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CHICKERING & SONS,
HOBERT M. CABLE,
The Somerset
Gountp Star.
VOL. X.
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1904.
NO. 45.
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POLICE COURT.
Burgess Lowry’s Court Had Big
Legal Grist to Grind Last
Friday.
Last Friday afternoon was a busy
time in Burgess Lowry’s court, when
Joseph Wagner, Jr., Chas. Crow, Mich-
ael Harding, Arthur Emerick, George
B. Walker, Frank Newman, Herbert
Wagner and James Murry were ar-
raigned before his honor, the Burgess,
charged with fighting and disturbing
the peace on the evening of Nov. 8th.
The suit was brought by Ed. Phillips,
who was assaulted by Joseph Wagner,
Jr.,on the night aforesaid, and who
claimed that some or all of the other
arrested men were kicking, striking
and otherwise injuring him while he
was engaged in combat with Wagner,
who first assailed him.
From the evidence it would seem
that young Wagner was running
around with a “chip on his shoulder”
on the evening aforesaid, as seems to
be his habit, and tbat he purposely
bumped into Ed. Phillips, who has been
known as a peaceable citizen ever since
he landed here, several months ago,
and at Boswell, where he hails from, he
bears the same good reputation.
When the collision oceurred, Wagner
was asked whether he bumped Phillips
on purpose, to which he replied: “Yes,
and I'll give you more of it.” Accord-
ing to the preponderance of the evi-
dence, Wagner then “sailed into”
Phillips, but it was soon apparent that
Bantan Joseph had attacked a man
that was far his superior in pugilism,
and as a result he was soon on the
ground, with Phillips on top of him.
It happened about that time that a lot
of Wagner’s friends appeared on the
scene, and seeing that Joseph was in
danger of getting a much deserved
thrashing, they at once rushed to his
rescue and began to kick and strike
Phillips in the face or wherever they
could inflict damage, at the same time
shouting: “Kill the scab! kill the
scab!” for be it remembered that the
fight was between a union and a non-
union miner.
Phillips finally managed to get out of
the crowd and run, and at every step
the blood was streaming from his
wounds, nearly blinding him, when of-
ficers and others interfered and stop-
ped his pursuers from inflicting further
damage.
At the trial whieh followed, how-
ever, there was not enough evidence to
hold George B. Walker, Frank New-
man, Herbert Wagner and James Mur-
ray, and they were accordingly dis-
charged. But the evidence was very
strong and convincing against Joseph
Wagner, Crowe, Harding and Emerick,
and that quartet was fined in the sum
of $12 apiece and costs. Crowe at once
borrowed money and paid his fine, but
the other three were taken to jail in
default of payment.
They are in, they are in,
Most likely through bad gin,
Oh! isn’t it a dirty shame and sin?
And there they will remain
Till they let them out again,
But it really serves them right that
they are in.
THERE WAS OTHER EVIDENCE.
We do not mean to say that there
was no evidence on the side of the de-
fendants in this case, for there was.
But it was not evidence that amounted
to much, and the principal witnesses
were fellows that had been arrested on
the charge of having had a hand in the
row themselves. Their evidence con-
sisted principally in swearing that they
did not see Wagner and his friends do-
ing the things that plaintiff’s witnesses
swore positively that they did do, and
that kind of evidence does not amount
to much in any court. Furthermore,
the evidence of the defense showed all
symptoms of having been “cooked up”
for the occasion, regardless of the facts.
At any rate the Burgess did not seem
to take much stock in it, and we think
he gave it all the consideration it was
worth.
Harry Warn, Esq., of Meyersdale,
was attorney for the plaintiff, while
Virgil R. Saylor, Esq., of Somerset, was
employed by the defendants. Both
lawyers did all they could for their
clients, but it was plain from the start
that the defendants had a poor case;
and we think their lawyer ‘knew it as
soon as he heard the evidence of both
sides. At any rate he advised his eli-
ents not to bring a counter suit, but
“smart alecks” who can scarcely write
their own names, always imagine them-
selves much smarter than a lawyer, and
THE END IS NOT YET.
The next day Joseph Wagner had
suit entered against Ed. Phillips for
mayhem, for during the fight Phillips
bit one of Joseph’s fingers, which he
says was thrust into his mouth by
Joseph, whom Phillips says was trying
to tear his mouth and gouge his eyes at
the same time. Ed. just closed down
on the finger he found in his mouth,
and that’s about what any other man
would have done under the circum-
stances, especially when being kicked
and cuffed by a lot of the other fellow’s
friends.
Phillips promptly gave bail for his
appearance at court, then he brought
suit against Joseph Wagner, Crowe,
Harding and Emerick for assault and
battery, adding the charge of mayhem
to the indictment against Wagner,
whom he claims bit him in the hand.
Thus it seems that the biting was not
all on one side. And it also seems that
Wagner and his crowd are bound to
get a matter into court that we think
they will be very sorry for by the time
they are through with it. To come out
second best in the first heat by being
convicted and sent to jail, places
Joseph and his crowd in a very bad
light to start with, and we think that
quartet will learn a valuable lesson in
the school of experience, which is a
very expensive school, but the only one
in which fools ever learn.
Even the pie-faced Mr. Crowe seems
to be at a sad disadvantage to go into
aourt, for the very next day after his
conviction in the other case, his wife, a
most excellent and noble woman, went
to Justice Samuel Lowry and swore
out & warrant against her husband for
asgault and battery. Crowe was
promptly arrested, but when his good
wife saw the county jail staring him in
the face, she had compassion on him
and withdrew the suit, but declared
that life was almost intolerable with
her husband, whom she alleges in her
information has been guilty of striking
and abusing her. We saw her informa-
tion, which is on file at Mr. Lowry’s of-
fice, and naturally we feel that any
man who will strike the wife he has
rolemnly promised to love, honor and
protect, especially when the woman is
not at fault, as in this case, is a fiend
and a coward. He is just about the
kind of a brave (?) man that would
rush in and kick another man when he
is already down and engaged in com-
bat with one or more other assailants.
Mr. Crowe is a striker in more ways
than one, but when he strikes his wife,
we feel sure that all decent men, even
among his fellow striking miners, will
point the finger of scorn at him.
It is no pleasure for THE STAR to say
harsh things about any man, but when
the good of the community demands
that we do, we are not afraid to hew to
the line, and we do think that every
state ought to have whipping posts for
wife-beaters.
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WILL ASK PRE-IDENT FOR
FREEDOM.
Frederick M. Baker to Spend Life
In Prison Unless Pardoned.
Frederick M. Baker, 22 years old,
whose parents live five miles north of
Somerset, is held a prisoner at San
Quentin, Cal., and is destined to spend
his life behind prison walls unless an
appeal for clemency soon to be made to
President Roosevelt meets with execa-
tive approval. The youth's father,
Jeremiah Baker, is circulating a peti-
tion, which is signed by hundreds of
friends of the imprisoned boy, and
which will be forwarded to Washing-
ton in due time.
Young Baker enlisted in the marine
service at San Francisco, without the
knowledge or consent of his parents,
and claims that while he was attached
to the cruiser Charleston, which was
lost on the rocks in the Philippines, he
was captured by the insurgent forces
while on shore leave at Cebu, Island of
Cebu. He was held prisoner until Jan-
uary, 1900, when with a view to escap-
ing the barbarous treatment accorded
him by his captors, he was induced to
take service with them, which he did,
with the mental reservation that he
would make his escape to the United
States forces at the first opportunity.
On May 4, 1900, Baker was detailed
in command of a squad of insurgents
to execute an American. Going with
the command on the evening of that
day as great a distance from the in-
surgent camp as possible without
arousing the suspicion of those under
him, he halted the squad and left them,
pleading that he must return for fur-
ther instructions. He, however, did not
return to the insurgent camp, but rode
furiously into Cebu, delivered himself
to the United States officers and im-
plored them to goout with troops and
rescue the American whom he had
been ordered to execute. Baker avers
that he was immediately placed under
arrest and wasgtried by court-martial
for treason, was convicted and was
sentenced to life imprisonment. The
court-martial sat on October 8, 1900,
and the record of the case is on file in
the office of the judge advocate general
of the navy, No. 9227, of 1801.
Since Baker was a minor at time of
enlistment, and his services, to the
time of his capture by the insurgent
forces shows an honorable record. and
that he has already passed more than
four years in prison ; that he was un-
able to produce witnesses on the trial
because of his inability to'reach them;
that because of the feeling existing
against him at the time of the trial by
reason of the trouble then existing in
the Philippine islands, due credit was
not given to his testimony, he hopes
that he may be restored to his parents
and to a life of honor and usefulness as
a loyal American citizen.
Much interest has been aroused here
in behalf of the unfortunate young
man, and ao effort will be made to have
Congressman A. F. Cooper take charge
of his case.
The Way of the World.
It works about like this most of the
time—when one man or one line of
business is very prosperous, some other
man or line of business is apt to be
catching it. When potatoes are worth
$1.50 per bushel, it is a good thing for
the man who raises them, but hard on
the man who has to buy them. When
the salaried man can buy a barrel of
good apples for $1.50, the man with the
orchard is dodging the sheriff. The
rain which makes one man’s pasture
green spoils his neighbor’s hay, and
when the wheat men are buying pianos
and surreys and starting national
banks, the day laborer grunts at the
price of flour.
A period of hard times makes work
and prosperity for lawyers, and a set
of aching molars a paying job for the
dentist ; the undertaker thrives during
epidemics and fatalities to human life,
while the sickness and superstition of
people make millionaires of the patent
medicine men. The intensely cold
winter builds up the fortune of the
coal man, and when people are dying of
sunstroke, the iceman is enlarging his
bank account—and so it goes, the mis-
fortune and dire needs of some insur-
ing good times and prosperity for
others.
Yet, in spite of all the laws of nature,
as well as the laws of supply and de-
mand over which we can have no con-
trol, there are a lot of blamed fools in
this coal region that think the price of
mining should always go up and never
be reduced. When it is reduced, and a
strike follows, there are always some
strikers that curse everybody not found
cursing the mine owners, and they even
get angry and mean toward all who re-
fuse to help them curse, pout and make
general fools and monkeys of them-
selves.
B. & 0’S NEW WINTER SCHEDULE.
It Will Go Into Effect November 27,
and There Will Be Some Changes
in Running of Trains.
The winter schedule on the Balti-
nore & Ohio railroad will go into effect
Sunday, November 27, and many im-
portant changes have been made, more
having been made this year than for
some time. Trains Nos. 13 and 16, the
Connellsville and Cumberland accom-
modation, will not run on Sundays here-
after, although they have been running
every day in the week for a number of
years. Under the new schedule these
two trains will run daily except Sun-
day. Trains Nos. 1 and 2 will run
through to Fairmont on week days.
On Sunday train No. 44, leaving Con-
nellsville at 6:45 p. m., will run through
to Fairmont instead of Morgantown.
This train runs through from Pitts-
burg:
No. 47 will leave Cumberland 10 min-
utes later than it does at present, but
is given the same time at Connellsville.
This will make the train one of the
fastest on the division, it being neces-
sary to make up the time on the Con-
nellsville division.
A flag stop has been made at Mey-
ersdale for No. 12, the Duquesne Lim-
ited. At present it is a flag stop for
No. 10, but that stop will be cut out
when No. 12 stops there. A new ex-
press train has been put on the division,
which will be known as No. 45. It will
leave Cumberland at 12:20 a. m. and
will reach Connellsville at 3:15 a. m.
This train is for perishable express,
such as oysters, ete.
There were no other important
changes made. Trains 5 and 6 were
not changed in the least, or any of the
other trains except those mentioned
above. The new schedule is the result
of weeks of careful study and hard
work on the part of the officials of this
division. Supt. J. F. Irwin returned
from a schedule meeting held at Balti-
more over a week ago, and since that
time all of the officials of the operat-
ing department have been preparing
the time table. No effort was spared
to give the public the best schedule
that could be devised, and to save
many long stopovers in connections.—
Connellsville Courier.
DISASTROUS WRECKS.
Carelessness is responsible for many
a railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrecks of sufferers
from Throat and Lung troubles. But
since the advent of Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and colds, even the worst cases can be
cured, and hopeless resignation is ne
longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg of
Dorchester, Mass., is one of many whose :
life was saved dy Dr. King’s New Dis-
covery. This great remedy is guaran-
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by E. II. Miller, Druggist. Price 50e,
and $1.00. Trial bottles free. 12.1
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BRIGHT
YOUNG MEN.
A Number of Lucrative Positions
Open in U. S. Civil Commission.
The United States Civil Commission
announces ‘examinations to secure
eligibles from which to make certifiea~
tion to fill the following vacancies:
The position of male scientific assistant
inthe bureau of fisheries, is $2,700 a
year; positions of civil engineer and
superintendent of construction in the
quartermaster’s department at large,
with a salary of $1,500 a year ; positions
of teacher in the Philippine service,
eligible to promotion in positions com-
manding salaries from $900 to $2,500 a
year, and the position of draughtsman
(architectural and structural steel)
in the office of the engineer of the
Third lighthouse district, Tompkins-
ville, N. Y., with a salary of $100 a
month. These examinations are oper
to all male citizens of the United States
who comply with the requirements.
No person under 20 years of age may
take the examinations.
These examinations will be held im
Pittsburg, as follows: The bureau of
fisheries, November 30; the quarter-
master’s department examination, No-
vember 29, 30; teachers’ examination,
November 25, 26.
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