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La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
MILLER LANDS NEAR lLo,Lo.
Natives offered n" Opposition TO the
Americans Taking Possession Of Guima-
FMA island.

Washington, Jan. 20.-General Mil
ler's expedition has landed on Guima-
ras island. three miles from Iloilo,
without opposition, General Otis cables
from Manila.
Landing was necessary because of the
crowded condition Of troops on trans
ports. Experience has proved that
soldiers lose spirit and fighting quail
tiles when confined long on board
ship so the department asked General
Otis to ascertain If 1t was possible for
General Miller to land his expedition
near Iloilo. He cabled that 1t was and
was then instructed to order the land
ing.
1t was deemed inndyisable to have
this expedition return to Manila with
out, having landed, because it was
feared the natives OF Luzon would
think that the Filipinos at Iloilo had
repulsed the Americans.
The Presidents policy OF pacification
Will be continued and no attempt to
land at IIoilo will be made at present.
The island on which the men have
landed Is healthy and has abundance
Of water.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28

on account Of n contest between rival
candidates for county offices. Skipton
refused to obey a warrant served by
the sheriff on the authority of the leg
islative committee for him to turn the
ballots over to the committee. Ser
geant-at-arms McCloud brought In the
recalcitrant judge this afternoon.
When he appeared before the bar of
the House Judge Skipton read de-
Tense which was caustic, fiippant and
still defiant In every line. He denied
the authority Of the body to interfere
with the judicial branch Of the govern
ment.
He was fined $50 for contempt and
locked up.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
MILLER's MEN LAND.

Later Dispatch Tslls of Action Taken At
GuimArss Is,and.
New York, Jan. PA special to the
World from Washington says: u.
General Miller's expedition has land
ed on Gulmaras island, three miles
from Iloilo. without opposition, Gen
eral Otis cables from Manila.
Landing was necessary because OF
the crowded condition of troops on the
transports. Experience has proved
that soldiers lose spirit and lighting
qualities when long on board ship, no
the War Department asked General
Otis to ascertain II it was possible for
General Miller to land his expedition
near IloilO. He cabled that it was and
was then instructed to order a landing.
It WINS deemed inadvisable to advise
this expedition to return to Manila
without having landed. because 1t was
feared the natives of Luzon would
think the Filipinos at Iloilo had re-
pulsed the Americans.
The Presidents policy OF pacifca-
tion will be continued. and no attempt
to land at Iloilo will be made at pres
ent. The island on which the men
have landed is healthy and has an
abundance Of water.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28

shell are TO be placed in large heating
furnaces and put through the ''univer-
sal milr of the company. which IN
used to roll out boiler and tank plates.
In this mill the Names armor plates
will be reduced In thickness to q de-
gree which will permit the metal to bc
stamped and spun into scarf. hat and
stick pins, clgnr ash receivers, Ink
stands, candle sticks. rings. penhold-
ers, paper weights, medallions. medals
and miniature repllcas OF the vessel
which was sent to the bottom Of Ha-
vana harbor not quite year ago.
About nifty tons Of the metal will
come to Springfield from Havana by
way of New Orleans.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
BRooxE MAKING TROUBLE
Will Not ALLOW Money to he spsas q
Santiago.

VIII Not ALLOW Money to Ne spsns ss
Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba. Jan. 2O.-The
United States military authorities in
Havana have cabled the Santiago de.
partment an order directing that not q
cent OF the customs receipts Of the de.
partment is to be expended without the
permission OF Governor General
Brooke
The order also directs that the great
er part of the sanitary work performed
shall be done without money pay, and
Tor rntions merely.
The directions regarding the customs
funds have not yet been made gen.
orally known. AS most people. relying
upon recent dispatch from DIR. Joa-
quin Castillo, now In Washington, have
regarded this point as definitely set
tied in favor OF Santiago. It has been
considered advisable thus far not to
allow the order In question to become
public, lest there be a renewal OF the
popular excitement provoked by the Is
suance OF the original order for the
concentration Of customs at Havana.
Intelligent Cubans who are in posses
sion of the facts, however. are greatly
worried over the situation, as are also
the Americans, for this and other re-
cent orders virtually reduces the mil
itary governor of the department to II
mere automaton.
Such a policy us is now suggested
regarding the work OF sanitation might
have been applicable In July and Au-
gust last, but is certainly not under the
changed conditions to-day. Very likely
the sanitary conditions at Havana now
resemble those of Santiago then. In
any event letters and dispatches re-
ceived from Havana show dense ig-
norance regarding the province.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
Bursing fuse Pound ON Porch.

South Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 22.-About
3 o'clock this morning nm attempt was
made to blow up with dynamite the
residence Of e. b. TOwle, the manager
Of the Omaha Packing Company.
A hickering light on the porch at
tracted passer-by who stamped the
fire out Examination developed that
it was a fuse connected with package
containing six sticks Of dynamite.
No explanation can be made for the
attempt, except the theory that the
work was done by persons recently dis.
charged from the service Of the COM
pany. A reward Of 81 600 has been Of
fered for the arrest Of the perpetrators.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
All karlx Mernins scare.

I have told Rob and Carl a great
many stories. but today heard one
about themselves-one that they never
thought OF telling me In return for all
l have told them. because they did not
know how entertaining It would be.
Rob isn't quite I'VE years old. and
Carl IL almost three. They go to bed
early at night. and they both like to
get up very early in the morning.
On summer mornings, when the sun
rises very early. It is always nice and
bright when they open their eyes, but
In the winter mamma always has to
light a lamp. Just as II 1t were night
instead OF the beginning Of daytime.
Well, one OF the dark mornings last
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28

winter. mamma. Rob and Carl all got
up together. Mamma started the flfo
In tie sittiEg-rooai. which was next
| to the bedroom, ard where they always
dressed. Then she went out to fx the
kitchen hre. Now mamma was always
very careful about leaving the lamp
where the children could reach II, but
she was to be gone only minute. SO
she thought II would be safe to let 1t
stand on the table in the corner.
She had laid the kindlings. put In
the wood and lighted them, when all
at once she heard such frightened
screams from the sittins-room!
How fast she ran to the door. ex-'
pecting to see the overturned lamp and
everything on fire. But NO! There!
stood the little lamp as quiet as ever
Just as she had left It: but Rob was
jumping up and down, and crying and.
screaming in another corner. while
Carl was standing in the middle Of the
floor. as still and white as could be.
What In the world was the matter!
Mamma could not see anything to
frighten them. She went quickly to-
Carl-he was the baby-and took him'
up In her arms. AS she did so, some
thing dropped to the floor. Lookingi
down, she saw-now l wonder II Il
ought to tell you what 1t was right
away. or make you guess? I think 4
will have to tell you, because l
couldn't hear your answers. you see:
Well, 1t was a new pair OF va-v
small overshoes that mamma had
brought home from the store the day
before! /
When Rob saw them quite plainly,
he went over to mamma, crying and
laughing together, and told her what
had happened. /
Carl had gone back in the bedroom
to get mammals brush for his curly
hair. and when he came out again.
something black was following close
at his heels. Every time he took q.
step. 1t made a little jump after him
until he stopped and stood still. too;
frightened to move, while Rob jumped,
up and down, screaming With all his
might.
The little lamp gave out such
small, soft light that neither OF the
boys could see the little pink string
that was caught on one OF Carl's shoe
buttons-the string that always holds
your new shoes together. you know.
But there 1t was, fastened tight
around the button and holding the lit
tie black overshoes that jumped up
and down at Carrs heels.
I'VE thought It was a cat" ex-
planned Rob, between his sobs.
Then he began to laugh as hard as
he could laugh, and holding his little
aching sides with his hands. he said.
20 mamma, 1t just funnies me all
over!' r. B. C.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
Reb.l. Likely TO win In Bolivia.

Lima, via Galveston, Jan. 19.-Ac-
cording to reliable advices from the
seat Of war in Bolivia the federalist
troops {fhe insurgents), who now oc-
cupy the capital. La Paz. have had an
engagement with two battalions OF
President Alonzo's forces. defeating
them and taking Il large number of
prisoners, who have been carried to
La Paz.
Great enthusiasm prevails in the cap
ital and the complete victory of the
revolution at an early day Is expected.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
How Pap. Knew.

NV" AApo nuows
Mile and papa and bonnie Brown
Bess. the pretty horse with the seal
brown coat. were out for winters
sleigh-ride.
Brown Bcss shook her head as
though she were saying to other hors-
es, Catch us II you cam" Papa
turned out of the city streets. and
pretty soon they were driving along n
pleasant country road. where the snow
was as white as plum-cake frosting."
Millie said.
All at once papa said, "a rabbit ran
along beside the road here this very
morning. early. He was in no hurry.
but went along as though he were out
simply for stroll! When he got as
far as this some snow fell off that tree
over there and gave Bunny great
start. How he ran! Pretty soon he
stopped. stood up on his hind legs and
looked all about
why, papa" cried Millie, you
sound Just like fortune-teller! How
do you know what happened here this
morning."
Papa laughed. "Then the rabbit
started of as fast as he could CO." he
went on. Along about here he began
to get over his fright. and went more
slowly" They were just going
down short hill. At the foot OF 1t
papa said: "At this point a partridge
had been having his breakfast. and
Bunny stopped to see what the bill
of-fare had been!"
Mile was too astonished now to
say "oh!"
Brown Bess was trotting gaily along
as papa went on. After Bunny had
gone by this place a big dog got over
that stone wall and started after him,
though the rabbit wasn't in sight. for
the animal was only going at dog
trot' when he went along here"
Pretty soon papa said: There,
feel relieved! The dog changed his
mind when he got here and gave up
following Bunny! Maybe he suddenly
remembered how he could get
breakfast good deal easier.'
Mile had found her voice by this
time.
Papa Harold" she said, do tell me
this minute how you know all that"
Papa laughed again. by the tracks
along the roadside" he said. ut
stopped showing about four o'clock
this morning, SO the tracks must have
been made after that. Rabbits tracks
are in pairs, side by side. When Bun
ny went slowly the pairs Of tracks
were near together. / knew he was
frightened by bit OF falling snow, be-
cause I saw where little bunch had
fallen, and from there on for several
rods the pairs OF tracks were far apart.
That meant he was running.
There was peculiar pressure in
the snow that meant to me, Here Bun
ny stood UP to see what that soft noise
was.' He felt satisfied that no harm
was near, because his tracks were near
together after that. ! saw where a
partridge had dug away the light snow
to find its breakfast. leaving its foot
prints in the snow. and Bunny's tracks
showed that he stopped and looked in
to the hole. I knew dogs track, too.
and followed his course in the same
way"
why. papa" said Mile. "it's Just
like reading page out OF Natures
Story Book isn't it,"
YES" said Papa Harold, "a white
page, with the writing all done by the
authors feet!"
WEBB DONNELL.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
To +. Dear Little Girl.


Phey say that Her Highness the
Queen
Has diamonds and pearls in her
crown;
And every day of the week she is
dressed
AS II she had on her Sunday best.
In a beautiful, brand-new gown.
Tho you haven't jewel. my dear lit
tie girl,
Or a gown that is covered with lace.
There are stars in your eyes and a
rose on your cheek.
And you gladden. my heart whenever
you speak.
With the smiles that beam on your
face.
And II in my inkstand l find
A valentine tender and true.
shall send 1t to one who Is gentle
and kind,
Ut won't be the Queen. and hope she
won't mind,
shall send It, my sweetheart, to you.
Anna NJ. Pratt.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
Gar adding to HI. Armament.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 2O.-The Russian
government has ordered new cruiser
Of $3.50 tons, to be constructed at the
Vulcan shipbuilding yards, Stett5n,
Prussia.
It has also been decided to build in
Russian yards three battleships of
about 1900 tons each and two crnis-
ers Of 5000 and 1900 tons respectively.
Numerous torpedo boats are now in
course OF construction under govern
ment orders.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
Adsiioe.s View,

Little Adeline's attention had been
called to skunk running across
field some distance away. She did not
say anything. but evidently thought
about 1t great deal. for the next day.
while playing with her dolls she sud-
denly looked up and said. Aunt
Mabel" well. Adeline. what is it,"
1 replied, as she stopped short. "If
you were big Aunt Mabel skunk.
and was little baby skunk, would
you read to me out Of little skunk
papers. and would have little red
skunk chair to sit on?"
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
sword Given to schisy.

New York, Jan. 20.-Rear Admiral
SchIey was presented tonight with n
jeweled sword by his brother members
Of the Royal Arcanum at Carnegie
Music hall, In the presence Of 1000 per-
Sons.
Governor Lowndes Of Maryland and
a large number Of naval officers were
present. After receiving the sword
with Z graceful speech, Admiral Schley
bucklcd 1t to his side and shook hands
with about 3.4OO persons.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
-Four Little Travellers.

Mary Alicia set forth for the east
To see where the sun comes up;
And Edward Delaney went straight
toward the north
To search for a polar pup
Margaret Anna repaired to the south,
Where oranges flourish. you know;
And Thomas Augustus struck out for
the west,
Where gold mines and buffaloes
grow.
'Tis very strange thing that have
to relate
Concerning these travelled young
But the very next morning they all OF
them found
They we're safe in their beds when
they woke.
Elizabeth L. Gould.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
AGAINST IMPERIALISM.
Immense Crowd Gathers In New York
City.

Immense Crowd Gathers In New York
City.
New York. Jan. pa mass meet
ing of citizens was held in the Acad-
emy OF Music tonight, under the aus
pices of the Continental League, for
the purpose of protesting against the
policy OF .'Imperialism and entangling
alliances with European powers"
The meeting was attended by n
great crowd. Long before the doors
were opened 1900 people were clamor-
Ing for admission, and In a short while
the police ordered the doors unlocked
because Of the crush. Ten minutes
later there was not vacant seat in
the house.
A list OF the vice-presidents read In
cluded these names:
Wheeler II. Peckham. Abram 8.
Hewitt, Henry Loomis Nelson, william
H. Hornblower. Roger A. Pryor. Fran
els Wayiand Glen. John G. Sheehan
and Frederick II. Coudert.
A number Of vice presidents were
announced as representing the Cen
tral Labor Union, including Samuel
Gompers. president OF the American
Federation Of Labor; John NJ. Parsons,
general master workman Of the
knights Of Labor; Daniel Harris. pres
ident OF the State Federation OF Labor
Communication were read from ex-
President Cleveland, Colonel william
J. Bryan and Bishop Henry G.. Potter,
regretting their inability to be present.
Mr.. Cleveland, In his letter, said:
II am SO opposed to the expansionist
craze now inhicting our body polite
that any organization formed in oppo-
sitlon to It has my hearty sympathy
and approval"
Mr.. Bryan said that he was fully in
sympathy with every effort put forth
to save the nation from the dangers
Of Imperialism
Bishop Potter wrote:
'.The purposes OF the meeting have
my hearty approval, and should be
glad II had time to say how strongly
/ feel that the policy of Imperialism or
expansion, In any such sense as pro-
posed at present, threatens equally the
moral integrity Of the nation and the
conditions on which its prosperity has
hitherto rested"
Strong resolutions were adopted aft
er speeches had been delivered by j.
B. Eustis, Bourke Cochran and others.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
s,.v,ns,s 1t the Maine.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. q. Several car
loads Of armor plates from the wreck
Of the United States steamship Maine
win arrive In Springfield in q few
weeks to be rerolied by the Springfield
Iron Company. Some eastern people
have conceived the idea Of making
Maine souvenirs from the plates, and
they have prepared an extensive as
sorfment Of dies and patterns.
The plates. which were originally
made to Withstand hostile shot and
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
N.braska Jadge De1ls. the Legial.tur..

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2O-The Nebras-
ka judiciary and legislature closed this
afternoon and County Judge F.. Skip
ton of Fillmore county is in durance
for contempt before the bar Of the
House.
1t was found in contest case that
the ballots Of Fillmore county were In
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
Susie 1t the Concert.

One Saturday afternoon little Susie's
papa took her to a concert. We asked
her when she came home how she
liked the music. She didn't care much
for the program, she said. loftily, but
the "overturn" was fine.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28

The whole remaining force Of Ahmed
Fedil. the only uhconquered Dervish
chieftain, numbering about 1000 men,
has surrendered to the British on the
Blue Nile. Eedil escaped.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
Ideals.

"Ah! II cur youthful ideals could
but be realised" III they could, -
would be circus actors. truck drivers
or pirates. the most Of us."-lndisn.
apolis Journal.
La Junta tribune., 1899-01-28
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

An Owl Song by Persis Gardiuer-"How
Papa knew"-story of Sleigh Ride
-Aa Early Morning Scare = Four
Little Travelers-To Dear Little GirL
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-06-02
THE NEXT FRUIT CROP.
Outlook Is Not Quite as Disheartens
ing as 1t Would Appear to Most
ON First Thought.

The coming season will not be as
noted for it's abundant crop of fruit
as last. The excessively cold winter
we can hardly expect to have much
more than half or three-quarters of
a crop, and in some localities even less.
Consequently there was never a sea-
son when more attention was needed
in the orchard, for by giving better
culture to the fruit it is possible to
make some amends for natures short
comings. There is always one redeem
ing feature about a small crop. Prices
are apt to be higher, and this some
times brings them up to a point where
profits are more satisfactory. In years
of excessive fruit yields the profits to
the growers have more than once been
SO small that they hardly paid for the
time and labor bestowed upon their
culture. A smaller crop with better
prices may not be so good to the con-
sumner, but it is apt to be better for
the farmers pocketbooks. Thus the
outlook for fruit growing this year
may not be quite as bad as would ap-
pear at first thought.
But there is need of preparation fol-
it. More than ever is it necessary to
give the trees and vines good cultiva-
ton, and protect them from the raw
ages of insects and disease. There is
probably no orchard where the cul
ture is so good that it could not be
improved little. By studying the
trees carefully, and giving the best
attention to the fewer number of trees
that have withstood the cold, we car
surely increase the yield to some ex
tent. The outlook is not matter fol-
sorrow or regret so much as it is one
for renewed effort to better culture. ,
In the first place it will pay to &c
through the orchard and cut out al
except the trees that promise fail
crop. This is no time to nurse hall
dead trees. Either cut them back, OF
dig them up and replace them with
others, and then give all the atten.
ton to the remainder. Sometimes
there is life in tree, which will spring
up and thrive if the tire is cut back
enough, but if left just as IL is it will
exhaust itself trying to distribute
itself over a wide area The pruning
knife is sometimes the best friend in
season like this.-C. S. Walters, in jour
nal of Agriculture.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-06-02
BAD FLAVOR IN MILK.
In Most Recorded Cases 1t Was At
trlbutable to a Lack of Care
In Handling.

The sources of bad flavor in milk
are many, says contributor to Rural
New Yorker. One source may be
strong-flavored food like cabbage or
turnips, and after the milk is drawn,
there is danger of contamination with
several sources bringing in bacteria,
which causes, various kinds of fermen-
tation and flavor. The main factor in
preventing contamination of milk is
cleanliness, and this cleanliness should
begin with the COW and the stable. and
continue in all the handling of the
milk until it is made into butter. and
consumed. Often little things are
overlooked when one thinks he is very
particular about being clean. and may
cause all the trouble. Recently a
trouble with ropy cream came to the
attention of the Cornell experiment
station, and on investigation it was
found that the sources of contamina-
ton came from a dirty strainer. All
other things about the cream were in
fairly good condition. In the majority
of cases, bad favors are not traceable
to 1.-The food of the COW. but to some
lack. of care in handling the milk.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-06-02
STUCK IN THE MUD.

or rather seek some practical solution
of the question, which is of mutual inn
portance to the farmer and business
man.
ION March 16 C. H. Hammond. of the
firm of Hammond & Stremmel, went
to Littleton to attend a funeral. Know
ing the condition of the roads, four
horse team was attached to the hearse
and the front and rear axles were
chained together to keep them from
pulling apart. D. A. Cooney drove the
teams and managed to keep the vehicle
moving all the time until within the
corporation limits on the return trip.
Here the mud was deeper, blacker and
more tenacious, and hung on the spokes
of the wheels until huge mass had
accumulated. The weight of the mud
was SO great it spread the wheels, and
as the horses continued to go forward
the strain came on the front axle,
which sprung out of shape, allowing
the wheels to strike the bed of the
hearse, bringingit to sudden stop.
ut was impossible to move the hearse
with the axle sprung as it was, so the
teams were unhitched and the vehicle
left in the road until it could be brought
to the city on sled-runners. While it
was stalled in the street Mr.. Hammond
took snapshot picture of it. of which
the cut shown herewith is reproduc-
ton
Surely such object lessons as this
cannot fail to arouse the good people
of any mud-locked community to the
evil that besets them. And "they say.
the people of Rushville and vicinity are
now determined to have better roads.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-06-02
SIMPLE GREENHOUSE.

abundant light to the front bed or
bench. A house of this character, and
of moderate size, may be rooted with
two rows of sashes seven feet long, the
lap or junction of the two sashes in
the center of the roof being support
ed by wooden girder formed of a
piece of three by four stuff resting on
posts. the latter being spaced about
eight feet apart. This length of roof
would give house nearly 10 feet in
width. with front wall five feet high
and back wall 71s feet, and may be
divided into three beds or benches of
convenient width for working.-Rural
New Yorker.