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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14

as right l do believe, though, that
vorce Is the sensible thing"
Mrs. Tague is a Democrat and has
cast her vote ever since suffrage was
granted in Colorado Is years ago. "Oi
course, l enjoy voting" she says. Il
think women should vote and take
an interest in the government, OF for
no other reason than TO keep up their
self-respect. They can't do any worse
with the ballot than men have done.
For a woman who has passed most
OF her life In a mining camp, she Is
surprisingly well-informed on public
affairs She has well-defned views
ON most subjects. IF q Judge knows
enough TO be a judge he certainly
ought TO know enough to keep out
Of trouble That was her comment on
the recall as applied to the judiciary.
But IL he does go astray the people
ought TO have the right to Dust him.
Yes. am for the recall
Nor does Mrs. Tague propose to let
someone else run her ONCE for her.
Pm the boss" she says, land IL any
lawyer ever forgets himself In my
court, he's going to be fined for con-
tempt. Mrs. Tague keeps strict Office
hours. She is down at her office every
morning at 8 o'clock and stays until
In the afternoon. In addition she
finds time TO do all her household
work. She Is reading law and says
that some day she may decide to take
the bar examination and be a lawyer
as well as Judge
Is School Director, Too.
Besides being county Judge. she is
a school director and there Is no
doubt about her being boss there. IL
was due TO her efforts that manual
training was adopted as part of the
school work. II was largely through
her interest that the standard OF the
school is where IL Is now. II Is rec
ognized as one Of the best schools on
the western slope
Mrs. Tague has two more years in
which to decide whether 1t is as much
fun being a Judge as she anticipated
when she was a small girl. II she de-
cides that II is, she will be a candi-
date for reelection. And" she says,
Il guess | could be elected" To which
Eagle-co will undoubtedly take of its
hat and espond--"Judge, that's q
mighty fine guess
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
GRANT FREED HIS SLAVE
BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
Old Document Filed In the Court
House at st. Louis, 10 Dated
March 20, 1859.

ST. LOUIS, April 14.-Lawrence
Moskop. a clerk in the court house.
has unearthed document showing
that Ulysses s. Grant liberated Ne
gro slave only two years before the
civil war.
The document, signed by Grant,
reads:
Know all men by these presents.
that |, Ulysses s. Grant, OF the city
and county of st. Louis, In the state
OF Missouri. for divers good and valu'
able considerations hereunto moving
me, do hereby emanclpate and set
fred from slavery my Negro man,
William, sometimes called William
Jones, of mulatto complexion, aged
about S5 years and about five feet
seven inches in height, and being the
same slave purchased by me OF Fred
erick Dent.
II do hereby emancipate and set
free said William from slavery for
ever"
The document is dated March 20,
1859, and the witnesses are s. q. Nc
Ciellan and w. s. Hillyer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
|OMAN JUDGE HAS
bOhOUNCEDv|EWS.
ON JUSTICE
Ter Honor" Mrs. Lydia rerkley
[sgue Knows Little Law, But Has
Plenty Of Common Sense and
Strong Liking for Fair Play.
Yas Given Office Of County Jurist
When Her Husband Died From
Miners Consumption.
JUDGE rAGUE BELIEVES

That the best thing In the world
4, 20 be the mother OF ave children
land the next best IL 40 live In
Eaeie county and be the county
Judge.
"A T1af women should vote to main
1n1n their seif-respect.
That women would make better
1ndwes and Jurors N they possessed
/ess sympathy and more fairness.
That fewer lawyers, less law ana
lore Justice, would be q desirable
hing.
L That Judges who know enough TO
- judges ought 10 know enough 10
Zen ont of trouble, and n they
'6ont, they haven't any business be-
ms judges
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
RED CLIFF, Colo, April 14.-Up

RED CLIFF, Colo, April 14.-Up In
\ little mining camp-S.S60 feet up
"a the western slope of the Rockies
I'D over the crest of the continental
6Iyide. II the one woman county Judge
~ the United States. Mrs. Lydia Berk'
~ Tasue Of the county court OF
Ihgle county, Colorado.
81 Her husband was Judge Peter
\ Xague. When he died q month ago
1tom miners consumption. contracted
IA the mines at Leadville early In the
5os. the county commissioners gave
her his place on the bench.
Her rather was Judge Berkeley, OF
4 Doulder county, a forty-niner. He
\ was born In Boulder. Her earliest
4 x1emory is that Of going over TO the
4 old courthouse and hearing her father
TRY cases. II was then that she de-
( oided that to be judge was the one
hing most 10 be desired when she
rev up.
s And now, after some 40 odd years,
( he still holds the same opinion-wtth
I6ne exception. That exception is her
|<nmily, three girls and two boys my
Tome first. she says IF 1t wasn't
~ my children, don't know how !
oould i've"
Mrs. Tague isn't quite sure whether
~ woman can make as good a Judge
+ - man. Eagle county hasn't any
|Ioubts about the matter. Mrs. Tague
thinks that women go too much by
f. 1ntuition; that they are too easily
'Drejudiced and inclined TO take sides.
- fhat tc a
( trifie modest.
"The Common Sense Judged"
People call her 'the common sense
Judge because. they say, II fits. Az
.1er her husbands death there were
half dozen applicants for his place.
Two OF them were justices OF the
!. Deace who had opposed him when he
was elected. The county commission.
ers went to her and asked her to take
the place. She protested that she was
not lawyer. The commissioners de-
clared that they didn't need lawyer
they wanted some common sense,
+ Whereby displaying a creditable
amount Of that commodity on their
own TART
That she Is the one woman county
(, Iu1ges In the United States doesn't
6eem especially remarkable to her.
re just happened that knew more
\ about my husbands old cases than a
1<Innger would, and could handle
them better for that reason" That's
the way she explains 1t. "All Of the
lawyers and county officials have
been very kind and helped me when
over they could. Then have so few
cases that l have lots OF time to look
xhem up In my husbands law library
before they come to a hearing"
Believes In Divorce.
~ "A great deal OF her work is probate
+. eases. She is notary public, and
also takes care OF the land office work
IN Eagle county. She has couple of
divorce cases on her docket which
nhe expects to grant when they come
up.
Certainly believe in divorce, :"
<ohe said in response to a question as
TO her views on the subject. IF two
people can't get along together they
had better separate. Not that re-
gard the marriage vows lightly. or a
divorce for the purpose of remarryinp
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
preparation from the government of

preparation from the government OF
only 100000.
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena much admired the unique col.
lection and congratulated Prof. Ian
ciana, also thanking the representa-
tives OF foreign countries who had con-
tributed casts OF sculptures, models
OF buildings and many original OBJ
jects The exhibition is designed TO
be permanent.
Count iii San Martina gave a musi-
cal entertainment for those connected
with the exhibition at his apartment
in the Palazzo Doia Pamphili.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14

'Tis expectation makes blessing
dear;
Heaven were not Heaven II We knew
what II were.
Sir John Sucking.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14


Mention of the biennial seat lot.
terry in the house by one OF several
visitors in Champ Clark's office, to-
day. led the speaker TO relate his ex-
perience; a tale that undoubtedly
gives him the record for favorable
location on the house floor
AT the opening OF new congress-
seats, with a few favored exceptions,
are awarded by lot. The exceptions
are one-legged members floor leaders
of each party, former speakers and a
couple OF old-time members who are
given first choice. Then small. mum.
bered balls. each number represent.
ing n congressman, are placed in a
box and withdrawn one at a time Tho
name OF a congressman is called IS
each number representing a congress-
man, are placed I'm a box and with
drawn one at a time. The name OF a
Congressman Is called as each mum.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
Ioaical EnouQh.

vestrymen-Wbat: you want a
raise in salary? Don't you know that
money is the root of all evil?
Minister-Yesi but isn't II neces-
sary for me to get at the root OF this
matter?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14

The normal human eye IL blue.
other hues being due to colored pig
ments In the iris.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-14
Pastors Salary is Increased.

Following action taken, Thursday
evening, in the annual meeting OF the
congregation OF Brewster Congrega-
tional church. the salary OF the pastor,
the Rev. Mac H. Wallace, will be In
creased $500 per year. The raise
was accomplished by complimentary
and appreciative statement OF MT.
Wallace's work as pastor and OF the
congregations affection for him. The
treasurer's report showed the church
free from debt Officers were elected
for the ensuing year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

that detail might best be managed,
and showing a familiarity with Mrs.
Tabor's trouble, and with nervous alb
normality In general, hardly less com
plete and practical than theirs, Pres
entity we heard the voices of the others
In the hall, and she went quietly out
to meet them. Then came confused
blur OF tones, Mrs. Tabor's in tmid
protest and Sheila and Lady in reas-
surance; then Mr.. Tabor, little loud
er than the rest: Not in the least,
my dear Why should /? You should
have told me all about 1t from the
first" Then the voices grew quieter,
and at last blunted into silence behind
| the heavy curtains OF the living room.
We waited an interminahle five min
utas gazing into one another'S rigid
faces, and hearing only the restless
movement of Reid. At last. Doctor
| Paulus nodded to us, and we tiptoed
noiselessly across the hall to whore
around the edges of the close drawn
curtains We could hear and see.
| At little card table. drawn out
| into the center OF the floor, sat Mrs.
| Tabor ana the medium. face to face.
| Between them and beyond the table
was Mr. Tabor. Lady sat on her moth
er's nearer side, and Sheila, with her
back to us, completed the circle. They
were all leaning forward intently.
something In the attitude of people
saying grace before a meal. The win
dows were not covered, but the dull
light OF the late and stormy afternoon
came inward only as a leaden gray
ness, in which faces and the details
of the surroundings were heavily ana
vaguely visible, like shadows of them
selves In the window at the lar emu
of the room, the canary hoped care
lessly about his cage. with an oc
sional cricket-like chirp: and but tor
this the house was quiet enough fer
US to hear the swish Of wind along
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23
Continued from Last Saturday,

heard her. you. are the one who
knows These gentlemen do not IN
derstand You know that there ar"
mysteries here that your science can +
explain. whatever you think about
them You know the difference be
tween my powers and the fakes Of a
two dollar clairvoyant You know II
in spite of yourself. Now tel me how
YOU can reconcile It with Your con
science, to bring me up here to listen
to such proposal as this
The alienist's Napoleonic face hard
ened, and his voice took q shriNer
edge.
We shall not go into that" n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

Of weak cause. We won't attack you
and give You a chance to defend your
self, but We'll make a nationwide
mock of you. You'u be a joke. with
comic drawings"
You're trying to bluff me-" she
sneered. Then all at once, her cool
ness gave way and she flung her
self around upon us In q flood of
tears; You're nice crowd of men.
aren't YOU = she sobbed, TO make
dead set on one woman this way"
She came swiftly up TO me, and caught
both my hands, leaning against me
with upturned face Did you see any
thing wrong at my sittings? Have you
anything against me. that you q swear
TO, Yourself"
Not a thing" 1 answered. What
of that"
Then you'd tie about me-" | could
feel the hurry Of her breathing.
II would. said |. with the great
est pleasure, in every paper in New
York. ! stepped back. Excuse me.
I'm going to telephone"
She looked around at the others
With the eyes Of a cornered cat. Then
she dropped back into her chair.
Very well, she shifted. TN do II,
III deny my faith To preserve my use
fulness, And God VIII punish YOU
The granite face of Doctor lmman-
uel Paulus relaxed into a grim smile.
THE press, In America" said he.
That Is a fine weapon
Mrs. Mahi having finally Yielded.
was not long In recovering from her
emotion; and while Mr.. Tabor went
to bring his wife. the two doctors
rapidly discussed the precise needs OF
the case. and with the mediums as
sistance formulated a plan of action,
! am bound to say that she entered
into the scheme as unreservedly as
though II had been from the first her
own; suggesting eagerly how this and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

said. And now we viii make an end
Of this talking. You are partly sin
cere, but You are charlatan also. !
have seen all the records. and ] have
attended your sittings, and | have all
the data, YOU understand. And ! have
my position. SO that people listen to
me- You have done tricks. once, twice,
many times, and | have all the facts
and the dates. So, YOU will do as
say, and ! will remember that YOU
are part honest. Or otherwise; II
YOU Will not. then ] expose YOU alto
gether, publicly"
You can say anything you like, "
she retorted coolly. II don't care a
hit. Just because you're a big doc
tor, YOU needn't think care. Folks
are so used to you scientific men de-
nying everything, that when YOU sup
port us 1t helps and when you attack
us it don't matter, You think your
little crowd Of wise ones is the whole
earth. My clients have faith in me.
Go ahead. and expose all YOU want
TO-"
wouldn't It he wiser 70 make
friends Of u.s." MIR. Tabor asked slow
is.
Wen make YOU a by-word." sput-
tered Reid. Wen run YOU out OF the
country. That's What Wen do, we'll
run You out Of the country"
She smiled; "Aii right. doctor. Run
along" Then rising TO her feet again.
with a sweeping gesture. Say what
YOU will, all OF YOU she cried tragI-
cally. Il defy you And she marched
over TO the door.
One moment Mrs. Mahl." said 7.
The man who was with me at your
sittings WAS a reporter. the only one
there II l say so. he'll scare head
YOU as a fakir--in letters all across
the front page, You won't be a Sc
rious impostor, or have the strength
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

Would you have me lie 70 her even
for her good o The woman was either
wonderful actress or a NOR" won
derful selt~decever, She turned ~
Mr Tabor appealngly How can /
DENY my own faith DO YOU think the
truth can ever he wrong
Mr., Tabor went suddenly purple 'Jr
II is the truth" he growled. us a
truth out of he'll and were going To
fight IL But 1t isn't
oNt in the least disconnected by her
false move, she turned back to Doc
tor Paulus Doctor she said drop
ping her air of martyrdom and sneak
ing more inoisively than ! had vet
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

In ADDITION To the above rooms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

We shall not go into that \
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

ThiC modern one and a half sto
ny bungalow is well adapted to the
Sc of a small family. IL has been
carefully planned and contains man
Y unique features. notably that of n
q ctrn binetion living and dining room.
The Plan provides for three large b
edrooms, and II so desired. the liz
rarY can also be utilized as a bed
room.
7 In addition 10 the above rooms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23

there Is a modern bathroom. 4 la
rye pantry and kitchen are equipped
with all up-to-date appurtenances
TIE exterior Is of single with 3
toHe foundation and gables and half
timber work.
Tho itemized cost OF construction
is hero given.
r'NssVhhng '...t'.s:ts-' -''r.'s -
Stonowcrk l25
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-08
Fully Exemplifed.

The Clarksburg Exponent says:
There are some newspapers in
West virginia that make a practice
of deliberately stating lie for the
purpose of laying some semblance
of foundation for their fallacious
arguments"
The above is pretty well exemph-
fed in several machine newspapers
through the correspondence they
accept as absolute facts or at least
treat as such. For Instance, only a
few weeks ago, they had it that
Elliott Northcott would run for
governor. las soon as CTorthcott
had a chance. he exploded the lie
and knocked the fallacious argu-
ment sky high. The Northcott in
stance is only one of the many,
where Democratic machine newspa-
pers have accepted .fa1sity and
argued from it as a fact That
really seems to be the main method
of the hog combine newspapers
since the present leadership got the
party by the throat.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-08
IEasier stiIl for Tnft.

by defeating the House farmers
free list bill in the Senate the coali-
ton Of Democrats and insurgent
Republicans have clearly over
cached themselvs in their desperate
eRorts 10 gain a political advantage
over the administration and "put
the President in a hole" Although
this measure in it's original form
was inadequate and impracticable
enough to justify fully the veto
which Mr.. Taft is holding in re-
serve: the Kern amendment gives
him an additional reason says the
PhiIadeIphia Press, for insisting
that this attempt to enlarge the
free list shall wait the report of the
tarfn board next December
This amendment provides that
meats. flour and cereal products
shall be imported free of duty ony
when coming from any foreign
country with which the United
States has a reciprocal trade agree
ment and which shall admit from
the United States free of duty cot
ton. corn, wheat, oats, horses, cat-
tic and hogs. This restricts the
Kern provision to Canada, and to
Canada only after the reciprocity
agreement has been ratified by both
countries. But ratification by Can
ada can not possibly occur until
the new Ottawa parliament con-
svenes, after the elections, which may
not be over until October. by tack
ing on to the free list bill a pro-
vision which cannot go into effect
until at best very short time be-
fore our tariff board reports, the
politicians of the Senate have made
Mr.. Taft's duty easier instead OF
harder to perform.
1t is not impossible that the "un-
holy alliance" of Democrats and
distraught insurgents will in due
course awaken to a realization Of
this latest tactical blunder which
they have committed. And then it
Will be their rueful countenances
which we shall see peering up dis
consolately over the edge of the
''hoIe" they have been 80 busily
digging for Mr. Taft.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-08
Nature and Nurture.

A Chicago preacher gives this
defnition of character: "The mu-
tuaI product of nature and nurture
with more nurture than of nature"
ones surroundings, his conduct. his
habits, are more important than his
ancestry and his blood. we note
this every day-how children of al
legged bIooded stock drop out of the
race and other fellows, with no
heredIty behind the old cottage or
dusty shop. forge ahead. If there
is spirit in a mans blood, he is all
right. lie will win. But this blood
may have been pounding nails or
boeing corn for fifty years before.
1t is the knack of getting at a
thing that tells. and when one
stops to count the profit of it, he
viii likely fail, says the Ohio State
Ut is the doing of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-08
Holding nightly Sessions.

In the editorial columns of the
Exponent, one finds the following
sentence:
There was some stir in the reg
uIar nightly sessions of West Vir-
ginia Democrats, at the willard
last night, when Senator Davis FL
kins Joined them and insisted that
he was very much a Republican
candidate for senator"
The hotel referred to is in
washington, ID. &C. The sentence
contains some interesting informa-
ton. First, the contention that
Democrats do. not go from this
state to the national capital to hold
political confabs is exploded by the
Exponent. Second, Mr.. Elkins
seems to be feared by Democratic
machinists as the Exponent prints
that there was some STIR when
he told them a thing or two Third
MT. ElItins does not seem to fear to
let the enemy know his plans.
The Exponent neglects to state
whether the reception accorded Mr.
EIkins was a cordial one, and
some are guessing what thesc
nightly sessions are held for. The
Democratic machine is evidently
working over time to be holding
nightly sessions in washington
Wonder why it does not hold a few
in West Virginia, while 1t is suine
SO hard for peace with the rank and
file of the party?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-08

TIIf
dio aii I'd s. llly uIt5 q IN
Jus i on1e lines does
sflt h6fft. Usually the one who
indulRes n Il means nothing or ~
least has not the courage 70 put
suggestion into personal execution
There were some striking exam
pies of idle ta1k in connection with
the slayer OF the policeman at
NorthyieW. Sevral of those who In
dulgeds ID r stood by without oher-
ing 70 aid the sheriff In capturing
the slayer. They did not volunteer
their services nor would they have
gone step ont OF their way with
out pay from the sheriff, who him
self was securing the country and
paying men to do SO in an effort to
apprehend the accused man. In
stead they busted themselves with re-
marks calculated TO infame the
public mind, and from their talk,
they would have taken pleasure In
seeing the sherif robbed of his
prisoner instead of taking pride In
going to his aid in protecting the
person in his charge. OF course 1t
was all idle talk as they had no
idea OF participating in a lynching
bee.
what they said might have
caused others to act rashly. Sober
ly rejecting, they themselves doubt
less realize that it was mere idle
talk that might well have been left
unsaId.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-08

rebellion in its own party and
reorganization in the Republican
party are giving the Democratic
state machine all the worry # can
stand. It is failing absolutely in
.oueliing the former and its bugle
blowers are wasting much time
and breath in talking about how
the latter Will be, done. both are
terrifying to the Democratic hog
combine. whose nervousness and ir-
rItatfon grow greater every day.
The suing for peace Is a hzzle'
fake. a failure. as the machine it
self knows and that is why the
bugles blow louder. They hope
that din VIII scare some one The
noisy viii have to get very mueh
holster before they may even believe
that they are being heard with et-
feet.