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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-23
PROPOSED CHARGE IN JURY SYSTEM

The Bar Associations of Cali
%fornia's two largest cities, San
Francisco and LosAngeles. have but
recently adopted resolutions.
advocating the three-fourths vote
of a jury in a criminal case, as being
sufficient to convict or acquit the
accused.
This rule, which is now prevalent
in California and Nevada, in
relation to the trial of civil cases
by juries, might well be adopted
in the interests of justice in
criminal cases. In this country,
where a trial judge is not in any
wise permitted to express an
opinion before a jury or the facts
of a criminal cisr, but is obliged
to confine himself solely to the law
to be applied to the facts, the
criminal class has a great
advantage. Many a jury has been
hung by the obstlnacy of one or two
jurors, who through motives, of
times in themselves criminal and
which border OF perjury, have been
able to thwart the ends of Justice
In the Unitd States, mary
important acts are consumnatcd
by a majority, two-thirds {,
three-fourths vote of the acting
body. Civil actions are in many
places decided by a thrce-fourths
vote of a jury; legislatures,
sanctioned by a majority vote Of
the people. can by a two. thirds
vote amend and alter a state
constitution; two-thirds of the vote
of the federal congress, coupled
by the action of three-fOurtbs Of
the state legislatures, can negative
fundamental guarantees of national
government, and a majority vote
of the justices of the suplCT,
court can overturn laws wli,l
have been accepted for generation
a. the guiding rule of the nation
No adverse comment has even
bech made upon these powers.
and it is difficult to see wherein q
unanimous. verdict is necessary to
decide a criminal action. The
! rights of the accused wiIl he "a.
properly safeguarded by Il three,
fourths vote as by the method now
in vogue.
A glance at the administration
of criminal justice in our owl
county of Esmeralda will dem.
onstrate the advantage of a three
fourths vote. Jury after jury ha.
been subject to the ccnsure Of the
trial judge. because in cases where
the facts were open and n~otoriOu!
a verdict has been impossible OF
account of the obstinacy of a tria
JUROR. Motives, which were
concealed in the examination Of tn,
jurors qualification, interest OF
friendly feeling toward the accused
has often caused a miscarriage Of
justice and subjected the county t,
additional enormous expense.
Particularly in Nevada. whcr,
the supreme court reviews thu
entire testimony in case on appeal,
in a criminal action, and where
one of the grounds of a motion
for a new trial and consequently
for appeal to that court is that
THE verdict is contrary To the
evidence" no hardship can be
worked by making the honest
opinion of thr~ee-fourths Of a jury
the verdict to be submitted to the
court. %
The verdict ola thrce-fourth!
jury in civil cases has giver
universal satifaction. Why not
extend the same procedure &c
criminal actions7-GoIdfel1 Ncrs
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-23

more and a law prohibiting prize
fights could be passed as a brother
to the bill prohibiting gambling. /,
So gambling is dead and soon
priz, fights will be dead in Nevada.
Not a single element of primitive
naughtiness remains for the
comfort of the citizens of the Sage
brush State beyond the occasional
shooting up of a Japanese camp.
Middle age men who have
reformed and hccore "licrs g
,nc church out in Nevada today
still speak in awed whispers of the
things that were done in those c
| street palaces when men plucked
fortunes out of the stock exchange
r before 8 o'clock on sunny after
4, moons and lost them before mid
I night under the lamps of Orndroff
and McGccS.
! Faro, keno ami chLch.a-luck
{ we're the games that we're played
in this latter palace. Browns
y held strictly to faro. Stories have
! told of how on soTe occasions zoe
cards would be out in the keno
game and there would be Il new
count e;cry fifteen minutes. The
gold would be stacked like coke
r on the bankers table. There was
!. no limit to any of the games.
Once a man bet $4,000 in q
r keno game and won it. Tn,
banker went over to MCGEE anC
.c told him that the house had jus
IS lost $4,000.
.c "Wcll said Niece you haven
lost the combination to the SAT,
Ia have you"
d There used to be ~somcthin,
abolt those old gambling palace:
5 thIt always st ruck a stranger "A
rs curious a former veteran o.
it Virginia City recently rcmarkc,
n 4. h was ravie wing the past glory
h Of the bonanza days.
rs when you first entered tn.
A place yoJ would see the bar. o
al course and those bars wcr,
p D4arygls If p~yDnueivn furpirbipr
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-23

and the second installment was
Forthcoming on the appointed date.
The first dividend which
was advanced by Mr.. Young
amounted to S6,334.47. making 4
total of SlO.6 04.01 advanced 10y
him to satisfy the SO l-3 per cent
aggregate dividend -Goldfeld
News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-23

Only scientific institutions or
learned chemists will be permitted
to buy radium. AS il is $50, 000,-
900 a pound, one a readily see
what hardship this arbitrary
regulation is going to work among
the general public, seeking radium
bargains.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-23

indicates that he does not consider
the charge a very serious n II
also indicates that human life is
mol valued high at Jarbidge
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-23

n,orea NJ ~ EiEo postomce for transmission
,hrou,,.n mails as second-class matter.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
Obs. WINSFIELDMEET
They Score 90 Points While Knox.
vile Gets But d.

The Oskaloosa high school won
their first field meet of the year from
the Knoxville high school at Knox,
vile Saturday. The local athletes
won the meet, easily scoring &C
points to their opponents %. The
winners in the various events are as
follows:
10O-yard dash, Abrams list, OBrien
End.
220yard dash, Abrams list, O'Brier
End.
44O-yard dash, Mattison LIST, Nc
Williams End.
Half-mile dash. McWilliams 1st
Cartwright End. +
1O0-yard hurdle, Knoxville took Isl
and End.
22O-yard hurdle, Cecil Smith list
Abrams End.
Half-mile relay, Oskaloosa; in ordel
of runners, Abrams, Smith, Butler!
and O'Brien.
mile relay was forfeited to Oska
loosa.
Shot put, Mattison 1st, Garthrigh
End.
Hammer throw, Madison LIST, Garth
right End.
Discus, Knoxville took 1st and End
Pole vault, Cecil Smith list, Knox
| vile End.
High jump, Mattison 1st. Knoxville
End
I Broad jump, Madison LIST, Garth
right End
The attendance at the meet wa
fairly good. The Knoxville track ant
field where the events were held wa
in good shape.
Next Saturday the Oskaloosa tract
team goes to Grinneil to attend al
invitation meet given by the Grinnel
college. Several other high school
of the state will be present and TIL
meet will be one of the largest of tn
season.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
Ends Life On Train.

Waterloo, Ia, May Especial: No
word has been received from any rel
atiyes of the young man who stabbed
himself TO death at Waverly junction,
and the body is unclaimed.
Waterloo, Ia, May Especial: A
young man % years old, supposed to
be Louis Koell. suicided on a south
bound Rock Island tram at Waverly
Junction last night by stabbing him
self through the heart with a dull
jackknife. His body was brought
here and prepared for burial. He was
in the smoker and the passengers did
not know of his desperate act until
they heard the young mans hard
breathing. They went to him and
saw blood gushing from a gaping
wound in his breast. His knife lay
beside him covered with blood. On
his person was a memorandum book
showing a deposit Of $15j made April
30 at the Security bank in Sioux City
Louis Koell was the name Oh the de,
posit slip. He also had a ticket from
Minneapolis 10 Davenport, but no let.
tiers. He was finely built man near
by six feet tall aud had light hair and
a light complexion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
THE iowa CROP SERVICE
Review Of the Past Week by Direct
or OF Weather Bureau.

For the week ending May l, 1910.
Des Moines, Ia, May 3,--The fore
part OF the week was unseasonably
cold, with freezing temperature and
snow finrries over the larger part OF
the state, but Thursday and Friday
we're excessively hot with high winds.
The maximum temperature on those
days ranged from 80 to SO degrees,
which caused an excess OF tempera-
ture for the week. The precipitation
was very light and at many stations,
especially in the western portion of
the state, 1t was nil. Reports indi.
cate that the hot, dry winds and gen.
eral drouthy condition, following so
closely after the severe freezing
weather, are Affecting the grass and
small grain crops in the western dis
tricts where the drouth has been the
most severe. But for the state at
large, those crops are in good condi-
ton generally. Rain is, however,
needed in all districts to soften the
surface soil and to start the growth
of the plants The late varieties of
fruit seem to have escaped serious
damage from the recent freezing tenn
perature and garden truck is recov-
ering under the effect of warm wealth.
err. Practically all of the corn ground
is ready for the planter, and planting
will become general during the COM
ing week The season is still far in
advance of the average and the gem
eral crop outlook is very promising.
GEO. NJ. CHAPEL,
Section Director.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
CHIEF MAHASKA DAY
Gov. Carroll Cancels Other Engage
ments to be Present.

Tidings of many good things for
Mahaska Day are still being sent to
the city and the program this year
promises to be one OF the best ever
given by any society in the state of
Iowa. Great men of the Improved Or
der of Red Men, we'll known state and
political men, will be here on May IL,
and will be on the program.
Gov. Carroll will be here on Mahas-
ka Day. This is one of the good
things arranged for by Chief Day at
Des Moines. In his letter he stated
that Gov. Carroll had cancelled an
other engagement in order to be with
the Red Men on that date.
Word also comes that the Fort
Dodge tribe will come in style. They
have secured the services of a sleep.
err and on May IL will come to Des
Moines where they will remain over
night. They will come to Oskaloosa
/ Thursday morning attached to the
special train from Des Moines. The
tribe will remain in OskaloOsa over
night
President Roosevelt, on his return
from somewhere, with his broad smile
will be here. In his company he will
have three elephants, two giraffes and
five bears, all tanned SO that they
will follow him every place in the
big parade.
/ Two little Indian boys will be here
on Mahaska Day. They have been Sc
cured to put on some wrestling stunts
The boys names are Little Wahoo'
and Little Kiowas." The boys are
reported to be two OF the best lndiar
wrestlers and promise good sport fol
all They are from the Delaware Ma
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
General Inspector of Treasury Dept
Recommends Some for Post Office.

Major w. Haverstock, the general
inspector of the United States treas
ury department for federal buildings
was in Oskaloosa Saturday and Sun.
day making an official visit to the
government property here.
The major is not altogether pleas.
ed with some conditions that exist in
Oskaloosa. He does not like the at.
titude of the public in the use of the
post Office lobby. He states that the
careless throwing of waste paper and
other refuse upon the floor of the lob
by is a practice that must not be tol
Grated The government provides re
ceptacles in which waste may be
placed and the littering of the lobby
floor by the public is a gross breach
of ettiquet. The post Office or the
public building" says Major Haver
stock, lis the representative of the
government in the community and
represents the dignity OF the govern
ment. The people of the city and the
community should have respect
enough for their government and its
building to treat 1t right. Those PEG
pie abusing the privileges of the pos
office would be the first to complain
of similar conditions in thir owl
homes. The public should have pat
riotlsm enough in the possession of
public building in any city to accep
the duty of assisting to keep 1t II
good condition by refraining from
abuses of privileges" !
The Oskaloosa post Office building
is to have a new treatment of pain
and varnish inside and out and mum
erous needed repairs are to be made
The grass plots are to be raised Il
the level OF the curb top and reseede'
with blue grass.
Major Hayerstock Is an interesting
person. He is major OF the Span
sh-American war and at its clos
mustered out the eastern troops a
Philadelphia.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05

Colorado were present at the first ses.
sion. A number of former governors
Of states are registered. Among them
are former Governor Hadley of Mis-.
souri,, former Governor Yates of iii.
nois, and former Governor Hanley OF
Indiana. Soldiers, sailors, business
men, professional men and ministers
are in attendance. The congress
closes on Friday.
Close of Remarkable Campaign.
remarkable religious campaign. Dur.
ing the winter and spring. missionary
conventions were held under the aus,
pieces of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement in rs of the leading cities OF
the country. The campaign began at
Buffalo on October 16. The gather.
ing at Chicago is the climax of the
series of conventions.
The appeal for foreign missions
| was presented to the business men Of
these cities. All told, $4,000 business
men registered as delegates for rs
conventions. paying a dollar for the
privilege In addition, thousands of
other men attended the various ses.
sions.
Each convention opened with ban
quet. In most every case these ban
quets were the largest in the history
of the cities. All of these cities and
hundreds of the surrounding towns
are represented at the Chicago con-
gress.
A national missionary policy will be
adopted. This policy will be sent to
the Worlds Missionary conference at
Edinburgh, Scotland. on June IA,
where 1t is expected to exert a pro.
found influence. The delegates are
appointed, amongst the various Pro,
testant churches of America In &C.
cordance with their membership and
gifts to missions. The Methodist
Episcopal church leads with 600 dele,
gates. The Presbyterian church is
second with $50 men. The Northern
Baptist church has quota OF 500
men, while the Southern Baptist con
yention sent 200 men. The Southern
Methodist church is represented by
255 men. The Protestant Episcopal
church appointed 210 delegates. Most
of the other churches have proportion
ate representation.
The various sessions are held In
the Auditorium. The congress opened
with the singing of Grown Him Lord
of ALL" Right Reverend Charles P
Anderson, Episcopal bishop of Chi
cago. made the opening address. He
spoke on the viii Of Christ for the
World" dwelling upon the need Of
church unity. Bishop w. l.. Nc
Dowell OF the Methodist Episcopa
church made the second address. The
first evening will be devoted to talk
by j. Campbell White. general secre
tary OF the Laymen's Missionary Move
ment, and j. A. Macdonald. editor o.
the Toronto Globe.
Notable List OF Speakers.
The congress Is under the aus
pieces OF the Laymen's Missionar!
Movement, the national religious
brotherhoods OF America, and thu
international COMMITTEES OF the Y. M
G. A.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
.EDDYv|LLE ACTIONS
PALMER FARM SOLD TO PARTIES
FROM NEAR LEiGHToN--W. H..
M'MtLLAN DRILLING FOR COAL
ON THE BARNETT FARM.

Eddyville, May 3.-On Sunday Post
master Crossen received word OF the
death OF his brother-in-law. Lon Raj
ferty, at Columbus, Kans. Mi. and
Mrs. Rafferty, we're formerly residents
of Eddyville. Mr.. Crossen left Sun
day evening to attend the funeral.
Another large farm near Eddyville
has changed hands the past week
The place known as the Harshman
farm. owned by Palmer e. Epperson
was sold to Leighton parties.
Rens Myers. wife and children, OF
Ottumwa, have been visiting for q
few days with relatives in Eddy
Vile. . ..-.
Geo. Davis, of Oskaloosa, has beer
visiting his son, H. S. Davis, living
on Bluff ureeh.
Nicely McKim, of Hooking, visited
with relatives in Eddy .-aturday
Word has been received here tina
Miss Edith Pierson, who was operat
ed upon for appendicitis at the OF
tumwa hospital last Friday, is get
ting along nicely.
Chal Sturgeon and Lee Warner left
today for Kellogg, Iowa, on business
trip. ..-. CD
The basement OF the NJ. Z. church
will be repaired and utilized for gym
nasium purposes.
Mrs. Pearl Hall was taken quite
sick Sunday evening.
John Hagan has returned to hi!
home at Greenfield, Iowa, after visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Mary Lester.
Mrs. Phillip Dotts and Mrs Smith
of Kansas, who has been visiting a.
the Dots home, are visiting relative.
in Abba.
! Delpha Surbuer has been confined
to her home the past week on accoun
of sickness, and Catherine Verne
! has been attending to her office du
| ties.
| Mrs. Quick, of Oskaloosa, is visit
ing her little granddaughter at thu
home of Mrs. Frank Berry.
/ VIM. Mcmillan, OF Oskaloosa, wa
in Eddyville Transferring business to
day. Mr.. Mcmillan is drilling TO
coal on the Barnett farm north o
| town and If he finds sufficient Goa
he will sink shaft at once,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
WHAT THE COUNCIL DID
Tuberculin Test, Paving, New Hose
Sewer Tappage, Claims Allowed.

The city council had asIneeting, the
first regular of the month, Monday
evening that lasted until the mid
night hour and was then adjourned
to meet again Friday night of this
week. The greater part of the time
was taken UP with discussion OF the
tuberculin test and the milk situa-
ton. The dairymen of the city were
present In force to state their side OF
the question.
After the presentation of the sew
er tappage matter by ex-Mayor John
a. Williams, the mayor asked If any,
one had anything to say and the milk
question came to the fore In a talk
by Rev. J. d. Guthrie, James Matti-
son talked at considerable length
and William Hart, veteran milkman
of the city, made talk that drew
plaudits of the crowd that had assem-,
bled. O. c. G.. Phillips, who was pres
ent on the side of the milkmen, made
a speech that was somewhat drastic
and rough in places. At the conciu-
sion, Mr.. Phillips apologized to the
council for harsh terms and unseen
ly violence. "...
DR.. J. G.. Roberts was asked by
Mayor Bacon to add word or two TO
the argument, but the physician had
little comment to make. One OF the
men in the crowd said something in
tended as shaft for City Solicitor
Gleason, who resented the implied in
suit and personality in plain state
ment of fact.
The usual batch of claims were al
lowed and the monthly reports OF Of
fcers were read.
The bonds of w. d. Atchison and
James Myers were approved and they
were granted licenses as sewer build
ers.
The bids for the paving OF the city
market place were opened and that OF
Magden & Shelley. of Des Mones
was adopted and the contract award
ed
The bids for cement work were
opened and that of R. WeatherWaS
for sidewalk and curb was accepted.
The council then took up the milk
ordinance in an official way for dis
cussion. Complaint was made that
the charges of the testing services
were extortionate and increased above
what the former service had been
On motion a special committee OF
two, Messrs. Dickson and Milligan
were appointed to act with the mayor
In making an Investigation of the
rates and the reasons for such.
William Lafollett made motion tc
repeal the ordinance, but this would
have necssitated the preparation of
new ordinance.
The subject of paving was called VI
by the mayor, who insisted that If the
council intended doing anything II
that line this year they must act
Nothing was done.
The council adjourned to confer
with the representatives OF hose
makers, who are il town to sell Q
bill of hose to the fire department.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
NO RAILROAD
BILL WILL PASS
Prevented by Combination Of lnsur-
gents and Democrats.
TAFT WAS INFORMED BY PHONE
President Tells Senator Aldrich That
Republican Party Cannot 5e
Blamed Forlthe Measures
Defeat.

washington, ID. c., May Special:
President Taft's railroad Legislation
will he emasculated., At the close Of
a conference OF the leading regular
republican senators last night It was
aparent that the revolt of the senate
Insurgents had been virtually sue
cessful. and that sections of the Dill
relative TO traffic agreements and
mergers, which Senator Cummins ana
other insurgents have been lighting
to amend. will be abandoned.
Practically nothing distinctive IN
the original bill win remain, save the
sections providing for the careation
of a court of commerce. Even that
may not be enacted.
The differences between the senate
and the house are so great that IN
view of the radical action of the lead
ers last night, the entire bill may fail
in conference. a..
So serious became the situation that
President Taft at Pittsburg, was ad'
vised by telephone by Senator Aidrich.
Cut Out Section 7.
Despairing of putting the bill
through the senate in the form re-
ported from the committee, leaders de,
cided TO eliminate section seven,whlch
the insurgents claim would practically
have repealed the antitrust law by
permitting traffic agreements and
section twelve which would have leg
allied mergers in cases where one
railroad corporation owning already
so per cent of another desired to con
troll outright.
Upon the insurgents the administra-
ton will place the responsibility for
the failure OF the Taft railroad legisla-
Ition.
Taft ls Emphatic.
To Senator Aldrich President Taft
expressed himself emphatically to this
effect:
That he had initiated the pending
measures and had advocated it
throughout the country in the form in
which ii was reported to the senate
and that if combinations of insurg-
ents and democrats rendered it i'm
possible for the republican majority to
enact the bill then he felt that the
administration should be relieved OF
the responsibility for it's defeat. He
rested the entire matter in the hands
of Senator Aldrich and his republican
associates who were then in confer
ence.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
Iowa Dentists.

Des Moines. Ia, May Especial:
Six hundred dentists in state conven.
ton today appointed a resolution
committee which will draw resolu'
tions for adoption demanding that the
legislature pass Law giving commits
sion to dental surgeons, that dentists
be provided for the Iowa National
Guard, and that a dentist inspect the
teeth of every school child in the
state at least once a year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
MAKE THE ENTIRE
WORLD CHRISTIAN
RaIIying Cry Of Great Laymen's
Mission Congress.
BIG MEN MEET IN CHICAGO
elimination of Most Remarkable Re-
Ilgious Campaign In Which All
Protestant Churches Of Amer Y =
lea Are United.
BIG MEN MEET IN CHICAGO

Chicago. May 3.--Leaying their bust
ness affairs to consider the evan
gelization OF the world in this genera
ton, $500 men have gathered at Chi.
cago to attend the Laymen's National
Missionary, congress. They represent
every Protestant church in America.
They come from all over the country.
Among them are men of National
and international prominence. For
mer President Fairbanks attends
rs "a representative of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Several governors
are present United States Senators
Dolliyer of Iowa and Beveridge OF In.
diana and former Senator Teller OF
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-05-05
Before Grand Jury.

Newton, Ia, May Especial: The
grand jury today commenced examin'
ing witnesses in the case of Or. Mary
Guthrie, charged with dynamiting the
Quick home at Prairie City to aVenge
herself upon a former lover, DIR. Alex
ander Hall, who had married Miss
Quick. Miss Guthrie is without
money or attorney. Friends and rela'
lives at Carthage. H.. have failed to
come to her assistance.