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La Junta tribune., 1899-12-06
JUNTA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER
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Toys at the Palace drug store.
! Trade at the Palace drug store.
Dolls at the Palace drug store.
What have you got to "swap1"
See Downer.
FoR SALE.-Secondhand organ
for SI7. so. Guy E. Smith.
A full line of pickles just re-
ceived at Melvin's meat market.
Money for city or farm loans on
easy terms. Inquire w. r. Gibson.
Diamonds in great variety at the
same old price at Fisher & Lar
sens.
James Melvin will pay the high
est cash price for fat cattle, hogs
and sheep.
BoRN. Sunday morning, De-
cember sd, to the wife of E. j..
Deeds, daughter.
1 Sterling silver novelties at
prices that will astonish you at
/ Fisher & Larsen's.
Small farm and apiary for sale;
FIVE miles southeast OF Rocky Ford,
must sell together. B. Cotton.
Visit the Palace drug store be-
fore purchasing your Christmas
presents. The finest line in the
city.
The local foot ball eleven will
play the Las Animas aggregation
at the driving park next Saturday
afternoon.
| Matt Daimler has put in wood
yard in connection with his coal
business. and is ready to supply
patrons on short notice.
Call at Fisher & Larsen's and
make } our selections for Christmas
presents early if you wish to have
the choice of mammoth stock.
| Miss Oma Vandiver returned
home last Saturday morning from
Lamar, where she has been the
guest of friends for two weeks
past.
Monday night was tie coldest
snap we have yet had this winter,
the thermometer registering twelve
above zero, eight degrees lower
than for any previous period this
winter.
Mrs. ]. S. Elliott OF chanute,
Kansas, has been visiting La
Junta friends this week. and is the
guest Of Mrs. c. X. Orahood. Mrs.
Elliott is on her way home from a
California trip.
Ladysmith, Johnsmith. Mysteri-
ousbillysmith and Guysmith are
the most notable members of the
Smith family engaging public at
tention at the present time. Read
the adv. on the last page.
Attorney T. r. Hohmire, of La
Iunta was in town on "Wednesday
and appeared before the county
court to argue the question Of
bonds in the contest case of Cros-
ley VS. Carman. The bonds were
fixed at 81, ,ooo.-Las Animas
Leader.
| c. A. Peterson and N. e. Wen
strand, Of the Western Land and
Irrigation Company. of Chicago,
were in town last week accom-
panied by T. c. Henry, investi-
eating the proposed extension Of
the Otero canal. 1t is rumored
that the preliminary work in that
direction is already under way and
that the extension of the canal in
the near future is foregone con-
clusion.
James A. Davis, the industrial
commissioner of the Santa Fe, was
in town yesterday, and announced
that beet sugar factory in the
Arkansas valley is a sure thing.
The beet sugar men are now send
/ ing out postal cards giving instruc-
tions to growers about plowing,
where to secure seed, etc, and the
La Junta tribune., 1899-12-06
Some Steel Ranges

Are like some men-they have a nice Dress
are snowy on the outside, but when you be-
come acquainted with them You find that they
are g light weights. Placed in the balance
they are found wanting. They look like
what they are intended for on the outside
but when put to the test they find they do
not possess the qualities that make friends.
La Junta tribune., 1899-12-06
for whirh it is rumored they paid

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clothes made 2-Bowen, the Tailor.
Finest line OF pipes ever shown
for Christmas in La Junta at the
Palace drug store.
lack Brown, who is in the en-
ploy of Bergerman Bros, at Pueb-
10, was down Sunday visiting rela-
tiyes and friends.
Holiday goods are arriving daily
at the Palace drug store. This
stock promises to be the largest
ever brought to La unta.
N. H. Bowman, formerly of La
Junta, but now an employe OF the
Pueblo Chieftain, was elected
president OF the Pueblo Typo
graphical Union last Sunday.
w. r. Gibson has plats of all
lands in this vicinity, and advises
us that there are several tracts of
vacant government land, under
bitches, which have been over
looked.
Mrs. H. Savage joined her
brother, II. N. Savage, of National
City, Calf, engineer in charge of
the Sweetwater irrigation system,
on No. 2 Saturday fora two weeks
visit in New Hampshire and Yer
mont
Robert Wright won the fine
Savage rifle offered as prize by
G. H. Downer, the bicycle man,
to the person making the best
score at his shooting gallery on
Thanksgiving day. Wright made
. score of 81 out of possible II
points.
h C. r. White, OF Pueblo, was in
town last Saturday looking for
Vocation to put in a general mer-
Echandise stock. He has leased
,tke Lewis block south OF the court
house park, and expects to open
for business about the 18th of the
present month.
C. A. Wood went to La Junta
last week to find a market for his
celery. AS a result he sent down
some large orders, which show that
all the celery in this vicinity can
Re sold along the line OF the Santa
Fe, if it is made known that we
have it.-Holly Chieftain.
w. ]. Spalding, of Denver, gen
eral western agent Of the National
Gramophone Company, was in
town Monday, and established an
agency for the Arkansas Valley in
this city with the Joy Drug and
Jewelry Chmpany. Mr.. Spalding
is brother of B. M. Spalding OF
this city.
The county commissioners met
in regular session Monday, and
will probably not adjourn until
Thursday, there being more bust
ness than usual this month. The
FIRST two days were spent in allow
ing bills, of which there were
large number, and in checking up
the county treasurer's books.
The Boys Brigade will repeat
the war drama, "Lights and Shad-
ows of the Great Rebellion" at
the opera house tomorrow even
ing. Those who attended the rem
dition given at the opera house last
Friday evening speak in the high
est terms of praise Of the perform
ance, and the boys should have
packed house Thursday night.
M. M. Priddy, who has been
running the Creamerie restaurant
for several weeks past, left town
between two days last week, and
notice on the door last Saturday
morning informed inquiring credi-
tors that the place was in the
hands of the mortgage. Priddy
issued number of checks to en-
ployes the evening before his de-
parture, which were cashed by
various and sundry merchants in
La Junta to their subsequent sor-
La Junta tribune., 1899-12-06
rGAl---vGs...

The teal is the Chinese unit
uf value and IL worth to-
day about IS cents In our
money. The yen Is the
unit of value In Japan and
is worth about the same
as the teal.
La Junta tribune., 1899-12-06
Jewel Steel Ranges

Are ike other men-they have history,
pedigree. You have known their families
for twenty years-families that stand for hon
esty character, truth. They have weight,
solidity and enduring qualities. The Jewel
ranges are like such men because they make
wives happy and homes pleasant Jewel
ranges are models of beauty and have all the
enduring qualities. Our line Of stoves and
ranges is the largest in Otero county and we
will lie pleased to have you call and see them.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
THE SCHOOL TAX.

On Saturday, Aug. 26, the tax
payers of this town will have an
opportunity to say whether or not
they wish to see the Industrial
School located in Lafayette.
The Gazette will not insult the
intelligence of the citizens of this
town by pretending to advise them
in this matter We are confident
that all have seriously considered
the proposition and that the result
of the election will disclose per
feet unanimity of opinion. Let us
hope that there will not be dis
senting vote. There should not be
and we do not believe that there
will be any. Let the vote be a de
claration to the world that Lafa-
yette stands united when her own
advancement is concerned and that
the voice of discord and retrogres-
sion finds no responsive chord
within her limits.
Lafayette has made long steps
forward in the past few years and it
can not now afford to go backward.
The tax is sure of being carried,
but 1t must not only be carried
the vote should be unanimously in
the affirm alive.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
To Make Life liappy.

Sweet music appeals to the heart and soul
and lghtenS manv of life'S burdens. If
you have heard the sweet-toned
STE':ER PIANO you will appreciate this
TO reach the highest standard of excellence
has always been the aim in the manufacture
of the CELEBRATED SrEGEE PIANO. Only
the best material is used, insuring great
durability. Every piano fully guaranteed.
The Steger factories, thoroughly equipped
with the best and most improved machinery,
in the West.
Intending purchasers will find it profit
able to writesfor full descriptive catalogue,
which will be mailed free, upon applica
ton. SrEtiEE & Co. Established 1879,
Chicago, Ill.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

The Salvation Army is very fire.
quently the object of undeserved
ridicule at the hands of thoughtless
folk. That organization is now en-
gagged in dispensing charity OF a
most practical nature. 1t is selling
ice to the poor of Kansas City a,
the rate of ten pounds for one cent,
thereby placing this most lndlspen-
sable commodity within the reach
of the poorest citizen.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

A short time ago William Waldorf
Aston, the self expatriated snob, pub
ilshed what he claimed was his
family tree, showing that he was a
lIneal descendant of Jean jacques
d'Astorga, one Of the crusaders, but
his claim was promptly disputed by
a member of the d'Astorga family
and proved to have no foundation
in fact. William Waldorf Astor is
direct descend ant of Johann Jakob
Astor, who, in the year 1865, was
the village butcher of Waldorf. and
the fact has been established in a
manner that was decidedly unpleas-
ant to William. Young Aston, who
tor a number of years has been
living in London in high style on
the immense fortune that his great
grandfather made in hides, an
nounced yesterday that he had been
naturalized as British subject In
the acquisition Of William as sub
ject Queen VIctoria's has gained
nothing and Ame RIGA has lost moth
ing.-Daily States.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
BiSnarck'S Iron Nerve

Was the result Of his splendid
health. Indomitable will and ire
mendous energy are not found where
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and
Bowels are out of order. If you
want these qualities and the suc.e SIS
they bring, use DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They develop every power
of brain and body. Only CSC. at
VIM. Clegg's drug store.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hsll.. Great Discovery.

One small bottle of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all Kidney and bladder trou-
bles. removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal
emission, weak and lame back, rheumatism
and all irregularities Of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women. Regu-
lates trouble in children. If not sold by
your druggist, will he sent by mail re-
ccipt of 81. One small bottle is two months
treatment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. f. w. HALL,
Sole Manufacturer, St. Louis, Mo-, form
erly Waco, Texas.
For sale by Vim. Clegg, Lafayette La.
READ THIS.
NEW IBERIA, March II, 1890.
f. w. HALL, Waco, Texas.
This is to certify that am 60 years old,
and have used number of preparations for
kidney and liver troubles, but can truthfully
say that nothing has proved effective as
your great discovery which l can cheerfully
recommend.
Jos. .. CARLIN,
Rayne, La.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

Mckinley's appointees in Cuba
are giving the natives of that is
land some practical lessons in self
government. particularly in the
matter of salaries. Governor Gen
eral Brooke has been allowed
$1,000 which makes his annual in
come SIG, 900. The general be-
lieves that man should maintain
the dignity of his high Office and
has spent over 500, 900 IN repair
ing his palace. But the general is
economical in other respects. He
has expended only $4,000 in the
purchase of harness. General Lud-
lows salary has also been doubled
and he now gets SII,5oo with other
allowances to uphold the dignity Of
his Office. Major Davis, sanitary
officer, now receives $1,000 instead
Of $4,000. The American gentle
men who are now engaged in show
ing the benighted Cuhans how to
be free and Independent are doubt
less disinteIested patriots who sac
rificed themselves for Cuban lib
erty, but they can not be expected
e carry out the presidents policy
Of s'benevolen: assimilation" with
Out the means to maintain them
Selves with ''becoming dignity"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

Seldom has Ingersoll, the great
agnostic, got the throw-down, which
was given him by Washington Nc
Lean, father of John r. Mclean.
During a very cold day, when snow
and sleet covered the earth, Nc
Lean was sitting In the reading
room Of the Riggs House looking
out upon the dreary scene on Penn
sylvania avenue. Suddenly Ingep
soil walked in aid as he entered the
apartment he held out his hand say
ing:
'sHello, Wash, how do you dor"
Mr.. Mclean took his hand and as he did
SO said: Bob, l wish you could have been
here a little while ago. 1 saw scene out
there that made me wish twenty years
younger. A poor old crippled soldier was
lusty fellow ran by him, and as he did so
kicked the crutch from under him and
tumbled him down into the slush.''
1.-The villain said Ingersol. ssHe
should have been sent to the pententary.'
''Do you really think sop said Mclean.
''Why, certainly responded the Col
onel- ''What else could thlnke''
''And yet, Bob, said Mclean, .sthat is
what you doing every week in the year.
nothing to aid or support them but their be
lief in religion, nothing to keep them of
the mire OF despair but faith, and yet you
go about kicking the crutch from under
them worse than even this fictitious fellow
did to this fictitious soldier.'
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
Notice.

All dogs roaming at large within the
cooperate limits of the town of Lafayette,
La, and after the Ist-day of August.
A. D.IS9o, without collar bearing the stamp
of the corporation of Lafayette, will be shot
and killed by the marshal.
WIN. CAMPBELL. Mayor.
Lafayette, La, July I9, 1899.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

fixed since the establishment of the
waterworks and the organization Of
the fire companies are, in several
cases, higher than those which pre-
vailed when the town had no means
to protect itself against fire. This,
it strikes us, is not only rank in
Justice, but is an evidence that the
association is manifestly IN error or
has made up its mind that in the
business of insurance equity is not
the best policy. Should the asso-
citation have come to any such con
clusion, which, however, we hope
is not the case, 1t has certainly
adopted very dangerous policy.
We learn from the papers that in
Donaldsonville, Crowley and Ope-
lousas the insurance people have
pursued the same minded
policy which has resulted in SO
earnest protest from our citizens.
Tina: way Of doing business on the
part Of the tariff association may
prove a temporary benefit to the
companies, but it can hardly be
productive of any permanent good.
Business men here as elsewhere
realize the necessity of insur:ng
their property. They are free from
the prejudice against insurance
companies which has shown itself
in the very stringent Legislative
enactments in other States, but a
denial to them Of fair treatment by
the tariff association may cause
them to seek a remedy where peo-
pie in other States have found it,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
DIR. j. L. Duhart,

A practitioner in the State rs years and
in Lafayette parish IS years. Specialties:
Chronic Bronchites, Catarrh, Liver and Kid
ney diseases. New treatment for Consump-
tives external and INTERNALLY also for deaf
Consultations from to 2 u. m.
and from to 5 y. M.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

The Legislature met in special
last Monday for the purpose of
enacting the legislation necessary
TO permit the city of New Orleans
to issue bonds for the establishment
OF system Of drainage and sew
erage.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12
REASONAB BE DEMANDS.

~ IL 7oO1E u DLI LII w II ~ ZIo.
A large number of property
holders of this town. who are being
made to pay unreasonably high
rates of insurance, have signed a
petition praying the Southeastern
Tariff Association to be relieved Of
the present excessive charges which
have been arbitrarily fixed by that
association. We understand that
at Its last meeting the City Council
Joined the citizens in the eminently
just demands embodied in the petit
ton.
Lafayette meets all the require
ments of secondClass insurance
town. 1t has an excellent system
of fire protection, in the hands Of
three we'll disciplined companies,
Differed by efficient and diligent
men. 1t is safe to say that it's sys-
TEN is equal to that of any town in
the State and immeasurably better
than those of many towns which en-
Joy more advantageous rates.
The town is simply asking of the
Sout heastern Tariff Association a
fair and square deal which it has
SO far failed to get. The petition
states with reason that this town
has been Disseminated against in
. most Ps'pable manner. Therat
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

1t is announced that should Con-
gresham Broussard receive any
support he will enter the race for
the gubernatorial nomination.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-08-12

Ex-Gov. Atkinson, of Georgia,
died last Tuesday,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1e, 1899.
THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

The plague is working awful havoc in
India, although little is heard of it in
this country. In recent communica-
ton to the department of state, Consul
Fee, stationed at Bombay, tells of its
ravages in that district and of the fears
which are felt regarding its spread. The
present epidemic had it's inception in
the latter part of the year 1896, and it's
spread has been rapid within the past
few months. In single week in Sep
TENDER over 1000 deaths were recorded
in the presidency of Bombay alone.
Western India now being threatened
with famine on account of the failure
of the monsoons to produce the usual
amount of rain to nourish the crops
and induce late sowing, it is feared that
the coming season will witness fur
ther ravage Of the plague The distance
may save America; yet this scourge re-
peatedly reached Europe during the
early centuries. It is now raging in the
east, and, there is reason to fear that
it is gathering force.
The plague now raging is said to be
an acute infective fever. It's primary
cause is a living organism, a minute
microscopical being which, having
gained entrance into the body, multi
plies with great rapidity, producing a
series of local disturbances giving rise
to characteristic symptoms, and diffus-
ing throughout the body a subtle poison
which is generally the cause of death.
Strange as it may appear, incubation,
which is the only sure means of stop
ping the plague, is exceedingly, unpop-
l'ular among the native Indians. The
government has had great trouble in
persuading the Hindoo mind of the eff
ficacy of this remedy. 1t is to be hoped
that the meteorological and chemical
analyses of the atmosphere and ground
| air. which are being made in the infect
ed places, will bear results which will
be of extreme interest and infinite use
in preventing its spread in the future.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
IT is NOT DEAD; NOT EVEN ASLEEP.

The Worcester Spy thinks that the
democratic party has abandoned the
tariff issue,
not because there are greater issues, but
because this generation has been fooled
by the democracy respecting the tariff all
1t Will stand. In twenty-five or thirty
years free trade will be fought to finish
again. 1t has come up at such periods all
through our history. About once in so
often the democrats have prevailed upon
the people to touch the free trade buzz
saw. to see If it was going. And it was.
The American Economist does not
believe that the democratic party has
accepted the protective tariff as final
ity, and is ready to abandon it as an
issue in the campaign of 1900 Demo-
cratic hostility to the principle Of pro-
lection to American labor and indus
try, is none the less bitter and unre-
lenting merely because Mr.. Bryan, who
is TO receive the party nomination next
year, is keeping still on the subject. Mr..
Bryan has reason to keep still. He
cannot make Roadway against the inn
pregnable facts and conditions which
confront him. He cannot convince the
people that prosperity is not here;
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE.

Although little has been done toward
the selection of candidates for munich
pal office, to be placed in nomination
at the republican caucuses, it is none
too early to be looking about for men
who are fitted for positions on the var
ious ward committees. This is too often
neglected, and the voters often cast
their ballots for men without knowing
them personally or their qualifications
for the position. For years a position
on the city committee has been consid-
cred by political workers as a stepping
acquired by the members of this COM
mittee oftentimes puts men in touch
with political methods which they
could not acquire in any other way, and
fits them for the duties of municipal
office. Years ago many of the best men
of the party leaders were elected to
positions on the committee, and served
with distinction to the party. Many
members of the city committee have
since their connection with the commit
and the board of aldermen, and sew
eral have been honored with an eleva-
ton to the mayoralty.
The complexion of the ward commit
tees is entirely in the hands of the
voters, and it is to be hoped, now that
the question of increasing the member
ship of the city committee has been dis
cussed and is to be shortly decided, that
the best men, those who have the in
terests and the welfare of the party at
heart, will be chosen members of next
years committee.
Quality and not quantity should be
the maxim Of the voters in the choice
of the ward committees. The city COM
mittee is the machine of the republican
party, and as such it should have the
power to name the candidates for NUM-
cipal office.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12
OUR CONSULAR SERVICE,

Although several branches of the ma
cism, none has been more open to crit
icism than the consular and diplomatic
corps. Men are often appointed to po-
sitions in the service, who are unfit to
perform the duties of the office, and
there are instances on record where
consular officials have been open to the
charge of corruption. Our diplomatic
system has at times been poor, but the
facts recently brought out in regard to
DR.. Godfrey Hunter, our minister to
Guatemala and Honduras, if true, show
a far worse condition of affairs than
has ever existed before. 1t is claimed
that he is in league with the Guate-
malan government, and so involved in
Guatemala schemes and enterprises
that he cannot properly look after the
interests of our own people who are
resident there, as a consequence of
which Americans are suffering from
i'll treatment and outrages at the hands
of the local officials. Perhaps nowhere
more energetic men than in Central
America. Our citizens IN those coun-
tries are at times open to outrage, and
in order to preserve our rights it re-
quires vigorous and energetic action on
the part of our consular and diplomatic
agents. There are a large number of
Americans in the Central American
countries, and their interests must not
be allowed to be sacrificed through the
incompetency of weak officials. The
department of state should investigate
the charges which are made against
the minister to Guatemala and Hon
duras, and if the charges are true, he
should be recalled at once and the
proper successor appointed. The Am
erican residents of Honduras have pc
titioned Secretary Hay to remove DR.
Hunter, most unsual course, and
this very fact emphasizes the necessity
for prompt action by the government.