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The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
New Southern Through Line.

Denver, April 19.-The statement Is
made that the Rock Island is preparing
to enter the Colorado and western rail
way field in vigorous manner. Its re
cent purchase of the Choctaw, Okla
homa " Gulf railway gives Il direct
outlet to the Mississippi river south of
Mason and DiXon's line, to Memphis
New Orleans and the far Southeast. It
is now being planned in Chicago to cS,
tablish through passenger service be
tween Memphis and Denver, over the
Colorado N Southern to Amarillo"
where connection Is made with the
Choctaw. now n portion of the Rock
Island system. The grade of the ChOC
taw line is completed TO Amarillo. and
the track is laid within thirty miles
of that town. preliminary survey oi
the extension of the Cboctaw is now In
progress,
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
Roosevelt U.,r. IA criticism.

President Roosevelt was once travel
Ing in Idaho. and passed book store
in the window of which was "A copy OF
his winning of the West" Going into
the book store he inquired, Who Is
this author. ROOSEVELT"
oh said the book seller. hes a
ranch driver
And what do you think of his
book" asked the President.
"Well. I've always thought I'd like to
meet the author and tell him If he had
stuck to running ranch and give up
writing books he'd have made power
ful more of a success at his trade
Womans Home Companion.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
MORE OF THE sToNAkER CASE.
One Witness Claims to Have Been
Asked for Money.

Denver April 2O--The final session
ton aud the board of pardons in the
inves' igation of the charges that c. l..
Stonakrr secretary of these two
boards, had solicited money from con-
victs M the Canon City penitentiary
to secure for them pardons, paroles or
combinations of sentences, was held
in the senate chamber last night.
l. l.. Dearby of Greeley testified In
regard To the affidavit made ut Greeley
that h" had made 1t without any suS-
gestion from any one; that lie had
hunted UP II lawyer in Greeley, given
II to lilu and paid him 30 cents. lie
said lie thought when Stonaker asked
him II lie had any money he thought
Stonak" wanted 1t TO use himself or
to hire an attorney. lie believed still,
he said, that if he had paid Stonnker
$50 IL work for him Stonakcr would
have kept it himself. He did not think
this would be II brlbe.
He said he had talked with great
many men at Canon City. and there
was II great deal of dissatisfaction
over the manner in which pardons are
granted He mentioned Bert Skies,
who, h" said, had told him that if he
could raise II certain sum he could ger
II pardon. He said that If Il man had
S4OO or $500 he could get II pardon,
and he connected Stonaker's name
with Ihr proposition. lie said he be-
lieved that Skies was truthful, and
Skies gave him the impression that
Stonak"r had asked him for money.
AT one time. Dearly said, we took
up Il collection of S3S or $40 to take
u certain convict's case before the par
A firrIllItpI
in the prison stating the object of the
COLLECTION and Dearly gave 81. He
could not remember who circulated
the paper or who was to receive the
bcncnt, but the circulator told him
DEARLY that the money was to 20 TO
StOnakcr. and this statement was writ
ten ont on the paper.
During the examination Stonakcr at
one time said to the witness: Don
you know that you are telling deliD-
crate lic:"
Secretary Stonakcr was sworn and
mad" IL sweeping denial of all the
charges, reading from manuscript. lie
said
Il have repeatedly told prisoners
that | required no money, that l was
paid by the state for my services.
Warden Martin never suggested that
never suspected him of doubling my
conduct because of the fact OF our
long personal acquanianceship.
"NarIicn Martin was given every
opportunity in this inquiry at Canon
City to show proof for his suspicious
regarding my honesty and Integrity
and now wish To repeat that Warden
MarIln has no just grounds for such
suspicious and that at no time have !
ever solicited money or have received
money. In short, | believe that War
den Martin has gricvously wronged
me In arriving at such suspicious be-
causc of his full and clear knowledge
of nv life in Colorado. His evident
bias in his testimony has not been eN'
planned
The boards will meet again next
Thursday in the capitol building, when
il is expected that their decision VIII
he announced. There seems to DE Il
general impression that 1t VIII not be
unfavorablc to Secretary Stonaker.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
OIL STRIKE is CONFIRMED.
Republic Well Preparing to Put in
Pumps.

Denver, April 2O-A Boulder dis
patch of yesterday 10 the Republican
SAYS.
All doubt here of the gcnuineness OF
the strike made yesterday i'll the lie
public well has been dispclled by the
drvelopments of the last twenty-four
hours. 1t was thought that the wei
WAS far too shallow to have cncoun-
tered the true oil sand, and that the
oil which had been found was only
sc"page. After Il careful examination
today the owners report that there IN
only one conclusion to be reached
that the Republic is not only in OIL.
but that it is the greatest strike yet
made in this field.
Last night ten barrels were filled
with oil before the drill was stopped
for the night. This morning five more
were filed and then, for lack of bar
rrls. and in sheer waste the oil was
cmptied from the bailer into the sulnp
rs fast as 1t was brought up. 1t Is II
thick oil and evidently has not been
filtered through shalc This Is taken
to Indicate that 1t has free channel
10 the well. and that its course is not
impeded by anything less porous than
the oil sand.
II should estimate that not less than
iIly barrels OF oil were Drought up "!
tn" bailcr and thrown away on the
Sump." said Manager Teagardcn. 1--WE
were trying to exhaust the oil in III"
well in order TO drill deeper 1t was OF
no use, however. The hole filed up
again as fast as we could bail it,
At noon to-day the well was measur-
ed and was found to be just g1 feet
deep. The oil sand had been penetrat
ed for distance of 2l.G feet. The man
ap"r decided that the drilling had gone
far enough. and rather than run the
risk of losing his well by entering
cr"vice, he ordered the drilling tools
withdrawn He has placed an order
for pumps and machinery and Will i'll
stall them as soon ns possible.
Estimates of the output of the wen
vary from fifty to 200 barrels day.
IT is stated that the well produced six
ty-five barrels in eight hours to-day,
hut whether IL can maintain that out
put is, of course, a question. There Is
not a sign of gas in the well. while 9th
cr wells that have struck this stratum
have found gas in quantity, but no OIL.
They are all higher than the Republic
and the owners think that the lower
part Of the stratum will prove ns pro
ductlve as the one found by the Nc
Krnzie and Arnold almost 5000 feet
down.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
Persons, Places
and Things
WAITING FOR uNPUNcTUAL PEOPLE

Periods In Which Prof stiIIman Found
Time to Read.
Although he is himself the acme OF
punctuality, Senator Depew has come
to the conclusion that punctuality is
waste of time in Washington,
A few nights ago he was asked 10
appear before the select committee of
the house of investigation of the Da-
nish West Indies purchase. He was
requested to be present at 10 a. m,
but it was twenty minutes after that
hour before the committee was ready
for him.
81 have always made it rule to
keep my appointments to the letter."
said he yesterday to one of the mem
bers of that committee. but | am not
sure it pays here in Washington.
When 1 was at Yale ! used to SEQ
Prof Stillman in his library. which
comprised a great many books. He
told me he had read every book there.
and that he had done it while walt
ing for people to keep their engage
ments with him"
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23

around Samoa some years ago. but ot
which not now a single perfect speci-
men can be found. In boats of this
type the Samoans used to journey To
distant islands. Some of the boats
were small each being designed to
carry only a single family. Others
were so large that on one of them all
the inhabitants of a village could
easily find room. The exact manner
in which these vessels were construct
ed is not clearly known, but 1t is sup
posed that each of the large boats was
not. strictly speaking, a single vessel.
but was composed of two or more
small boats placed side by side and
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
Fair Association officers.

Pueblo. April 19.-At the annual
meeting of the State Fair Association
last night the directors and officers of
the organization We're reelected. Th"
directors are: \. Sonneborn, Dr. a. +.
King. J. w. Johnson. g. l.. l.. Gam.
b. L. Covey, George Holmes. r. II.
Devine. Asbury White, j. ii. Voorhees,,
j. q. Chapman, w. G. Fraser and \.
X. Pierce. The officers are: a. Some
born, president; Il. Il. Covey. vice pres
ident; j. G. Chapman. treasurer. and
c. l.. Galloway. secretary. Reports
from the officers show the association
to be in first-class financial condition
and numerous plans were discussed for
the fair to be held In September.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
No Change in c. F. & |. Company.

Denver, April 10.-The Republican
this morning says:
John G. Osgood chairman of the
board of directors Of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. who returned yes
terday from New York, made the an
nouncement that he and his friends
We're still in control of the Fuel and
Iron Company, and would remain so,
from all Indications. and that the COM
Dnny would remain independent. Mr..
Osgood denied that the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company had any voice in
the AFFAIRS OF the Colorado ~ Southern.
He said he believed that Edwin Haw-
ley. who represents the purchasers or
the road had the Huntington millions
behind him in his speculation.
Mr.. OsgoOd disposes of the story
that was published in Chicago that
John w. Gates and his associates
cleared from S3.OOO,O00 TO S4,OO0.OOO
in their recent deal in Colorado South
ern stock.
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23

gypsy in the world. Although there
is no entry in the parish register, it.
appears to be beyond question that
old Draper was born at Blk, near
Henley y-on-Thames. in June, 1891, and
was therefore in his lO5th year He
lived with his son. Wellington Draper.
who was born the year Waterloo was
fought. The power of the evil eye
of the witch was fully believed in
then. Draper used to tell OF "A witch
at Farnham. who made the cows run
wild and prevented them from giving
milk; of another witch who lived at
Henley-o and who was
thrown into the river and floated like
II cork. The Drapers were typical
van-dwellers. attending fairs all over
England. selling baskets. clothes pegs
and other articles of gypsy merchan-
disc
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
.IcrkeY .Iusllce.

Jersey Justice is making consider
able of a name for itself these days.
Isaac d. Ward. justice of Perth Am
boy. has decided that a parent can
punish child with any degree of
cruelty. provided he does not leave
mark on the child's body. The Chi
nese know eleven ways OF giving tho
death torture without leaving
mark on the body of the victim.
There is a wide and useful field for n
few Chinese coaches in the scope OF
Jersey justice
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
Hot Minds in Kansas.

Topeka. Kan. April 20.-A dry. hot
wind drouth has swept over Kansas
since early this morning. doing much
damage to vegetation of all kinds.
Those Interested say the wind has
done incalculable harm to the wheat.
and that unless rain comes within two
days the wheat crop will amount TO
very little. The ground is becoming
dry and hard This is an unusual
condition for an early spring month in
Kansas
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
GYPSY ATTAINS REMARKABLE AGE

English wanderer. Recently Dead,
Believed to Have Been IO5.
Recently Il somewhat remarkable
man passed away at Whtby Wood.
Berkshire, England, one Frederick
Draper, who claimed to be the Oldest
The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
SINGULAR BOAT USED IN SAMOA

Extraordinary Vessel which Has Now
Passed Out OF Existence.
In the accompanying picture is
shown an extraordinary boat, which
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-19
WORLDS NEWS
CONDENSED

Wages on the c.. b. & Q. will be in
creased after Sept 1.
a fire at Fresno partially destroyed
the oil refinery south of town.
In the province of Batangas, 100000
people are being fed by the government.
English shipping men suspect that
Balfour has made a compromise with
the j. =. Morgan syndicate.
a syndicate of Americans has cstab-
lished a 10000 acre wheat field on the
line of the Canadian Pacific.
Application has been made TO the
Supreme Court at Montreal for wind
ing-up order for the Canadian Woollen
Mills Co.
Marquis Carlo d Rudini, son Of tia
ly's former premier, has been success
fully operated on for appendicitis in
New York.
Two of the coronation carriages col
lided en- route to Buckingham Palace
and Lord Edward Pelham Clinton was
slightly injured.
During a business dispute Walter A
Scott, president of the Illinois Wire
Company, was stabbed to death in his
Chicago office by Walter l.. Stebbins
civil and consulting engineer
There were heavy storms on the Pa
cific coast of Mexico July % and %. The
steamer Romera Rubio was lost. Al
Altata the sea invaded the railroad of
fees. In Guaymas there was a hurri.
cane,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-19
GUNBOAT MAChlAS
MAY INTERFERE:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The Navy
Department this morning received the
following cablegram from Commander
McCrea of the gunbOat MachiaS, dated
Cape Haytien, August 3:
"Haytien gunboat landed force Cape
Haytien on Friday afternoon. Another
regiment is hourly expected. VIII be
ready to land"
Commander McCrea is under general
instructions to protect American in
terests and in addition yesterday re-
celved special instructions to prevent
the cutting of the cable of the United
States and Haytien Company. This is
not a French company, as referred to
yesterday, but is purely an American
company, being part of the Commercial
company's system. Commander McCrea
will coniine himself strictly to that
mission and will not take sides either
for or against the de-facto government
Great confidence is reposed in the abil-
ity and cool-headedness of Commander
McCrea and no fresh instructions We're
considered necessary.
The Machias has a complement of
about $50 men, including marine
guard of twelve, and could land a force
Of about fifty men all told. A Colt
Irapid-fre gun, which she has aboard.
could be sent ashore with a landing
party. The Machias has eight 4-inch
guns in her man battery, four 6-pound-
ers and two 1-pounders in her second
AIRY battery. all rapid-ire, and under
the threat of these guns, it is quite I'M
likely that either the Haytien gunboat
or General Firmin's force ashore would
care to make an Issue.
Acting Secretary of the Navy OAR
ling today sent the following cable
gram to Commander McCrea, of the
Machias:
Your actions are approved. Cutting
cable or interference with other than
Haytien interests not to be permit
ted"
CAPE HAYTIEN, Aug. 9.-GeneraI
Albert Salnave, commandant OF the
Artibonite Firminist troops, has CON-
pletely defeated the army OF the Pro-
visional Government under General
Alexis Nord. at Limbo, capturing Gen
cral Nord's cannon and ammunition
Many of General Nord's soldiers Were
killed and great number taken prison.
ers.
General Salnave continues his march
on Cape Hayden, an attack on which
:. is hourly expected.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-19
CHANGES IN WAR METHODS.

The fact mentioned by Lord Roberts
that the future war will be an AFFAIR of
marksmen. is likely to make certain
old line military powers uneasy. odd
ms IL may seem, some OF the most noted
armies in Europe do not know how to
shoot. They can fire volleys as mass
and do individual firing at the lines OF
the enemy, but as for picking out a
spot of blue or red or a bit of khaki or
a moving arm or uplifted head and
mailing" IL. the average European sol
der is a failure. That is why II took
1000 bullets to kill "A man at Waterloo
and about 1000 at Gravelotte; why
Pakenham's men did such small exc
cution on Jackson's men at New Or
leans and why the casualties in the late
Graeco-Turl<ish war were so few and
far-between. And that is why, also,
the British had such a hard time in
their contests with the sharp-shooting
Beers.
1t has been proved to be a great ad-
vantage to a soldier to have been rails
ed in a new country where game in
vites the rifle or shotgun and where
men learn at a very early age to hit
the mark. There are but few places in
Europe where the masses, from whom
common soldiers are made can get q
chance to shoot. In England, especial
~, the restrictions about the field game
have been severe for generations. AS
a result. the home-bred Englishman,
when he enters the ranks. knows very
little about his gun as an arm of pre-
cision. Germany is not so badly off, for
schuetZenfests are encouraged there;
and the same Is moderately true OF
Austria. But the French, Italians,
Spaniards. Hollanders, Turks, Greeks
and Russians have no renown as sharp
shooters, and If pitted against a much
smaller number Of Swiss, Beers, Aus
tralians Canadians or western Amer
leans might easily meet worse sur
prises than those of Majuba Hill and
Spion Eop. Certain of the Russians
would show up well, but the average
peasant trooper OF that blood never
had a gun i'm his hands until the gov
eminent gave him one.
One thing that has hampered
Europe's efforts to teach the art OF
craftsmanship to her soldiers is the
great cost of practice sharpshooter.
to keep his hand in, must practice most
of the time and ammunition costs
money. 1t may be that armies will be
cut down so as to save funds to be ex-
pended upon teaching individual
craftsmanship, as it is easy to prove
that %, 900 men who are dead shots are
a more formidable military force than
5000 men who fire without drawing a
bead.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-19
ChANUtS IN
KINGS CABINET

LONDON Aur q The new cahiuti
u.t which involves a. csiruafions 10
sir J gofst. tl.e. pre- q .cnt Of the ii1bri
~ Education. Lord Hngian. paslamen-
tory Secretary tn the War once. ana
Jesse rnliiugs Parliamentary Fecfctnfy
90 tue Home Ofice. tends Co show that
Premier unifOuf Dr. experiencing C0nsid-
erlbin dlfncuity and probably ohsiruc-
tion az we'll. In the re-arranEement u
the Ministry. which evidently is still
incomplete. There are still many an
ucipatcd resignations and promotions.
Win these are connected the names 81
the Earl ~ lIalsbury, Lord George
Hamilton. Secretary of State Tor In
dia. Nlscount Crauborne. Under Secre-
tary 90 the Foreign Office; Gerald Bal
four. president OF the Board of Trade,
and others who have not yet been an
nounced.
The cine ages tho Premier has succeed
ed In eNecting eNcit- lao enthusiasm
and even In his own party The Daily
News dubs it "Balfour's Kaleidoscope
and the Conservative newspapers are
fuin to confess that the Cabinet
changes are rather reshunling than
a strengthening OF the ministry. NO
striking ability has been introduced
into the Government among the new
names The admission of George
Wyndham, chief Secretary for Ireland.
to the Cabinet, and the appointment of
Austen Chamberlain as Postmaster
General are generally welcomed, but
great disappointment is expressed on
all sides that the Marquis of London
derry. who is thought to have proved
a failure as Postmaster General should
be given the new and important post
OF president of the Board OF rduca-
ton. The disappearance Of Sir J. Gorst
is rather regretted am is thought prob
ably to be dueNto his always outspoken
criticism of the Government.
Some among the new men are con-
sidered to be promising; but, on the
whole the changes are thought to be
safe rather than brilliant. Perhaps the
most remarkable appointment is tnat of
Andrew Bonar Law as Parliamentary
Secretary to the Board of Trade. Mr..
Law is an iron merchant of Glasgow
and was born in 1858. He is a son of
the Rev. James Law of New Bruins
wick. He has only sat in Parliament
for two years \and has only spoken
about twice since he was elected; but
upon these occasions he revealed great
intellectual power. He is a man of
good business capacity, but being only
a business man and without powerful
connections his choice for the Office al
lotted him by the Tory Premier is con-
! sidered unusual, If not surprising. 1t
is fully expected that further changes
in the Cabinet will be made during the
autumn session of Parliament
In response to a questionsput by John
c.. Butcher, Conservative member of
the House of Commons, regarding the
advisabiity of appointing member of
! the royal family to be Viceroy of Ire
land, with permanent residence there,
Premier Balfour said that. such step
might possibly be adv isable, but that
| 1t would entail prolonged controversies
| and new act of Parliament and 1t
| therefore, cannot be carried out at the
present moment.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-08-19
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state. He believes the big land slide
which occurred the latter part of June
has clogged the throat of the crater for
time. Smoke still issues in immense
volumes, but no fire is visible. The
steam caves and the numerous seething
cracks keep up their sizzling with no
signs of abatement.
Mr.. Waldron confirms~the report that
smoke was seen issuing from the Ad
miral Dewey Crater on Mauna Loa two
weeks ago. The outburst of smoke oc-
Cured late one Saturday evening I'D
the dense bluffs of smoke were plain y
visible against the sky above the lofty
mountain.
NEWS NOTES.
A slight earthquake was felt in Hilo
last Friday afternoon at 2:25 p. IN.
The guests of the Hilo Hotel have
been notified that the hotel will close
on or about the Goth of August.
The area of land recently opened for
settlement in Puma and Olaa was $500
acres; 1900 in Puma and 1900 in Olaa
OF this $500 acres of Puma land were
taken and 1450 acres of Olaa.
Members of the Hilo band held q
meeting Tuesday night and elected Off
GERS, forming a permanent musical or
ganization. The officers are: President
Jules {. Carvalho; treasurer II. T.
Kelsey; secretary NJ. J. Gouvea.
l.. A. Andrews gave a delightful pc
supper last Tuesday evening at the
home OF Mrs. f. G. Hitchcock The in.
clemency of the weather prevented the
realization of the original plans to have
the feast at Cocoanut Island, Miss Har'
riet Hitchcock and Miss Thomas assist
ed in entertaining the guests.
japanese wrestler. who appeared
at the Smith Brown fight in Hilo som,
months ago and was thrown by mis- ad
versary, was supposed to be one OF tn,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gang. He wa'
I warned to leave Hilo and left by III,
Claudine last Friday.