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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-15
pn1n nn1 Frlghtened.

when the girl was brought into the
courtroom this morning by deputy
sheriff and the matron of the Cam
bridge Jail she was pale. and the greet
ings of her attorneys failed to dlspel
for even an Instant the cloud that had
settled on her countenance.
When court was resumed at O'Clock
Judge Bond continued his charge to
the Jury. He defined clrcumstantlai
evidence and informed the jury that
such evidence must establish the fae1
beyond a reasonable doubt. lie re-
ferred to a sore on the finger of the
defendant, which, he said, the prosecu-
ton claimed was made by the pack
fire from the revolver. The district at
torney corrected the judge, saying that
the government claimed that the sore
was made by the flash from the muzzle
do you mean that she shot her.
self?" asked Judge Bond
District Attorney Higgins did not
reply.
The court called attention TO the fact
that no experiments had been made
with the revolver to show that such
sore as had been described on the de-
PENDANTS finger could be made with
the revolver.
"You will BIO safer Judge Bond said,
"to err In acquitting than to err IN
convicting,'
He told the Jurors that If there was
anything about the evidence or ms
charge that they did not understand
fully that they should come into the
court and have the matter explained,
He said that the Jury had the right to
infer what interests influenced testi-
mony on either side. He referred to
Attorney Samuel D. Gilmore receiving
$4153 from Mrs. Glover and said that
If fillmore was interested in collecting
evidence to use in the case to make II
clear that Mrs. Glover was not inpll-
Gated then both witnesses We're inter
ested. The two counts in the indict-
ment were explained by Judge Bond
who Instructed the jury that one YER
dict would be sufficient
If the jury ACQUITTED the defendant,
the case was ended. If it should find
her guilty the jury must speclfS'
whether guilty of murder in the first
degree, murder In the second degree or
manslaughter Judge Bond ended ms
charge at 9.32 A. NJ, and Clerk Dill
lingham, turning towards the diminu-
tive prisoner said; Hattie LeBlane,
YOU now have the opportunity to say
anything that YOU desire In o.
Pale and frightened, the girl rose 's,;
folded her arms across her breast, und
turned towards the Jury, Her voice
was soft and her words could be heard
only a short distance she spoke With
q pronounced French accent as she
said: II did not do tt, 1 want to go
homo with my father"
,rhe fury was unable to hear her, be-
cause sho spoke SO family, and her
chief counsel, Mr.. Johnson, repeated
her statement for their benefit, Mr.,
Johnson then requested the court to 70
explain the ruling on, reasonable
doubt and the rights OF the defendant
in refratning from testifSingi. winch
was done by the Judge, and then the
case was given TO The Jury
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-15
MAYO BRIDGE FREE
AFTER NEW YEAR
Title to Property Will Be Trans
ferred to City as of
That Date.

By agreement of counsel. Mavn,s
,,,t,,o. a. ro,r,, oo,.nv,
-, -'.s.,.u ',,y go ps'st .
t0il s'ios.'ie' VIZ W 'nfo"h open to
free tratllc on january J., when the
toll cute will close forever city Al
,ornev n n Pollard annoarod ,oe.
-. ,y,.. - ~ ,r...,,.
- ''ie N>ouit yes
teruay, ana on ms motion an order was
entered directing the city to dcposl.
with the clerk or the court the su,, AZ
.,to noo ~ ,,,o,n. 49,, ~.
Tii-'NVVt wy ahi'eiit ti.sSu " SoHuenl-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-15
CLUB MEMBERS AHI,EsTED.
Charged With Retailing aud Held Tn
der bonds for Appearance In Court.
Especial to the imes-Dispatch:l !.

Especial to The Times -Dispatch:l
Spencer, n, c., December li.--Sheflil
j, II. Mckenzie. Deputy James Krider.
and Chief of Police ], r, Cruise, OF
Spencer made December IS an un-
lucky day for the Spero Club, of this
place when they arrested all the
charter members OF the organization
on the charge of retailing, The whole
sale arrests were made upon evidence
OF persons who, 1t il alleged. had
bought whiskcy in the quarters. on
one Of tho principal streets of spen-
Ger. Among those arrested by the
officers We're C, H. Brooks, of Salisbury.
manager Of the club; G. G. wilson, OF
Salisbury, one OF the charter members,
aud an employe, and G, b. Pussy, OF
Raleigh, who is charged With the
same offense, They are held under
bonds Of $500 each for their appear
unce III Rowan court.
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hall OF tho Jail the members OF the
turv flled into the shcriff's office. and
each of them shook hands with Hattie
and all congratulated her on her ac-
o1ittal. Hattie tried to express in her
broken English her gratitude to them
hut her feelings overcame her, and she
broke down. Several of tho jurymen
also wept. After the jurymen left the
jait Hattie was taken away IN taxi
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COURT DECORUN
IS SWEPT ASIDE
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manner ard then Clerk Dillingham;
called upon the girl to rise Trembling
and weeping, Hattie rosa to her feet.
Jurors" said the clerk, look upon
the prisoner. Hattie Leblanc look upon
the jury"
The girl steelcd herself for the effort
and the clerk, addressing Foreman
Fairbanks of the jury, said
Mr. Poremah, have YOU agreed upon
a verdct?"
I'VE have" was the reply
What is your verdict?' continued
the clerk
Not guilty" answered the foreman.
4 wild cheer burst from the crowd
in the court room at these words. ana
as Hattie dropped back into her seat
and began to weep on the matrom's
shoulder, the demonstration continue1.
and the court officers were powerless
to check it.
Chcered BY Crowd. -.
When quiet finally was restored. Hat
tie was led to the private office OF
Sheriff Fairbain, AS tho girl crossed
the street she was cheered by the
crowd Every one wanted to shake
her hand. Hats We're thrown In the air
and cries of Three cheers for Hatue
Leblanc, were repeated until the
doors of the jail closed again behind
the girl. A few moments later H.elvin
Johnson chief counsel for the defense,
crossed over TO the JAIL and the en-
thusasm with which he was greeted
nearly equalled that accorded the girl.
Later Hattie received the newspaper
men. Most of Hattie's answers TO
questions were interpreted by one of
the priests, although occasionally she
spone in broken English. She said that
she was delighted with the verdict.
and She expressed Gratefuiness to Mr..
Johnson, the Judge and the jury she
said she would remain with friends IN
Massachusetts for a while, and womb
return with her father to West Ari-
chat.
After the newspaper men had left the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-15
AFTER ORE FOUND
TWENTY YEARS AGO
1oninnlin Pearson of Provo Hunting
Long Lost ore in Oli Miller
ilill Ground.

Provo. Aug 15.-John Jones. J j..
johnson and Benz Pearson. who have
leased portion OF the Old Miller Hiu
ground IN American Bark canyon. are
working for "a bonauJs for which Pear
son has had his eye open for 20 years,
according to story from American
Fork. He was working ia the Miller
mine 90 years ago. when a body OF hlgh
grade carbonate ore was Discovered.
rs Ii was leading VI the compauy's
ground the workings were covered IN
order TO hide the orc that the CONF
pany might buy the ground Tor which
the ore was making at y lower figure
than would be the case 81 IL became
known the ore was there Soon after
the mine changed hands and the new
management left this ore und.sturbcd.
This year Mr Pearson secured
lease, and he is now at work opening
up this ore, with very satisfactory re-
suits lie ana his associates expect to
reach the objective point soon. and soon
thereafter 20 begin shipping.
The pittsburg and the DutChman each
sent out a 50-t0n car 81 ore the past
week, and 70 Seton car was shipped
ftom the Jones' Erickson lease. About
three and half tons Of rich carbonate
ore was taken out each shift from this
lease.
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Pioneer Roohngs.
Sold. laid and guaranteed by
LAMBERT PAPER co.
BERTHA BENIGUS WAS
UNDOUBTEDLY MURDERED

Abilene, Kan, Aug 15.-Without even
q clue 10 the murderer of Bertha Bent
gus who WAS found dead In her par
ents home Sunday morning. the police
today found other evidence which makes
II certain that she was killed by some
one who entered her bedroom.
Ladder prints beside the porch. paint
rubbed on the side OF the house. n hole
cut I'm The screen OF her bedroom window.
were discovered. At this point all trace
Is lost and not even tangible suspicion
is held.
\ suicide theory was disposed OF by
search OF tho room. Miss Benz gus was
covered carefully with bedding and
around one wrist was tied a silk handker-
chief which appeared TO nave been used
TO bind both hands. Other than this
there was no indication Of a struggle. An
empty chloroform bottle stood on a
dresser FIVE feet from the bed This the
physicians say was too far away for her
20 have used tho poison and then have
reached the bed.
Miss Benigus' body was so carefully
covered that when her father FIRST went
TO the room he thought the bed had
been made and she had left the house
Returning 10 search further. he found
her beneath the covinR
All the family was In the house all
night yet none heard any noise. Mrs
Benigus slept I'm room adjoining that
occupied by her daughter.
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BEAR TRADERS
SOLD THE MARKET

New York, Aug 15.-The stock market
opened today duh and steady, but soon
aftcrward displayed yielding tendency
iu sympathy with the pressure against
the metal stocks T.. =. Steel declined a
and Amaigamatod Copper and American
Smelling y Rock Island rose ia and
Republic steel T.
Room traders followed the lead of the
professionals and sold stocks. causing a
further general decline. The western rail-
road stocks. Reading. q. :. steel and
the copper stocks, were the weak iea-
lures. .
ing and Amalgamatcd Copper ". Read
ing and T.. :, steel ia ana - faul,
southern Pacific. Missouri Pacinc and
Chesapeake a ONO 1. kansas city, Fort
scott ana Memphis preferred rose ana
Great Northern ore Certificates /
several more of the representative
stocks scored losses of point before
the selling movement expressed Itself The
weakness OF the market was due 20 the
realizing OF some Of the prohts on the
recent sharp advance and selling by bear
sencc OF any important buying to put
out new short lines, Prices at noon were
slightly above the lowest Union Pacihc
rallied a point.
Bonds were easy
Active stocks were neglected and held
az about the noon prices Among the
minor stocks there were some gains of
consequence. Colorado Fuel preferred
rose .. Allis-Chalmcrs preferred and IL
luois Central and American Wooden l.
During the greater part OF the after
noon the market was inactive. Prices
for many OF the important stocks ruled
at about point under saturdays clos
Ing. Canadian Pacific rose y
The market closed steady. There was
not much stock offering around current
prices iu the final hour and when orders
ca me ia for ST Paul and Consolidated !
Gas, they were bid up about last weeks
close. The rest Of the market leaders
moved In rather an almless fashion. but |
there was no renewal of the early pres |
sure. American Beet Sugar became rath- |
,r active toward the close and advanced |
over points.
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS MONDAY AUGUST IL 1910
LOCAL MARHETS


In todays local markets, the receipts
include Al car of lemons which are now
selling at 81 and $3.50 per case. with
express shipments Of grapes which are
OF fine quality Plenty OF potatoes are
at hand, AZ the tuber stream from
Cache valley has been successfully
tapped by the Salt Lake commission
men, and car load lots are being ship
ped I'm here, displacing the Davis coun-
~ product. stu. Davis county grow
ers are bringing In some lots for which
they demand 90 cents "A bushcl. when
the Cache county tuber IL being laid
down here for IS cents. Wholesalers
say Davis county farmers are intend
Ing to hold back their stock, believing
there is To be scarcity ere long, when
they viii be able to demand and re-
ceiye any price they may AJAX for their
potatoes Utah cantaloupes are COM
ing along well, with local watermelons
Nhich are Improving i'm quality.
There is gratifying downward
tendency in retail meats. but eggs are
soaring upward again. The prevailing
quotations are;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-15
SALT LiKERs ADVANCE.
e. ". Alley and &. ". Miller Find Rec
ognition With Western Pacific.

&. r. Alley. Familiarity known among
his railroad acquaintance as Dick. y
formerly agent for the Denver q Rio
Grande in this city, but later promoted
20 be agent for the Western Pacific at
San Francisco. has again been ad-
vanced. and he will now manage the af-
fairs of the Globe Express company,
under Vice President Charles ~.
Schlacks Mr. Alley is well known In
this city. having served the Denver a
Rio Grlnde for many years. He mar
ried Miss Florence Kcssler. The Globe
Express company. which will handle
the express business on the Western
Pacific railway. Is a Gould organiza-
tion. hitherto unrepresented in TINS
city. Mr. Alleys headquarters VIII be
in San Francisco.
Another Salt Lake man 10 receive
recognition at the hands OF the West
ern Pacific is G. H. Miller, for num-
Der OF years train agent Of the oregon
Short Line. Mr.. Miller has been named
as general baggage agent OF the West
ern Pacific with offices In san Francis
60. In company with Chief Clerk w
n. Moran, Travelling Auditor X. X. Rip-
ley and Travelling Freight Agent a. +.
Merely, Mr. Miller Travelled over the
entire length OF the line stopping q,
every station to supply the agents with
baggage and ticket stock preparatory
TO the opening Of business on Aug -
The special train arrived in SAT- Lake
Saturday afternoon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-15

S neriiel ID this morning ~,
"e oeht Is effective .mmedi., me appoint.
Neg NJ INT MT EIllngson as su' aS,lyy To sue.
narI ne5Inple' city ticket a S1let CLERK. g.
- GhieI CLERK at once ne up his dutls,
~ E.hngson has becp .o.-
D DLS IN y. fact before the lin nearly eight
c p,euea through to salt lane s'ne was com.
santa over E to the clark r5S y ny NJ
10 re with T. W GlnSes,a. from The
:" . couple OF years a g,,'e, , who up
Ron,a nsen agent of the gs5 general
mo Uu.e ,oo tie came to sail ts Eau Lake
u uary' lgoi. ana has held tb axe s IN Jan.
t ,h clerk for tho greater ,r Position %
tSe ume since then. h. portion %
9, ,n era, and is today recelyi IN capable
Sro1u,ations OF his many frie s me con
an ar. Temple has been cor,o.,.,
e we Salt Lake Route since y We With
prior to coming 10 Salt ~ 1870 and
, ,nls year, was agent FOR ne the IN June
Mliiord' He has demonstra,n'SS road az
ability as a railroad man ' es5 mis- cap.
ord '" efeditable rec.
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Los ANGELES TO PORTLAND.
southern Pacific Planning New Inter-
Tor Line Through Klamath Falls.

Following closely upon the heels OF
President Lovett's automobile trip
through the Interior OF oregon, a spe-
cial dispatch from New York an
nounces that the Southern Pacific Is
to have a road south to Los Angeles
via Reno and north 10 Portland via
Alturas. Cal. klamath Falls and
Deschutos canyon. The dispatch says:
AS soon as deeds for right Of way
have been filed for record. the South
ern Pacific will begin the building 81
branch from klamath Falls, ore 10
Alturas. which Is to be ready for op-
Grafton in 90 months. II will event
ually be- extended from Alturas to
Reno New For so miles II will run
through Modoc county following the
Pitt river south Of Lookout to Bieber,
Bassen county, Cal.
"The Southern Pacific Is building a
line through the owens valley. known
as the aqueduct line. and this will con
meet at Reno with the road outlined
above. This Will give a continuous
line east to the Sierras from Los An
geles to klamath Falls. and II will
soon be possible to go from klamath
Falls by the, Des Chutes canyon route
to Portland"
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PRODUCE.



Chicago. Aug. i5.-Whcat prices fcll OFT
in tue opening trading here today, and
values slumpcd from Ysnst 10 iin, later
regaining some of the decline,
The controlling factor was a weaker
foreign market which had little bullish
domestic competition. Heavy world ;
shipments and an Increased quantity or
foodStuifs also contributed to the behrlsh
trend al the start. The Initial decline,
however invited purchasers and there
Was good buying for time altnohgh the
market in the nrst hour failed to recover
september opened weak. s.W7. to II
lower at .O2fs to 70. and worked back
to i.ugts december took a greater plunge
at the start which. at ~ To .oSta was
= to ~ below the hnai quotations Of
Saturday. The distant option moved up
to lOsFs in the first hour.
Increased offerings Of corn from coun-
try holders gave "A weak tinge to the
market and opening figures were un-
changed to ga q lower. Buying by brok-
ers who took bullish view Of crop con-
ditions. brought prices back to Satur-
days closing level Ia the hrst hour.
september opened unchanged TO y low
81 At - to = and crept up 10 6lia The
distant futures followed suit
oats showed less tendency 10 sag than
wheat or corn, and opened generally \
10 = lower Tho market had moderate
support from commission sources and
fluctuations were within narrow limits.
september opened = to u on at 5s%
to y.
the provision pit and absorbed offerings
AT the moderate decline with which the
day began. Pork fell on at the start
from pa TO 3. with the September selling
az q y. Lard showed a similar decline
az the start. with the September at
n 92ls. Ribs we're also on from eis to
&C.. September selling az n seq a n q at
tho start. Fluctuations were IN II narrow
range In the ntst hour
Wheat weakness abroad contributed TO
the decline here. The close was weak
with September ] a a = 20 llsa g lower.
at l.02pE to 1.O2is
Closc-Whcat-S Sent, .O2dis TO =: Dee.
i.059s 10. Li May iaA
Corn-sept., s3ss Dec. D7s 10 81: May.
% to q.
oats sept. 3sis: bee. aS%: MAY. az.
Mess Pork. per hhI-Sept q ST. n
q o.. oct, $50; Jan. ts52is
Lard. per 1c1 ibs.-Scpt Il s.. Oct
ll.A, Nov n 40: Jan. i065
short Ribs. per 100 lbs-Sopt. II a..
oct, II 2i'a Jan. 9.67ts
torn-Ihc market moved IN sympathy
with wheat. bullish crop reports from
sections 81 the corn belt failed to stiffan
the trade. The close was weak with sen
tomber p or at ESQ.
Cash corn; No . 66iS n y: No 2 white
q M No yellow. 66is: No B saIs7.
No. white Sc: No yellow. es. No. q
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CURTAU.MENT or COPPER.

Thompson. Towlc & Company say.
orders have been wired 60 ely to cur
tail the production or copper at the
Stcptoe Plant Is per cont, which will
result In monthly production OF about
100000 puInds OF copper instead Of
5000. 600 a formerly \ leading direc-
tor OF the Nevada Consolidated Com-
Iany tells rs that there is no question
81 30 per annum upon a monthly pro
ductiou of 100000 pounds. especially
as the management has been bringing
about some remarkably low opening
costs during the last tow months. For
both May and June the net cost of Ne
vada Consolidated copper was dndcr
cents. which made this mine tho lowest
cost producer in the country.
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COLUMBUS GOES HIGHER.
Colorado Also Receives Better Price
ON Local Exchange.

Better prices ruled again on the local
exchange today. The general move
ment for strength increased ana put
some OF the stocks ahead several points
Cedar Tslisman continued 20 gain in
strength and 10000 shares sold at 1919
on a buyer. During the session IL, 500
shares changed hands.
Colorado continues on its upward
move Ii reached ~ cents ON "a seller
and also was disposed of at ilis cents
cash.
Columbus Consolidated was the star
performer II opened al a new high
price of ~ cents. but dropped down to
81 cent? II rcgained and was selling
al SO cents at the close There was
considerable activity In Grand Central
at a higher price. Iron Blossom was
strong although it did not make an ad-
vance.
The total number OF sales this morn.
ing was 33,455, while the amount paid
out for stocks was S9.449.25.
Opex was weaker on the curb mar
ket this morning. The sales registered
were 1900 Opex at a cents and 100 at
a. cents.
TODAY's QUOTATIONS.
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LIVE STOCK.

Chicago Aug lj.-Cattle- Receipts es-
timated at 5000. market weak TO l0c of.
EcCVes, 4.dJHS.s0; Texas steers. 8 .JO4i 5 10,
western steers, A.O0u5.10; stockers and
feeders. 4.OON $50. cows and heifers. $50
at 80, calves. 6.00nS ~.
Hogs-Receipts, estimated at 32.ooo:
market tOc. lower Light. S. i5aS IS; miXed.
Z sass. heavy 1.G0m SIS; rough, 7.6OD
80: good 10 choice heavy, 80 a >. %, pigs,
S.a,uP00; bulk of sales. S.05ds.SS
market loc. lower. Native. :. 25a430;
western. 2.j0di2O; yearlings. i.0OI6. 40;
lambs. native, asa Geo; western, asa
6. So.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas city, Aug l5.--Cattle-Receipt
SEQ; cows and heifers, 2.50d $50; stockers
ana feeders, 3.0oN 6OO; bulls, Q SOfis 20,
calves, 3.ISnG16; western steers, 4OOGi Z. - T.
western cows, 2.5004. IS.
Hogs-Receipts, 500: market TO 10c
lower. Bulk Of sales. S.35MS.6j; heavy, :. ~
al -; packers and butchers, S.5as. 65 /;
light S.55nS. TO-
sheep-Receipts 5000: market steady.
Muttons. 3.75af.25. LAMBS, 5.5ods. IS. fed
wcthers and yearlings, 3.Og %: fed
western ewes. 3o0ni,U
OMAHA
Omaha. Aug l5.-Cattle-Receipts, $500;
market steady 10 easier Native steers.
4.7jGf7.s0; cows and heifers. 3.oog > N;
western steers, $500 6.I5. cows and hcif-
Crs, 2.15u As. Gamers. 3,2jD3.22 stock
ers and feeders. 3,0oI5 IS; calves, 3.o0H
6.25: bulls. 325m5.25
10 Sc. higher Heavy. 7.S0HS. 30 mixed.
s GOA Is. light. S.DDHS.SD: pigs, T.00ff 90.
bulk of saics, 7goHs.2Q.
sheep-Rcceip,s 300, market strong
ers. 9.SoH 4'2o' ewes, 3.25ui.lo, lambs. SIS
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d. & II. g. EMPLOYEES AT rrur
prohibition Mayor of Lem Wins o0,.
or Whislty-A Gala Da,


LchL Aug. l5.-Saturds. ,,..
Jay With the shop employees Of ,bo h saA
yer q no Gande. about 1000 from ROY IN N,
h LIN ahd elsewhere on the line sss ,1''
nllhg IN this city for their annual 49, ~,
ing \ most enjoyable day ,gss 10y. o.l.
IN Lem city park and al Ssrs wv
springs. The Lehl silver band j'' Ny,
tne visitors at the depot and tbs ea.
zens did everything IN their na 's'e wv, w.
their comfort In the Afternoon ,n, w.
sports we're pulled of In The rjt, ' na.l
a .t' dhncing was INDUCED In dnris,
thg AFTERNOON and evening MANY n.y..
10 Saratos Springs and onioveJ bs,hi.,
anIi boating ana fishing The sprl,s,
pan game between the machlnis,s In.
car men was won by the former
Lem city's prohihltionlst mavor e..
ward Souihwck, won the fst msn,
race and was awarded ovar, n
WHISKY which caused him much 'io,iy.
ing among the railroaders This ne,
me hrst outing of the employees ana
they all had a most enjoyable time