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THE HOKMStt OllEGOMAN, T11UKSDAY, INOVUJIBKK Z'J, 1'JUO.
GILLETTE TELLS
HIS OWN STORY
Says Grace Brown Jumped
From Boat and. Drowned
Herself.
FEARED TO TELL FATHER
Discussion of Her Troubles Knded in
Suicide, Suys Accused Murderer,
liout Capsized and lie Saw
Her u More.
HERKIMER, X. Y., Nov. 2S-Vlth heavy
head and unsteady gait and with eyes
that were bleared and weary, Chester K.
Gillette presented a spectacle of physical
and mental exhaustion when he stepped
from the witness box at 0 o'clock tonight.
He was the star witness in his own bo
half .on the charge of murdering his
sweetheart, Grace Drown.
Oillette today went through one of the
most trying ordeals that a witness ever
experienced. Surrounded by an almost
inexhaustible mass of circumstantial evi
dence that tended to point to his guilt,
he took the stand in his own behalf and
for nearly seven hours strove to bear up
under the strain of cross-examination
and to describe to the jury how Grace
Brown died. Most of the time he was
under cross-examination and the District
Attorney was merciless in his question
ing. Says Girl Drowned Herself.
Having assured his lawyers that he was
equal to the strain. Gillette was called
ns the tirst witness in his own behalf.
His step was steady, his nerves were
Jirm and his answers quick as in response
to questions from his "own senior counsel,
A. M. Mills, he declared that Grace Brown
stood up in the boat and threw herself
Into the lake. Eut his brief direct exami
nation was followed by a searching cross
questioning that was not completed when
at ft o'clock Judge Davenport adjourned
court until Friday.
After going over his youthful career,
which carried him through the West. Gil
lette said that he had been In the employ
cf his uncle. N. H. Gillette, of Cortland,
since March, 1906.
lu response to the queries of his senior
counsel, Gillette then began his rehearsal
of the tragic story that other witnesses
have endeavored to piece together.
"I lei't Cortland on Sunday. June 8."
lie began. "Yes, I had been acquainted
with Grace Brown for some time. I
went to De Ituyter from Cortland and
remained there one night. I met Grace
Brown. The next day we went to Utica,
staying at the Hotel Martin that night."
"Did you have any talk with Grace
Brown at the Hotel?" asked Mr. Mills, of
counsel for the defense.
Gillette made an aflliuatlve reply, but
on objection of the District Attorney the
conversation that was alleged to have
passed between the Brown girl and Gil
lette was not allowed to enter upon the
minutes.
His Trip in Adiroudacks.
Then Gillette continued with the narra
tive of Ills trip Into the Ad'.ro.ndacks. He
testified that be went to a Ulicg, laundry
before starting onward.
"We reached the Upper Ijtke at 5
o'clock Monday evening," Gillette said.
"When we got to the hotel we started
out for a walk. Returning we told the
proprietor that we did not care much for
the place, and he told us of a morning
train we could get out on. We took that
train."
In his opening address. Attorney Thom
as, for the defense, said ho would show
that Grace Brown was the one who sug
gested that they get off and spend the day
at Big Moose, but when tile witness
reached the point in his story he made no
allusion to what inspired them to get off
at Big Moose after their trunks had been
shipped through to Old Forge.
"We went to the Glenmore Hotel in a
bus," said Gillette. "Grace sat down on
the veranda. I went in and talked with
the younger Morrison. He told me there
were some beautiful sights on the lake,
that if I wanted to see all the sights, on
the lake, I'd better take a rowboat.
"We went down to the dock and hired
a rowboat," said Gillette.
"We started along the south shore and
moved along slowly. We saw a rustic
bridge, open camp and a boathouse, and
then we went to South Bay." (South Bay
is where Grace Brown's death occurred.)
To illustrate his narrative, Gillette left
his chair .and Indicated points on the lake
and shore as shown on a map. He spoke
tf little incidents, such as finding a spring,
meeting people in boats, and finally took
his story o the. point where Grace
Brown's body and the boat were found.
iSlie Jumped in Water.
"We talked about what we ought to
do." he said, "and I said we ought not
l' keep on as we had. I finally said I
thought her father and mother ought to
know what had occurred. She said she
could not toll her mother, and cried. I
toid her she would have to. She said 'You
don't know my father; you can't tell him.'
"We talked a little more, then site got up
nnd jumped in the water. Just jumped in.
I was In the other end. leaning back.
When I started to get up the bout turned
over. When 1 came up 1 caught hold
of the boat."
"Did you see her?" asked Mr. Mills.
"I could not; after a couple minutes
when I could not see her, 1 swam to the
shore. I went off through the woods
with my stuff, and landed near It. My
hat was In the water. I guess."
He told of going through the forest and
of striking a road, meeting two men In
one place and a third further on. About
the tennis racquet, he said that it was in
the way. "I had my suit case," Gillette
said, "and I decided to put the racquet
away. I put it under a log in the woods
a little way from the road."
Gillette told of visiting Kagle Bay, the
Arrowhead Inlet and his trip to Seventh
Lake.
"Chester, did you strike Grace Brown a
blow or do anything wilfully to cause her
death?" asked Mr. Mills
"No, sir," said Gillette.
When the prosecution rested this fore
noon a motion to discharge GilletU- was
made by the prisoner's counsel, but de
nied by the court.
EXHIBIT WILL BE LARGE
Oregon Fruit Men Plan Bigger Show
This Year.
CORVALL1S, Or., Nov. 29,(To the
Editor.) "Lest we forget" ermit nie
space for a few words about fruit ex
hibits and the State Horticultural So
ciety. In the tlrst place the contests
before the society are freely open to all I
growers in Oregon. Those contestants i
who are not members, however, and do
not care to become such, are required
to pay a small entrance fee. which is
used in helping defray the expense of
conducting the contest.
The State Society has nt present an
active membership list of ItK). It has an
affiliated membership of 4S1. Only two
fruit growers in the State, so far as I
know, decline to help support this or
ganization and take part in its meet
in S-s.
In order to carry on its work "the
dbvemination of knowledge of the
science and, art of horticulture among its
members and the development and ad
vancement of all interests pertaining
thereto" it levies a fee of tl a year
upon its members. For some years past
this has been 50 cents, but as a result
of the generosity of the commission men
of Portland lapt year, and for the pur
pose of supplmenting their donations,
the fee was raised.
The Increased revenue from the very
greatly increased membership will en
able the society to add very materially
to the list of prizes as offered last
year.
In fact, instead of eight cups, as last
year there will be 17 cups and 25 awards
this year, and of these seven cups are
from the commission" men.
, The increased membership of the so
ciety comes chiefly through the affiliated
(local societies which have been organ
ized, chiefly "for the purpose of making
more effective the enforcement of our
horticultural laws, particularly aa to in
spection." The insinuation that the cups, so gen
erously given by Portland commission
men as prizes, have been used to boom
the society (and even if eo. that would
be creditable, when you consider its pur
pose as quoted above) and that sections
or Individuals have been discriminated
against is base, and could only issue
from a diseased mind.
The people of this state know too well
such men as Dr. J. R. Cardwell. El U
Smith. W. K. Newell. Lloyd Reynolds,
Colonel H. E. Dosch. H. M. Williamson.
George H. Lamberson. Colonel Harry
Haines-. George H. Himes, A. F. Mason,
Asa Holaday, J. R. Shepard, J. L.
Carter. Karl Stockland, A. H. Carson,
and Judd Geer. to believe that they
would be a party to unfairness as ac
cused. The exhibit this year will prove what
the horticultural public thinks of the
"injustice" of the society. It will be at
least four i times the size of last year,
and there are still sections to hear from,
but there will be fruit from British Co
lumbia. Washington, Idaho, Eastern,
Southern and Western Oregon and Hood
River.
E. R. LAKE. Secretary-
WASTED: BATCH OF WIVES
IDAHO TOWN MAKES REQUISI
TION OX ILLINOIS.
Matrimonial Club Startled by Call
for Twenty Girls, Biggest Or
der on Record.
STERLING-. III., Nov. 28. (Special.)
The Girls' Matrimonial Club, of Rock
Falls, has a problem on its hands. It
organized for the purpose of voting on
whom each member should marry, and
now comes a proposition from Het
tinger. Idaho, asking the club to send
20 girls of marriageable age to that
city for the young men of that place.
Other letters have been recived from
the Western States, but the last named
contains the biggest order for young
girls.
The letter does not state, but it is
presumed here that the writer of the
letter is the captain of the men's
"Want to Marry" Club, and that the
girls are to be shipped in care ot the
captain. The girls maintain, however,
that they did not organize to be
shipped out of the state and marry by
the wholesale.
WRECKED BY HURRICANE
People in Guatemala Drown or
Driven to Trees.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2S. James
Donnell, a coffee planter, who arrived
here yesterday on the steamer San Juan
from Guatemala, tells of the destruction
of the little town of Tutupec during a
hurricane which recently ravaged the
neighboring coast. Tutupec lies In an
out-of-the-way part of Tehuantepec. and
its population amounts to about 5000.
When the hurricane was at its height
the town was inundated by a rise In the
river on which it is situated and all
the buildings were washed away. The
inhabitants sought refuge in trees, but
many of them were washed away dur
ing the night. News so far received from
the scene of the .disaster Is not very
definite in its character as regards loss
of life, but it is known that 50 people
were drowned. Nearly all of the build
ings in the town were swept away.
MAY L0SEJTS CHARTER
Spokane Typographical Union Defies
Hie International Body.
SPOKANE, Nov. 28. The walkout of
union printers in the Spokesman-Review
composing-room has developed into in
subordination against the authority ot
(he Intel-national Typographical Vnion.
President Lynch wires the Spokesman
Review that unless the men return at
once the charter of the union will be
suspended tomorrow.
The force on the day side nearly all
quit today. Nearly (10 men are out. Seven
men are at work tonight and the Spokesman-Review
will bo Issued tomorrow
morning.
Centenarian Baptist Preacher.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Nov. 28. Rev.
William A. Howe, a centenarian, and
the oldest Baptist clergyman In the
world, died today at his home in this
city.
V'p to his last conscious moment. Dr.
Howe retailed all his faculties. Only
a few months ago, on the occasion of
his 100th birthday, he attended a meet
ing of Baptist ministers in Tremont
Temple, in Boston, and delivered a
stirring address. Dr. Howe was born in
Worcester, and was graduated from
Newton Theological Seminary. His
earliest endeavors took the form of
founding a number of Baptist schools
in the north cud of Boston, and he
served as pastor of the Union Baptist
Church and Temple Church, which be
came merged In the present Tremont
Temple Society under plans formulated
by him. His longevity and his almost
unvarying good health the clergyman
attributed to cureful and exact habits
of living. Including regular hours,
abundance of sleep and simple diet.
Coal Stealing: Is Popular.
KlOV Wash.. Nov.
. (Special.)
Tht re is a fuel famine i
n this part of the
o do not care to
ush for firewood
Here at Klona
sally out after
coal from side
It is becoming
Winter evenings.
valley, and people wh
go out and cut sage bl
are gutting desperate,
respectable citizens
nightfall and purloin
tracked freight trains,
a popular pastime for
Rustling for Seattle Fair.
BOSTON. Nov. 2S. Dr. Henry Waldo
Coe. of Portland. Or., special commis
sioner from tht Ala-ska-Yukon-Pacific Ex
position to be held In Seattle in 190$.
called at the Statehouse today to secure
tho co-operation of Governor Guild and
the Executive Council in furthering the
interests ot the fair.
CHARGE IS REVIVED
Prosecutor Says Louis F.
Payne Received $40,000.
BURNHAM'S ACT EXPLAINED
Insurance Trial. Trings Out Motive
for Payment of Mutual Reserve
. Company's Money to Pay
President's Debt,
NEW TORK, Nov. 28. Charges that
Louis F. Payne, when State Superin
tendent of Insurance, demanded $100,000
from the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company, under threat of showing that
the company was Insolvent and that
President Frederick A. Burnham had said
that he had paid Mr. Payne J-10,(M, were
made by Assistant District Attorney Nott
today in the trial of George H. Burnham,
Jr.. former counsel for the Mutual Re
serve Life Insurance Company, who is
indicted together with F. A. Burnham,
president, and George D. Eldredge, vice
president of the company, for misap
propriation of the funds of the company.
After the jury had been sent out of
the courtroom, Mr. Nott said that Presi
dent Frederick A. Burnham aoked J.
Douglas Wells, who was then vice-president
of the Mutual Reserve, to put the
sum of $1:075 in his expense account, be
cause President Burnham was in financial
straits. As a reason for his need of
money Mr. Nott said President Burnham
declared to Mr. Wells that Superintendent
Payne had demanded $100,000, but had
been induced to accept $10,000. This
amount, according to Mr. Nott, Mr. Burn
ham said, he paid from his own funds.
Allowed to Write Own Report.
President Burnham told Mr. Wells, Mr.
Nott said, tliat he paid the $40,C00 so that
the company could write its own report
as to its condition. President Burnham
also was quoted as saying that he had
borrowed $6000.
This statement was made during an
argument between counsel over the testi
mony of Mr. Wells, who was the first
witness called today. Mr. Nott asked
Mr. Wells whether, on returning from a
trip abroad In 1895, he had put in an
expense account at the suggestion of
President Burnham.
Mr. Rand, counsel for the defense,
objected to the question, and said the
law did not require that a motive for
larceny be shown.
Justice Greepbaum ruled oirt the
questions apkert by Mr. Nott, and Mr.
Wells was excused.
Payne Declared Story False.
The matter of this alleged payment of
$40.0iXI to Louis F. Payne was brought up
during the insurance investigation lst
year, when Mr. Payne was a witness be
fore the investigating committee. Charles
B. Hughes then asked Mr. Payne:
"There has been a report published In
the papers that in connection with the
Mutual Reserve matter there was a pay
ment made to you of $40,000. What have
you to say to that?"
Mr. Payne replied: "I say to you that
it is absolutely false m every particular
and I say to you that Mr. Wells and
Mr. Burnham under oath said the same
thing. Now that grew out, Mr. Hughes,
of a fight between Burnham and Wells.
That is all there is to it."
After Mr. Wells was excused today,
George R. Joseph, an attorney who in
1S99 brought suit against Frederick A.
Burnham. Jr.. in behalf of James D.
Wells, identified a check for $7300 which,
he said, was given him by George Burn
ham. Jr., and which he placed in escrow.
The trjal will be continued Friday
morning.
STATE'S CIVIL WAR CM
LARGE SUM GOVERNMENT HAS
OWED FORTY TEARS.
State Went in Debt to Provide Volun
teers to Defend Pacific Coast
During Civil War.
OREGONIAN NK1WS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 28. Under the terms of a
law passed at the last session of Con
gress through the efforts of Senator Ful
ton, the United States Court of Claims
has taken up for adjudication the old
claim of the State of Oregon, amounting
in all to $358,084, which is due on account
of extra pay and bounties paid by the
state to her volunteer troops enrolled
in the Federal service during the Civil
War and on account of expenses incurred
Incident to the enlistment and equipment
of these troops. The petition of the state
has been presented to the court by
Ralston & Slddons. of this city, attorneys
for the state, acting on behalf of Attorney-General
A. Crawford, who w.'vs
here recently to aid in tho preparation
of the case. The petition contains quota
tions from many old records and will
prove Interesting reading to thoso who
delve in the early history of Oregon.
Regiment to Guard State.
Briefly the facts set forth are as fol
lows: On October M 1861. President Lincoln,
through Secretary of War Seward, ad
dressed a letter to the Governor of Ore
gon calling attention to the necessity for
placing Oregon in a state of defense.
On September 12 of that year the army
officer commanding the military district
of Oregon called attention to the with
drawal of Federal troops from Oregon
and requested the Governor to call for
a company of volunteers to be mustered
into the Federal service. Governor
Whiteaker Issued the call and the next
month called for a full regiment of volun
teer cavalry. Six companies were raised
during tho Winter of 1861-2. when the
War Department directed mat recruiting
should cease. Later when recruiting was
renewed it was Impossible to raise more
than a single additional company be
cause of the inadequacy of tho pay of
troops.
Paid in Depreciated Xoles.
In 1850 an act of Congress was passed
providing extra pay to officers and en
listed men of the army serving or en
rolling in Oregon and California, but
appropriations providing for these extra
allowances were not continued during the
Civil Was and there were no troops of
the regular army in Oregon after the
Summer ot 1SG1. However, on July '22,
1S61, Congress passed a law authorizing
the President to accept volunteers from
the Governors of the several states and
directed a refund to the Governors for
expenses properly incurred for recruiting,
etc.. without specifically stating the char
acter or amount of such expense. No
troops were raised or recruited by the
Federal authorities in Oregon during the
Civil War. All recruits were volunteers
and their pay was fixed by law at $13
per month, payment to be made In legal
tender notes, notwithstanding the fact
that in Oregon and elsewhere on the Pa
cific Coast gold was maintained as the
standard of value and such notes had
in, that section a commercial value of
less than half their face value. Because
of this fact the cost of living was high
Land it became impossible for the state
authorities to furnish volunteers without
offering premiums as a consideration for
enlistment. After conference with the
Federal authorities the Governor and
Legislature, at the solicitation of the
military officers, agreed to pay and did
pay certain considerations for enlistment.
Governor Makes Appeal.
Governor Gibbs, in his annual message.
September 15, 1S64, called the attention of
the Legislature to the necessity of pro
viding means that would enable him to
comply with the calls made upon the
state for furnishing troops. Referring to
an Oregon regiment raised in 1863, he
said:
Th officers and mom, If not all, the men.
Joined the regiment through patriotic mo
tives, and while some of the time thtjy
have been, traveling over rich gold fields,
where laborers' wages are from $3 to $5
per day, there have been very few deser
tions, and that, too, while they were being
paid in depreciated currency, making their
wages only about $.t a month. It would
be but an act of simple justice ' for this
state to make good to members of ths reg
iment their losses by depreciated currency.
The Adjutant-General of Oregon sup
plemented this recommendation. On
October 5, Governor Gibbs wrote to
Brigadier-General Benjamin Alvord,
commanding the district of Ore
gon, telling him that the pas
sage of a law giving bounties
to recruits was under consideration,
but the Legislature hesitated because
it would run the state Into debt about
?-L3v,vuu to raise iuuu men. uenerai
Alvord replied, expressing the hope
that the law would be enacted. "Every
state has passed such a law," said he.
"'The inadequacy of the pay is espec
ially evident on this coast, where the
depreciation of legal-tender notes Is so
discouraging to volunteering."
Bonds Issued by State.
On October 20, the Legislature hav
ing thus far failed to pass the bounty
act, Major-General Irwin McDowell,
commanding the Department of the Pa
cific, telegraphed the Governor of Ore
gon that .orders had been received from
the War Department calll-ng for the
enlistment of a full regiment in Ore
gon. Following this correspondence,
the Legislature passed an act giving a
bounty of $150 to each volunteer and
also granting extra pay. which in
reality amounted to the difference be
tween the value of coin and that of
the currency paid the troops serving
in the United States Army as volun
teers. There being at that time no
available funds for tho payment of ex
tra pay and bounty, the state was au
thorized to issue $100,000 in bonds,
redeemable July 1, 1875, or July 1, 1884,
each class bearing interest at 7 per
cent.
Following this legislation, a regi
ment was raised and'mustered into the
service of the United States, serving
until the close of the war or after, the
last of the soldiers being mustered out
July 1, 1S67.
In presenting its claim against the
United States Government, the state,
through its attorneys, shows that it
expended $90,392 in extra pay, and paid
interest on its bonds amounting to
$44,745, making the total cost of
extra pay $135,138. The bounties paid
amounted to $129,041, and interest n
these bonds was $62,466, making $191,
507 in all. In addition. $9731 was ex
pended in recruiting; $121 in Adjutant
General's expenses, $S05 for clerk hire,
$2276 for supplies, etc., $724 for trans
portation; $3998 for arms, ammunition,
camp equipage, etc., and $9907 in pre
paring . the volunteers for service.
These amounts total $358,084 and rep
resent the amount sought to be recov
ered by the pending suit.
Asks Court to Reverse Officials..
This old claim was long since pre
sented to the Treasury Department and
to the War Department, but wa.- re
jected by both. It was rejected by the
War Department on the ground that it
had no Jurisdiction over claims of this
nature, and was disallowed by the
Treasury Department for the reason
that under the construction of the acts
of Congress adopted by that depart
ment, such expenses culd not be al
lowed. Congress passed an act July
27, 1861, directing tho Secretary of the
Treasury to reimburse the states for
the costs, charges and expenses prop
erly incurred in enrolling, paying, etc.,
troops raised for service during the
Civil War, and under that act, as con
strued by the United States Supreme
Court In theNew York case, it is con
tended the Oregon claim should be
paid. The pending suit Is brought to
overrule the Treasury atid War De
partments and compel the payment of
the amounts stated.
FLEISCHMAN COMES BACK
Tells Wife He Will Face Conse
quences of Misdeeds.
Detective Sergeant William Jones re
turned last evening with Moritz Flelsch
man. the absconding clerk of the Wood-ard-Clarke
Drug Company, who was ar
rested in Vancouver. B. C, last week.
Fleischman had nothing to say on his
return, but requested permission to talk
to hiswife over the telephone, which
concession was granted him. He merely
informed her that he had heen brought
back and that he was willing to face
the consequences.
Detective Jones stated that the $870
found cm the person of the prisoner at
the time of his arrest was being sent to
this city by express.
CLEARS FAIRBANKS NAME
Massachusetts Council Dismisses
Charges About Portland Fair.
BOSTON. Nov. 28.-The Executive
Council today exonerated Wilson H. Fair
bank, who was commissioner to the
Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland.
Or., and approved his accounts. During
the recent Massachusetts political cam
paign. District Attorney John B. Moran.
Democratic candidate for Governor, made
public charges of misconduct against Mr.
Fairbank in connection with the ex
penditure of the state appropriation,'
these charges being based on affidavits
made by James M. Perkins, who was sec
retary to the Massachusetts Commission
to the fair.
Rallies 1st a Muddy Lake.
Exchange.
A prominent member of the Italian
Chamber of Deputies has taken a leaf
out of the book of his illustrious con
frere, Marcus Tullius Cicero, by bathing
in the mud of Lake Aguan. as Cicero
did two thousand years ago, in order to
get rid of the gout. The mud of the
standing waters in the district west of
Naples was famous from early times
for the relief of anthrltls. The luxuri
ous high livers of the imperial days
knew their efficacy, and, no doubt, did
their "cure" there In much the same
fashion aa their' modern representative
does. s
Growth of German Industry.
London Times.'
In analyzing the trade between Ger
many and the United Kingdom, one
finds that Germany imports mainly of
raw materials and semi-manufactured
goods for Industrial purposes, while her
exports consist principally of finished
goods for consumption. The United
Kingdom stands in Its trade with Ger
many in the position of an industrially
undeveloped country trading with, an
other country on a far higher level of
industrial efficiency.
BREAK LABOR LAW
Government After Southern
Cotton-Mill Men.
IMPORT CONTRACT HELP
Wholesale Arrests and Prosecutions
In South Carolina - Follow Ar
rival of Army of Operators
i
From Lancashire.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The Attorney-General
has caused the arrest and
Instituted proceedings against a number
of prominent cotton mill owners for al
leged violation of the contract labor law.
CHARLOTTE. N. C, Nov. 28. Tha
United States District Court at Char
lotte has issued summonses for Thomas
M. Costello, Edward W. Smith, S. B.
Sargent and E. C. Dwelle to appear at
the term of the Federal Court which
convenes here December 10, to answer
to the charge of having violated the
contract labor laws of the United States
in the importation of a number of Eng
lish mill operatives into this section.
For several days it has been reported
that negotiations were in progres:
looking to an adjustment of the differ
ences between the Government and the
cotton mill men concerned and it is
claimed a settlement- out of court maj
be possible.
Within the past few months there
have come Into Piedmont, S. C. between
80 and 90 mill operatives from Lan
cashire, England. Inspector A. F. Mc
Laughlin has placed 32 of these under
arrest and they are awaiting orders for
their deportation.
The millmen assert that they have
not violated the laws and hence are no1
liable. No arrests have yet been made.
Reading Trainmen Get More.
READING. Pa., Nov. 28. The differences
between the management of the Philadel
phia & Reading Railroad Company and Its
employes in the coal, freight and yard
service were settled today, all trainmen
receiving an advance of 10 per cent in
wages.
Big Four Yields to Switchmen.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 28. The Big Four
system will grant an increase in wages
of four cents an hour to the switchmen
on the road.' The advance is retroac
tive, going into effect November 1.
Colorado Roads Yield to Switchmen.
DENVER. Nov. 2S.' The Denver & Rio
Grande. Colorado & Southern and Colo
rado Midland Railways have increased
switchmen's wages 4 cents an hour.
CARUSO GIVEN OVATION.
Mild Hisses Soon Drowned by Cheers
of His Admirers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2S. Enrico Caruso
was given a cordial reception when he
appeared a few minutes after the curtain
went bp in "La Boheme" at the Metro
politan Opera-Houso tonight. The only
suggestion of disapproval was mild hiss
ing from different parts of the house.
After a few seconds this was hushed.
The applnuse, which lasted several min
utes, was strongest in the balconies and
galleries, where many Italians and
Frenchmen were seated. After his first
solo, Caruso was given an ovation and
bowed his appreciation. The house was
comfortably tilled, but not crowded.
"MRS. GRAHAM" TELLS STORX
Real Xanie Is Stanhope and She Says
Caruso Insulted Her.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2S. The Evening
World says today that the woman who
gave her name as Hannah Graham and
who failed to appear in the Police Court
to prosecute the charge which she made
against tn:uso, the Italian tenor, has
been found. She is Mrs. Stanhope, the
wife of Adam Stanhope, a baseball player,
the World says.
It quotes Mrs. Stanhope as saying that
there is no question but what the insult
offered by Caruso was an intentional one.
She did not know at tho time that the
man was Caruso, she said. She did not
desire to make any complaint against the
man, but finally did so because Policeman
Cain said that the man had Insulted other
women there that day, and he wanted to
lock him up.
Mrs. Stanhope denied ever having seen
Cain before the time he asked her to make
the complaint against the singer. When
she reached the police station a man was
pointed out to her as Police Captain
Stephenson, who told her, she declared,
that she need not give her real name.
"I guess we have this man dead to
rights." she quotes the 'Captain as having
said to her, "and you need not come to
court-" When asked why she did not
write a letter to Magistrate Baker, during
the Police Court hearing, Mrs. Stanhope
replied: "I was afraid. 1 told my hus
band. He acted like a madman. He
wanted to go to the Hotel g Savoy and
punch tho tenor. Gus Meehan, his friend,
had a hard time holding him In check,
but both Mr. and Mrs. Gus Meehan finally
persuaded him to let the court punish
Caruso."
Mrs. Stanhope also said she went to the
Central Park Zoo with the little son of
Leonard Bronner. She had been employed
as governess in Mr. Bronner's home be
fore her marriage.
"It was in the monkey-house that I first
saw Caruso," she said.
"I did not know that tho foreign-looking
man was Caruso at that time. He lies
when he says that I ' flirted with him.
The way I was attracted to him was
when I felt something heavy pressing on
my right shoulder. It was the man's el
bow, and as I supposed It to have been
an accident, I walked away from him.
"The man followed mo across the build-
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lng. I was looking into a cage where ,
there was but one monkey, when I felt i
the knuckle of a hand against me. I im- ;
mediately turned. It was a fine looking
man, standing close. There was no mis
take about the insult being intended."
Police Commissioner Bingham, after
reading tho story, said: "I shall inves
tigate the matter thoroughly."
"Don't you think that the finding of
this woman by outsiders gives the de
partment a black eye?" the Commis
sioner was asked.
"It is certainly a black eye for the
police department," commented the
Commissioner. "But I am not a bit
jealous. I think it is generally under
stood that reporter can always do bet'
ter work along this line than the police
The moment it is known that the police
are making an investigation, nobody
wants to talk. On the contrary, a re
porter can get any Information he
wants with absolute freedom."
The Commissioner said he had taken
every precaution to prevent an out
break at the Metropolitan Opera House
tonight, when Slgnor Enrico Caruso
made his first appearance on the oper
atic stage since his arrest.
SLEEP AND NERVE REST
How We Differ From Our Ancestors
of a Cimpler Age.
London Telegraph.
In the days when eipht hours for sleep
was nominally reRarded as an hour too
long for any solef-re-specting Individual,
the exhausting character of modern life
was unknown There was less wealth and
more contentment; less comjetition and
more security; fewer distractions, but
more simplicity. Work was easier, slower;
and care, anxicity, apprehension in a
word, worry did not feed, liko the worm
i' th' bud, upon the hours exempt from
toil. We are remorseless In overtaxing
the delicate mechanism of our minds and
nerves. Tho be.st walker, for Instance,
does not propose to himself to go reg
ularly 60 miles a day, or to subject the
same set of muscles in any other form
of physical exercise to intense and unre
mitting labor. But that is what we do
with the immediate asent of our minds
the brain machine. We cannot watch its
operations. We often assume that its
movements are as light and endless as the
ripples of the universal air. We know and
nevertheless we forget that the brain Is a
substantial apparatus as liable to depre
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that the potential capacity of the human
brain has not increased. If at all. in any
thing like the proportion of the immensely
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Air and Plant Sunlight.
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plants. When the earth was a globe
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