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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-11-28
Lewis Last Hope For Life

Dispositions OF neighbors, as to his
character. and OF experts, as to his
sanity, will be presented to the Board
OF Pardons by counsel for Irwin A.
Lewis. under sentence OF death at West
Chester. for numbering his S year old
step daughter. near Landenberg, in
1907. as a last effort to save him from
execution.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
TAFT TO FISH
WIN Spend Few Days on Lake Erie
Fishing

flsnlng
Hot Springs, Aug. 17-Candidate
Taft and party will leave Virginia Hot
Springs Friday. August 2S, for a
weeks fishing Mn Lake Erie, at the
end Of which he will go to Cincin-
natl. Septemger or s to remain un-
til election day. The announcement
Of the itinery which is to conclude
the candidates pre-campaign vaca-
ton. was made today. Mr.. and Mrs.
Taft will be the guests of the Middle
Bass club the headquarters Of which
are on Middle Bass island, a short
distance out in Lake Erie from Put
in-Bay. The club claims distinction
for having had as members, Presi-
dents Hayes, Garfield and Mckinley.
and being the host on. a number OF
occasions Of President Cleveland. The
visit Of the Taft party was arranged
by Charles =. Lewis of Toledo, presi-
dent of the club and Representative
]. Warren Keifer, member of the
club. Mr.. Taft Is fond of fishing and
has been induced to believe that the
change for q week from the noun
tains to the lake will put just the
proper edge on his condition of fit-
ness for the front porch work he is
to do in his native city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
Cannot be Organized Be-
fore That Time
Western Speakers Bureau
SENATOR B0RACH WILL Be
PUT on THE HusT|Mes
Demands for HIS servcs Coming
From All Parts Of the Country and
He VIII Not Be Tied to 0rgani.
.ation Work.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Republican
speaking campaign in the west will
not be opened until about September
IL. That date was agreed upon today
in the conference of the political lead
ers with Chairman Frank H. Hitch
cock Of the Republican national COM
mittee. The organization Of western
speakers' bureau can not be effected
by Mr.. Hitchcock until he comes west
again In about ten days. It had been
expected that Senator Borah of Idaho
would assume direction Of the bureau,
but the announcement was made to-
day that there had been such q de-
mand for him to speak in all parts of
the country that It had been decided
he was too good an asset for speaking
purposes to admit of his being tied
down to the organization work.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17

delay. The punishment of notorious
criminals thus is constantly being
postponed In violation Of every prin-
ciple OF Justice. This Is especially
nagrant In the suing out Of writs Of
error from the supreme court Of the
United States to review the recision
Of the highest courts OF criminal jur-
isdiction In the several states. We
recommend that no writ Of error be
returnable in criminal cases to the
supreme court OF the CntS States
should be allowed unless " ,,stice
OF that court shall certify nG Nere
is probably cause to believe Sh ne
defendant was unjustly convicNc.
In support Of this; recommendasto,
the committee quotes an address =,
Andrew D. White in which he stat
ed that while murders were increas-
Ing rapidly. yet the procedure
against them was becoming more and
more ineffective and In the light Of
recent cases In New York and else
where, was seen to be a farce, adding
that he favored preventing appeals
based on mere technical matters and
upon errors Of trial Judges in trtfline
matters OF procedure and the like
which have nothing to do with the
question of guilt or innocence.
The committee declares that the
referes In civil procedure which Il
recommends are not theoretical but
nave been tried and adopted in Eng
land to the satisfaction Of the bar and
the benefit Of the litgigants.
$50 far as reform in criminal pro.
ceedure Is concerned" says the re.
port, the grievance of which we com.
plain has never existed in England
but the statutory provisions there are
similar to those recommended by us.
The committee will submit the
draft of an act to amend in the par.
ticulars concerning the judicial pro,
ceedure OF courts in the United
States.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
IN DEFENSE OF
MARY WRIGHT
Said That Prominent People
Are Backing Woman
Hearing Postponed

Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. lex
citement still seems to run high here
with reference to the case of Mary
Wright who is confined in the Ram
sey county Jail charged with the mur-
der of Babe" Wright, her 16-year-
old adopted. daughter. 1t is said that
prominent people are assisting in the
defense Of Mrs. Wright and it is
known that she intends to make a
vigorous fight Rumor on the streets
has It that Stephen ]. Cowley, the
Larimore attorney, will defend her, he
was a caller at the courthouse today
and held consultation with her but
would not say whether or not the re-
port was true but remarked that no
definite arrangements had been made.
The hearing has been postponed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
SLAYER HELD
A Charge Of First Degree Murder
Against William Hill.

Coffeyville, Kas., Aug. 1.-THE pre-
liminary hearing of William Hill
charged with murder in the first de-
gree for killing David Alexander near
here last Monday night, was held this
afternoon and Hill was held for trial
in the district court in October. His
bond was fixed at $4,000. His friends
are working to furnish the bond, but
1t is not believed that they will sue
ceed. Hill has been taken back to
the county Jail at Independence.
The defense offered no testimony at
all today and made no objections to
the request Of the state that Hill be
held. The prosecution offered only
enough testimony to show that Hill
had killed Alexander. The first wit
ness was Mrs. John Mcfarland. moth
er OF Mrs. Hill. After relating the
details of the shooting, she was asked
about the relations between her
daughter and Alexander
"Merely Good Friends"
"They were merely good friends
she said. They were not making
love in the buggy, when Hill saw
them and not even talking of each
other. They were discussing the buy.
ing of some water melons for The
boarding house the next day when
Hill opened fire upon them"
That the shooting was impulsive
rather than premeditated seemed to
be borne out by the testimony of D. N
Gard, the farmer, whose melon patch
Hill was guarding. Gard said that
Hill was sitting in the moonlight for
some time, apparently thinking deep
ly. His head rested on his hands
Near him lay the shotgun. Suddenly
Gard said. he and Hill heard two bug
gies coming down the road. With.
out word Hill picked up his shot
gun and started down toward the
fence. Gard asked him what he was
going to do, and Hill replied tina: II
his wife and Alexander were in the
rig together he was going TO make
Alexander get out of the buggy and
walk back to the boarding house
alone
I had no idea that Hill intended to
kill any one," said Gard.
Alexander's Mother tainted.
Mrs. Hill was not at the prelimin.
ary today. She was confined to hel
room, although the doctor says she
will recover from the wounds of the
stray shot,
After the hearing was over Eil
laughed and joked with his friends
The father and mother of Alexander
started today to drive over the seen.
Of the killing. AS they approactet
the scene Mrs. Alexander tainted ant
is still under the care of a doctor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
BALTIMORE SUN
BOLTS Mr.. BRYAN
Democratic Paper Of Maryland
Declares for Taft in Edi-
torial Announcement

Baltimore, Nd. Aug. 1.-THE Sun,
Maryland's leading Democratic paper,
editorially rejects Bryan and declares
for Taft. The SUMS influence is ex-
pected to carry the state for tbs Re-
publican nominee. =.
The editorial says in part:
1T ts the Judgment Of the Sun that
the material welfare OF the people of
the United states-industria and A.
nancial-would be promoted to a
greater degree by the election Of Mr..
Taft than. by the election OF Mr..
Bryan: that their rights would 5e
safeguarded as carefully by Mr.. Taft
as by Mr.. Bryan.
Fine phrases do not multiply the
avenues Of employment. Eptgrams
butter no bread and start no factor
les. Repartee and ready debate do
not raise the scale Of wages. The
products Of the farm are not ina rked
by eloquence or fine ,diction. Wo do
not question Mr.. Bryan's sincerity or
his devotion to the interests CT the
people. But we believe thI the ma
terial welfare of the nation would he
safer In the hands of q president o!
Mr.. Taft's temperment and calm .udg-
ment, ind for this reason We favor
his election to the pres'l sncy.
I'VE believe the election OF Mr..
Taft would tend to hasten the restora-
ton of prosperous business condi-
tons. We believe that his adminislra-
ton will be prudent. Therefore we
support him from sense of public
duty" stS u. 3y.. -, x.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
EXHIBITION OF
GRIT. AND NERVE
Injured Man Carried Injured
Arm wo Blocks in Search
Of Physician

Chicago. Aug. .4l7.-A remaFkable
exhibition Of grit and nerve was wit
messed today when Geo. NAgle, q
years Of age. carrying his left arm,
which had been severed by Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul train, staggered
up to a policeman and tainted after
telling his story. Nagle had carried
the grewsome bundle Of i mangled
flesh for two blocks in an effort to
find physician's office. He had at
tempted to board a passing freight
tratn but had slipped on the wet
rungs Of the ladder and fallen be-
meath the trucks. He was taken to
tbs hospital
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
.UNWR|TTEN LAW
MAY Be DEFENSE
Man Who Killed Despoiler Of
His Home Little Concern.
ed in Court

New Work, Aug. 17.-Captain Peter
G. Hams. Jr.. U. S. A., who shot and
killed William E. Annis on Saturday
at the Rayside Yacht club. was today
arraigned in the first district court in
Long Island City before Magistrate
Matthew j. Smith. Arranged with the
captain was his brother. T. Jenkins
Hams, who kept back the crowd with
revolver while his brother carried
out his vengeance on the man who he
asserted had ruined his home. The
two men were yesterday taken from
the Flushing police station. where
they had been confined during the
night, to Long Island City. In court
the brothers showed little concern
over their predicament. General Peter
G. Hains, father of the young men,
was in court today looking after the
interests of his sons.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
NOBLE TRIBUTE
TO NAVAL HERO
Retirement Of Rear Admiral
Evans Will be Fittingly
Celebrated by Neighbors

Mohonk Lake, Md, Aug. 17-On
Tuesday evening, Rear Admiral Rob-
ley D. Evans, Fighting Bob," will
have concluded forty-eight years OF
service In the United States navy ayd
being then at the age of 62, will 60
on the retired list. The admiral and
his family are spending the summer
at the Lake Mohonk house. The
guests of the hotel are planning q
celebration befitting the official close
of remarkable naval career. Elab:
crate exercises have been planned fol-
the occasion.
j. Edward Simmons, president oi
the New York chamber OF; commerce
will preside and deliver an address
and Andrew IS. Draper, commissioner
er Of education of the state of New
York, on behalf Of the guests. will
present, to Admiral Evans, a magnifi:
cent loving, cup, provided by popular
subscription. Letters from the presi-
dent of the United States many ad-
mirals Of the navy and other distin.
guished men, will be read.
The hotel will be attractively deco.
rated and in the parlor, where the
exercises will be held, will be two
flags, one the flag that fDated over
the Iowa when that vessel, under the
command of Admiral Evans, took
part in the battle of Santiago; the
other the flag of the Connecticut un.
der which the admiral made the voy.
age from Hampton Roads to San
Francisco.
A distinguished audience will be
present to do honor to the occasion
Among those already present or ex.
pected are Col. Hugh L. Scott, com.
mandant at West Point: Rear Admiral
R. R. IngersolI, Commodore e. C.
Benedict. Chief Engineer VIM. l.
Bailie, u. 8. N, Col. Robert M
Thompson and General Anson G. Nc.
Cook, u. s. A., Governor Hughes OF
New York; Paul Morton, former Sec
retary of the navy; Frank A. Wander
lin. vice president of the National
City bank of New York; Rev. DR.. Her
rick Johnson formerly of Chicago
and 8. Matsukata son of the elder
Statesman" OF Japan.
The speeches will be followed by
a reception in honor of the admiral
whose popularity at Lake Mohonk is
unbounded.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
Last Boating Party Caught on
Harbor Was Accounted for
This Morning
HARBOR WAS COVERED WITH
CRAFT WHEN STORM FELL
Cyclone Swept Down Without Warn.
ing in a Space of Ten Minutes
Boat Driven Ashore and Occupauts
Tramped Through Woods. j,

Duluth. Aug. 17.-Not single
fatality resulted from the cyclone
which swept down upon the harbor
yesterday. The last yachting party
was accounted for at 5 o'clock this
morning. The day had been intense
ly warm and the harbor was crowded
with pleasure crafts when the storm
came up within the space Of ten min
utes. At 8 o'clock this morning the
only party missing was one Of six
which had gone out in sail boat owned
by Frank S. Farrell. They had last
been seen far out In the lake and It
was feared they had all been drowned.
The boat however drifted ashore and
the members of the party tramped
through the wet woods to the nearest
telephone and reported their safety
to friends in the city.
MORE
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
FROM
SIGHT Of BLOOD
Conclusion of Brain Due to
Fall Resulted in Woman's
Death

New York, Aug. IA shock, caused
her by the sight of the mangled hand
of her son is thought to have caused
indirectly the death of Mrs Robert A.
Howie. SO years old, of East Orange.
Her son Alexander hurt his hand and
the mother set about the task of dress
ing the injured member. She remarked
at the time that the sight made her
feel faint and queer. She went up
stairs to her room and in few mo-
ments the members of the family
heard the sound of fall. They found
Mrs. Howie unconscious on the floor.
Physicians were summoned but they
failed to revive her. 1t is thought
that concussion of the brain was the
cause of her death.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
NO APPEALS ON
TECHN|CAL|T|Es
This is the Recommendation
Of Committee Of American
Bar Association

New York Aug. 17-Courts Of ap-
peal will no longer decide either civil
or criminal Nugaalons brought be-
fore them on purely technical points,
but will base their rulings on the
merits OF the cases II the recommen-
detions formulated by special COM
mlttee Of the American Bar associa-
ton shall become q law.
This committee was appointed by the
association at it's last annual meeting
to suggest remedies and draft pro-
posed laws tQ prevent delay and un-
necessary cost in litigation. The re-
port will be presented at the next an
nual meeting to be held In Seattle
from August Is to 28. #
It opens with q statement that the
existing evils which seems most Sc
rius to the committee, is, the dispo-
sition on many Jurisdictions to dis
pose Of appeals or writs Of error,
both In civil and criminal cases; up
on technical grounds, and not to de-
eide them upon the merits. In the
Judgment Of the committee, the rule
for deciding appeals and writs Of err
ror, should not be based an reversi-
BILE errors committed In the court be-
low, but upon the merits as the case
appears upon the record.
Continuing. the report calls atten-
tion to the fact that the tendency Of
the courts In common law cases is
to construe adherence to strict legal
rules as the right Of each party, and
to reverse II there has been any m
fraction Of these rules.
This makes the trial Of q case .
gamej" declared he committee, Sin
which the one who plays the most
skilfully, wins. the merits Of the con-
troversy having no part.
The Unrestricted right to q writ
OF error In criminal cases Is char
Scterized by the committee as o hag-
rant abuse in judicial procedures.
These writs," the committee adds,
-sre constantly sued out solely for
t4
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
Three Known to be Dead and
a Dozen Missing and
Drowned
THE STEAMER WAS PLYING
Between PLEASURE RESORTS
Explosion Wrecked he Upper Works
Hurting the Victims Ino the Water
and in the Panic Many Of Them
We're Drowned.

Traverse City, Mich, Aug. IT,
Three persons are known to be dead,
a dozen or more are missing and are
supposed to be drowned. two are
fatally injured and number are
seriously hurt, as the result of the
blowing up OF the steamer Leelanau
on Carp lake today. The steamer,
which plies between the resorts on
Carp lake was on its way from Lee
land to Fouche on its early morning
trip. Between thirty and forty pas
sengers were on board. At 1880 the
boiler of the steamer blew up, hurl-
ing many into the lake, and scalding
others. The upper works were en-
tirely blown to pieces.
The known dead are:
MRS. ISABEL LABONTA, aged As
years. sister of Captain Mosier,
saleswoman Of Traverse City.
Two unidentified persons.
The fatally injured are:
Mrs. Ralph Hastings, Traverse
City and A. B. Cook, Traverse City.
The badly injured are Richard
Stession, Iceland and John Haunting
of Iceland. Among the missing are
Mr.. and Mrs. August Getzer. A panic
followed the explosion and for time
little help could be given those who
were thrown into the water. 1t is
thought that number Of these
perished by drowning. ~.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
BACK TO AFFINITY
The Course Of an Eastern Preache
Being Watched With Interest,

New York, ug. 17.-when the Rev.
]. Frank Cordova leaves prison in
Trenton. N. j.. today he enters upon
q new chapter Of one of the most in
teresting lives that has ever come be-
fore the New York papers. Few men
have occupied 50 much space or made
more conversation among moralists
and those who delve in human interest
mysteries.
Two women play parts in the new
chapter Of the fallen minister's life.
The one, Julia Bovine, daughter Of a
village blacksmith, who, while singing
IN the church choir, became the min
tster's affinity, is with her parents and
child at Ocean Grove. The other, the
wife OF the minister, is at Atlantic
Highlands with her children.
To which Of these women will the
released convict go!
The wife declares she will not d.
vorce him; Economy and not senti-
.ments dictates this decision. She says
that she will not spend the money
reqdifea FOR the divorce. Cordova
has often insisted that he will return
to the young girl with whom he fled
after he had tried, according to his
story, to keep her out of his life.
A strange affection, he says, always
draws him to her and he may attempt
to resume his relations with her. But
In the absence of divorce he cannot
legally do so, and the wife stands in
the way Of the divorce.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17

ton and a little disenchanted with
what 1t has brought.
The Albanians showed deep dissat-
isfaction. They have never fused
with any other branch of humanity,
but are loyal to the sultan. 1t has
now dawned on the tribal chiefs that
they are unable to parry the Christ
ians longer and they are holding
councils to consider the situation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
NOVEL EXPERIENCE
Baby Born to Mother During Runawa,
of Carriage.

Pittsburg, Aug. 17.-While John
Robsik was driving home with his
family from a christening yesterday,
the horse became frightened, ran
away and upset the carriage. When
Robsick picked up his wife after the
accident. he found the stork had
reached her during the mixup and had
left fine baby boy in her care. Both
mother and babe were driven home
uninjured by their experience.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
HAREM REVOLTED
Women of Turkey Aided IN Securing
Constitution,

London, Aug. IA correspondent
Of the Express at Monastir sends all
interesting account of how Turkish
women helped in the transformation
of Turkey into CONSTITUTIONAL state
They were employed by the Young
Turk party to do work which it was
often very difficult If not impossible
for men to do.
The correspondent says he was i'm
pressed by the ambition OF Turkish
women at Monastir to obtain freedom
1t was less astonishing at Salonica
and Constantinople, where there is a
large foreign element. yet is was no
ticed that in. the former place a wo-
man OF distinction, the wife of a
Young Turk officer, appeared on tit
streets unveiled and carrying a ban
ner the day the constitution was pro-
claimed. Instead OF being criticised
she was greeted with applause and
her husbands comrades publicly kiss
ed her hands.
Visitors In Harem.
The women have not gone SO far
in Monastir, yet the correspondent
says he actually was introduced into
the harem of a rich merchant, an
adherent of the Young Turk party.
He found his hosts wife and sisters
unveiled and wearing European dress.
They conversed in French easily, dis
cussing the political questions of the
day. All had helped in the conspir-
acy. or, as they said, in "the prelim-
mary work"
They told how many women, i'm
mune from molestation. had Travelled
to and fro with important messages
for the men. AS proof of the keen
ness of Turkish women 1t was related
that some of these Monastir folks had
of late years dispensed with servants,
working themselves in order to parry
spies. Some had worn black until the
constitution was proclaimed Then
they dressed in white
ii Not Suffragettes.
The women do not seem however.
to be suffragettes, for when the cor
respondent asked If their own eman-
cipation were part of the movement
their answer was an energetic "Yok,"
thrice repeated. "yok" meaning no.
The correspondent who went to
Monastir from Uskub states that he
found many changes in the demeanor
of the people, who seem already to
be QuN familiar with the constitu-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17

heading in 1t is assumed the wreck
would never have occurred.
The conductor and brakeman on
the rear end Of the work train were
thrown OF by the shock and badly
shaken up, Conductor McElroy re-
ceiving eevere scalp wound as he
fell.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-08-17
FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR
Banker Who Swiped $4,000 Got Five
Years in Pen.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Aug. 17.-Five
years. Imprisonment in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan, is
the sentence pronounced today by
Judge Garland of the United States
court in the case Of George d. Horras,
former cashier of the Hot Springs
National bank which closed it's doors
last fall. Horras pleaded guilty to
making false reports and embezzling
$25, 900.