
liam H Rupertus. Company X. I'd Regl-
mant. Alfred ]. Schmidt. Company G, lst
Regiment: e Willie A. smedley. COMPANY G.
ad Rapiment: James NJ Stewart, Company
l. I'd Regiment; Joseph d. Stout. Com
pany G. 1st Regiment; John IaSior, 1onl-
a Ar "a Regiment: Joseph A. Wade.
1.omnany g. 1st Separate Battanon'
Charles A. Woodin, Brigade Band.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Good Road Work.

ALBANY. January 11.-Once more re-
publican politicians are endeavoring to
get control of good roads construction
from the democratic state engineer and
have the new highways built under the
supervision OF republican. The legisa
tive committee that has bbeen ''investi-
eating good roads construction will re-
port within short time. The committee
is now preparing 10 recommend that
have charge Of all good roads. The SUI
pervisor is TO be appointed BY the gov
ernor.
Last year after the successful demo-
cratic state candidates had taken Office
the republican politicians set about 10
find ways and means TO get the good
roads work away from the state engineer
But Gov. Hughes refused 10 interfere. and
il is not at all likely that. the governor
this year will stand for any change in
the existing law.