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most extraordinary part Of the feat was
performed with practically no disturb
ance Of the day trafiic over the bridge.
On April IL the first huge pin was
driven in the tower on the New York
side Of the bridge. During the opera
ton the bridge was closed to all except
pedestrian traffic between the hours OF
/ and $3.50 In the morning.
The old pin having been taken out
the boring or cutting machine was trun-
died over to the bridge from the ma
chine shop. was adjusted In position at
l:44 A. M. and was connected to the
third rail of the elevated tracks. from
which It got Its motive power. 1t took
lust one hour and three minutes to bore
the thirteen inch hole. This was the
equivalent of removing $50 pounds OF
structural steel by boring. An addi-
tional fifty-seven minutes was con-
sumed in finishing and dressing the new
hole. The new pin was then placed In
the hole and driven In by a ram oper-
ated derrick fashion from an upper steel
beam of the bridge truss. The entire
operation was completed and the bridge
was iopsn 80 ,tranic In less than five
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~ P
HrpIH unnan Ihn d Cimmn

afterward completed It FIRST Of all at
several Of the great German UNIVERSE
ties and afterward at Edinburgh.
where he won his medical degree.
At Edinburgh he studied under that
very remarkable anatomist DR.. Joseph
Bell. became his favorite pupil and was
tmbued with his instructors extraor-
binary talents OF deduction. DR.. Bell
indeed was a born detectives; he devoted
all his leisure to the unravelling OF de-
tective mysteries and obscure crimes,
and, as Conan Doyle himself admits
was the original of Sherlock Holmes
That is to say Doyle had DR.. Joseph
write his Sherlock Holmes series.
DR.. Bell was famous character q
familiar figure to every one Of the older
generation OF men who were graduated
from the University Of Edinburgh and a
great favorite Of the reigning family.
owing to which he on several occasions
had offers OF a baronetcy pressed upon
him. which he declined owing to the
loss under particularly sad circum-
stances Of his only son.
Doyle after graduation started out in
medical practice at Southsea and there
published his earliest work, "A Study in
Scarlet" in which Sherlock Holmes
makes his debut. THE Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes followed four years
later, in 1891. and the book proved 90
much OF popular success that Doyle
to a great extent abandoned his medical
practice and devoted himself to writing
novels and plays. thanks to which he is
to-day a very rich man. his works and
plays having been translated into a
number OF foreign languages.
When. however. the South African
war broke out he responded to the call
Of patriotism, and dropping his pen for
the nonce took service In the ambulance
department In the Transvaal and went
through the entire campaign as one OF
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the incarceration OF George Edalji con-
WINGED Sir Arthur that the man was in
nocent and that the testimony OF the
police In the case had been totally I'M
reliable. He set all his wits to work
and procured the most incontrovertible
proofs that Edalji could not possibly
have committed the crimes. Not only
that. but he secured eighteen months
later the conviction of a man OF the
name OF Harrington for the perpetra-
ton OF the cattle manning outrages
committed after Edalji had commenced
10 serve his term OF penal servitude
the presumption being of course that
Harrington had also been guilty of the
crimes ascribed to EdalJl.
In this particular instance 1t was i'm
possible to get the Secretary Of State
for the Home Department to take any
action toward the obtaining of a free
pardon for Edalii until Sir Arthur had
gone to the extreme length Of securing
through the force Of public sentiment
the appointment OF a. parliamentary
commission to inquire into the matter.
To this commission Conan Doyle sub
mitted all the evidence that he had
gathered in behalf OF Edalji's innocence.
and after a number of sessions extend
ing over a period of several months the
commission finally reported to Parlia-
ment to the effect that Eda1Ji ought
never to have been convicted and that
he was guiltless OF the crimes with
which he had been charged.
Very reluctantly the Secretary Of
State for the Home Department there
upon issued In the name OF the SOW
ereign a free pardon to Edalji. thus re-
hitting the remaining four years of his
seven years OF penal servitude, and at
the same time sent a notification to the
proper authorities demanding the
restoration OF his name to the roll of
solicitors from which It had been struck
| by order of the High Court at the time
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Department of Bridges Will Soon Complete Work OF
demonstrating Span Which Started Three Years
AGO and Which Will Cost City s7so,ooo

the big problem Of the reconseruction
programme. This was the removal Of
the old bridge anchor pins and tho sub
stitution of stronger pins.
The anchor pins tic the girders OF the
shoreward span to the land side Of the
main towers. The old pins were Of iron.
ten inches in diameter and weighing
1000 pounds The plan WA to replace
them with nickel steel pins thirteen
inches in diameter and weighing $500
pounds.
Briefly stated the work involved pull
ing out tho old pin and tying tho dis
jointed end span rigidly to tho tower
while the ten inch hole was being en-
larged sufficiently to admit the insertion
of a pin thirteen inches in diameter and
forty inches long.
No engineering work Of this magni-
tude has ever been done before. The
special drilling machine used was de-
signed by the engineers Of the bridge
department. The gigantic drill has a
boring head with seven self hardening
steel cutters adjusted to bore out chip
Of metal one eighth of an inch deeper
and three seventies Of an inch wider
than the previous cutter at each revo-
luton. The steel cutting knives ere
driven by a 100 H p motor which is
fed by the third rail. 1t cost $4,000 to
construct the machine.
Tho machine as finally worked out
looks something like a rapid fire gun of
the type that projected from the bar
bettes of the old style battleships. 1t
has a long barrel like cylinder which
was fitted into the ten inch hole after
the old pin was removed. Back Of this
Is the cutting head. There are seven
teeth in this. They lie back Of ono an
other in such way as to bite at an
angle. The depth to which they bite
into the eteel can DO regulated. A fea-
ture OF the machine is that It is made
of a specially prepared steel which tenn
pers itself as II heats from friction so
that the blades do not lose their cutting
edge.
The actual operation Of taking out
each of the ten inch pins and substi-
tuting the huge nickel steel pins con-
stunned little over. three sdayA Tina
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until Beck had served two years OF
the term OF ten years penal servitude
passed upon him for the crimes OF
Smith that Conan Doyle was able 10
convince the Secretary OF State for the
Home Department that Beck was inno-
cent and to obtain for him a free par
don from the Crown.
Conan Doyle, indeed, stirred up so
much popular feeling about the matter
especially when he was able to show
that the unfortunate Beck had had his
entire business ruined through his ar
rest and conviction, that the Govern
ment was led to make him n special
grant Of $4,000. Beck did not live Ions
to enjoy either his freedom or the
money! mere plttance compared to
what he had lost. His health had been
completely wrecked by the hardships
which he had undergone as a penal
servitude convict. and he died in 1909.
With regard to George Edalji he was
convicted at the Staffordshlre Quarter
Sessions In October. 1903. OF cattle
manning of a particularly atrocious
character. Anonymous letters. in some
OF which the name OF George Edalt'
appeared, while in others there We're
threats of murder against the local po-
lice force. played an important role In
the trial. The evidence against Edalji
was purely circumstantial in the sense
that there was no direct testimony OF
any kind. But owing to the intense ami
mostly of the Staffordshire police
against the Edalji family and of the
popular prejudice in the entire district
against the rector and his son George
owing to their Indian. that is Parsee
origin the jury rendered verdict
against the accused lawyer and he was
sentenced to seven years penal servi.
| tude.
The fact that the horrible horse ant
cattle manning outrages in the Wyrle,
district Of Staffordshire continued aftel
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landscape and tho sky through the
half bare trees is a riot Of scurrying
clouds"
Life and motion have a place In my
understanding OF prettiness," said her
neighbor as he took up the theme. 81
think the prettiest thing in New York
is a circle OF bare legged. half clad
East Side children dancing around a
hand organ man. while an owllike
Simian watches them with never ending
interest from his corner of the wheezy
instrument. Not a movement made by
the children is studied. but every motion
is as free and unconscious as the air
they are breathing"
while We are speaking Of grace and
movement, did you ever consider the
free easy swing of tho low flying fiocks
Of gulls that sweep into the lower end
Of the city at certain times OF the
year?" asked the woman In black. "IS
you should be standing with me upon
some elevation and could see the blue
and white OF their bodies enamelled
against the gray wrinkled water of the
bay think you would agree with me
that they provide the prettlest sight"
Really, am at loss to know how
to answer said another woman, but
there Is always one sight that makes
me catch my breath 1t is to look toward
the skyscraper district In a purple Oc-
tober twilight and see the little lights
come out in the windows one by one
until you become confused and do not
know which are window and which are
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The Williamsburg Bridge.

2. The strengthening of the truss or
steel Orders Of the anchorage spans
and also Of the main span.
8. The substitution of anchor pins Of
double strength at the juncture Of the
anchorage span in the main towers.
In addition the type of the bridge
has been changed. As originally
planned the bridge. in the vernacular
Of the engineer. was a suspension
bridge with cantilever shore spans.
These have been converted now into
trestle spans.
From having a supporting strength
Of 5000 pounds per linear foot the an
cborage spans will have a supporting
strength Of 10000 pounds. This means
that II the same two subway cars and
four surface cars should pass a given
point with their live load OF 10000
pounds the bridge at that point would
have q supporting strength Ear In ex-
cess OF the peak load possible In the
cars.
The Mayor has issued short state
mept in review. Of the work already &C.
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A n unprecedented feat Of engi-
IL neering construction has been
performed by the Department OF
Bridges In It's work OF strength
enins the Williamsburg Bridge. Tho
reconstruction OF the bridge. which was
started three years ago. will soon be
completed and the capacity Of the struc-
ture will be more than doubled. The
work will cost the city S7b0,00o and,
according 10 the experts. the bridge
viii BE- absolutely safe despite the in
creased strain upon It.
IN the midst OF the subway nesotia-
tons between the city and the traction
companies II was discovered that the
bridge, the second longest IN the world.
was not strong enough to carry its
capacity OF travel. On the main span
the bridge had a supporting strength OF
1900 pounds per linear foot. At the end
spans Il had supporting strength OF
1900 pounds per near foot.
An elevated train or a subway train
weighs approximately 1000 pounds 10
she linear foot. A surface car weighs
1900 pounds to the linear fot. vehicu-
. lar traffic Is estimated at 100 pounds
70 TIE square foot.
The bridge was equipped with four
tracks for surface cars and two tracks
Tor elevated or subway cars. But II
-Four trolley and two elevated cars passed
any given point on the main span at one
ume that point would be supporting
1000 pounds Of weight on $500 pounds
OF strength. or $500 pounds per linear
loot more .har It was built to support,
Z" i22 per cent. Of overload. The SAL
wtion of the G.tuation was that travel
!, on The bridge was not excessively heavy
! 'aen' But something had 10 be done to
&Ast future requirements. 30 the Bridge
apartment got to work.
TIE erection Of additional towers TO
support the !andward spans was q sim
'!s matter. IN addition tho engineer.
Traced the whole structure by crossing
heavy iron girders under the bridge
roadways and tracks.
Sssa tas snEiassfy iaslasA aAA Ssivsd
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NEW Y0RK's PRETTIEST SIGHT.
s.XV THAT is the prettiest sight in
w New York;" asked tho host


w New York;" asked tho host
at the close Of luncheon. mot
the most beautiful. but the prettiest."
After ?. h,tef interval the artist on his
left spoke: '-rhe prettiest sight In New
York Is she street In front of the Met
ropolitan Opera House on q wet night
when hundreds Of motor lights are send
ing long, shiverlng reflections down into
the wet asphalt and all the street lights
are nebulous blurs Of white"
A woman across the table said: "I
think you are almost right. but there
is one thing that is prettieT to me than
that. It is the masses OF tulips in bloom
in Central Park in April when there
il almost no green IN the surrounding
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Famous Creator of Sher-
lock Holmes by His
Genius for Detective
Work Righted Two
Grave judicial Errors
and Saved Property of
Victims
Nv r. CUNLIFFE-OwEN.

-ORMER AMBASSADOR JOSEPH
- n. CnOATE in proposing the
i be,lth Of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle at the luncheon given in his
,oror nv the Pilgrims Society on Thurs
hoy ms. AZ the whitehall Club described
,r, rs more widely known in the United
e,o,ss than any other Engllshman. This
"a undoubtedly true. For there is
hardly a man, woman or child in Amer
es who IL not acquainted with his
a name as that of the creator of that
,.or,d famed sicuth, Sherlock Holmes.
But Conan Doyle has many other
claims 10 popular attention on this side OF
,na Atlantic besides the conception OF
,,,s great detective, so familiar to every
American playgoer and reader Of fiction.
and Il ia upon these features OF his USE
,ri career chat wish to touch In the
,ouowlnR brief notes, which may be OF
,,,eres, 10 those who come in contact
With Sir Arthur during the few weeks
(which ne proposes TO spend in this
!. country.
II ,s 10 Conan Doyle, more than to
any one else. that his compatriots are
Indebted for the creation OF Court OF
Criminal Appeal. It is difficult for
Americans to realize the fact that until
.our or five years ago there was no
means IN Great Britain OF quashing the
ssntence Of any one convicted of crime
through judicial error. Judgment In
civil suits could always be appealed.
But the decisions OF the criminal courts
4 were final. and irrevocable.
No matter how erroneous the verdict
OF the Jury and the sentence OF the
fudge we're subsequently shown to be,
IN the face OF newly discovered evidence,
or through the confession OF the real
culpri,. there was no means OF reversing
The conviction Of the prisoner, or of
judicially declaring him to be an inno-
cent man. The utmost that could be
done for him was to set him at liberty
by means Of the grant by the Crown OF
n free pardon--that is to cay. free par
don for a crime that he had never COM
mittsd.
To-day there is, thanks to Conan
Doyle, e Court Of Criminal Appeal,
where all wrongful convictions and Ju-
dcial errors can be righted; court
{ created by act of Parliament, in the
face OF n considerable amount of oppo.
sit!on. ! may add that this new court
has Justified It's existence in a magnifi-
cent manner. not only by the number
OF convictions that II has quashed and
the unduly harsh sentences that it has
reduced, but also by the expeditions
manner in which It deals with all cases
brought before II. which are heard and
determined within few weeks OF the
original conviction. instead OF having
to walt, as here In New York, not mere
" for months but sometimes even for
years
n Conan Doyle was led TO take a
leading part in the public movement
for the creation OF a Court OF Criminal
appeal. Il was because his interest had
been aroused by the fate Of two victims
OF judicial error, namely. Adolph Beck,
an English citizen of Swedish birth. and
a lawyer--a solicitor-of the name OF
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hours. At intervals OF a couple Of
weeks or SO the other pins were re-
placed in similar fashion.
The entire reconstruction work thus
consists Of three main sections:
I. The building Of additional sup
porting steel towers on each shore OF
the East River to strengthen the spans
between the main bridge tower and the
anchorage.
The Keota news., 1914-01-09
Parcel Post Changes

In bulletin just issued by the post
Office department at Washington comes
the news that parcel post packages
weighing fifty pounds will be accepted
within the first and second zones>after
Jan. l. In the other zones, six seven,
and eight, the weight will be increased
from eleven to twenty pounds.
After March l6, 1914, the postage on
books weighing eight ounces or less
shall be cent for each two ounces or
fraction, and on those weighing in ex-
cess Of eight ounces, the regular zone
rate shall apply.
The new rules mean many reductions
in cost.
Increase in weight is to all distances.
UP to l5O miles the increase is from
twenty to fifty pounds. More than $50
miles it il increased from eleven to
twenty pounds. There is no change in
postage up to $50 miles.
Decrease in postage is ordered in the
third zone, from z cents for the first
pound and cents for each additional
pound, to cents and 2cents, respect
lively; fourth zone, from 8 cents and 6
cents to cents and cents; fifth zone,
from 8 cents and cents to cents and
6 cents; sixth zone. from 10 cents and
g cents to 9 cents and 8 cents. No
change in postage to seventh and
eighth zones.
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family may wish to bs mentioned.
should be prepared in writing and
handed to the pastor before the opening
Of the service. There need be no anx-
iety as to the length of the service; even
when fully and reverently carried out it
is short, and the pastor will bs swift to
observe, and respond to. special condi-
tions calling for any change. Any sug-
gestions of the bereaved family will. az
far as practicable, be carried out by all
concerned. Finally, in the event of the
pastor being from home when sought,
information may be left with D. w.
Schoonover.
The Keota news., 1914-01-09
Farmers Congress at Fort Collins

Farmers Congress at Fort Collins
County Supt. A. B. Copeland of Weld
County has been chosen by the State
Association of County Supts. to repre-
sent that body at the Farmers Congress
in Fort Collins Jan. Is, 16 and II. One
of the chief topics for discussion at that
Meeting is The Improvement Of Rural
School Conditions, and speakers of ma
tional reputation are on the program
for addresses on this subject. This dis
cussion Of the rural school problem is in
line with the dominant interest of all
American educators at this time.
It will be remembered that the last
annual meeting of the State Teachers
Association at Pueblo in November,
made the great need of rural school inn
provement its chief topic for discus
sion. This subject is evidently in the
air from Maine to California.
Mutton for sale; whole, half or quar-
ter. Leave orders at News Office. If
Fortner, Photographer. Sterling, Colo.
The Keota news., 1914-01-09
BUCKINGHAM

A large number Of the young people
were invited by Mrs. Charles Littrell to
spend Friday evening at the Littrell
home. The party was surprise to
Mr.. Littrell, the occasion being his
birthday. The evening was spent
pleasantly in dancing and 1T late hour
refreshments were served.
The regular meeting of the Grange
will bs held Wednesday evening of this
week. Election Of officers and the
question of ordering another car of coal
will be brought before the members.
Miss Elizabeth Luzmoor and Miss
Anna Showers returned from their va
cations and the Fairview and Bucking-
ham schools opened Monday.
Mr.. Hennis and Leila walked to
George Jobbins' Sunday to spend the
day with Mrs. Hennis, whose condition
they found little improved.
H. D. Dinsmoor and DIR. B. r. Rowe
were Sterling passengers and Emo Lem
baum and James Trumbo, Cheyenne
passengers this week.
Mrs. C. H. DeFord was confined to
her bed several days as a result of slip
ping on the ice, falling and injuring
her back.
Milan Mcintyre has gone to- Denver,
where he has employment for the re-
mainder of the winter.
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Miss Fac Stanley, George Schoonover,
Mrs. 7. R. Gurwell; January 2l, D. W.
Schoonover, Mrs. l.. A. jackson, Mrs.
w. A. Rhoadarmer. For the next
meeting the subject, Resolved: That
Keota is the best town of its size in the
United States," will be debated; and
for the week following the subject will
be, Resolved: That woman suffrage
should be adopted a. national law.
A collection amounting to $1.9S was
taken to defray expenses incurred by
the society.
The following excellent program was
rendered:
Song, No. So, All.
Recitation, Marjory Dodder.
Solo, That Old Girl of Mine, Fac
Stanley.
Recitation, Effie Dodder.'
Recitation, Freddie Bowles.
Recitation, Lloyd Andrews.
Recitation, Charles Vogliotti.
Duet, II the Wind Had Only Blown
the Other Way, Arthur Rhoadarmer
and George Schoonover.
Recitation, w. J. Simms.
Solo, Johnny McCree, Wilma Simms.
Song, L. A. jackson.
Dialog, An Uncomfortable Predica-
ment, Grover Lyon, Mrs. Dodder, Har-
ley Jobbins. Bertha Olsen, Mabel An
drews.
Debate, Resolved: That . farmer
has more privileges and enjoyment in
the West than in the East" Affirma-
tive: Mrs. Dodder, George Schoonov-
er, L. A. Jackson. Nsgative: John
Owens. w. j. Simms, Mrs. Gurwell.
Decision to the affirmative.
The Keota news., 1914-01-09
LITERARY SOCIETY
TO MEET WEEKLY
Large Audience Wednesday Night Enjoys
Good Program


II Wednesday evening" with the
that
spring
The Keota news., 1914-01-09
Who Wants Hogs?

We have just what you want in that
line; have any thing you want from
large fat ones to small pigs. We have
some nice gifts. Have two fine sows to
farrow in Feb. that you can buy at
your own price.
Yours for right prices,
Dinsmoor Bros.
Buckingham, Colo, Jan. 8.