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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28
ALBERT PATRICK
GRANTED PARDON
BY GOV. DIX
Convicted Ct Murder o? Mil.
lionaire Rice, Killed
Dec. 20, 1900.
ENDS A LONG FIGHT
Gov. Higgins Ccmmuted Death
Sentence TO One of Life
imprisonment.
ENDS A LONG FIGHT
Associated Press Dispatch,

Albany, N. Y, Nov. 27,---Albert D.
| Patrick, who is serving a life SEN
tence in Sing Sing prison for the
| murder of William Marsh Rice, an
aged millionaire in New York City
on Dee. %, lJ00t-NAas bardoned to.
night by Gov. Dix.
Patrick, who was saved from the
electric chair by che late Gov Hig-
gins, in December, 1906, has made a
remarkable fight for freedom. The
lawyer, by profession, protested when
Gov. Higgins commuted the death sem
tence to life, declaring the governor
had no legal right to cancel the orig
inal sentence and impose a punish
ment OF life Imprisonment.
Gov, Dix annqunced that he had
pardoncd Patrick just as he was
about to leave the capitol for the ey-
ecutive mansion
There has always been an air Of
mystery in this important ease," he
said. Quoting from the minority
opinion Of the Court of Appeals. the
atmosphere that surrounded the de-
fendant showed that a fair and inn
partial trial was scarcely possible
= trust that Mr. Patrick will de-
vote his energies to more complete
vindlcation of his declared inno-
cance."
The pardon was mailed tonight to
Warden John f Kennedy, Of Sing
Sing, and Patrick may be released to-
morrow on its receipt 1t is said
Patrick plans to leave for st. Louis,
Mo, the home of John T. Milliken,
his brother-in-law, but may return
later to New York as claimant for the
left by the aged man with
whose murder he is charged.
Valet in Case.
Patrick was charged with having
brought about the death of Rice. not
by his own hand, but through the
agency of Charles F. Jones, valet
employed by Rice. 1t was principal
" upon the testimony of Jones, who
confessed having administered chlor- |
oform at the behest of Patrick, while |
Rice was asleep, that Patrick was
convicted.
Jones escaped punishment and
long has been able to hide his identi- |
ty from the public At last reports
he was said to be in Texas.
Patrick was sentenced originally
April Z, 1909, to die the week COM
May s, and was Immediately
taken to the Sing Sing death house.
An appeal was taken and on June |
1905, the conviction was affirmed by
the Court of Appeals The court lat
or denied an application for rehear-
ing and fixed the week of August 25, |
1905, as the date of execution.
Former United States Senator
David p. Hill argued Patrick's case
before the Court of Appeals and Pat
rick was brought to Albany from
Sing Sing to hear the arguments. |
The case eventually was taken to the
United States Supreme Court, which |
dismissed the appeal for want of |
The commutation of Patrick's SEN
tence by Gov Higgin did not end the |
legal fight, Patrick contended that |
the sentence cf death had been COM
mutcd against his wishes and con-
trary to law and that he was being |
Illegally detained in prison.
''The punishment Of life imprison-
ment," he asserted, sis greater and |
more horrible to endure than the |
leath penalty prescribed by law for
murder in the first degree"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28

Charles r Arter will illustrate lee
lures, under the auspices of the Ili-
nois Central railroad, at Mounds
Dec. . and at Carbondale Dec. II.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. James Simpkins, of
1907 Washington avenue, are spend
ing Thanksgiving Day with Mrs.
Dawson, Of Metropolis, Ill.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28

Charles Walker, Of 412 Twenty
fifth street, Is quite iii at his home.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28
WEATHER.

Internationally fair Thursday;
Friday cloudy, probably rain by
night in north and central portions.
Missouri and Kentucky---F --Fhir and
warmer Thursday; Friday increasing
cloudiness.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-28

lConcluded on Page Six.)
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
HOTCHKISS.


Mrs. L. X. Duroy left Wednesday
morning for visit with friends in
Delta.
Mrs. Eta Mason, sister of Fl. NJ.
Livesay, left for her home in Okla
home City Wednesday morning after
spending several weeks here.
Miss Winnie Murphy and Elber.
Stoneburner went to Delta yesterday
where they were married and then
went to Grand junction for a week s
There will be ball game at the
fair grounds on April IA, between
Hotchkiss and Crawford This will
be the first game of the season.
1t was intended to have the obit-
uary of the late ]. w. Robertson
published this week but owing to
the fact that it is being written in
Missouri and has not arrived, it will
likely appear next week.
Mrs. Tom Seaton left Wednesday
for a short visit in Delta, after
which she will go east and join Tom
who is one of the star pitchers for
the Philadelphia Nationals Tom is
certainly making good as a pitche
and we will hear from him often
this year.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
THE GLORY OF THE NOISE.

Many people go into the newspa-
per business not because they ex-
pect to make it pay as a business
proposition. The following story of
The boy selling papers, about ex-
plains it:
Where do you get your papers,
little boy?" Il buy them frcm Jimmy
Wilson. And who is Jimmy Will
SOM" He's a newsboy-he buys
them from the newspaper office.
How much do you pay for them ?"
Two cents" How much do you
sell them for?" Two cents" But
you can't make anything at that"
Nope" "Then why do you sell
them?" "Oh, just to get to holler."
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
PAONIA.
[Taonia Booster.l

Miss Nellie Stone went to Delta
days visit.
Mrs. Henry Spencer retudned to
ner home in Lake City this morn
ing after a three weeks visit with
Mr.. Spencer's relatives here.
A little daughter came Saturday
evening to brighten the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. H. j. Langdon, south
of town. Harry will be the proudest
daddy in the country and Master
Russell the proudest brother.
TIL twenty horsepower electric
motor which is to furnish power
for the Nelson box factory at Second
and Poplar arrived last week and is
stored temporarily in the fruit ware
house of the company pending the
Installation of all other fixtures.
Mrs. Harvey Pomptier, of Olathe
arrived Tuesday night for visit at
the George p. Reynolds home on
Stewart Mesa. Mrs. Pomptier will be
remembered as Miss Malble White,
d IOTIleT IeSiuSnl VI the ucSa.
That is the story of the high
school game last Saturday. Hotch-
kiss was on hand with well-bal-
anced team of unusual strength for
a high school. The Paonia boys had
been unable to practice for two days
preceding the game, yet they speed
lily overcame this handicap and play /,
ed like veterans.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
CEDAREDGE.
(Cedaredge Champion

tCeQdTeOSG CndnplOuJ.
The bank of Cedaredge has been
designated as a depository for u.
S. postal savings. This will keep the
savings money at home.
Harry Richardson, the jolly sales
man for the Sherwfh- Williams COM
pany, was at Cedaredge Monday
b. F. Elharts residence is being
rapidly completed and will be
large basement gives the house al
most two-story effect.
Frank Mexican, of the firm of Nc
Kean & Richardson, returned last
Friday from a trip TO his old home
in Kansas Frank has been laboring
under the impre ssion that he
would like to return to Kansas. to
reside, but returns with an entirely
different view. He now thinks Ce-
daredge is good enough for him.
While doing some fancy broncho
busting last Thursday afternoon,
w. S. McCurdy was thrown and sus-
tanned a broken collar bone. He
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The Delta independent., 1912-04-19

commercially as well as for seed
purposes, because 1t is from the po-
tatoes imported for food that our
disease and trouble will come. Ev-
cry European country has this dis
ease. And these potatoes today are
in every state. practically, except
possibly Maine, and from the Rocky
mountains to tho Atlantic coast
There will be from 100000 to
100000 bushels of potatoes i'm
portated into America this year to
feed the people and from the dis
eased fields of Europe. The importer
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
NEARBY NOTES

Mrs. Frank Fraser. of Montrose,
who was visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Teachout of Eek
ert, returned home Saturday.
A. T. Ward and son, are making
attractive improN emen on the Hofc-
man place, south Of Trickle bridge
j. F. Foster and Mr.. Taylor will
each erect a residence in the Trick
lie district this summer.
N. A Fogg of Tongue Creek, is
building a two-rcom addi.icn to his
residence.
Mr. and Mrs. Pollen have moved
to the Ratekin ranch and will assist
Charles Hawkins this summer.
Farm work over the county is
progressing nicely. Most of the
fields are now in fine condition for
seeding.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19

on sale in Omaha, Kansas City and
less fluctuation in the value of farm
products. The price would not vary
so greatly in different seasons of
the year. 1t has been found in Ger
many that these cooperative socie-
ties have been very successful in
their financial operations They
are able to borrow money at the
very lowest rate of interest, because
everybody recognizes that the pro-
ducts of the farm constitute as
matter of fact securities that are
almost as liquid as government
bonds. If such organizations can be
successfully made in our country,
no legitimate interest or no honest
business would suffer.-Robert Nor
ris, in Field and Farm.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
EXCLUSION OF BLACK sCAB.

The spud growers of this country
are probably not aware that they
are facing great menace in the way
of great fungus disease from Eu
rope. | have just been before the
agricultural committee in congress
to secure legislation that will shut
out this evil and protect our Am
erican potato growers, and / believe
we have won the fight. All we ask
is that no country that has the
black scalb or black wart shall be al
lowed to ship a potato into this
country until they show a clean bill
OF health and II not examined at
the port OF entry. port of shipment
and port of destination, that the
potatoes OF those countries be ex-
cluded or quarantined until they
can show a clean bill of health
from the disastrous fungus trouble.
We ought to exclude potatoes
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
IPaonia Newspaper

On Tuesday, April 8, a son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Par
ker of Midway.
E. E. Hufty and wife are elated
over the advent into their home last
Friday of a little baby girl.
Born last Monday to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. H. Wilmot, nfne-pound boy.
A sweet little baby girl arrived
March %, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs w. w. Wooton of Texas.
In the case of the people of the
State of Colorado VS.. Harry Martin
and Ed Sherwood, charged with kill
ling three valuable dogs. The defend
ants were discharged by Justice of
the Peace Crook, on lack of evil
dence to support the complaint.
Mr.. Samuel Ellis Wilson and Miss
Coda Hester Olinger, both of this
city, were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony last Thursday even
ing, April A, at o'clock, at the
home of the brides parents en- Third
street, the Rev. C. G. Stout of the
Christian church officiating. The
ring ceremony was used The we'd
ding march was played by Miss Eu-
nice Wilson. Mr.. Melvin Olinger and
Miss Geneva Olinger acted as best
man and brides maid. The room
was beautifully decorated with ferns
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
STORAGE CELLARS.

Speaking of the present excellent
crop prospects on Monday, L. S.
Cofield, secretary and general man
ager of the Paonia Fruit Exchange
Company, said: There is no use
evading the question-we will never
be able to move an apple crop
promptly if we have a full yield of
peaches. The railroad officials have
warned us time and again, and if
growers in the paonia district a
alive to their best interests they will
not allow the present crop to ma
ture without being prepared viii
some means of holding their apples
temporarily in common storage"
1t is needless to add that NJ
Cofield's view is shared by every
shipper in the valley. Under the pres
ent method many disadvantages are
endured which cost heavily in cold
dollars and cents. If the Grand
Valley has a peach crop this year
the difficulty in securing an ade-
quate supply of empty cars will be
more pronounced than ever before.
Ir should also be remembered that
a far more satisfactory pack can be
secured by taking more time for it,
as would be the case If fruit did
not have to be delivered for mar
keting when it is picked.-Paonia
Pnostar
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19

has taken them and they are now
all interior points In Iowa and pos
sibly Illinois. Texas is flooded with
them and there is no question but
that they will invade the fields OF
California before another crop is
grown. as potato stocks are low in
that section now. Once the soil is
infected in the irrigation districts
II will be carried from farm to farm
through the waste water and ths
irrigation water where the waste
water runs through the canals
Eugene Grubb.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
AUSTIN.
(Austin Journal).

A baby girl was born to Mrs. Ken
meth Williamson on Thursday, April
4th.
Judge Percy Coombe, who has
the distinction CT being Delta JUS
tice Of the peace, paid the Journal
pleasant call Wednesday.
Fruit trees are arriving by the
carload and inspectors are busy. No
trees are allowed to be taken out
for planting until they have re-
ceived the official o. X.
The Viewpoint proposition is as
Stunning shape. Much heavy mach
inery is bsing hauled in there now.
Mr.. Weilbacher is at Delta and
Montrose most of the time and will
be on the ground later.
At the meeting of the directors
of the Surface Greek Fruit Grow
ers, Saturday, Frank Luellen was in
duced to reconsider his resignation
and has been reemployed for anothe
year. Mr.. Garvin has agreed to act
as sales manager for one more year
also.
The association has John Lehy
at work sinking a stump for a gaso-
line tank which will be buried in g
handy place near the platform. The
'chu- chu" fluid will be pumped out
of the ground by hand and safety
and convenience promoted generally
by the innovation.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
CRAWFORD.
[Crawford Chronicle.1

l'iaNipiu
Fred Foster made a trip to Del
ia Thursday. .
j. r. Mayo brought load of
fruit trees from Hotchkiss Tuesday
and will set them on his ranch.
Mrs. William Hopkins and daugh-
ter, both went to Delta last Fri
day to spend Easter with Mrs. b.
n. Crawford and family, returning
home Tuesday.
Bill Lorimer met with an accident
last Saturday which will lay him Oft
from work for several weeks. He
was riding a horse which SHE'D and
started to run. The saddle turned,
his foot catching in the stirrup and
he was dragged about fifty yards
He escaped with several bruises and
badly sprafned ankle.
The Mcintyre ranch has been sold
to an eastern syndicate at hand
some price and will be subdivided
and colonized with new settlers. At
present the ranch is in charge of A.
NJ. Kester, recently from Oklahoma.
This deal will bring a number of
new families here as permanent res
idents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hammond
were completely surprised last Mon
day night, "All Fools " night, when
about twenty of their neighbors
gathered at their home on Cotton
wood to help them celebrate their
sixteenth wedding anniversary. Taf-
fy pulling. dancing and music, both
vocal and Instrumental. were in
dulged in throughout the evening.
The married men and single men
met on the baseball diamond Sun
| day to settle the long mooted ques-
1 ton of supremacy. After a game
which resulted in a black eye for
Swope, who tried to take birds
eye view OF curve, and several
lesser calamities to others the score
was found to stand 23 to 81 in fav-
or Of the unincumbered players.
However, the benedicts are not TAX
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
THE WAY PRICES ARE KILLED.

1t is high time for us to determ-
inc if it is practicable or desirable
for law to be devised that will
enable farmers to cooperate in
times of financial stress to secure
loans, giving their crops as secur-
ity. If it is tenable proposition it
should be made a part of the new
banking and currency law that is
certain to be passed within the next
few years. l want to see the appoint
ment of a farmers national coop
erative commission whose duty it
of the various methods of farmers
cooperative credit associations as
they exist in Europe, particularly in
Germany.
The idea in Germany has made
wonderful progress and development
and | think it is conceded by all
those who have made an investiga-
ton of the subject that it has been
great success. / am not able to
say that it will be possible to de-
velop the same kind of societies in
this country. 1t will perhaps be
found that a great many of the con-
ditions there are so different that
changes will necessarily have to be
made to comply with existing con-
ditions here. What / want to do is
to have an Investigation made by
the farmers themselves on the
ground and in the country where
these societies have been so success
full and report to congress what laws
are necessary in this country to
bring about and to develop similar
organizations. A committee was APP
pointed several years ago to in
vestigate in Europe the monetary
conditions, with a view to remedy
Tag our banking and currency sys-
TEN.
My proposition is simply to make
a similar investigation as it pertains
to agricultural credit societies close
ly allied to banking institutions. We
all know that in our country just
been harvested there Is a dumping
of the product upon the market, so
that the price invariably goes down
tc an unreasonable extent. The farm
er who can least afford 1t is the
one who Is compelled to sell his
crop as soon as he harvests It, re-
CARELESS of the condition of the
market, in order to meet his finan-
cial obligations. II he borrows mon
ey by mortgaging his product he is
compelled to pay a rate OF interest
that is entirely too high. The result
of 1t all is that the market goes
down when the farmer has to sell
and then it goes up after he has
sold and when his product is in
the hands of spectators and board
of trade manipulators, who make
the profit that ought to 20 to the
farmers.
| want to enable the farmers OF
the country by cooperation to be
able at a very slight expense to mar
ket the products of the farm to the
best advantage. The result. think,
! would be that there would be
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
WHAT DELTA COUNTY
PAPERS ARE SAYING

md when completed will have eight
large rooms. This will be che of the
finest ranch homes in this vicinity.
j. F. Foster is preparing to erect
a neat five-room residence on his
small tract justs outh of town. Mr..
Foster will reside there when it is
completed.
j. S. Witt is placing the lumber
on the ground for his new sidenc
on Fifth street. This will be a YER
neat home place.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19
STATE PRESS PARAGRAPHS.

Pay fare or walk, say the rail
roads. Can you imagine a tinhorn
politician accepting either alter
native?-Buena Vista Democrat.
I'VE are for Roosevelt STILL says
the Rocky Ford Gazette in head
line. So are we. but we never knew
of his being still.-Las Animas Dem
ocrat.
We are still making books that
Teddy will run independent The
fact that he says he will not leads
us to take bets with odds.-Las
Animas Dem ocrat.
The Pueblo Opfdicn wants to re
deem" the state. Didn't that paper
help to redeem the state some eight
en- years ago? We did, and once
is enough for us.-Steamboat Pilot
If you desire to get the real facts
about conditions in the city and
county of Denver. read all four of
that city's papers. add together. di-
vide by four, then discard the re-
suit and make a running jump at
the truth.-Las Animas Democrat.
1t didn't take George Blake long
to get into the game after locating
at Crawford and taking charge of the
Chronicle. Last week he was elect
ed town clerk. being the candidate
OF both parties.-Craig Empire
President Taft is Unitarian.
Former President Roosevelt belongs
to the Reformed church. Woodrow
Wilson is Presbyterian. Champ
Clark is a deciple of Christ, Judson
Harmon is Methodist and Con
gresham Underwood is Baptist
Trinidad Advertiser.
Strange how excited some people
get over who is to be president
when as a matter of fact our county
commissioner or member of the
school board effects our welfare and
happiness more than the president
does.-Hayden Republican.
The Lake City Times tries to
force Frank d. Catlin, sometimes
known as "Fra,lka da Cat" of Mont
rose, out of the Republican party
into Democratic ranks. Well bet
there's nothing stirring with the
Montrose Democrats. Pass him on
to the Socialists.-Creede Candle.
Edward p. Costigan, one of the
most persistent of Denver's profes
sional 'reformer'- who derives
more or less coin of the realm from
each reform-wants to be mayor.
If there is any reformer in that
city who isn't Candidate for Of
flee. let him speak now or forever
hold his peace.-Steamboat Pilot.
OF all the disaDpointments the
Republican party has ever met, Ben
Griffith it 1T. He can be depended
upon to do the greatest amount Of
dam phoolishness in the shortest
publican the old party has had to
space of time of any alleged Re
putt up with. His speech at the Re-
publican convention would have
graced an eighth grade debating
duel. Back to the sage brush for
him.-Lake City Times.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-19

ing this as decisive and no doubt
the battle will be fought over sew
eral times this summer
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-12-08
Ruling May Apply to
 Arizona Railroads

All the mineral in all ,he land that Texas has granted to railroads since April IT. 1876, still beloogs to the state as a government if it is true, ss the telegraph dispatches repor ed
 Not only railroad land i- sffrcted 10 the extent Of losing its mineral to the state government, but other land. sg- gregeting many thoussuds of acres which slso have been granted since 1876, is affected in the same way, said Com missioner Robinson in c recent interview.
 In other words he interprets that the railroad companies which claimed the surface and the mineral under the surface were claiming what was not their own when they claimed the min. eral; that the mineral. ss 6 result of the decision of the supreme cour, |, belongs, and has continued to teIong 10 the state.
 It i. now clsimed the same ruling may apply to other states aud upds similar conditions the railroad and land grants of Ar.zons may be af- iected.