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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-16
METAL QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, June l5.-Moderate ad' vances were reported in the London tin market today with spot sl34, I2s, 6d and the futures fl36. The local market was dull and a shade higher at 29.372 to 29.75.
 London copper was unchanged with spot at S59, los and futures f6O, 7s, 6d. Locally copper was dull and unchanged with Lake at l3.621a to 1875; electro lytie l3.37h to 1850 and casting 1925 to l3.37a.
 London lead was lower at fi3, Is, 3d. Locally the market remained dull at 4.35 to 4.45.
 Spelter in London was lower at f22, and locally dull at 5.35 to 5.45.
 Silver 52 II; Mexican dollars fl.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-16
HON CAP LOOKS GOOD

President Frank A. Woodward of the National Mining Exploration company and R. J. Young, superintendent of the .company's Fumsrole mine near Stafford, are st the Dominion hotel. MT. Wood ward is making frequent trips to the Iron Cap mine about three miles east of here where the new Williams shaft is being sunk with every expectation of striking good ore bodies at 500 or 800 feet.
 The Williams shaft is now down about 60 feet. At present a large hoist Is being erected there. This hoist
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-16

months contract will be large is con ceded by radical bulls.
 The range on July was between 1l5 and 116. The market closed weak with July lis l-2 to ll5 5-S.
 Corn was weak and closed at de- cline of l-2 to 3-4 with July at 72.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-16
GRAINS WEAK

CHICAGO, June l5.-The wheat mar. ket was weak all day owing to renew ed selling of July based on bearish harvest news. The market was poorly supported and the bulk of offerings was takei by shorts That the July de livery will be "new crop" month and the amount of delivery on that
Evening star., 1909-08-30
DRAINING MISSOURI swAMps.
In Southeastern Counties It Is Call
ed "Little Panama Canal"
e Memphis CnmmerciaI.Anneal

Prom the Memphis Commercal-Appcal
II was fifteen years ago that the first
dredgeboat started operations in south
east Missouri. and the first ditch dug was
in New Madrid county, it being forty feet
wide and twenty-nine miles long. This
ditch drained the big lakes OF water which
stood in that county the year round. The
next several years but little work was
done in this line. However, about eight
years ago the work was again started in
several OF the seven counties. and since
hat time nearly one thousand miles of
drainage bitches have been constructed
In seven OF the counties. The bitches are
from twenty To seventy feet in width, ten
feet deep and We're constructed by means
Of steam clipper dredgeS. All this work
was done by small c. unity drainage dis
tricts at a cost of from s3 to ST per acre
Now the most elaborate system Of
drainage ever undertaken is that lust
planned by the Little River drainage dis
trict. which will undertake To convert
about 10000 acres OF the lowlands into
the richest and most productive farming
section of the state. They estimate an
expenditure of nearly $3O0O.OOo in the
work Within short time work will be
on a diversion channel. which
VIII start near the lines OF Boilinger and
cane f}trardeau counties. 1t will be near
" Thirty miles in length and Will divert
the six streams flowing into the lowlands
and conduct their waters into the Missis-
sippi river about three miles south of the
,jfy of Cape Girardeau.
The drainage enterprise OF southeast
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Mis- souri, has reached such a magnitude
that 1t has quite often been referred 10

Mis- souri, has reached such magnitude
that 1t has quite often been referred TO
AS the Little Panama canal Its COM
pietion means the opening up of one of
the greatest and most productive farm
ing sections IN the entire country The
government is also lending valuable as
sistance toward protecting the country
from overflow water. An immense levee
Is now under way of construction. This
levee starts in just south of Cape Cir
ardeau and borders the lowlands on the
east. following the river at varied dis
tance Of from one to three miles pass
ing through the eastern boundary of the
big swamp The right of way. which is
covered with large forest trees. is being
cleared and the ievee constructors are
following closely behind throwing up the
dump. This levee will terminate at the
foot of the Hills in Scott county. The sec
tion through which this lsvee is being
built has for many years been the path
way for waters of the Mississippi when it
overfiowed its banks. and through this
channel nearly all of the lower country
IS annually covered to a depth Of several
feet. Several months will be consumed in
its construction, but the work will be
completed before another spring rise
comes.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

obtain Jurors from the more Intelligent
portion Of the community Among
nine states Wisconsin showed the nigh
est proportion of convictions 10 prosecu-
tions-namely. 4O.5 per cent. during the
same period (three years. IN ldaho. OF
twenty-one persons indicted for MURDER IN
the first degree, not single one was
convicted as charged In Maine. Which
abolished capital punishment in 1910, the
proport ons of convictions rose from ia
par cent to 64.5 per cent After four
years of abolition the death penalty was
partially restored in Colorado in 1901, the
jury having the right to decide IN us
verdict whether the penalty snail ne ne
imprisonment or death by hanging
- Since the establishment OF the
law aholisiing capital punishment ~ per
cen; of murder trials have resulted IN
convictions In Kansas the saiioWs,
after a quarter of century or oesue.
tude, was formally abolished by law.
II was not until 1908 that ONO aoolisheo
the death penalty.
Unwillingness to Convict.
With regard to the states which still
retain capital punishment AR. Shipley
cites the opinions of number OF prom
inent men. all in favor OF the abolition
of the death penalty. Of these We sum-
marize a few:
Observation-Disclosures Thomas
L. Davis, speaking for abolition; SAID:
''Juries drawn on murder trials are
often SO awed by the responsibility placed
upon them that rather than render
verdict that will take the mans IRE,
for fear there is a faint posslblllty that
he is innocent, although they know that
he isn't, they will disagree or bring IN
verdict of not guilty Mr. william
Lloyd Garrison said: This horror OF IN
ficting the death penalty makes Juries
violate their oaths. or 1oi persons IN
dicted for murder in 190l-0i, six only
were convicted Of murder in the first
degree.
New York-The late Edmund Clarence
Stedman in 1869 said that there was
among jurymen and justices SO strong
a repugnance to taking human life tnat
il had become doubly difficult to convict
a prisoner on the charse of murder.
Yale wrote: Courts of law are failibie.
and the consciousness of this fallibility
is ever present in the minds or Juries.
There are many cases In which jury
is unwilling to convict when death Is 10
ensue. when 1t might be more wiling
to sentence a man to life imprisonment.
Labor Unions and Hanging.
Labor unions generally oppose the death
penalty. Mr.. John j. Fitzpatrick, pres
ident of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor. when a candidate for the office OF
sheriff, said: Organized labor every
where stands for the abolition of capital
punishment. and if ! Am elected sherin
will do my best to flrther this civilized
reform. I never have taken human life
and do not intend to, even If my act
Evening star., 1909-08-30
DEATH PENALTY AND JUR|ES
DOES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
PREVENT CoNvICTIoNsp
Fear Of Hanging May Not Deter
Men From Murder-Jurors Loath
to Vote for Execution.
rom the American Review Of Reviews

From the American Review Of Reviews.
Among the many perspicacious utter
ances Of the late Henry Ward Beacher
none was truer than his observation that
while the fear of hanging does not deter
men from crime, the fear of inflictins
death deters many a jury from finding
just verdict, and favors the escape of
criminals This is cited by Mr.. May
nard Shtpley in an article in the Ameri-
can Law Review, in the course of which
he presents some figures and opinions
which tend to show that the sooner capi-
tai punishment is abolished altogether
the sooner justice will coma into her own.
The first state in the Union to abolish
ns4s, the death penalty permanently was
Michigan; and. replying to an inquiry as
% the results, Gov. Austin Blair of that
state said Before the abolition of the
death penalty murders We're not unfre-
quent, but convictions were rarely or
never obtained. Convictions and punish
ment are now much more certain than
before the change was made. The re-
form has been successfully tried and is
no longer an experiment. For purposes
Of comparison it. is interesting 10 note
that while in Michigan the percentage
Of convictions of persons indicted for
murder was 2So in Massachusetts dur
ing the same period the percentage was
but lO. Rnode lSland, IN lSi-, enacted q
law limiting the infiiction of the death
penalty 10 condemned murdererS who
should attack their keepers; and Gov
Wye, writing twelve years later. said:
Conviction More Certain.
MY observation fully justifies me in
saying that conviction for murder is far
more certain now in proper cases than
when death was the penalty for it Ac-
cording to Andrew Palm. In his work,
."The Penalty of DEATH the convictions
in Rhode Island murder trials were 81
per cent as compared with II per cent
In Massachusetts, during the same
period" The abolition of the death pen
atty in Wisconsin was largely due to
1.-The extreme difficulty experienced in se-
curing convictions in murder trials >
the great aversion of many to the taking
of life rendering 1t almost impossible to
Evening star., 1909-08-30
DAVID B. HILL IS SIXTY-SIX.
Ex-Governor and Ex-senator Out OF
Politics Five Years.

ALBANY. n. Y, August 30.-Former
Gov. and former United States Senator
David B. Hill celebrated his sixty h
birthday yesterday at his home, Wolfert' s
Roost.
Senator Hin spent the day quietly with
several friends whom he entertained at
dinner He received number of cable
grams and hundreds of kilograms con-
graduating him and wishing him many
years OF happiness and usefulness.
1t was just five years ago yesterday
that Senator Hill formally withdrew from
political life. His one and only appear
ance at a political meeting since that
time was when he presided at the great
mass meeting which Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed In this city in the presidential
campaign last fall.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

would be sanctioned by law \ MEM
Der of the Stationary Engineers Union
was expelled because he proposed that
the number Of capital crimes be In
creased"
There are perhaps some who agree
with Prof. John Dewey of the Chicago
University that there may be circum-
stances under which the death penalty
is necessary, but even he admits that
where the moral opinion of the conlmu
nifty Is highly developed and where SCI
entific penology has made considerable
progress. it is likely to be more harmful
than helpful" Prof. S. T. Emerson points
out another factor tending TO make cap
ital punishment !mpracticable. and, indi-
rectly, leading to illogical verdicts: Fail
ure to convict for murder is largely the
result Of the feeling that society IL
measurably responsible for crime
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Spot With the Polish On.
From the New York World

=
There are many kinds of sport" 80
the schoolboy might write, going with
his shining morning face into the weekly
task of the composition. He would mer-
ton some of the kinds, presumably WITH
base ball and fishing near the top of the
list and with respectable place given to
the hunt. But in writing Of the case
he would mean going after bears in the
real woods, or lions in the unhedged
wilds. or tigers with undoubted lairs.
From the days news the boy writer NAV
gather an extension of his category OF
sports. We commend to him the story
of the young American millionaire who
spends $4,000 to put into shape a Brit
ish grouse moor over which may pass
hundred .'beaters who will induce the
birds to rise to their fate. This Is sport
with a polish. 1t involves no crIdeness
of environment nor perlous fever of ad-
venture. Barring a splash of mud or
the touch of wet grass. IL Is clean sport.
Thanks to the perfection of shel-making
one may escape wonderfully the smudSe
of powder.
II is true that the birds cannot tisa
back. that they become even half tame
in their familiar haunts. This and the
fact that thsy are killed in needless.
wasteful numbers are points of grave con-
Germ only as one may be moved so Id
find them. We reflect here upon grouse
slaughter a sport. Is II not for the
birds happy lot to die of expert shoot
ing at the hands of most serene and gen
temanly shots? They perish indeed
that an institution may live. In view of
the grouse-rnoor instance let us complain
but softly that our young blood lacks
direction and genius in spending the lib
eral dollars OF the daddies.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Byron's Bride Of Abydos.
From the London Globe.

from the LONDON Globe.
1t is Just 100 years ago that Lord Byron
arrived in Greece. where he wrote that
beautiful poem THE Bride of .Ahydos"
and that exquisite song the Maid Of Ath-
ems which. says a Paris contemporary,
every Englisiman of culture knows by
heart.
Documents enable to establish the
true identity OF the heroine of this last
poem She was one of the three daugh-
ters of Mr.. Black, English vice consul at
Athens, at whose house Byron for some
time lived. After the departure OF the
poet Theresa Black married an archaeolo-
gist. NJ Pittakis, whose widow she be-
came several years later. Her beauty.
her charm. her elegance, conquered every
Heart, including Byrons. In 1873 the
heroine of the poet was an old woman Of
upright figure and still showing signs of
her former beauty With age had come
poverty. The Times. moved by her dis
tress. opened at this epoch a subscription
in her favor. She died In 1915.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Filled Woods With Voices.

hiding and declared that they had heard
everything the delighted old man would
sing his songs and crack his jokes all
over again, and as wind-up OF the per-
formance give them the notes of the
phip- -poor-wil and the bob-white and
the hoot OF owls and of many strange
birds and beasts that nobody but old
Bill Shafer would ever have thought of
finding in the Newton woods
The other day wood-cutter who was
passing the place wondered why he didn I
hear "A song or a joke coming from the
hut SO he looked in. The old man was
unconscious on his cot, with his violin
beside him.
Tie wood-cutter notified the village.
4 doctor was sent to the shanty, but
there was nothing TO be done for the
fiddler.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
What's in a Namee

From the Cleveland Leader.
''Why did your firm back out of that
deal?'
Well, the silent partner made an awful
roar about It. and we had to-
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Young Architect enthusiastically
When yoa get into the new house you
won't know yourselves. Miss n. Rich
Excuse me; 1t will be other people We
won't know.-Scrans
Evening star., 1909-08-30

THAT play had some very natural
touches
Drama of domestic life, eh?'
Yes; they had new servant in every
scene. and the heroine was a brunette in
act I and blonde in act II.''-kansas $
City Journal
Evening star., 1909-08-30
AMERICAN STYLES FOR MEN
FOREIGN FASHIONS NOT TO BE
FOLLOWED HEREAFTER.
United States Standard From This
Season On-Tailors Advised
to Make Reforms.

From the Hahe.dasber
Certain custom tailors have been asi-
tated Of late over what they cons der the
dismal prospect for their craft. They
take the View that unless they produce
garments more distinctive in character
than their creations of recent years the
end OF mea sured clothes is not far distant.
We see what has happened to the custom
oootmaker from his failure to progress
and the manufacturers refusal to stand
stil,. One is, indeed. less liable now
ada!s to cultivate a callous-or several
of them-when wearing ready boots.
than If he has them fashioned to his
particular pedal dimensions. And surely
no ono IS blind TO the remarkable recent
advancement in the making OF clothes.
" mere then, does the tailo;' actually
stand? Well, lie still holds the, best
trade, and always will. probably But
he has lost some very substantial trade
and he'll lose more unless he awakens
from his letharSy. 4 wholesale ndict-
ment against taliors on the score of in
competency would not be Justified nor.
indeed. for lack of originality But when
IT comes To the recognition and adoption
OF new American standards they are. as
d class, wGcfully narrow. don't care
TO pose as a p. ophet. It's too hazardous
and wholly without honor. Besides, I'm
inclined TO the belief that the tailors
Of this country must get busy right quick
10 set pace. or within another decade
they will be with the custom bootma kers.
TO he blunt about it, their chief fault
is esotsm. II is rampant among them.
Viewing a garment exhibit on you VII
find tifty-seven varieties of lounge jack
cts And the maker of each is so thor
oughly convinced he "has it that he Il
not change his pattern the f. action Of an
inch. even in the face of ONerN helmiEg
evidence that he's thereby aiding the
runation of his trade. There arc numer-
GUS ways in which the tailor may diff
ferentiate his production from the
ready. He--as class--has shut his
eyes to them. Hence h.s present decline,
which no one who has listened to dis
cussion in a convention of cutters would
attempt to deny.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Niie-Oh, this is awful! TheSe-SHSl-=
tains got at the bargain sale don't matCl-
our furniture.
Hubby-Return 'em.
them We must haa>n6GG
at once.-Cleveland Lea11Ir
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Table !. at 88c.
Values up to $500.

Table of Boys Two-piece Russian
Suits. OF white cannon cloth. striped
madras and chambray: sizes 49,
to years. Some worth 500. OCS
Table 8, at 3oc. !.
NaItleS IN RI S1 10
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Table filled with odds and ends-in-
cluding Children'S Guimpes and
Dresses of galatea, percale. lawn and
gingham, Russian waist effects; sizes
= to 6 years. Values are up 2dao
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Indigo furnishes nearly tiftv shades of
blue
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Table of Drawers of good quality
cambric. best fitting; made with
short legs and long seat; and note
the tucks and embroidery trimmings:
sizes : to ID years; some o.
worth JOc SOS
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Contest Notice;
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office, Duluth. Minn..
No. O632O August Is. 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this Office by John L. Stien.
bach. contestant. against homestead
Entry No. 2l5S4. made June 9Th, 1906. for
Lots g. 10. IL. II Section "a. Township I'm.
Range q W., 4thP Meridian. by Contestee,
in which it is alleged that said John A.
Blume has wholly abandoned said land
and changed his: residence therefrom for
more than six months. or from the date of
9aid entry. and never established resi-
dence thereon: and that said alleged
absence from said land was not due to his
employment in the army. navy or marine
corps of the United States as private
6oldier, officer. seaman or marine during
the war with Spain or during any other
war in which U. S. may be engaged. said
parties are hereby notified to appear. re-
9pond. and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 O'Clock a. m. on October H.
1902. before F. J.. McPartlin.- U. S. Com
missioner at his office in International
Falls, Minnesota, and that final hearing
will be held at teno'clOclua. M OnO October,
IS. 1909, before the Register and Receiver
at the United States Land Office in Duluth.
Minnesota.
The said contestant having, in a proper
>fadavit filed August 23rd. 1909; set forth
facts which show that after due diligence
personal service of this notice can not be
made. it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
J.C. HERMAN ENGEL.
93-101 Register.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Meet After MANY Years.

G. B. Bacon, a globe trotter, ar
rived in Chisholm from Virginia
on Monday last. Leonard Krause
of the we'll known firm of Krause
Bros, who has also seen consider
able of the; world, recognized in
Mr. Bacon a: familiar form. and
upon inquiry found him to be an
old comrade with whom he had
fought side by side during: the
Boer.warin Africa.
Upon separating after the war
they went in opposite directions
Mr.. Bacon to China and Mr.. krause
to Alaska. This was three years
ago, and as each half.circled the
globe Zone to the east and the other
to the west) since parting, it was a
matter of surprise and no small
pleasure to meet again.-Chisholm
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

tA-s24.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Sho.xiou Coatiaued Activity.

The Vermilion range shows cop.
tinued activity since, the recent find
by T. ]. Walsh and the organization
of the Vermilion Steel & Iron Co.
mach interest being in evidence
from new organizations of capital
formed for exploratory purposes
on: the old range: and new work
commenced.
1t has~ always been the belief OF
many that the Vermilion forma-
tioncwould be proven to a consid.
erabie distance west Of Tower, and
it lie 'proba BILE, the coming season
will see an amount of: work in the
section to the immediate north of
Virginia.. north of Big Rice Lake:
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Notice for Publication
United States Land Office,

DulOI0, H1luus, august H. 1SUos
| Notice is hereby given that Harvey L.
Shepherd as final assignee of John Blythe,
whose post Office address, is Duluth. Min-
hesota. has this 18th day of August 1909
filed in this Office his application to select
hinder Section 2DB Revised Statutes u. S.
Lot e, Section 81, Township 60. North.
Range 1s West. 4th p. NJ. containing rs
acres.
Any.and all pe1sens claiming adversely
the lands described or desiring to object
because of the mineral character of the
land or for any other reason. to the dis.
bqsal to applicant, should file their afti.
dayits of protest In this oddce.on or before
the 18th day of October, 1909.
]. C.HERMAN ENGEL,
Register.
tN@-4.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17

S-27-9-24.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,

Duluth. Minn., August H. 1909.
"Notice is hereby given that Harvey l..
Shepherd as final Fassignee of Henry
Marsh, whose postof6ce address is Duluth.
Minnesota, has this 17th day OF. August
1899 filed in this Office his application to
select under Section 2306 Revised Statutes
u. S.
Lot 5. section 20. Township GO North.
Range Is West. 4th p. m. containing 8
acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the lands described, or desiring to object
because of the mineral character of the
land. or for any other reason, to the dis
posal to applicant should file their aff1-
davits of protest in this office on or before
the 18th day of October. 1902.
&c. HERMAN ENGEI,
Register.
8N-9-4
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Swedish Methodist Church..

The Rev. NJ. L. Olson, has been
transferred by Bishop Mcintyre of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
from the Eastern to the Western
conference and is duly appointed
TO Moscow and Blaine, Idaho: He
will preach Sunday: at II O'Clock
and in the. evening at 7:45 he will
deliver his farewell Sermon, Mr..
Olson will be succeeded in Virginia
by the Rev. Rohr Staff, of Minot, N.
Oak, who will preach Sunday, Sept.
9th.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-09-17
Repai Work on Milfer Ituek. Road

Repoif Work on Miner 1tuek* Rood5
Under the supervision of h Il:
Coe; county road superintendent; a
stretch, of fourteen miles of the
Miller Trunk Road51s now UNDER
going extensive repair from APPOINT
near the Whiteface river north to
the south line of Fayal' township:
The county commissioners are maxi
ing anrannual expenditure sota bout
$4,000 on this road, and the same
should eventually be made into
highway which will stand the teat-:-