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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-13
WRITTEN BY LINCOLN IN 1871
Letter Reveals Sense of Humor of Which This
Great Man Was Possessed Tragedy"
That eliminated in Joke on
Springfield Citizens

Among legal records in the posses
sion of Mr.. John f. Geeting. promi'
nent Chicago attorney and editor of
American Criminal Reports, is the fol-
lowing letter written by Abraham Lin
coin In 1S41.~ II appeared originally In
the Quincy Wing of April 9, 1S46. and
in that article. probably written by
Lincoln himself (for It is known that
he took much interest In the features
of the case) the following lines ap-
pear: "On the next Monday Myers ar
rived at Springfield, bringing with
him the now famed Fisher, in full life
and proper person" Evidently the
letter of Lincoln was written before
Fisher had been found
Springfield, June 10, 1841-Dear
Speed: We have had the highest state
OF excitement here for a week past
that our community has ever wit
messed; and although the public feel
ing is somewhat allayed, the curious
affair which aroused II Is very far
from being over, yet cleared of mys.
terry. 1t would take a quire of paper
20 give you anything like a full ac-
count of 1t, and |, therefore, only pro-
pose n brief outline.
The chief personages in the drama
are Archibald Fisher, supposed to be
murdered, and Archibald Trailor, Hen
nv Trailor and William Traitor, sup
posed to have murdered him. The
three Traitors are brothers. The first,
Archibald, as you know, lives In town;
the second. Henry, in Clary's Grove;
and the third, William, in Warren
county; and Fisher, the supposed
murdered, being without family, had
made his home with William. On Sat
urday evening, being the 18th OF May,
Fisher and William came to Henry's
in one-horse dearborn, and there
stayed over Sunday; and Monday all
three came to Springfield (Henry on
horseback), and Joined Archibald at
Myers, the Dutch carpenter That
evening at supper Fisher was missing,
and 80 next morning some inenectual
search was made for him; and on
Tuesday. at / O'Clock p. m, William
and Henry started home without him,
In a day or two Henry and one or
two OF his olary Grove neighbors
came back for him again, and adyer-
tised his disappearance In the papers
The knowledge OF the matter thus
far had not been general, and here 1t
dropped entirely till about the loth
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-13
Woman at the Bottom Of II.

Desloge. Mo,-George Ketcherside
and John Hughes fought duel in the
main street of Leadwood, near here.
The shooting was in front of the home
OF Mrs. Adams, widow, with whom
Ketcherside had been boarding. He
saw Hughes walking with Mrs. Adams.
and abused Hughes. who went to his
home and returned with revolver
Both men began firing at the same
time and at so close range that
their bodies fell across each other
Each body received FIVE bullets.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-13
State Troopers Charge Striking Min.
ers In Pennsylvania.

Pittsburg.-As result OF violence
being offered by the striking miners
at the fremont coal mine, Belle Yer.
non, Pa, near here, to the non-union
miners, who went TO work on Thurs.
day, a troop of state constabulary
charged the strikers on Friday. Sew.
eral persons on both sides were slight.
Recently 800
ly injured. Recently 800 fnines made
a demand for the union rate OF wages
The officials refused the request and
closed the mines Saturday, January
80. E7',
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-13

rem. On the same day Arch. was ar
rested. and put in Jail. Yesterday Fri
day. William was put upon his exam
lining trial before May and Lavely;,
Archibald and Henry were both pres
ent. Lamborn prosecuted. and Logan,
Baker and your humble servant de-
Tended. A great many witnesses were
introduced and examined, but l shall
only mention those whose testimony
seemed most important. The first OF
these was Capt. Ransdell He swore
Springfield for home on Tuesday be-
fore mentioned, they, did not take the
direct route--which, you know, leads
by the butcher shop; but that they fol-
lowed the street north until they got
opposite, or nearly opposite. Mays
house, after which he could not see
them from where he stood; and it was
afterwards proved. that. In about an
hour after they started, they came
into the street by the butchers shop
from towards the brick-yard. DR.. Mer-
ryman and others swore to what is
stated about the battle-ground, drag
trail. whiskers and carriage tracks.
Henry was then introduced by the
prosecution. He swore that, when they
started for home, they went out north,
as Ransdell stated, and turned down
west by the brick.yard into the woods,
and there met Archibald; that they
proceeded small distance further,
when he was placed as a sentinel to
watch for and announce the approach
of anyone that might happen that
way: that William and Arch took the
dearborn out Of the road small dis
lance to the edge of the thicket,
where they stopped, and he saw them
lift the body of man into It; that
they moved off with the carriage in
the direction of Hickox's mill, and he
loitered about for something like an
hour When William returned with the
carriage, but without Arch, and said
they had put him in safe place; that
they went somehow, he did not know
exactly how. into the road close to the
brewery, and proceeded on to Clarys
Grove. He also stated that some
time during the day William ted him
that he and Arch. had killed Fisher
the evening before; that the way they
did 1t was by him (William) knocking
him down with club, and Archibald
then choking him to death.
An old man from Warren, called DR..
Gilmore, was then introduced on the
part OF the defense. He swore that he
had known Fisher for several years
that Fisher had resided at his house
long time at each of the different
spells; once while he built a barn for
him, and once while he was doctored
for some chronic disease; that two or
three years ago Fisher had serious
hurt in his head by the bursting OF a
gun, since which he had been subject
to continued bad health and occasional
alteration of mind He also stated
that OH last Tuesday, being the same
day that Maxcy arrested William
Trailor. he (the doctor) was iron
home in the early part of the day, anC
on his return, about IL o'clock, foun,
Fisher at his house In bed, and appar
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-13
Woman Gave Up Her Life to Save
Others.

Trinidad, Colo.-The skeleton of
Mrs S. j. Rock, former telephone
operator at Folsom, N, NJ. has been
found deeply buried sixteen miles be.
low Folsom. During the great flood
at Folsom last August Mrs. Rook
who realized the danger, stuck to her
post, warning the farmers of the val
ley by telephone until the telephone
station was overwhelmed by the wat
ers. Her action saved hundreds OF
lives. Mrs. Rock was a cripple and
the skeleton was identified by the de
formed spine. .rt
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-02-13
Art Criticism.

81 don't like marble statues" said
the fluffy young thing. They always
look as II they had cataract or some
thing OF that kind the matter with
their eyes"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
INVESTIGATIONS.

The coming session of congress may
be known as the session of investiga-
tons Accusations are flying in every
direction. The sugar trust is again
under fire. Has it corrupted the GUS
toms service of the treasury depart
ment and shared officials high and
low, as now alleged? And then we
hear about the pro-this and the anti
that; the loss to the government by
this and by that; tyranny in office, and
attempted tampering with officials for
private gain. So much talk has Gre
ated curiosity, and in a government
like this curiosity must be reckoned
with. Next year a new house and a
third of the senate will be in the scale,
and such Investigations as may be o1
dered will enter into the campaign.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and vicinity: Tonight
and Sunday, snow and colder.
Washington: Cloudy west portion
snow east portion tonight; cooler
Sunday fair west portion, snow and
colder east portion.
Weather Conditions.
A disturbance moving during the
past "a hours from British Columbia
to Montana has caused general rain
on the Pacific slope from San Fran
cisco northward, followed by cooler
weather in Oregon, Washington and
northern Idaho. Considerably lower
temperatures prevail this morning in
western Canada, Montana and the Da-
kotas. Over the southern portion of
the United States and east of the Mis-
sissippi there has been a general rise
in temperature. The indications are
for colder weather with snow in this
vicinity tonight and Sunday.
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

Officials of corporation and the
stockholders of corporation do not
hesitate to cooperate against en-
ployes IN any controversy between the
employees and the corporation-they do
not hesitate to prescribe terms upon
which they will employ workmen.
Why should the workmen be restrained
from discussing the conditions upon
which they will accept employment
The only line that rests upon reason
and can be justified by argument is
the line separating persuasion from
violence. AS long as the laboring man
reasons with his co-laborer or pre-
rights and the one to whom the argu-
ment is addressed has a right to hear.
The business methods of a corporation
are proper subjects of discussion by
employees as well as by customers,
and a decree which deprives the la
boring man of this right is a step to-
ward industrial bondage. The dangers
involved in the courts decision are so
great that the laboring man ought not
to be left to combat them alone Every
citizen interested in the preserving OF
our institutions ought to feel q personal
concern in maintaining inviolate the
right to think and the right to speak.
Not only free government but civiliza-
ton itself depends upon free speech
as much as upon any other one thing
for it's very existence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
SHERMAN Law NOT VIOLATED
U. P. COAL COMPANY, U. p. r. II.
AND o. S. L. r. r. SECURE
NEW TRIAL OF CASES.

CT. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. 2O.-Judge
Walter H. Sanborn in the United
States circuit court of appeals today
handed down an opinion setting aside
the verdict and ordering a new trial
in the case of the United States
against the Union Pacific Coal COM
pany, the Union Pacific railway, the
Oregon Short Line railway, James M
Moore and Everett Buckingham, in
which they are charged with violat-
ing the Sherman antitrust law by
forming an unlawful combination.
While the suit was brought in the
name of the United States, proceed
ings were started by Salt Lake City
coal dealer named Sharp, who charg-
ed the coal company and the defend
ant railways with refusing to sell
and haul coal for him. Sharp charg-
ed that the Union Pacific Coal COM
pany refused to sell him coal, and
that the railways refused to haul the
commodity because he advertised and
sold coal at a lower figure than his
competitors.
No Evidence of Combination.
Judge Sanborn, in his opinion, holds
dence of any combination between
any two of the defendants, either to
refuse to sell coal to Sharp, or to re-
fuse to transport it for him.
The lower court found the defend
ants guilty of violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law and imposed a
fine of $1,000 and costs on Moore, and
$4,000 and costs on the other defend
ants.
The opinion Of the circuit court of
appeals is contained in the syllabus
as follows:
"The test of an unlawful combina-
ton under the act of July 2, 1890, is
its necessary effect upon free COM
petition in commerce among the
states or with foreign nations.
"a combination, the necessity of
which is to stifie, or directly and sub
stantially to restrict, such COMPETE
ton, is unlawful under that act, but
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
HINDOO OUTRAGES.

Conditions in India must be serious
| enough to give the government at
| London occasion for grave considera-
| ton when things have come to such
| a pass that bombs are thrown in the
! street at the viceroy. The outrage at
| Ahmedaban cannot be regarded as 9TH
er than a token of deep lying anti
British sentiment. 1t is of sinister
| significance, too, in that it confirms
the adoption by the malcontents of
European weapons. Bombs are al
most invariably indicative of organ
| ization. They are rarely the product
of individual enterprise. 1t is in the
last degree unfortunate that the an
archistic ideas that prevail in western
Europe should have found Judgment
in India with the result of assassina-
tions.
This is not the first time attempts
have been made to kill European Off
Gals in India by explosives Although
they have not attracted much atten-
ton, there have been numerous in
stances of this kind during the past
two years. On one occasion an at
tempt was made to wreck a train
carrying the lieutenant governor of
Bengal. Bombs were thrown not long
ago in Chandergore, which is still I'M
der French authority. Early last year
bomb was thrown into a carriage at
Mosufferpore, killing two ladies. AS
result of this last mentioned outrage
the Calcutta police made a raid,
which disclosed a fully equipped bomb
factory.
A short time ago Lieut.. Col. Wylie,
who had been prominent in the Indian
service, was shot to death in London
by Hindoo student, who also killed
a Parsee physician, friend of Wy
lies. The confession of the murderer
disclosed the fact that he was acting
in the interests of a widespread or
ganiZation, fact that is causing the
British authorities to ponder serious
ly the ACCESSIBILITY of undertaking a
far-reaching campaign in India for
the suppression of the agitators. 1t
is impossible to contemplate the with
drawal of England from Hindustan.
Such a move would be the signal for
internal strife and for international
complications, menacing the peace of
Europe. England is in India to stay,
a fact which will doubtless be made
plain in some manner to those who
paign of murder.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

| if the necessary effect of a combina-
ton is but incidentally and indirectly
to restrict competition while it's chief
result is to foster the trade and in
crease the business of those who
make and operate it, it does not fall
under the ban of this law.
ga coal company engaged in min
ing and selling it's coal is not pro-
hibited by the antitrust act, or by
the law, from refusing to sell its coal
from selecting it's customers, from
fixing the price and terms on which
it will sell it's product, or from selling
to different persons and on different
terms.
Stockholders Not Liable.
ga violation of law by corpora
ton does not render it's non-partici-
pating stockholders criminally liable
therefor.
UNLESS there is a substantial evil
dence Of facts which exclude every
other hypothesis but that of guilt,
it is the duty Of the trial court to
instruct the jury to return a verdict
for the accused.
'And where all the substantial ev-
idence is as consistent with innocence
as with guilt, it is the duty of the
appellate court to reverse a judgment
Of conviction"
In conclusion the court says:
There was no substantial evidence
of any combination between any two
of the defendants, either to refuse to
sell coal to Sharp or to refuse to
TRANSPORT it for him.
"A combination between a corpora
ton and it's officers or agent, in VIOLA
ton of the antitrust act, cannot be
formed by the thoughts or acts of
the officer or agent alone without the
conscious participation in it of any
other officer or agent Of the corpor-
alton.
"The union Of two or more persons,
the conscious participation of two or
more minds, is indispensable to an
unlawful combination"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
FREE SPEECH.
(The CommOner.)

-
The affirmation of the judgment of
the lower court in the case against
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison,
brings forcibly to the attention of the
public the consideration of the subject
of the freedom of the press. 1t may be
difficult to secure an impartial weigh
ing of the subject, since prejudice
against or Partially toward the accused
will affect the minds of many. But
this is subject which ought to be
considered on it's merits, for it is like
ly to exert a far-reaching influence if
the courts below, and punishment is
finally inflicted upon the defendants. 1t
will establish a new precedent, the in
fiuence OF which can hardly be esti-
mated. There was a time in our ma
TONS history when encroachment upon
the freedom of speech would have
aroused immediate and unanimous
protest, but the conflicts which were
necessary to establish the right are
long past, and those who took part in
those contests are dead. The present
generation came into these rights by
inheritance and seem to be as indif-
ferent to the real value of the inheri-
tance as the rich mans SON is to the
value of money which he received
without having to put forth any labor
to earn it.
In a speech at Chicago a year ago,
Mr. Gompers advanced a thought which
ought not to be overlooked. He said
that freedom of speech was guaranteed
not that the citizen might say things
pleasing to those in authority, but that
he might say things displeasing. The
citizen always had the right to say
pleasing things; in fact he had every
inducement to say agreeable things
The guarantees of free speech are Of
no value if they go no farther than tc
permit the saying of the things that
are pleasant.
The right of free speech includes the
right to criticise every department OF
government and every public official
whether that official be appointed oil
elected, and whether he serves for &
term of years or for life. The judge
is no exception to the rule, He is no les:
a servant of the people than the legis.
lator or the executive officer, and hi:
official conduct is as much subject t.
scrutiny as the conduct of the humbles
public servant.
In matters of doubt the doub
should be resolved upon the side o
freedom in speech. not against it
In exercising the right to criticise TIL
business methods of a corporation tn,
laSoring man is as much within tn
sphere of his rights as is the stock
holder of a corporation when he
speaking to other stockholders in re
gard to the conduct OF employees. TIL
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
POSTAL NOT IN
COMBINATION
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES PRESl-
DENT DENIES ANY THREE
CORNERED SYNDICATE.
SAYS HTS COMPANY is Compel
TOR OF RIVAL CONCERNS AND
NOT INTERESTED. -r

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The Postal
Telegraph company has not been in
vited to join the American Telephone
and Telegraph Western Union merger
and furthermore has no desire of so
doing, says Clarence H. Mackey, pres
ident of the Postal in an official state
ment issued tonight
Rumor has built a great three corn
cred syndicate, but Nc. Mackey says
that the elephone-Western Union
merger means only keener competition.
There have been no negotiations
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

: The dowager Duchess of Manchester
was the daughter of Antonio Yznaga
del Vale of Ravenswood, Louisiana,
and Cuba. After the civil war, MI
Yznaga, having lost most OF MS lor-
tune. moved north, and Consueio pc
came a prominent figure in the socla
life of New York city. Her wedding
in May 1876, to the Viscount Mande-
Vile was a brilliant affair and one o.
the first alliances of American glriF
with foreigners.
At the death of the seventh Duke OF
Manchester in 1890 Viscount Mande-
VILE assumed the title of his father
and Consuelo YZnaga became the
eighth Duchess of Manchester
A son and twin daughters were the
fruit of the union and in 1892, at the
death of his father, Consuelo's son
became Duke. He married Miss Helena
zimmerman of Cincinnati in 1900, and
ConsueIo became the dowager duchess.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
DUCHESS DIES
THIS MORNING
cONsUELO, DUCHESS. OF MAN
CHESTER, AND FRIEND OF
KING AND QUEEN PASSES.
DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE
WAS PROMINENT IN Soc
IAL LIFE OF ENGLAND.

LONDON, Nov. 20-Consuelo, dow
ager Duchess of Manchester, died early
this Saturday morning of heart fail
ure, following an attack of neurltls
She had been i'll for some time from
neuritis, but recently complications de-
veloped. She was living in her Lon
don residence and was attended by Sir
Aired Fripp, M. D., surgeon in ordln-
airy to King Edward.
At her bedside were Lady Lister
Kaye and Miss Emily Yznaga of Ne"
York, her sister. In her illness KING
Edward frequently made inquiries con-
corning her condition..
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

whatsoever with us in regard to the
matter and there is every reason why
we should not have anything to do
with it," says Mr.. Mackey. 1--WE knew
nothing about it until the day when
it was publicly announced. 1t is true
thta we own a large block of stock in
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph company, but that is one of our
many Investments"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
Editor Otis Leaves Hospital.

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 19.-Gener.
al Harrison Gray Otis editor of the
Los Angeles Times, has left the Johns
Hopkins hospital after recovery from
a serious operation performed some
ii emago. He is at Sharpsburg, Md.
where he is revisiting the battle field
of Antietam. He took part in that bat
tie as a member of an Ohio regiment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20
[ athan and Paulhan Ely Hioh.

BOUEY, France, Nov. 19-COmpet-
ing for the Weillar height prize for
heavier than-air machines, Hubert
Latham today in a monoplane as
cended 1,345 feet, and M. Paulhan, in
a biplane, 1,1S1 feet. Both are worlds
records. Orville Wright made an I'M
official flight at 1900 feet at Potsdam
in October.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

Her two daughters died in young
womanhood
For many years the dOwager duches
was a great social favorite in London
and on the continent. King Edward
and Queen Alexandra were her con-
slant friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

Yellow streaks have been discovered
on Mars. This gives us something to
talk about in return for the interest
which our purple SHOWS doubtless
arouse among the Martians.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

Florida editor claims that his
state was the original garden of Eden.
To support this view he must also
contend that what Eve gave Adam to
eat was not an apple, but a pine
apple.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

+ The college professor who described
the dash to the pole as sporting
event is waiting to see whether it will
become as rough as football.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

In spite of the comment he creates,
the mayor of New York has as much
easier situation than the collector of
customs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

BY all surface indications Cairo, ILL.,,
is a city that really needs some of
the municipal reorganization ideas
that are going to waste.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

A dollar and twenty cents word
has been bid by a magazine for articles
by Peary. 1t sounds like a literary
auction.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-20

1t is impossible for Paris to eXper-
fence any prolonged popular excite
ment without reverting to the Dreyfus
case.