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La Junta tribune., 1899-02-15

PLY may remain undisturbed for
some time to come.
The more recent history OF the
TRIBUNE is familiar to most OF its
readers, and we shall omit any
further detailed account except to
state that Mr.. Hunt. in January,
1896, traded locations with MIR. c.
d. Parks, of Unionville, Missouri.
The latter, who is our present post
master, was succeeded March l,
1898, by the present editors and
publishers, Brown & Mason.
We believe, without single ex-
ception, that the TRIBUNE has al
ways supported Republican nomi-
nees on the state and national
tickets. 1t has always stood for
the best interests OF the town and
valley. 1t has been largely instru-
mental in settling up this portion
of Colorado, and helpful in bring
ing La Junta and Otero county to
their present prosperous condition.
From time to time, in modest
way, it has discussed the various
subjects of social reform that have
attracted public attention. Ballot
reform, single tax, graduating tax
alton, and direct legislation have
been briefly and favorably men
toned The TRIBUNE was an ar
dent supporter of female suffrage
in Colorado, and at the first cleo
prerogative, TRIBUNE hall was used
by the ladies as election head
quarters, and of course their can
didate received handsome ma
jority. Its editors in recent years
have had access to one OF the best
libraries in the state, for which the
paper has frequently expressed its
gratitude in behalf Of our citizens,
for Mr.. Woodrufs benevolence.
La Junta tribune., 1899-02-15

markable death rate for the pre-
ceding year as follows: Horatio
B. Seymour, Samuel ]. Tilden,
w. S. Hancock, John II. Logan,
ohn b. Cough. Ward Hunt, ]. F.
Miller and David Davis. January
18TH records the marriage of
osephita Carson, the youngest
and only unmarried daughter of
the famous Indian fighter, Kit
Carson, at Springer, N. M, to
Jas, Howard, OF Seven Rivers.
Editing country newspaper in
comparatively new settlement is
not quite as alluring as mining or
taking "second mortgages. and
there seems to have been an incli-
nation on the part of the TRIBuNE's
editors to seek more congenial
climes or occupations. In fact
there were times when they came
and went with a facility almost
equalling some Of our western
"boom towns"
If the TRIBUNE ever had any
particular hobby outside Of alfalfa
and irrigation, it was on the subject
OF law and order in La Junta, and
possibly the lives of some of its
editors were made irksome keeping
tally of the bullet holes in the front
OF the TRIBUNE building. If this
does not explain the vicissitudes in
its editorship, perhaps the alkali
water will serve as an excuse, for
that was before we had artesian
wells.
On July 7, 1887, Mr.. Phillips re-
tired in favor of A. J. Johnson and
w. S. English. In this connec-
ton it is well to state that Mr.
English was with the TRIBUNE con-
stantly from April, 1856, to Decem-
Der, 1894, either as a printer upon
a salary or as one of its proprie-
tors, having charge during the
whole time OF the mechanical de-
partment. This, 1879, was dur
ing the most prosperous era, finan-
cially, of the TRrBUNE's existence.
To use somewhat exaggerated ex-
preston in those days there were
only two classes of people, viz:
Those who sold town lots and
those who bought them. La Junta
had a real estate firm in nearly
every business block and adver-
tising was "above par"
On June 7, 1888, Mr.. Phillips
repurchased MIR. Johnson's inter
est and the names of Phillips &
English appeared at the head OF
the editorial column. In the fol-
lowing month ye editor and report
er combined was called upon to re-
cord very daring bank robbery
which occurred in July.
This year also it had occasion to
refer at times to kindergarten,
with Miss Clara Sherwood, the
present most excellent teacher, in
charge, for which it gave credit
where it justly belonged, to the
generosity and foresight Of Mr.. T..
r. Woodruff.
On November +, 1888, appears
a school report with Harvey Hart
La Junta tribune., 1899-02-15
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
sAMks.

THE LA JUNrA STATE BANK.
A general banking business transacted.
CAPITAL stock $4,000 Surplus $4,000. X.
A. steen. President; A. c. Draper, Vice
President; N. z. Farwell. C'shier. La
Junta. Colorado.
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REAL estate.
QUCKEY & HART.
pHYsIclAMs.

r W. RAGsDALE. MD.
Physician and Surgeon. once In Cen
tral Block. La Junta, Colorado.
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Something About the Great Man
who is at Once the Counselor
of Admiral Dewey and Pres
ident Mckinley

and was equipped to take a collegiate
4 position, which he Immediately did, ac-
cepting the chair of English Litera-
! ture and Political Economy in Aca-
2 dia, Nova Scotia.
2 Mr.. Schurmann's career in the United
States began by his marriage to Miss
Z Munro, daughter of the publisher a
I woman of great wealth and beauty and
: of a culture equal, in a feminine way
to his. Mrs. Schurmann's sterling
assistance to her husband morally and
Z financially, and, with so able a STEP
ping stone, he rose like a meteor.
: At the age of thirty-eight he was
the youngest college President in the
: United States. AS the head of Cornell
: he found himself in a position to exer-
else all the great fund of knowledge he
had acquired, and also to continue his
! studies. for he is a doctor of philosophy
: who, like the late DR.. McCosh of
7 Princeton, will study to the end of his
days.
Mr. schurmann's special bent of late
years has been to pursue the political
and economic career of nations He
has become an expert upon the gov
! ernmentS of the world, and is well in
+ formed upon every governmental
scheme that exists.
An acquaintance with President Nc
Kinley, begun long ago, ripened into
4 intimacy, and for the past two years
> hSchurmann has been frequently con-
suited by the President upon topics of
national justice.
Therefore, when the Filipino question
arose, and the President found it neces-
sary to send commission to the
; Islands to determine the best form of
government, he selected Mr. Schur-
mann as the Chairman and leader.
The result of this Commission is now
generally known, and the trouble be-
tween Mr.. Schurmann and General
Otis has become historic.
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strongest were selected to explore for
other lands. After eight months a few
returned and told of q land far away
where there was plenty of grass for
cattle and plenty of game. The greater
number of the Beers elected to remain
in Natal because the suffering of the
last treck was fresh in their minds, but
others resolved to make journey
again
The country in which they settled
was not half as good as the one they
working and prospered- Their numbers
increased so rapidly, and mucn 1dnd
being needed for the cattle, some OF
them passed beyond the Vaal RIVER,
whence comes the name TransYaal, ana
established the South African Republic
They lived in the greatest harmony
with their brethren in the orange Free
State. Sometimes one President ru1eo
over both. They were happy and at
peace. They believed that at last they
had reached a land where the English
could not follow
Then came the discovery of gold, and
with that their peace and happiness
departed. The news quickly reached
England, and people from all the world,
but principally Scotch and English,
rushed in by thousands. They asked
give permission to dig for gold They
mined the gold by tons and became
millionaires and then returned to Eng
land to spend 1t.
full we would have been if they had
never found any gold in this country
said Dom Paul once. THE Lord has
blessed US, multiplied US, given us
peace and plenty. Since we found gold
all this is changed. Many of US forget
the dear old Bible, the daily religious
service in the homes, and go hunting
for gold. Tell me, what do the English
do with all the gold? Do they build
houses with it?''
Under the terms of the treaty Of 1884
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He Advises the United States tC
Substitute Arbitration for War
Until it Sees how it Viii
Work.

"A practical politician" is what
Macaulay once called Lord DisraeH.
The same definition might be applied
to Jacob Gould Schurmann, the Presf-
dent of Cornell University VINO oc-
casionaIly lays down the scepter of
scholarly power, the ruler; and closing
the text book, goes upon tour for
the government, or accepts a pohCcaI
mission which plunges him for time
into the vortex of worldly troubles and
turns him, for the time being, from
the book worm into the man of affairs
of the world.
Few persons there be thus two-sided.
and evenly balanced upon either side.
Yet such is Schurmann-
An Englishman by birth, first seeing
the light in Prince Edward Island,
forty-five years ago, and educated in
Acadia, Nova Scotia, and then in Can
ada, young Schurmann mastered when
a boy the secrets of English govern
ment as taught to the sons of Eng
land. When he went abroad he was
placed in the University of London,
and after matriculating there he went
to Paris, there to study industriously
for several terms; after which he took
a course at the University of Edin-
burgh.
member of the diplomatic corps, be
cause he knows so much about every
country"
And there is no reason why he
should not be well informed, for the
Schurmanns were so fond of education
and the advantage which it gives a
man over his fellows that they sent
their son to Heidelberg to complete his
studies in philosophy, begun in Eng
land; and finally to Italy for a special
course.
BEGINNING WORK.
When he returned to America, at
about the age of twenty-five he spoke
French German and Italian huently,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26
.SCHURMANN ON
ARBITRATION.

y To substitute the judicial determine
= ton of international disputes for the
z @arbitrament of the sword IS 70 give
treason and conscience authority over
d brute force, thus constituting new ana
IA blessed epoch in the history of man
, kind.
= ment and people of the United States
%have always striven. It is our noblest
%contribution to international law Both
our moral sentiments and our material
: interests demand the ratification Of
= the pending treaty. Great Britain be-
%ing a European and Asiatic power,
1must maintain a great army and navy
2 We need neither
z Arbitration is the soul of our foreign
Ipolicy; it can only be a single element
-%in Great Britain's. We have forced the
y principle of arbitration on Lord Sails
Nbury's government. The present treaty
%is the result of a direct invitation con-
1veyed by Congress in a joint resolu-
! ton.
y If it fails the policy of Great Britain
twill resume it's natural channels, but
%the animating spring of our relations
with foreign powers will be dried up.
! For US to reject our own yearned-for
%progeny is monstrOus and criminal
y 1t is said the treaty is not perfect
%No human instrument is perfect. But
S-this one is the result of long and care
Y ful elaboration by an able. patriotic
land perfervid American, who would be
1the last man to sacrifice any American
%intereSt. 1t represents such perfection
%as is attainable Accordingly it has
y been strongly commended to Congress
both by former President Cleveland and
Z President Mckinley. And the heart
land judgment of the American people
endorse this action of their Chief Mag
%istrates.
But suppose 1t is not quite perfect
Tt is only an experiment for five years
We may then abrogate it or modify it
; is surely worth a trial so short and
@safe.
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JAYNE SONS RIDE
BY THE
POET LAUREATE.
After Captain Jameson Made his
Famous Raid Upon the Transvaal
Alfred Austin lnimOrtalized it
in the Following Lines.

Wrong! Is it wrong? Well, may be:
But I'm going, boys, all the same
Do they think me a Burgher's baby
To be scared by scolding name?
They may argue, and prate, and order;
Go, tell them to save their breath:
Then, over the Transvaal border,
And gallop for life or death!
Let lawyers and statesmen addIe
Their pates over points Of law;
II sound be our sword, and saddle
ana gun-gear, who cares one straw
When men Of our own blood pray US
To ride to their kinsfolks aid.
Not Heaven itself shall stay US
From the rescue they call a raid
There are girls in the gold-reef city,
There are mothers and children. too!
And they cry, Hurry up! for pityI'
So what can a brave man do?
II even we win they viii blame US;
II we fail, they will howl and hiss.
But there's many a man lives famous
For daring a wrong like thisl'
$50 we forded and gaIloped forward
As hard as our beasts could pelt,
First eastward then trending nor ward,
Just over the rolling veIdt:
L1ll we came on the Burghers lying
In hollow with hills behind,
And their bullets came kissing, flying.
Like hail on an Arctic windI
Right sweet is the marksman's rattle,
And sWeeter the cannon roar,
But it's bitterly bad to battle,
Beleaguered, and one to four.
can tell you, it wasn't a trifle
10 swarm over krugerSdorp glen,
AS they piled US with round and rifle
And ploughed us, again-and again.
@Then we made for the eoId~reef citv
h1Ff 1Nt IL
uhey had called to US Quick for pityi'
And they said, They will sally out
They viii hear us and come Who
doubts it?'
But how if they don't, what thenP
Wen. worry no more about it,
But fight to the death, like men,
TiNot a soul had supped or slumbered
Since the Borderland stream was
But We fought. ever more outnum-
bered,
TIL we had not cartridge left
Were not very soft or tender,
Or given to weep for woe
But it breaks one to have to render
Ones sword to the strongest foe
VIII
II suppose we were wrong, were mad
still think at the Judgment Day,
Therein be something more to say.
We were wrong, but we aren't half
And, as one of the bahled band,
4 would rather have had that foray
Than the crushings of all the Rand 80
ALFRED AUSTIN
Rwinford Old Manor Jan. 9.
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For the sake of peace on earth and
good will to men, in the name of re-
ligion and humanity, on behalf of civ
ilization and public policy of the United
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affairs being reserved to Great Britain
the treaty of 1884 would give them con
troll of their foreign affairs.
There is another side to the trouble.
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where they could go.
But as before their situation became
intolerable, and they determined to
move again A few of the bravest and
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the suzerainty of Great Britain in the
Transvaal was considerably restricted,
and instead of a Resident at Pretoria,
the British Government was to be rep
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26

alton of the latter by the former, pro-
Vided that self government should be
restored to the Transvaa1 so far as in
terna1 affairs were concerned, and the
control and management of external
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26

The side held by the Ut1anders or Uit-
Ianders. They are English subjects:
who hold that the marvellous growth of
that city and of the district around it
has aroused a dual antagonisn. One
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States, I respectfully petition the Sen
ate to ratify the treaty.
J. G. SCHURMANN,
President of Cornell University.
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resented by a diplomatic agent.
The treaty of peace signed in 1881 be-
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal,
following the war caused by the annex
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as Suzerain.
This treaty also provided for the ap-
pointment of a British Resident at Pre-
toria. The reputation by the Beers of
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The Beers fought hard to keep their
old enemy outside, bat they had neither
sufficient arms nor men. Yet thew
made a gallant struggle before thew
surrendered. For a long time the Beers
remained in Natal under English rule.
They endured the suffering because
they thought they had reached the end
of Africa and there was no other place
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26

- There are girls in the gold-reef city,
There are mothers and children, too!
And they cry, Hurry up! for pityl'
So what can a brave man do?
II even we win they will blame US;
If we fail, they will howl and hiss.
But there's many a man lives famous
Eor daring a wrong like thisI'
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26

Let lawyers and statesmen addIe
Their pates over points of law;
II sound be our sword, and saddle,
And gun-gear, who cares one straw
When men Of our own blood pray US
To ride to their kinsfolks s aid,
Not Heaven itself shall stay US
From the rescue they call a raid.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-26

$50 we forded and gaILoped forward
As hard as our beasts could pelt,
First eastward, then trendfng nor ward,
Just over the rolling veIdt;
iii we came on the Burghers lying
In a hollow with hills behind,
And their bullets came kissing, flying
Like hail on an Arctic windI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-12
ADDRESS TO ANTT.QUAY MEN.
BUSINESS MEMS LEAGUE APPROVES
LEGISLATURES ACTION.
CHALLENGE TO QUAY TO SUBMIT HIS
NAME FOR STATE TREASURER
pRIPERy CuARGFS
BRIBERY CHARGES.

Philadelphia May 1.-THE Business Mems Repuo-
lican League OF Pennsylvania. the organization
which last fall put forth special efforts throughout
the State secure the election OF anti-Quay cand-
dates for the Legislature. tonight issued an ad-
dress to the people OF the State "congratulating
them upon the progress made by the forces OF good
government during the last year" The ADDRESS
says the majority Of the members elected 10 inc
score OF years, was anti-Quay and repudiated Mr.;
Quay 'the head and front of that corrupt and
S,S1S@s pG to tSe Staten This body
ccapo ad
berry and continuing says The appalling cnap
tigating committee. showing far-reachng con- con
spiracy to corrupt and bride members OF the Legs
aure vote for Mr. Quay for United states se esf
respecting voter OF the State" ...o, -. tho
November election is State Treasurer, and nomlna-
tons for this office will be made at the S89Tess IN
concluding takes up this topic as follows:
The control of the State Treasury which has IS
been the fonntain-head OF corruption IN me pas; 70
O ess interest," biz compes the Of in
terest on State deposits 49, ,., T.,
the field a candidate for any office and desires only
that proper men be nominated IL IL an orsa d;s
ruption and disaster with the conviction that moth
ing but heroic action viii save the party from ui"
fore the Presidential contest Of 1900 would make
the fOlOWlnB suRktstlun
the strife within the Republican ranks:
Let Mr.. Quay himself become the machines can
ddate for State Treasurer at the ensuing election
Mr. Quay has boasted OF his readiness to go to the
peone for yindication He as State Treasurer In,
augurated and fostered the system OF personal sn
profit by the use Of public when ass
in every sense the evils against which sef-respect
ing Republicans have revolted; he Is the source anu
incarnation OF the evils OF the system which pears
his name Let him thus make the issue ho d,stln ,e
and direct leaving the final decision 70 the people
n Mr. QUAY fears to submit his candidacy TO the
people and in the face Of his Reputation by tne,t
direct representatives insists upon claiming sea,
in the United States Senate through the unlawfui
act OF a subservient Governor he will INTENSITY ana
prolong the contest until ne is repudiated oy
future LEGISLATURE, and preciptates disaster ana
defeat upon the other candidates who bear the
stamp OF his machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-12
LIBERAL OFFERS TO CANADA.

MEASUREMENTS REGARDING THE FAIL
IRE OF NEGOTIATIONS CORRECTED.
Washington, May 1.-THE statements or the
nress Of London and Canada respecting the
reasons for the recent failure Of the negotiations
with Canada have occasioned much surprise IN
the official world of Washington. These state
ments assume that the Canadians MADE All the
offers of concessions. the United states Com
,nissioners standing by existing conditions. Tne
facts as understood here are directly contrary
to that view There are certain facts tenolhs
IN contradict the statements Of the British press
which The Associated Press Is now able 10 make
known for the first time.
In regard to the question Of trade with cana
ia II is positively known that the Americans
offered absolute free trade In mineral products,
an enlargement of the free list Of forest prod
nets an important concession of duty on lum-
her and on most agricultural products. 1t is
also known that they offered liberal terms for
the adjustment of the Behrng Sea sealing ques-
tion and an AMIGA BILE method for the settlement
of the boundary question, yielded to Canada
views IN respect to alien labor and the lake fish
cries and offered reciprocal mining privileges.
indeed II the opinion in well-informed circles
here is correct nearly every offer OF concessions
proceeded from the side Of the United States,
The Canadians as q rule declining to commit
themselves to any distinct proposition on the
foregoing topics the Alaskan boundary except
Cd In fact Il is universally believed at WASH
inoton that the distinct offer OF concessions lot
q settlement came almost wholly from the
limited States Commissioners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-12
rwEyTy-FIvE NURSES GRADUATED.

The sixth annual commencement exercises OF the
rroin,np School for Nurses Of the Presbyterian
I,.,,aI No Al East Seventieth-st. were held last
r,obt In the dispensary room. which was attrac-
t,yev decorated. One OF the most Impressive fest-
,,ras NJ the service was the procession which was
Saaod hv those nurses Of the hospital who served
o. the Army in the with Spain. They were
about forty 10 number. Each wore a oadge OF red
white and blue ribbon. Following the Army nurses
oaroa tho head nurses OF the hospital. the pupils
~ the school and the graduating class twenty-five
strong -, ,,,s a. .
The Rev. Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall delivered the
oadrass In the absence OF John s. Kennedy. presi-
dent Of the Training School the vice-president
Frederick sturges, presented the diplomas; v,-,a,
a list OF the graduates follows: Grace Erida
Moore Mrs. Laura Antoinette Hesselberg Helen
Waldo vnton Cornea Emmell v9orhees CoIdes
Walker Stella Moore. Alice Jayne. Elissah en-
Thompson DAWSON t haT GaTdner Clark Katherine
Bunce Spencer Nina Betsy Bebee, E.na u Eue
Pearce Rose Norman. Margrethe senioe,r w nsr-
fred Estelle Vaux Charlotte Estehe Dummy tder-
trude Watkins Astrid Engelsted Luna ana fio"-
rietta Lillian Weiss.