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The Atlanta Constitution.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.
VOL. XXXVI. NO. 17.
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1 Blazed Trail I
i* . . *
In ill,- network of streams draining the I
r.< st rn portion of Michigan and known
as the Saginaw waters the great firm of .
Morrison & Italy had for many years!
carried on <KX-imsiv< logging operations 1
in the wilderness.
Now at last, in the early eighties, they i
reached the end of their holdings. An- t
other winter would finish the eat.
At this jum-tur- Mr. 1 <!y called to him j
John Railway. a man whom he knew
possess exo-lisi'.e experience, a little c.-ipi- ■
tai ind a d< ;ire for monos both.
"Railway." said he wiv-n the two found i
themselves alom- in the mill ofliee, "wo
- xp--ct to cut this year s >me fifty mil- j
lions, which will tinisn our pine holdings I
in the Saginaw waters. Most of this tim
b. r lies .-ver in the Crooked I. ike dis- i
triet.. and that we xpc<t to pu, in o-ir
eh ,s. We own. however, live million on
th-- Cass Branch which we would like to
log on contract. X\ ould you care to lai.*- ;
the job" ' .... i
flow m: h a thousand do you give'.’
"Cour dollars,'' replied ihe lumberman. I
"11 look a; i'." roplb d the jobber.
So Radway got th- "descriptions" anil
a little map divided Into townships, s, ■
li ,i.- quarter st i t'iii--, and went out i
to look at it. fit searched until he found j
a " >!ar..-" on a tree. th-- marking on which -
i -dr (ted it as i’ll corner of a section. |
From ibis corner the boundary linos |
wore blazed at right angles in eith-r di-.
• etioii. Itadway followed the blazed
lines. Thus h- was able ae-.-urateiy to lo- <
cite isolated "forties" (forty a.-resi, -
"eighties." quarter sections and sections ;
a a primeval wilderm—-. The : it. lr<w
. -.-nr. -quired .-Kl-ilTtlik- .w00d..-a ft.
an exact sense of direction .and a pocket
< nip-iss.
These resoitrc were still furlb-r drawn
upon for the next task Radway tramp
ed th. woods, hills and valleys to deter
mine tile most practical route over which .
to build a logging road front the stand- '
i.-g timber to the shores of Cass branch. !
lie found it to he an affair of some- puz- I
z’.ement. The pines stood on a country
rolling with hills, deep with pot holos. |
It became necessary to dodge in and out. .
here and there, tietween tin knolls. around I
..nd through the swamps. still keeping, i
’ow.-v.-r, in the same general direction,
and preserving always the requisite level j
: down grade Rndway had no vantage
point from which to survey the country.
A .nty man would promptly have h«t.
h.mseT in the tangle; but the woodsman '
eoi.-igod at las’ ..a th- banks of a stream, I
leaving behind him -a meandering trail of :
slipped trees.
■ I'll take it." said he to Italy.
l.irgain with him.
Customarily a jobber is paid a- eriain ;
proportion of th-- agreed price as each :
suiue of th- work is completed. Daly ob
jected to this me.hod ot procedure.
Asee, Radway," m explained, "it's
on,- l.»-t season in the country. When
(■>: lot i- in. we wa it to p ill us- stakes. I
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BAER'S comm PHI
MINERS CUT, I
Award of the Strike Commission foi ,
an Eight-Day Disregarded by
the Philadelphia and Read
ing Crowd —Baei Refuses
To Discuss Lockout.
rot.sville. Pa.. April 20. C)£ the forty- ’
three ediieries of the Philadelphia at.d ;
Reading Coal and Iron Company, all bin. i
• hven are shut down today, owing to ,
employees being locked mt n
dei of the company
At the titirty-two idle operations many I
■r.* the employees on Saturday refused |
io work nine hours, as demanded by th.
Aianagement of the company. In the '
Shenandoah and Mahanoy r*gions. the i
storm center, all of the Reading opera
lions are closed today. I pwards of 30,-
>»j mine work* rs are It* k-*1 out by this
ompany alone.
N Shut Out at Shenandoah.
Shenandoah. Pa . April 2<‘ -The I’hila- j
*h iphia and Reading Coal and iron Com- |
pany forced a lockout at every one of :
tiidr nine collieries in this district t.,- i
* i The men were notified on Saturday I
t >t if they did not work the full
■.m-hour day they *ould consider them
selves discharged. When th*".' reported I
for work today they were told there was I
no work for them.
Baer Will Not Discuss Lockout.
Philadelphia. April 2C President Baer. !
of th Reading company, declined to dis
cuss the lockout of miners in tin- Sehuyl
kid region today. He would not even
admit that tin ,*.,n*>|>u ::.*.* bail closed its
collieries. It was learned that tie com- i
pany has a large i.pplt of coal in stor* ■
Mitchell nt WiJkssu.l -
Wilkesbarre. Pa . April 2* Pt*.--id* it
Mitchell, of the I'nit-<1 ■' . ’ Workers,
arrived here late this aft ri ■■ *.*. 'rum In ,
di'innpoiis He presided it .*, joint in***
Ing of the district executive boards and ;
heard the grievances of the mine workers j
resulting from the misinterpretation of
th#* strike mm mission’s award.
Probably the most serious matter to be
so we cant take any chances on not
getting that timber in. If you don't
finish your job, it k - ps us here another
season. There can be no doubt, therefore,
that you finish your job. in other words',
wo can't take any chances. If you start
tile thing you've got to i-.arry it 'way
th rough."
"1 mink I can. Mr Italy," I’m- jobber
assured him.
"i-’or that reason." went on Italy, "»r.
object to paying you ns the work
ant..- that you don't quit on us. and
that, tbos-- logs will be driven down the
branch as far as the river in time to
catch o.ir drive. Therefore. I'm going lo
make you a good price per thousand, but
liable only when the. logs are deliv
ered io our i iverinen. "
Ra.jway, with his usual mental attitude
of one atixiou-- to justify the other man.
elided by seeing, only his employer s ar
gvment. lie did not perceive that th
•alt.-r's proposition introduced into tin
transaction a gambling element, ti b---
. nine possib'e for Morrison A- Daly to
get a certain amount of work, short, of
absolute com i let ion. done for nothing
All till- was in August. Itadway, who
was a good, practical woodsman. set.
about th*- job immediately, tie gathered
a i row. established a camp, and began
~i om.-<> lo cut roads through the coun
try he had already blazed on ids forme;'
Railways task was not merely to live!
cut and ballast flu- G feet of a road-bed
already const dieted, but to cm away
for 5 miles through the unbroken wil
derness. The way had moreover to >»’
not less than 25 feet wide, needed lo be
absolutely level and free from any kind
of obstructions. and required in the
swamp;-' liberal ballasting wnh poles,
called corduroys. Not. only must, the
growth be removed, but. the roots must
be cut out. and the inequalities of the
ground 1- yelled or filled up. Reflect fur
ther Hint Radway had but a. brief time
at his disposal but a f-w months at most
ami you will then be in a position to
gang- lie fir.-t difficulties of those the
American pioneer expects io enc-mnler
as ,i matter o'- eour-
The jobber, of course, pushed ..is roads
as rapidly as possible, but was greatly
handicapped by lack of mem Winter t
in early i.d -mrprised him y'-iili several
of th- simila r biauch s ye; to linisii. i'll--
main liu- howeti r, w.> doiji
Al int- rv; h squares were -'it -mt along
side. In them two long timbers, or skid...
were laid andii or.wise for tile reception
of the pi - s of logs which would be
diagged from the fallen trees They
were called skidways. Then timilly the
season's cut began.
The men who w- re t-i fell the 1r -
Radway distrib-.i;---1 along one boundiny
of a "forty." They were instructed to
move forward across tiie forty in a
straight line, felling every pine tr- ■■
over S inches in diagnotor. While tin
“.-aw-gangs.' three in mimber. prepared
to fell the first trees, other men call-.-I
adjusted is the lockout inaugurated to- |
day by the Reading i-'inony in the low* r ;
anthracite field.
Men Ordered Back To Mines.
Wilkesbarrc. Pn.. April 21. The ex- |
i eiitive boards of the th, * * anthra- i
l ite districts of ’.he I'nitei.l Min*' Workois
of America in convention her*’ issued in
structions today that all mine work*:
<n strike m locked out. return to wot k *
immediately pending an adjustment of all ;
differences by th* board of conciliation ;
provided for by the anthracite <*"iil strike j
commission. District Presidents 'l'. D. j
Nichols, of Scranton. W 11. Dettry. Os ■
Hazleton, anti John Fahy. of Shamokin.
w**;e selected as tit*- miners representa
tives on the board of conciliation. The
board is to consist of t> members, three *
appointed by th* operators and three bj !
the miners
I'ht' mines' executive boards h'* <t two;
b.ng sessions today behind closed doors. .
\ final meeting will be held loinoi l o ,*,-.
Winn the meeting adjourned tonight I
. ■ . Mitchel aid lie had nothing
lo ..y beyond tit* instructions issued
to th** men. except that he expects lb** ■
**oa| companies to appoint a similar con
ciliation ■*ommitt* **. so that tin* grievane. -*
complained *»1 can be adjusted as soon as
possible.
I*)*’-id.nt Mitchell bis al point*'d th*'
Rev. T. it. Watkins, of Scranton. t ! > ■*•
n national organizer for the I'nit,i Mm**
Workers of America. He is the only
her in the ant lira,*i te region
Mr. Mitchell expects to return to his;
headquarters in Indianapolis tomorrow ,
iifi. rnoo’i or evening.
Must Agree To Work Full Time. i
Pottsville, Pi.. April 22.—Announcement
was made here today that 30,000 mine
workers, who were locked out by the
Reading company, because of their refusal
to work nine hours on Saturday, will b***
permitted to return to tin* mines* tumor- I
row, providing they pledge themselves to ;
work full time Saturdays. General Super- i
intendcut Luther says the company in- ;
sists on compliance with this regulation. I
It Is expected that all the m u will ac- *
e* I t the company’s terms.
Miners Return to Work.
Wilkesbarrc, Pa.. April 23.—President j
Nichols, of district No. 1. of th,* min.* ;
workers, receiv* d word today that the I
presidents of tl’.<* coal earrj ing roads I
would at once appoint three niembei s of;
th* board of conciliation to represent
th*: in. The SO.C'Ki men of the Philadel- *
plua and ib*., 'ing < 'oul and iron Com- I
p ay. who were locked out on Monday. 1
r- * a.’i.* *1 ‘ * work tod:*y.
.Tentuci;Judge Settles »?■'•.*.
N*■« lirimswick. N. ,1.. April 21. In the i
examining trial of Charles Durham, who ;
killed John l.iws.m last Sunday, County
Judge Lewis rendered the * blowing de
cision :
"Th** prisoner is dismiss* d. Lawson com
mitted suicide in going with his gun to
Durham’s home on the hunt for trouble."
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1903.
1 "swampers" were busy cutting anti clear
ing of roots nariow little trails down
! through th.- forest from the pine, to tin
l-kidwav at tl-e -dge of the logging road.
I The trail was perhaps 3 leet wide, am!
inmryel.s of smoothness, although no at
t- nipt yv.as made to level mere inequali -
I t’cs of the ground. They were called
tvavoy r -ids (l-'rench travoisi. Down
i them ill logs would bo dragged and
1 hau ■ d either by means of heavy steel
i p.ngs o r a short sledg-- on which one eml
~[■ the timber would lie chained.
Meantime the sawy-'-rs were busy. I'lac.i
pail of m- I- selected '- tree, tile first t h--y
cncomili-red over the blazed lim -if th<nr
‘•forte " Xl'ier determining in which di
notion it'wAs to fall, they sol to work
to chop a deep gash in that side of tn-'
i trunk. .
Tom I’.i-o.id . -ml and Henry I’aul picked
~u t pine which they d-’-
termined to throw -aer-iss a little stia.ee ni
: to "right bft. ami alternately
,-. s . s bit deep. Tom glanced up as
i a sailor looks aloft.
'- "She ll do. I mnk." he said.
' Tim two then wi.h a dozen half clips
I ~f the ax. removed the inequalities of the
i lark from Hie saw's path. Th-- l-mg tlex-
J ible ribbon of steel began to sing, b-nd
‘ ing so adapiably to the hands ami mo
tions of the im-n manipuiating, that it ditl
I not seem possible so mobile an instrument
inaild cut the rough pine. In a moment
j th-- song changed timber. Without .i
word tn-* men straightened their backs.
I Tom flirted along the l.'lade a thin stream
j of korosem- oil from n bottle in his hip
' jioetc-t, ami the sawyers again bent to
tlu ir work, swaying back and forth rhytli
j mic-ally, their muscles rippling under the
l- xtur-- of their woolens like those of a.
I panther und r its skin. The outer edge
i of the saw blade disilpp- ared.
"Ili'tti r wedge her, Tom," advised Hank.
! They paus-d. while, with a heavy sledge.
- Tom drove a triangle of steel into the
I crack made by the sawing. This privent
-1 ed th-- weight of the tri- from pinching
i the saw. Then the rhythmical z-z-z!
i z-z-z! again took up its song.
When the trunk was nearly severed,
■Tom drove another and thicker wedge.
; "Timber!" hallooed Hank in a long
| drawn rm io-iious i-all that melted through
i th- woods into the distance. The -vvamp-
- - r. erased work and withdrew to safety.
; "Cra.-k!" called the tree.
H.aik -Holly unhooked his saw handle.
| and Tom drew the blade through und out
; lii-- other side.
; Th-- tree rhivered. tii-n leant ever so
sli-.jhtl.- from the p- rpendi- ular, then fell,
at first gently, afterwards with a eres
i endo i ns-, tearing through the branches
of other tr-.-es. bending the small timb-r.
I i-i-aking lie- smallest, and at last hitting
with .- tremendous . rash and bang which
i filled the air with a fog of small twigs.
)j '■<!!’ ,ii (i l!' 1 ' , • i.' siitiw.
Then ii.- swampers, who have by now
pnished 'a- travoy roal. trimm--1 the
1-rosti-le trunk eleai of all protub'eram-.'B.
I It v.-qnired fairly skilled ax work. The
J braiii-a-. bad to i>- shaved close and clear,
ARMY OFFICER DEFIES
THE COURT.
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Dunlap Takes Refuge in Naval Sta
tion nnd Refuses To Come Out
or Allow the Police To
Enter —Police. Watch-
ing Gitte.
San Juan, P. R., April 21. The police |
hax** not been able to arrest Captain An
i row Dunlap, I 'nited States navy, coni-j
mandment of the nav.**l station heic, j
against whom a warrant has been is
sued for bringing in liquors without pay -
ing* duty, because the natal station is* a
government reserve ami Captain Dunlap
remains on it. Th** police have been
ta.ndiug at the gate of the. station .since
j< .***.■ rda* afternoon. Captain Dunlap re
fuses to eomi* out or to permit the police
to enier. Tin* first time tin naval officer
leaves the station he wiil be arrested. It
was thought this morning that Captain
Dunlap would leave the station volun
tarily, but it is now probable that he
will not do so as long as the police re
main outside.
Commandt i G. \\ . M.-utz, I". S. N., and
Robert Giles, against whom, also, war
rants were issued on the same charge,
have beep arrai.rmd and have pleaded not
guilty. A preliminary hearing* will be
held before Justice Bazan, a native, but
b< caus-i* of th** inability to apprehend
Captain DurJ.ip. the date for th** hearing
lias not Iren s,*t. 11. V. Molotn, pay
master. C. S. N.. for whom there is a
varrant out on tin- charge oi illegally
bringing in liquor.*-, is in tin* i nited States
and will be summoned later, through tin?
government
Enforced Law and Lost Place.
San Juan. Porto Rho, April 21. A s"t
tlement of hte smuggling cases has been
tT, -ted li.i* Treasurer Willoughby, He has
r* *o:ami*mh ,1 l*» Attorney Gom*r.*il Har
lan that th" ease lie dismissed from the
district, court. This has been dom*. The
amount **f lini s imposed is* not known.
John S. Hord, chief of the bureau of
internal revenue, was asked b* resign his
olli, * becaus* In inslitut.al the prose,‘ii
ti*»u against those persons charged with
smuggling without the authority of
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| and Jit tin- same iime the trunk must nut
he gashed. And eften ,r nmu forced
I 1" wield his instrument from a eonstrain
' od posit inn.
I 'rhe chopped hr.inein s and limbs had
I now to be dr.ipp' 1 (bar ami piled. While
: this was bi ing finished Tom and Hank
| marked off a id . tw»‘d the log lengths.
paying <im aiTcnt'mj to the necessity of
av tilling knots, fork • and rotten places.
' 'I has some of the W<Ti I s , some hi.
or 11. ami om- on!;. 12 t in length.
Next appealed tie hamster, with their
' litib> wood* n siomgrs, their steel chains
‘ and their tongs. They lied i«.' a helping
! the skidd rs to a aoe the par; 11. i and
! level beams, or skids, on which the logs
Were lo be piled !». the side of !!'■• ft.id.
i The ’i " which iom and II ink had just
tolled lay up a idle slope from tie- new
■ Iravo.- road. SO liule l-’abiaii Lavv.jue,
I tiie teamster, clampe I tiie bitt- of his
tongs to the end of the largest, or butt.
i log.
• Ali-'Z. Molly !;.■ crit d.
! A horse, huge. lopiia ntine. her ho.ad
'■ down, u-'se elo e > hchest, intidligcnt
! ly spying Iv r -r. ps, moved. The log
' rolled ovr-r. slid foot, -iml menaced a
I stump.
I “Hee!" cric-l Laveque.
Molly stepped twi--e directly sidewise.
' planted her f .r< foot on a. rock she bad
1 '.---eii. and ptilh-d slrirply. The -ml of the
■ log lid around I lie -: imp.
■ "Alh’z!" . imm -nd-d l.avcquo.
And Molly start- d gingerly down''the'
, fill, rih-- pulled tin timber, heavy as an
iron safe, here and there through the
i brush, missing no steps, making no false
i moves, backing. -:-l finally getting out
■ of the way of an unexpected roll with
I the i.tse ami ii.t-'llig-'.ic-- of l.aveque
j himself. In five minuti-s the burden lay
: by the travoy r-iaii. In two minutes more
- one - nd of it b id b- - n roiled on the little
i flat wooden sledg--. and. th-' other end
dragging, it was winding majestically
j down through the ancient forest.
: When Molly am I-’abian had travoyed
■ the log to the skidway, they drew It
I with a bump o r the two parallel skids
I and left it there to be rolled to the top
of the pile.
I Then Mike MeG -vern and Bob Strat
’ ton and Jim Glad.-s took charge c»f it.
I Mike and Bo'- w " running the cant
, hooks, while Jim stood on top of the
; -gr- at pile of log- ilroady decked. A
! slender, pliabl- st- - chain, like a gray
snake, ran over •• .'•' ■> of th- pile and
. disappeared tiirongn a pulley to an m
i visible horse- Jenny, tb.-- mate of Molly.
I Jim threw the end of this chain down.
’ Bob passed it ov-r and under the log
| and returned it to Jim. who r- ached doyvn
after it with the hook of his implement.
; Thus the stick of timber rested in a long
1 loop. on<- end of which led to the invis
i ible horse ami the oth- r Jim made fast
i to the top of tin pile, lie di.l so by
; jamming into another log the steel
swamp-hook with whi- h the chain was
: armed. When all was made fast the
I horse started.
! "She’s a bumper! I lob. "!-- d-,
I out. Mike!"
I Treasurer Willoughby. Mr. Willoughby
i said to a r**pr,'setitalive of the A >-*>,.-i-ited
i Press today*.
| "Mt Hot'il tendei d his resignation on
j Apr.i 22. t'ue day after my return from
I Ma\ aguez. It was immediately accepted
i by me and Mi . I lord's partieipation in Hi *
j work of th,* treasury department will
i cc.is on April :;o. This action arises from
i the fact that Mi Hold, during my ab-
I feiic*', caused information to be fil**d
I before a justice ot th,* peace against Com-
I mander Meiitz and others .th obit, ly with
, out my knowledge or authority to do so
find without consulting in any way tny
| s,*lf. and I could easily have been reach,*,l
I by telegraph or the assistant treasurer,
j who was tn eharg*' of the department dar
ing my absence."
Fajardo Asked To Resign.
I San Juan, P. R., April 2*l.—Governor
i Hunt, today sent a letter to Setior Fajar
do asking for ins immediate resignation
j Fajardo is the mayor of Mayagttez, who
| has been tharged with municipal frauds.
i Th** gox ernor tool; this -top upon receipt
j of a report from I’r* .usurer Willoughby.
I who made i personal investigation of
I affairs at Mai aguez, to the effect tha
I there bad been gross fraud and wrong
I on the par: of employees ami officials
j of Mayaguez.
I EUROPE COATED W7IH SNOW.
i Destructive Storm Raged Furiously
| for Thirty-six Hours.
* Berlin. April 20. The gale of Sunday
I wrought such havoc on the grounds at
I Pots,lam that a full report on the sub
ject has been telegraphed to Emperor
i William. Many splendid trees, dating
: j from the time of Frederick the Great,
. were uproot* *i The imp, -rial wiid park
I was also .■-•l'riously damaged. Heavy
snow has been falling for fifteen hours.
All 'the trail,.* from P*>sr*n. Sllescia and
East and \\ ■ st Prussia are hours late.
Many trains, have been stalled in the
* snow.
‘ The thirty-six hours’ snow storm over
rniddl ■ Europe * -ased today at daylight.
Tim snow is 2 inches deep in Berlin, in-
. creasing to .’I feel in tin* llartz liigb' nds.
’ Snow In . d****p ii* "'ist Prussia . ■■. i Po
land, where tin- wires are do *,i and
tiains are *ii*iay,**l. The tempera turi* in
mos*i parts is barely below freezing point
; ! so that th** d'uoage Io tin* tirst crops
I may not be serious. The snow is un it
ing rapidly and streams are already Hood
i ing.
Three Killed. Twelve Injured.
Kan as t'ity. April 21. l'as.-*enp,:*r tram
I No. 103 on tin Frisco system, whi* It lefl
I Kansas t'ity at il:3i* last night for Mem
| plus and Birmingham, was partially
■ | wicked mar Everton. Mo., north of
* i Springtielil. by a detective rail, at *
; o clock tins morning. The engine, bag-
■ ' gag*- and mail cars went into tile ditch
■ ami were badly damaged. Th.* engineer,
■ tircnmi. and one postal clerk were killed;
i a mail clerk and one passenger were
i j seriously hurt ami perhaps a dozen pas
■l sengers Slightly injured.
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He Hus Wott Literary Fame as the .’ ■ <' " Prornmnced Favorites With
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I The log slid to the foot of the two.
l parallel poles laid slanting up the men
! of the pil-'. Then it trembled -m the
, as,---iit. But on- stuck tor an i: -
I sr.ial. and al once th-- log took' on a
i dangerous', slant. Qui< k as light Bob and
1 Mik- .--prang forward, gripped the books
I of the - -ant-hooks. Ilk" great thumbs and
i forefingers, ami, while one mid yvitb aH
j his p -w.-r. the other ga.vi a. sharp twi.-i
I upward. The log straight-med. it was
-a masterly feat of power, and the knack
I of applying strength justly.
j Al .the x-ip of the jiflle in lino the
i timber hovered for a second.
' "One mor •!" sang out Jim to the driver,
i He poised, stepp 'd lightly tip and over,
WSEI PUTS CRIME
j ON TAYLOR,
I On Cross-Examination Youtsey Says
; That After the Murdet the
Conspirators Planned To
Throw Responsibility
on Him.
i
I Frankfort, Ky.. April 2". .lames B.
I Howard, on trial on the charge of killing
i Governor Goebel, took the witness stand
i again today for further cross-exantina
| ti.m, Tlte witii* -s declared lie was in
| tin* Board *l’ Trade hotel when the
j cr**wd passed bearing til* wounded ma:,
lie could give no description of the man
ner in which Goebel was being carried
ami got considerably tangled on this
point.
Mrs. Henry E. Voutsey is her*, and will
bo called by tie* defense, to contradict
her husband as to his confession made
on the witness stand in the Howard trial.
Yota...-y’s broth rin w. Beaker R. 11.
Witherspoon, of Win. hosier, and other
r< latives, are also here for the same pur
pose.
Tii.-' cross-examination of Howard was
completed at 11:30. He contradicted iiim
i self on a number of important points as
i compared with th record in foimet
i trials Mis- Anna Weis, who was a type
! writer under Auditor Sweeney, and who
I worked in the little room in which Yout
| St y worked, said she did not hear any
I knock on til,' dom* or see or hear him m
I ,*.inv, i*s.*i t ion with any on*' prior to the
I shooting. She was in and out ot tm
I ,dli. ,*. but did mb see him admit Howard
Youtsey Fixes Crime ou Taylor.
Ft inkfori. Kx . April It. It**nr> You!
w .i,-t i | for further ■ x.imi
n;i!i<»n in thf tui.il •>! .Jauit s H<»\\ ii<i >"
c. ’\ . Youtsi y wis asked if he did no!
to t' ll A.-, istuiit Auditor b , rs”*iv
Johnson winTi he was when (h“‘h 1 v..
S h o i. if.* said Jt.ha.'ii asked him th
(HHGiicii and hr told Johnson li* was m
,i safe }.]ar<’. Johnson said that was not
uffit it nt ly dotinito. as Hie vs had
asked qu'-stions as to where .ill the em
pioyt t .- of the ofiieo were when l ie shot
was tired. Youtsey then told him he
was in the toilet, room in th'' basfiie tit
of the < cut ive building.
Youtsey denied that, he had e\-r t>ld
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V Author of N -
'*C/>c Westerners,”
i “Conjuror's House,” •
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•4- Copyright, 1902. "i*
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, ! .‘.v-.'ie. j.; he safe bail's breadth
b- - >. rn .. -rVlien the log rolled. But
it -lid not lie quite straight, or ox ■■ n.
So Mike’ctit a short thick block, and till
i ; Ihree stirred the heavy timber suftieieni
-1 ily to admit, of the billet's insertion.
s Tl:--ii the chain was thrown out I-'-'
I ' -another.
4 .1. miy. harm ssed only to > short.
i straight; bar yvitb a hook in it. leaned to
-. : her collar and dug her hoofs at the word
. ■of command. The driver, close to h-r
; tail, held, fast the slender ste-I chain by
- ,an ingenious hitch about the over-use! nl
I swamp-hook. When Jim shouted "whoa'"
i from the top of the skidw-.iy, the driver
i did not trouble io stop the liorse—iie
j General A. L< ids. prior t<< the shoDlhig
| hut <jo be; 01. ’O bl *•! ’ him O il <■! ■■ I’’
• and that <|esi>io-d him. H. admin d
; that he told K. Id. Witlier-j)oo !5 and oth* '
iieiativs that, the newspaper reports tii ;*
Ihe had n.imod Jim Howard as th- ma
j who tired in- shot w-r-- without found-a-
lt W.l. ;j: *- .i' T'. liSr .if lll.H ' iUH " ’ *dd
' \ ~aise\ , -ihat Howard an-d me w
; strung'is. and I told everybody that I
had nevi -e. ii H >w.mt til! v- m-’l
j jn ii."
i I’kirth't aionu. in the intc-n ogalion Yoat-
■ sey dei lared that from and after the
‘ shooting' ot. Goebel all of the olh' is cn-
■ gag« d in tie killing conspired together to
I [dear Ihemsrlx and throw the ent’n
• responsibility of the (•rime, upon him.
. lb sponding 1o (pjesiions as to negotia
, lions with Hr. Johnson to kill iioebol,
I Youtsey -aitl In w • ilt. t > >•'' Senator L>-
! bo , and mid him Johnson and others
' v. -ri willing to do it. S ’later I.hhhd. ae-
I cording to witin ss. replied that enough
•domo'-rals wer*- going to vote with d’a.x
--: lor lo retain him in otli* ' and ii would noi.
i l»e iievssary to kill Ge'-bci. Heboe s;.id
iit mu-i !■' t be done. \\ ilncss wut ba* 1.
land told Johnson wiiat I »'*b’oe said, John-
I son told him not to pa y any a i te-11ion
| to |)eb('o but ti> go and what Go\ -
; '-riior Taylor said about it. H>- wen* to
\ Taylor and t..!d him what Johnson
i .- .hi. and Ta.vlor raised no objection to tdo
pla n of shooting from the -ecretars of
! state's ollie. .
I Al Tiie afierrioon session of the court
j several ('lay cmmty witnesses testified
a- to the reputation of Witness Stubble
j field. Th' \ all said his reputation was
i bad. Mr. (’amiphcdl undertook to show
I that these witnesses had opposed him
I for political offense, which they admit-
Ite i P I . If James, of Ihltiep COUH
! ty, was an important witn -ss.
'H- testified that lie was the man
J who earn-, out of the state •hous > short
'll.'. .•ift.ec the shooting of Goebel and
whom Dalx and others supp<ved to hav
beo’i Howard. Hr. Jam* s said In had
gone into the stat<- house to inquire
about the arrest of Har’an Whittaker,
whom ie ki.i w well. a V. W aite, a
Louisville and Xa.-hviile Railroad Lorn
pany agent, testified as to the time of
arrival of the train on which Howard
c.inie to I'A ankfori. I’liottigrapher < )gg.
o’’ Heron, ide’i:ii].-] .< ph<>'.ogruph which
■ iie made o Howard in October or No
vember. <nd wliicli sh wej Howard
without a moiisi.’i ‘he. Several other wit-
1 nessos testified the same way. It is
the* claim of lh< prosecution (hat How
ard wore a short, siuoby moiista-dic at
the lime of the shooting.
Hard Blow Given Howard.
i b’rankfort. Ky.. April 21. J n t(ie tri.;'
of James Howard today. Pan Vaughan
te>tified that he was sd k in bed on the
day that Goeb'l was kiH-d and was no;
,on the sin et ;i ( all. This was ( hard
blow to the detensf. as Howard in his
testimony told -e seeing Vaughan on
1 the street just before Gnehej was shot
. Anolb' r witness for the d f* u.- had .mid
that he saw Vaughan that, da \ and poiul-
i ed him out. t > How ard.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
| im-roly let go the hook. So the power was
I Shut off Slid. ■ nly, as is meet, and proper
:in such ticklish business. He turned
\ mid walked back- and .l'-nny, like a dog.
i without, the necessity ot command, fol
l lowed him in slow patience.
i Now came Dy-r. the sealer, rapidly
; down the logging road, a small, slender
' man with .i little, farm ;l-iip m-mstaclm
j The men disliki d him because of bis as
; fectation of city smartness, and becau
; h“ n.-ver at-- with them, even when the,
i was pl-nty of room. The scaler's duty
; at present was to measure the diameter
j of tin- log's in each skillway, and so com-
I put-.- the number of board feet. At the
. offi---- he t-'-mb-d van. k--pt the books, ami
i looked after tin- supplies.
He approached tin- skidway rapidly,
laid his 11- xibh- rub.- acioss the face of
each l--g. made o mark on his pine tab
lets in tin- column to which tin- log be
longed. thrust, th- tablet in th- pocket of
Ids coat, seized - blue --rayon, in a long
holder, with yvhich lie made an 8 aS In
di.-at ion that tin log had been scaled, and
liii i.il-.' tapped s- v i-il tim- s strongly with
a l- ig' hammer. On the face pf the
..imn- i In r-'lief yvas au M inside of a
i delta This was Hie company’ij brand,
and ■■> the big was branded as belonging
• to tiiem. H*- sv.-irmed <*v-r the skidway,
j rapid and absorbed, in strange activity;
j to tin.- -lower power of th-: actual skid
| ding. In a moment he moved on to the
I nex: v. <-m operations without having
’ said a word to any of the men.
! "A i in- t'ing!” said Mike, spitting.
i So day alter day tin work went on.
; Radway spent bis time tramping through
tin- woods, figuring on new work, show
■ ing tin men how to do things better or
■'<iifn r-'iitl-. dis.-a-■ ing minuti expedients
| with the blacksmith, the carpenter, the
! lie was not without his troubles. First
: b had not enuogb men; the snow slacked,
land -ante, too abundantly; horses
j ,f coli i or caulked themselves;
' . .-. unexpectedly; trees
i ; ut "punk"; a certain bit oil
ip '. oved soft for travoying. and so
ion. A’. Me'tlon time, of course, a num
ber of men went out.
! Am ■ vening, two days after
i elect! ;:cj another and important
t ; charae entered the north woods and
j our story,
cfe.AF TE' r 11.
’ I On the ►•vening •■< •■i.tij.'.i;i-
t or 10 miles s-.uthea.-~: of Radwa-y'.- camp.
■ : a train was crawling over a badly laid
1 I tra-.-k Hint led toward the Saginaw Val
' i ley. Th-- who!-- -iffaii was very crude.
'To Ih- edge of tin right-of way pushed
r i the dense swamp, like a black curtain
: shutsiiig tiie virgi'i country from the
- j view of civilization. Across the snow
?. w- re tracks of animals.
t : Th.- train consist.-I of a string of
f- iglit cars, one • -.-- h divided half and
' : half i-i tv'i' n baggage ami smoker, and
I ■a. da y ear • mied -y two silent, awk
Continued on Second Page.
MODR HITS WHEAT
MARKET HARD.
! Up and Down the Figures Went
Every Time He Made a Deal.
Sold May and. July, Then
Bought To Maintain
the Market.
: I "uic.-ign 111-*.. April 21.-(SpecialA—J.
(Ogden Armoui put the wheat market
; through a. course of sprouts today which
kept prices jumping around like a mon-
J k'-.v on a stick. The same simile would
i ap.dy io ;•». actions of wheat, traders
iu general mid to the lightning ch.qngpsi
of ironi of the big pucker-wheat, tra-ler..
who held mark* ’ the b-dlow of
Pii ntiment was in ontinU'»us course
■’!:,■•; ,*. und pi’i.H .- reth'-’itd ea.Gh, mood
in turn. May wheat sTd up 1-2 to 5-8
* (. nl- ecrly. then was off .3-4 cent from
the top, reacted a fraction, slumped noar-
. l.w cents under last night's close and
th n jumped back to within 5-S - \
i cv-ut of the previous closing lex
: this happened before noon, a.,.,!
' that pri<» s continued to move in
i rious and erratic way.
* The great question in the wheat pit as-
* t» i 11 o’clock xvj- whether Armour was
I getting rid of his enormous May line or
im> rely dinking out superfluous long
! company before he applies the screw’s
J to shorts.
Armours actions thi.nigh A. I. Val
entine ami others, were, as ever at such
* times, hard to follow until he chose to
I let the pit know what he was doing. On
. the I'arly bulgy- to 79 vents he encouraged
nit buying by bidding for round lots.
Then around the top he became seem
ingl* *i fr**** .-"Iler of May anti July as
* well. In both of these deliveries *he
ii supposed l*> be heavily long, although
i the former is the snore important hold
| ii'S-
i Tlie pi! was in a turmoil. Confusion
i was so gr**..t that al ,*in* time trading
j was going on in May wheat in different
1 parts of tlie pit at 75 1-S cents and at
177 1-2 cents.
A local wheat trailer said after the
; close:
"It, r * wicked innk'-t and one al
io - itnpossi i*le to follow | think the
: mark* i got away from Armour, and h*'
bad to take a big lot of wheat to bring
j prices back the way he did.”
