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The Lamar register., 1898-09-07

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started in on the tomato crop with
force of forty hands.
For the Garden City Fair Septem-
ber 1916, the Santa Fe will sell
tickets at one fare FOR round trip.
La Junta is being shaken up by
series of big revival meeting con
Quoted by an evangelist of the SEN
sational type.
The Garden City electric light
plant is now IN operation and the
citizens of the town are very natur-
ally rejoicing.
The schools at the leading points
along the valley have all opened up
for the fall term. A new chapter of
history has been made for them dur
ing vacation.
1t is impossible to keep men on
the Baca comfy mail routes. They
have been bid down too cheap and
each person taking one quits as soon
as he gets another job.
-.
We are informed that the lands
under the Amity north of Carlton
will be cut up in small tracts next
year, and special Inducements will be
offered to get cantaloupe raisers to
take it.
-
Political convention have been
thick along the valley this week, but
the people are all so busy that it has
been hard to hold half dozen men
together long enough to call it
caucus.
There is considerable complaint
from different points along the val
ley of the poor quality of seed oh
tanned by cantaloupe growers this
season. Lamar was very fortunate
in this respect.
Rocky Ford was made the victim
of a $4,000 fire last Saturday. Two
whole blocks of business houses
burned. The fire department from
La Junta went mp on special train
and assisted in getting the fire under
control.
The fair and Watermelon Day cell
ebration at Rocky Ford this year
was as usual grand success. Jhe
enterprising citizens OF that young
city always make success of any
thing they undertake. They are
built that way.
The La Junta and Rocky Ford pa
pers are honest enough to admit that
the main trouble in the cantalonpe
business was the poor grade of mel
ons shipped by their association. II
Is shame to let their greed break
down the man who has done more
\ tnan anyone else to make the nation
al reputation of the Colorado canta-
loupe.
Mrs. Jack Wilson, who has been
boarding the staff at the White
House. gave up the house with the
end of August, and will start Sunday
ievening for visit to Indianapolis.
The members of the staff, fer the
present, may board aronnd like a
country school marin. Most prob
ably though they viii be found at
the Millinger very regularly about
meal time. Hollg correspondence in
[ Unmnzzled Truth
The Las Animas papers complain
because their Methodist minister has
not been paid what was promised
him. In this respect they are no
worse off than most any other com
munity in the country. II all the
gold, silver, nickel and copper in the
country we're coined into money it
would not pay the arrears in wages
due Methodist preachers. ii is great
ly to their credit that most of them
still show faith in mankind.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-07
Adserised Letter List.

Advertised Letter List.
The following Is a list Of the un-
claimed letters remaining in this Of
ice September :, 1898:
AIlcn. Jessie
Armstrong. Frank
Calhoun, Jack
Dgrsn5cr. Mrs Wm.
Fond. Arrhtr
Fuarstenhgrg. "
Leonard. Mrs Charlie
Sand0yaL OierEoriO-
In calling for these letters please
say advertised .
d. Il. coofrR. p NJ.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-07
Arkansas Valley Notes.

The La Junta canning factory has
started in on the tomato crop with
force of forty hands.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-07

Political convention have been
thick along the valley this week, but
the people are all so busy that it has
been hard to hold a half dozen men
together long enough to call it a
caucns.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-07

The La Junta and Rocky Ford pa
pers are honest enough to admit that
the main trouble in the cantaloupe
business was the poor grade of mel
ons shipped by their association. 1t
Is shame to let their greed break
down the man who has done more
tnan anyone else to make the nation
al reputation of the Colorado canta-
loupe.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-07

1t is impossible to keep men on
the Baca comfy mail routes. They
have been bid down too cheap and
each person taking one quits as soon
as he gets another job.
The Lamar register., 1898-09-07

The name of the gentleman who
purchased the Gould property north
of the river, mention of which was
made last week, is st. George
Creaghe and not st. Clair Creaghe
as we had it in our last issue.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02

Claude Matthews was born in Bath
county, Ky. December IA, 1S45. He
left kentucky in 1868 and settled in
Vermilion county, Ind, where he had
a farm of 1000 acres. He organized
the Indiana Shorthorn Breeders assO-
citation, and was one of the founders
of the National Association of Short
horn Cattle Breeders of the United
States and Canada.
Although always having a strong
prediction for politics, Mr.. Matthews
rarely sought office. He serveda term
in the legislature in 1876. In 1890 he
was nominated and elected secretary
of state, and in 1892 he was chosen
governor. Matthews was related
through his mother to some of the
best families of Virginia and Ken
lucky. He was the son of Thomas \.
Matthews and Eliza A. Fletcher. His
maternal great-grandfather Gen.
Thomas jefferson Fletcher, was an Off
Ger in the United States army in the
war of 1872.
After his term for governor expired,
Mr.. Matthews retired to his home in
NermiliOn county.
In 1896 the friends of Mr.. Matthews
resolved to make him a conspicuous
candidate for the democratic prCsiden-
tial nomination. The state con-
vention was enthusiastically in favor
of his nomination by the national
democratic convention, which met in
Chicago i'm July, 1895.
Mr.. Matthews indorsed the action of
the national democracy, and immcdi-
ately began most brilliant canvass
for Bryan and Sewall He never fall
tered for an instant, but continued act
lively at work until the polls were
closed in November of that year.
January z, 1868, he married Martha
II. Whitcomb, daughter of the late
James Whitcomb, who was governor
of Indiana from 1S43 to 1919. and was
United States senator from
this state.
Mr.. Matthews attained wide celeb
rity while governor by driving out the
Roby gamblers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
INSTRUCTIONS PREPARED.
The Lines OF Action for the Military Com
missions Laid Down and Ready
for Delivery.

Washing ton, Aug. 29.-The instruc-
tions to the Cuban and Porto Rican
military commissions were drawn up
and approved by the president before
he left Washington, and are now ready
to be delivered to the president of each
before he leaves. The instructions
will not be made public, but their gen.
eral terms are known to be the same
as the instructions sent to Gen. Shat
ter regarding the government of San
tIago, and to Gen. Merritt regard
ing the Philippines. This will mean
that the military commission will
take control of Cuba and Porto
Rico the same as the military
governor now controls that portion of
Cuba surrendered to the United States
after the Santiago campaign. The
many minor details relative to the
evacuation of the islands are left to the
who will report any diff
cult or disputed point to Washing
ton. There never has been any doubt
that the United States would take full
control Of Porto Rico, but the instruc-
tions to the Cuban military commission
settles any question regarding that
island, and means that for the present
at least the United States will assume
the government and control of the
of the island as has been
the case in San ntiago.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02

Washington. Aug. -. - Admiral
Schley received great ovation at the
navy department. lie came to the
department early, and after a call up
on Acting Secretary Allen he emerged
from the main door OF the Secretary's :
Office. His presence in the building had
become known. however, and as soon
as he WAS seen cheers rent the air
from the clerks who had assembled to
catch a glimpse of the hero of Santa
90. The officers and clerks from the
navy. state and war departments
crowded the corridors leading up to
the navy department until it was i'm
possible 10 pass through. They
crowded around the admiral. eagerly
reaching forward to shake his hand.
The lady clerks were even more dem
onstrative. and the admiral was kissed
by old and young without discrimina-
tiOn. 1t was finally necessary to form
q line and pass the c rowd around
through the large rooms of the secre-
tary'S Office, in order TO give them u
chance 10 shake hands with the adj
mirai.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
SCHLEY'S NEW FLAGSHIP.
The Admiral VIII Fly His Flag on the New
Orleans While Serving on the Porto
Rican Commission.

Washington, Aug. 29.-An order has
been issued at the navy department de-
taching Rear Admiral w. S. Schley
from command of the second squadron
of the North Atlantic fleet and
ordering him to Porto Rico
as member of the evacua-
tion commission, during which time
he is authorized to fly his flag on the
cruiser New Orleans, which will re-
main in those waters until the COM
mission is ready to return to the
Uuited States. Admiral Schley will
be accompanied to Porto Rico by the
following members of his staff, now
attached to the cruiser Brooklyn, at
New York: Lieut.. J. B. Sears, Lieut..
i. W. Wells, Jr., and Ensign Edward
McCauley, Jr. The order for Admiral
Schley to fly his flag on the New Or
leans is made to keep him construc-
lively on sea duty while serving on
the evacuation commission, thus en-.
titling him to the highest pay of his
rank. $4,000 per annum.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
WHITE HOUSE DESERTED.
The Departure of the President Makes
Things Lonesome Around the
Executive Mansion.

Washington, Aug. 29.-The White
House is deserted. The absence of the
president kept away the prominent
callers whose visits have marked the
daily routine of the presidents life in
the past few weeks, and even the
number of sightseers who go
through the public portions
of the mansion were less
than usual. The going away of the
president has put quietus on the
usual activity of Washington, and
coincident with Mr.. McKinley's de-
partUre some of the members of the
cabinet, headed by Secretary Day,
who is now at his home in Ohio, have
taken leave of absence for a short
while.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson who
left Saturday night for his home in
Iowa, left word to be telegraphed of
the Homecoming of the president, and
most of the other administration Off
cials will return about the time he
does.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
NINE DEATHS EN- ROUTE.
Arrival of the CatanIa at Hiontauk Point
Surgeon George McCreery, U.
:. A.. Among the Dead.

Washington, Aug. 27.-The surgeon
general OF the army received a tele-
gram from Surgeon Ireland. at Mon
tauk Point. saying that the steamship
Catania had arrived there from San
tiago with S5S convalescent patients
from the Sibonev hospital, and that
nine deaths occurred on the trip. He
also reports that Maj. George Nc
Creery. surgeon L. 5. \. died on the
Catania on the morning of the 23d
inst, from dysentery following yellow
fever, and was buried at sea. Mai. Nc
Greery was a native of New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
MUSTER-OUT ORDERS.
Batch OF Volunteer Organize
tions for Which Muster-Out Orders
Have Been Issued.

Washington, Aug. 20.-The follow
ing troops have been ordered mustered
out:
Ninth Massachusetts, from Middle
town, Pa, TO South birmingham,
Mass, where they will be mustered
out; Seventh Illinois, from Middle
town to Springfield; First Illinois,
Lexington, Ky, to Springfield; Fifth
Illinois, Lexington to Springfield;
Sixty-tifth New York, from Cam p Alger
to Buffalo; Fifth Ohio, from Fernan-
dina, Fla, to Columbus, o.; First Wis
consin, from Jacksonville to Camp
Douglas, Wis; Third United States
volunteer cavalry (Grigsby's), at Chick
amauga; Fourth Texas, at Austin, Tex.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
The Grand Household of Ruth.

Washington. Aug 29.-The fifth gen
eral meeting and first triennial session
of the Grand Household of Ruth of the
Grand Order OF Odd Fellows in Amer
lea has closed its session here Almost
every state in the Union was repre-
sented by grand representative. The
next place OF meeting is Wilmington
n. c., IN 1901
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
A LITTLE TOWNS LOSS.
Serious Inrcad by Fire Among the Bus
ness Houses of the Little Town
OF Pataskala, %.

Columbus, O., Aug. 27.-A special to
the Dispatch gives details of the most
destructive fire which ever visited Pa
tasl1ala, is miles east of here. Busi-
ness blocks and stores on Depot street
in the center of the town were en-
tirely destroyed with nearly all their
contents, entailing a loss of S25, 200; in.
surance S1s,OOO. Pataskala had no fire
and an engine company
was sent from Columbus.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
Lieut.. TIffany's Remains Sent to Newport
for IuriaI.

Boston, Mass, Aug. c9.-The body of
Lieut.. VIM. Tiffany, of the Rough Ri
ders, who died here last Thursday, was
taken to Newport for burial. A brief
service was held in room at the Par
lzer house, and under escort of detail
of the National Lancers, the guard of
Gov. Wolcott, the remains were taken
to the cemetery.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
HOME TO RECUPERATE.
Men OF the Fourteenth New York Com
plain bitterly of Their Treatment
at Catnp Thomas.

New York, Aug. pa hospital
train of two Pullman cars arrived in
Jersey City over the Pennsylvania rail-
road, carrying 40 sick soldiers of the
Fourteenth New York volunteers, on
furlough from Camp Thomas to re-
cuperate- Relatives and friends of the
sick soldiers were whiting to receive
thep-. The men who were well
enough to talk complained bitterly of
the treatment they received st Camp
Thomas.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
POLICEMAN MINUS A NOSE.
Oficer Mcmahon, OF st. Louis, DIsdGured
for Life by n Negro Who Re-
sisted Arrest.

st. Louis, Aug. 27.--OAicer Patrick
Mcmahon, OF the Sixth district, was
brutally handled by a crowd of ne
groes at Sacramento and FAIR avenues
while trying to place one of them IN
der arrest, and, as a result he will be
disfgured for life. if he recovers from
his injuries. The officers nose was
bitten off by one of the negroes, his
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
THE WEEKS BANK CLEARINGS.
Total CIearings, with Increase and De-
crease. In the Principal Cities
of the Country.

New York, Aug. 2T.-The following
table, complied by Bradstreet, shows
the bank clearings at 25 cities for the
week ended Friday, August 25, with the
percentage of increase and decrease
as compared with the corresponding
week last year:
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02

revolver taken away by another, and
his right arm badly chcwed up by an
other, besides receiving bruises about
the face and head. He is now at his
home in serious condition under the
care of a physician. His assailants es.
caped
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
California Raisin Growers Association.

Fresno, Cal, Aug. 27.-The Californis
RaiSin Growers association has been
organized for the purpose of establish
ing a high standard of quality. and to
put a stop to the shipment of inferior
raisins. 1t is the intention to maintain
a reasonable price for the product
throughout the year.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Prof. A. j. Marks
author of Holy Land" and "A Birds.
eye View of Palestine and a lecturer
of note, is dead. Prof Marks was borr
in Depey ster, st. Lawrence county, n
Y, on March 1G, 1882.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
EX-GOV. MATTHEWS DEAD.
The Former Executive OF Indiana SuC-
cumbs to Paralysis, with Which He
was Stricken Last Week.

Wingate, Ind, Aug. 29.-Ex-Gov.
Claude Matthews, of Indiana, died,
Sunday morning, at the country home
of Isaac Mcharry at this place. lie
was taken there Immediately after re-
ceiving a stroke of paralysis while adj
dressing the old settlers of Montgomery
county, from which he never rallied.
His wife and all the immediate mem
bers of his family were with him when
he died.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY.
The Work of Moving the First Army
Corps From Chickamauga
Park Completed.
THE THIRD CORPS WILL Be NEXT TO GO.

The Conditions In the Hospital at Camp
Thomas Said to be ImprOvlng-iIaIf of
the Sick Have Been Sent Away and
Surgeons and Nurses Can Give the 9th
ers Better Attention.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
Admiral schIey VIII Hoist His Flag on the
seneca, Temporarily.

Washington. Aug. 2S.-The Porto
Washington, Aug. 2T.-ThS Porto
Rican military commission viii sail for
Porto Rico on the Seneca, which at
present is one OF the vessels of the
war department, but probably will be
transferred to the navy. Admiral
Schley will hoist his flag on her while
the Brooklyn will go into dock for re-
pairs.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
SCHLEY At Washington.
The "Hero of Santiago" Given a
Rousing Ovation at the
Navy Department.
ALL WERE ANXIOUS TO DO HIM HONOR.

The Omcrrs and Mail Clerks Shouted and
Shook His Hands. While the Lady
Clerks, Old aud Young, Hugged and
Kissed UIm-wIH Fly His Flag on the
Seneca, Temporarily.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02
SENATOR DAVIS.

Many prominent army officers took
part in the demonstration. The adj
miral finally escaped into Capt.Croyvn-
inshield'S office.
Admiral Schley left the city later in
the day. He expects to sail for Porto
Rico next Wednesday with the mill
tary commission.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-09-02

electromagnetic National
Military Park, Tenn, Aug. 29.-The
work of moving the First army corps
from Chickamauga has been complet-
ed, and the army officials are now di-
recting their attention to the Third
corps. No regiments of this latter
corps have left yet, but two, the
Third Tennessee and First AIississip-
pi, are expected to leave for Admission,
Ala, Tuesday. Others will leave as
rapidly as transportation can be pro-
Vided for them.
Railroads in Excellent Shape.
The railroads are now in excellent
shape to do the handling, and there
will be no delay on their account. The
whole corps, it is thought, can be easi-
ly moved during the week. The Sixth
regiment United States infantry will
remain here for some time. The
Eighth New York, now being mus
tered out, will probably leave forhome
Tuesday. The Second Nebraska is
expected to start for Omaha Wednes-
day.
Hospital Conditions Improving.
The conditions in the hospital at
Camp Thomas are rapidly improving.
At least half of the sick have been
sent away, and arrangements are be-
ing made to send hundreds of others.
The surgeons and nurses are now
able TO give good attention to all here,
and decided change for the better is
everywhere noticeable.
Gov. Black OF New York Expected.
Gov. Black of New York is expected
at Camp Thomas. He comes for the
purpose of examining into the condi-
tiOn of the New York regiments. The
governor will make a careful investi-
cation of all the reports that have
been sent out in reference to the New
York regiments, and will ascertain if
he can do anything that will benefit
the boys.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-09
Girls keeping House.

An English paper comments on an Ameri-
can custom which is gaining favor in Eng
land that of young unmarried ladies hav-
ing apartments or flats and keeping house
by themselves the same as if they were
married. The custom in America is prob
ably not common, but there are cases where
one has her fiat or where a group of friends
have a suite of apartments and keep house.
1t is much nicer than being in a hall bed
room in a boarding house with no place to
receive visitors and nothing homelike, with
fees for each of the servants and tips every
day in the week. One servant can keep a
house clean and do the cooking for a family
Of three, four or five girls when the laundry
work is done away from the house, and the
expense is divided at the end Of the week.
No tips have to be given, friend may be
at night with no one to keep tab on the
number of guests or anything ordered after
certain hours. The luxury of home is ap-
preciated by the girls who have felt the dis
comfort of the usual boarding house, and
there seems to be no good reason why I'M
married girls should not keep house if they
so desire. The English people may learn sew
eral other very agreeable methods of this
country that may be initiated. and on the
other hand, Americans may learn some very
good ideas of their foreign brothers and sis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-09
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
SUGGESTIONS AS TO ART OF LETTER
WRITING AMONG FRIENDS.
The Little Bits of News That People
EnjOy-GirIs Living I'm Apart
ment Houses.

The habit of letter writing is one which
should be cultivated more than it is; not the
business letter, but the social or friendly
letter. People who go abroad for time or
those who remove to other places like home
news, but they do not want the home news
confined to the immediate family circle or
to the commonplace doings of the person
writing the letter. The person away wants
all of the news. and it must not be thought
too insignificant to put in the small gossip
Of the day. What is well known 20 the one
at home is choice item to the one abroad
There are thousands OF things that may be
written that make good and interesting
reading. Real country gossip, such as the
news Of new house or who is building. a
new pavement on a street once hub deep in
mire, weddings, funerals and engagements.
the new minister or something the old one
has done-any bit Of news fills up letter
better than the dreary seIf-news that so
many people write. Letter writing becomes
a rea! burden to many people when there is
no reason for its being so.
One girl who sends a score or more pages
to a friend across the sea takes her calling
list, and as her eye runs down the list of
names she recalls something that may be
told Of Them The names are generally
those or mutual acquaintance, and the
pages fill up rapidly. The majority of peo-
pie do not care to receive the letters that are
used in books; they like the lively everyday
matters, not the long dissertations on
science and other topics. Those subjects
may be lett for the scientific and the deeply
learned. 1t is the real common, everyday
correspondence that should be cultivated
Letter writing would not be the trouble it
is with some persons if they would write
a letter such as they would like to receive.
If the writer sGrposes herself among strang-
ers knowing absolutely nothing of the mat
ters in her own home, and writes lots of
little bits of news she will soon have a read
able letter, one that will be welcome, but
If she writes of cleaning house and market
ing and what she had for dinner, unless she
can add the recipe and the letter is for
housekeeping, she might better not write
Home news is good news to get, but it
should not be made too homely or it will not
be welcome. Every one likes to get letters
and many do not like to write them. 1t is
like making calls, you enjoy yourself as soon
as you get started. Take your pen in hand
TO let your friend know you are WE'LL" but
also tuck in a few other items of interest.