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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Prisoners Doom Sealed.

The court asked the prisoner to rise.
He calmly stood up and waited.
Have you gentlemen agreed on 4 YER
dict?" asked Judge Watson.
I'VE have said Foreman Burgess
and almost at the same instant thn,
Judge Watson asked What is Your rer-
dict?" all twelve men yelled guilty
CDversed in law and the forms OF A
murder trial, the jurymen had not spe-
cihed what degree OF murder. Asked
what degree. Mr. Burgess answered SIM
ply. guilty as indicted
Under Virginia practice, murder is pre-
suned 20 be second degree unless other
wise specified, Ii was incumbent on the
jury TO Ak the degree. so Judge Watson
advised the iurymen 20 confer again or
the point. Seven minutes later they re-
turned with the verdict OF murder in the
first degree
The prisoner stood erect and motion =
less. Ills face, In color yellowish
green throughout the day was imrnobilc.
The light OF lamp cast a dreary
shadow on his upturncd chin as he
faced the jury. His eyelids saeged. but
did not blink. In steady gaze lie held
| his eyes on the faces OF the twelve men
who had pronounced his punishment as
! II TO penetrate their minds and deter
mine the reason whv. II was not a re-
sentful expression, however, and when
| the court asked II the prisoner had any
| thing 10 say he answered:
| II have nothing 20 say
He then
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Suspected Of Robbery.

j. w Wagner and r. T. Brown we're
arrested yesterday afternoon by Patrol
man Armstrong on suspicion of having
robbed TWO strangers of small amount
OF money. II Is alleged that Brown made
The acquaintance OF the two men. and
while they were under the influence of
liquor robbed them. Both men are be-
ing held for further inNastip0tIon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
New Trial Denied

The perfunctory motions for a new
trial were made By counsel for the de-
Tense. The usual granting OF pern1is-
sion to argue the point was denied. as
Judge Watson. In stern voice. de-
elared that all trial rulings Of the court
had been on comparatively unimportan,
details and In no way could have infiu-
enced the verdict A stay OF execution
was granted however. in order TO give
counsel an opportunity TO apply for a
writ Of error when the court OF appeals
meets In November.
Judge Watson delivered an impressive
speech 20 the prisoner. He told how the
Young man had stained his own life and
that OF the community in which he lived
by his sordld acts. When the trial first
started said Judge Watson. he had hoped
, that Virginia might be cleared Of the
crime for which not only the state felt
shame, but which the entire country
deprecated He had hoped that tie coun-
sel would prove the defendant innocent.
put fhe evidence he regarded ae convinc-
Ing and overwhelming
The court IN this trial" said Judge
watson. hne endcavored IN its decisions
10 lean toward the side OF the prisoner.
and. IN It's charge 10 the Jury as we'll
attempted 10 Eive nim the benefit OF
eFry doubt and every opportunity to es-
[ tnb'iSn his innccencc. Tho rulings most-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Wyoming Masous.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. s-rs.
sonic grand lodge OF Wyomine
closing sessIou. elected Harold Ras.
Casper grand master and WilIla,s 4
OF Evanston deputy grand master
next annual meeting will be heT (.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
DECLARE SHE'S
COMMON-LAW WIFE
Katherine Dalton. Secretary of Seattle
Woman's Club, Sues for Estate
Of Lumber1nan.

SEATTLE. Sept. s.-Katherine Dalton.
secretary OF the Seattle Womans club.
official stenographer in large office
building and widely known here admitted
today that she Is the Katherine Alice
Dalton who Is suing in St Paul TO gain
possession Of the $500. 900 estate of Jan,es
Kasson, a lumberman. who died last
July. Miss Dalton had hitherto denied
vehemently that she was the plaintiff
Miss Dalton in her suit alleges that for
ten wears. and until she came 10 Seattle
A few years ago, she was the common
law wife OF kasson.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. Sept S.-James Kas-
son. st. Paul lumberman died last July
intestato. His closest heirs are several
cousins. who Immediately laid claim 20
the estate of $50 1000.
Katherine Dalton or Seattle. who sew
eral years ago WAS employed as ste
nocrapher by kasson. brought suit in the
local probate court 10 obtain the estate
asserting that she was kaSson's com
mon law wife and that the lumberman
had introduced her TO his friends as such
This kassou's friends and relatives de-
MED Miss Dalton was represented by
Minneapolis attorneys.
Miss Dalton in her suit alleged that
kasson maintained an Establishment for
her AT Seattle after she left ST. Paul
The court appointed three administra =
tors. who arc now making an apprnisc- =
ment OF the estate The case has been
continued for several weeks
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Salt Lakers in New York.

Special 10 The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Sept s.-Albany. L. l..
Butler and wife; Park Avenue N R.
Cheesman. r. Kinney. Miss V. Edwards.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09

Sentence Passed.

IL have been not on matters OF Law. bu
on small questions OF fact
Evening star., 1911-08-19
TURNS DOWN M0THER-IN-
LAW; WOMAN DEP0RTED
Came to America to Live With
Daughters Husband, But He Pro-
tests to immigration Officials.

PHILADELPHIA. August 19.-Among
the passengers who sailed from here to-
day for Liverpool on the steamer Merton
was mother-in-law who had beer
turned down. by her son-in-law, an6
was being deported by the national gov.
ernment because she was likely to be-
come a public charge. The mother-in-
law is an English woman and her son-in-
law is a resident of this city.
When the woman arrived here last
Monday on the Merton to make her home
with her daughter, the son-in-law pro-
tested to the immigration authorities
against her being landed. In his formal
protest he declared the mother-in-law
who had visited him before, to be per-
petual trouble maker, Objectionable in
many ways and that it was impossible
for him to live under the same roof with
her. His wife Joined him in the formal
objection to her mother.
The mother-in-law being well up In
years and the son-in-law refusing to re-
ceive her. there was nothing left for
the immigration officials to do but deport
her.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
DEATH BY CHLOROF0RM.
Horses Disposed of According t
Last Will of Owner.

BUFFALO, N Y, August ia pair
Of sleek carriage horses valued at $500
will be chloroformed by the humane So
ciety today. The animals were the prop
ertv of the late John Blecher. a wealthy
Buffalo manufacturer, and had seen
many years service with his family. Mr..
Blecher's will provided that the horses
should be disposed Of In this way when
the family had no further use for them.
They have not been hitched to carriage
since his death.
1--WE wish more people and nrms, TOO,
would have this sense OF Justice, said
an officer of the humane society. 1t
seems inhuman that after horse had
served it's owner for many years he
should in his old age be sold to the first
peddler that comes along"
Evening star., 1911-08-19
scoFFs AT PREMIER LAURIER.
Statement That Reciprocity Could
Re Repealed in Year Ridiculed.

WINNIPEG, Man, August 19.-Intes est
among Canadians over the reciprocity IS
sue, pending between the United Ststes
and Canada, is reflected daily by speakers
of opposition forces, who are carrying
their campaigns throughout the provinces
In an address here last night Attorney
General Campbell of Manitoba replied to
q. speech he accredited to Premier Laurier
at Simcoe He quoted Sir Wilfred as de-
claring that if Canada ratified the agree
ment it would be possible to repeal It
within a year.
The attorney general. a conservative.
i'm replying to the statement declared:
WAS ever such nonsense talked by a
prime minister? To repeal the pact with
in a year would cause great affront to
the United States and its people. 1t would
disturb business of the United States. and
the states would on one pretext or other
pick quarrel with Canada and force war
on U.s."
Evening star., 1911-08-19
HAPPY WITH So A WEEK.
Little Sufices Where Love Abounds,
Declares Buffalo Man.

BUFFALO, N. Y, August 19.-While
paving a fine of $40 in the city court here
for keeping an unmuzzled dog. Paul
Gerth vouchsafed the information that
his weekly wage was SO, which provided
for a family of eight.
'.Is that enough to care for them all
properlyg' asked the court, and Gerth
replied that he would not exchange places
with Rockefeller or Carnegie.
mot all the money In the world would
make me any happier. judge" he re-
piled. 1--WE have everything we want
and a little something over. We don't
claim to have solved the problem Of
existence, but where there Is real love
young couple can get along on little" :"
Evening star., 1911-08-19
COTTON BILL REPORTED
BY STRICT PARTY VOTE
Senate Measure Goes Before
House Monday Next,
Sure of Passage.

The House ways and means committee
today decided by strict party vote to IA
|vorably report the cotton tariff revision bill
as amended and passed in the Senate and
to call it up for passage Monday. Mem
bers of the committee predicted adjourn
ment Of Congress by Tuesday night.
The committees action insures passage
of the bill by the democratic House. but
it will fail to become law for the same
reasons as did its two predecessors, the
wool and free list bills-the veto OF the
President and inability of Congress to
override the veto. All the tariff revision
Hesitation, however. will be renewed at
the regular session of Congress. beginning
in December
Evening star., 1911-08-19
NO TROOPS CALLED FOR.
Militia Not Needed to Suppress Race
Riots at Jakin, Ga.

ATLANTA, Ca. August 19.-Up to
late hour this morning Gov. Smith had re-
ceived no request for troops to put down
the riots in Jakin, Ca. where several
negroes have been killed and houses
burned as a result Of the murder OF City
Marshal Newberry Tuesday night 1t
was reported in dispatches from there
last night that the militia might be called
ont No reports of further trouble had
been received up to 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
Rosebush Thorn Causes Death,

GREENPORT. N. Y. August 19.-Miss
Susan Reichert is dead here of blood
poisoning caused by a prick of a thorn
on a rosebush on her mothers grave
The injury, only slight scratch, was
suffered while she was looking after
the Arsve two weeks ago. She was to
have beeE married next month.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
Carries Senate Amendments.

The bill, on which both houses are III
exact accord, carries Senate amendments
reducing the duties on iron and STEEL cot
ton machinery, certain chemicals used IN
lotion manufactures and provision for
reciprocal free admission of bituminous
coal across the Canadian border.
The plan is to send the bill to the Presi-
dent by Monday night OF TUESDAY inorh-
ing and not to wait for the veto.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
Cuts Ad Va1orem Duties.

The cotton bill, which was designed to
become a law on January l next would
cut the ad valorem duties of the present
tariff law by what the democrats estimate
at one per cent on the average ana the
committee that framed 1t in the House
contended that it would reduce the rev
enues by about S3,OCO,OOO annually. as
against a substantial economy in the cost
nf Twin
Evening star., 1911-08-19
Apartment Neatly Kept.

The front room Of the apartment on the
first floor of the Riveria. where the wom-
an committed suicide. was neatly furnish
ed and presented the appearance of hav-
ing been occupied by a good housekeep-
er. There was nothing there to indicate
a struggle of any kind and the writing
Continued on Second Page9
Evening star., 1911-08-19
DEAD BESIDE CHILD
Mother Took Poison, Leaving
Her Baby to Starve.
DISCOVERED JUST IN TIME
Little One at the Point of Exhaus-
tion From Hunger.
NOTES TOLD OF DESPAIR
Had Passed Civil Service Examina-
tion, But Had Not Secured Posi-
tion-Mind Disordered.
DISCOVERED JUST IN Time
NOTES TOLD OF DESPAIR

Her four-year-old daughter, weakened
by many foodless days, but with the
spark Of life glowing feebly, in crib be-
side her, Mrs Sarah E. Peterson was
found dead in bed this morning. the vic
tim of poison taken with suicidal intent.
She took the poison Thursday night, the
police believe.
The child, crib-bound by the exhaustion
of starvation. had passed tie hours of
daylight and darkness since her dead
mother failed to heed her summons. all
alone in the room, her cries too weak to
bring aid, her vitality slowly ebbing.
The mother evidently entertained the
thought that her starving child might
die before her own death was discovered.
4 message left behind provides for the
disposition of the child In the event that
she should survive the ordeal of waiting
for discovery of the tragedy.
Evening star., 1911-08-19
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Sunday, with
moderate temperature; light to
moderate northerly winds.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

Never before has water been so popu-
lar with a national guard camp. The bat
terry of filters which Maj Weaver has in
stalled in front of the camp of the 1st
Field Artillery has been most popular
resort for the last two days. and there is
n reason. Hush! It's an open secret
now but for several hours there was a
vreat mystery concerning the water that
came from the filters.
The top row of barrels in this filter is
q choice collection Of whisky barrels that
nave seen active service. Real whisky
has been carried around In those barrels
many and many q time. The first man
that took q drink out Of that filter smack.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

Continued on Second Page9
Evening star., 1911-08-19

The Star is the only afternoon
paper in Washington that prints
the news of the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1911-08-19

Continued on Second Page.3
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
Unreliable PhysioanomY.

am profound disbeliever in phys
iognomy. Features are false wit.
nesses. Stupidity frequently wears a
mask of intelligence ! know bust
ness men who look like poets and
poets who look like BUSINESS men.
Men of genius invariably look like
idiots and If you pick out the man
who looks most eminent in a party
you are sure TO find he is a nobody
! always distrust men who look mag
nificent. Nature is a stingy creature.
She seldom gives man the double
gift OF being great and looking great.
She took care to lame Byron and de-
form Pope and disfgure Johnson. But
the browning example OF her jealous
psrsimony is Shakespeare. have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes.
peare's face. II does not live up TO
his poetry. II is dull. heavy and COM
monplace Adventures in London.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
Doc Saved Baby.

A fierce battle took place recently
near the Henry river, Australia. be-
tween a collie dog and large eagle.
Three sons of Mr., w. Parker of New
ton Boyd, went to battle in the river
and left a three-year-old brother play.
ing with the dog on the bank. Sud
denly a great eagle hawk, measuring
six to eight feet from tip TO tip of the
wings, swooped down on the child
with talons ready hooked. 1t hit the
boy on the head, and returned with
the evident intention of taking him
off. when the dog leaped into the air
and caught the bird by the claws. The
boys screams brought the brothers
hastily on the scene, but sticks and
stones had no effect on the monster,
and the eldest boy rushed for a gun,
but when he got back the eagle was
soaring away over the river. But for
the faithfulness of the wise dog, the
child would undoubtedly have been
carried off.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
Farm Produce.

Cabba ge-New s175 per Dbl.
Tomatoes-s2 25M $50 for 6basket
crates
sack.
Honey-Choice to fancy comb, $50
onionsws1 .25@1S5 per bu; spanish.
$3.50 per crate.
Michigan. car lots soc;
store lots. 55m 5Sc per bu
New Maple Sugar-Pures liz l2c per
III: syrup. 10 a soc per gal
Dressed Calves-Fancy, 10M10h e..
choice. 9m9Rc: ordinary. 76tSc per ID.
Nuts-Walnuts. 60M Csc per bu: but
ternuts. 50M 60c per bu.
Live Poultrv-Snring chickens, 15Go
t5ibc: hens. 166tl6ihc old roosters 10
611c: turkeys. 15n1sc; geese. 12@13e;
ducks 15M / &c per III.
Dressed Poultry-Turkeys. 16m zoe:
chickens. 166t17c; hens. 16M 1Tc old
rosters and stays. II a 20. ducks, La
1Sc. geese 13M15c per III.
Cheese Michigan, old. t5Ml6c late
made, 1914 &c York state old. 16M lSc.
late made. IA l5c. September. 16M lie;
domestic Swiss. 1SM zoe. imported
Swiss. 2S soc. cream brick, 15M l6c.
Eggs-Current receipts. cases includ-
ed &c per doZ. Rutter. Extra crea M
cry. Gle: first creamery, l9c dairy Ice;
packing. 13c per ID.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13

The Rev. G. B. Mitchell OF Chicago
has come out fiatfooted with the dec
laration that women are gamblers.
He asserted that card playing by
members Of womens clubs for prizes
to the purchase OF which each mem.
Der has contributed should be pro-
hibited.
There never was a time when
card playing in women's clubs was so
prevalent. In many of the clubs Il is
practice for each player TO contrib
ute her share toward the purchase OF
prize. When this is done the won.
en- are gambling and each one be.
comes gambler as much as If she
were playing for money.
Gambling consists in stalking on a
chance something that belongs TO you
il is an abandonment of reason. You
must admit that the sin OF gambling
lies In the willful dethronement OF
reason"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
FREE SAMPLE CURED OLD
PERSONS BOWEL TROUBLE

One OF the most remarkable proofs OF
the unusual laxative merit contained I'm
Dr Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin is that IL is
effective not only in people in the prime
OF life. but at the extremes OF ages. As
many letters are received from mothers
regarding the cures OF children. as from
men and women of sixty. seventy and
eighty years OF age. 1t must be truly a
wonderful laxative.
In the cure of constipation and bowel
trouble in old people Il has no equal. IL
corrects the constipation, dispels the head
ache. biliousness. gas drowsiness after
eating, etc. People advancing in years
should see to II that their bowels move
freely, and II they do not TO take DR..
Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. You can pro-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
NEARLY ALL WERE
MASSACRED
BRAVE LITTLE BAND OF 80 MEN
THAT FOUGHT 400 MExICANS
is CUT TO PIECES.
ONLY 20 INSURGENTS ESCAPED
AND RETURNED FROM
THE BATTLEFIELD.
Madero Marching With 5000 Men Is
Prepared to Meet Large Force
Of FederaIs.

Gen. Stanley Williams hurled his
little battalion of rebels against Col.
Miguel Mayots 500 Mexican regulars
on the Mesa five miles south of Mex
icali. Eighty insurrectos went into
the fight, 20 returned from the battle
field.
Williams himself was fatally wound.
ed. his head being torn by a trag.
ment from an exploding shell. He
died in the improvsed hospital estab-
lished by the United States troops
at Calexico. With half dozen
fugitives of his fleeing command he
was overtaken by a federal shell that
exploded in their midst. sending up a
geyser of flame, smoke and fragments
of human bodies. His wagon trains
were captured with nearly all of the
stores and livestock which he took in
his raid yesterday of several ranches.
Survivors struggling into Mexicali
declare that the federals took no
prisoners. All those not killed by
the fire of the federal rifles, machine
guns and artillery were, it is alleged,
slaughtered mercilessly by bayonets
in the hands of federal soldiers.
Madero, with his 5000 insurrectos,
broke camp near Chihuahua, and
started towards Casas Grandes re-
gion. which is evidently move in
accordance with newly-laid plans to
abandon whatever method of attack
b had projected from his camp. How
tvver. the likelihood of battle with
in the next few days is as strong as
ever and it is believed the federals
will no thp auprpSSOrS
This belief is strengthened by the
arrival in Chihuahua of Gen. Lauro
Villar, who succeeded the federal
Gen Hernandez, with a detachment
of men and several machine guns
1t is said the rendezvous of Madero
will be MADEIRA, the terminus OF the
railroad and within easy marching
distance Of Casas Grandes, the only
federal stronghold in northern Next
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
Stone Carvings of the World.

A casual picture of the Hall of Mon.
oliths at Militia reminds us that there
IS Hall of Columns at Karnak. They
say the new world follows the fash
ions of the old. Yet we have our
own Egypt-our own pyramids and
sculptured temples. On American soil
people set up pillars carved with the
symbolic shorthand of some forgotten
knowledge that seems TO have held
the key TO mysterious mathematic
geometric, astronomic, cosmogonic
Were the Egyptians ever in America
or the Americans in Egypt?
But not Mexico and Egypt alone
have their sculptured monuments
Peru also has its Cyclopean masonry
Easter Island, Afghanistan, its Bantam
statues; Cambodia its Nagkon Wat
Java its Temple of Borobudor, Eng
land its Stonehenge, Brittany its
wealth of dolmenes and mohairs. AL
over the world, seemingly, were these
mighty builders and engravers, will
their mystic science. which they were
anxious to preserve through some
impending catastrophe. - Century
Path.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
BOY TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD
He Thouqht This Book Was the Best
Kind Of an Instructor and
Entertainer.
MICnI0A1

A man who tolls in downtown
building had just hired a new office
boy. The young man, In accordance
seemed eager TO make himself useful
and tried to fill in his spare time by
Strengthening up things around the Of
fce. This was something new around
that office. but the boss bore II awhile
in silence, not wishing to discourage
ambition After lunch one day he
came in to find that his desk had been
nicely cleaned, his papers neatly stack.
ed, and everything set in order. He
restrained his evaporation and called
the boy over.
Nov see here" he said, you need
mt try to keep busy all the time. Just
stay within reach, that will be enough
for the present. How am l going to
know where anything is if you insist
on cleaning up my desk? Now don't
you touch it in the future. If you
can't find anything else TO do, get
something and read
I've read everything there Is
around here" said the scared boy.
Then go out and get something
get book that will be instructive and
at the same time entertaining" said
ahe boss shortly.
The boy took him at his word and
returned with a piece of literature
with which he sat down in corner
lie did not stir again for hours, and
troubled himself no more about of
fee disorders. His boss finally be
came curious to know what 1t was
that made the youth so suddenly OBJ
livious to the flight of time and the
pricks of ambition. He glanced ovel
the boys shoulder and read the title
of the book. 1t was THE Life anC
Battles of James j. Jeffries.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
U. SLAP. Treaty is Ratified.

Ratifications OF the American-Japan-
csc commercial treaty were eXchang-
ed following a luncheon given at the
palace by Emperor Mutsuhito, in
honor OF American Ambassador
O'Brien, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
During the audience his majesty
congratulated the diplomat on the
share he had in the negotiations,
which made closer the relations be-
tween the two countries, and entrus.
ted him with verbal message for
President Taft in which the Ameri
can executive is compimented on the
conclusion of a treaty on which Japan
places the highest possible value.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-13
SSlN , 81: =: WA !sss

long your life by healthy bowel action.
Clogged bowels invite disease. Women
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do better than use Syrup Pepsin several
times week until the system has set
tied TO its future condition
Among the strongest supporters OF DR.
Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin are Mr.. w. c.
Zorn OF New Decatur Ala, and Mr.
George 5. Spaulding OF the National Sol
diers' Home, Kansas, both elderly men.
The regular size bottles can be bought OF
any druggist at fifty cents and one dol
lar. but a free sample bottle can he had
by sending your address to the doctor.
For the free sample address DIR. w. B.
Caldwell. 201 Caldwell building. Month
cello, Ill