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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
TWELVE PERSONS POISONED.
One Woman Dies From the Effect OF
the Poison,

Traer, July 11.-At a party held be-
tween here and Gladbrook a dozen per-
sons were poisoned, and Mrs. J. C.
Onstott met her death. All the fami.
~ and visitors were taken very i'll
during the night, but recovered. save
in the case of Mrs. Onstott. Physi-
clans were called, but gave her no re-
lief. The people ate ice cream and
cold roast beef. AS all who partook Of
the latter were i'll, it is supposed that
the poison was in the beef.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
MR.. WI RETiRES.
China Sends New Minister to the
United States,

United states.
Picking, July 14.-Sir Liang Chen
rung. secretary of the Chinese en-
bassy to the coronation Of King Ed
ward, has been appointed Chinese min
lister to the United States.
New ministers to Russia, France
and Italy have also been named. The
selections for these posts show that
the dowager empress continues to re-
gard the diplomatic service as unim-
portant. None Of the appointees is OF
higher than the blue button rank and
none has held any important office.
All of them except LANG Chen Tung
are unknown to the foreign COM
munity.
LANG Chen lungs appointment
pleases the Americans here. The new
ly appointed diplomat was educated in
America He is a graduate of Yale
universitykand is able, dignified and
honest.
He is the first of the body of stu
dents sent to America in the seventies
to receive recognition BETTING their
accomplishments. the Chinese officials
having disIi,ied them because of their
progressive views
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
KILLED HIS SoN.iN-LAW.
Ed. Widner Hits Moses labarge on
the Head With a FIatiron,

Clinton, July 14.-Moses Labarge.
aged 80, was instantly killed by his
son-in-law, Ed. Widner, who struck
Labarge in the head with a fiatiron
When Labarge entered the house his
daughter was in violeIS quarrel with
her husband, who threatened to brain
her with a fatiron. She frantlcally
appealed to her father for protection.
Labarge demonstrated with Widner,
who turned on the old man and struck
him down, fracturing the skull. Wild
ner ran for a doctor but before he re,
turned the man was dead. WidneY
was placed under arrest on the charge
of manSlaughter
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
Tommy Crooks Drowned.

Des Moines, July f2.-Thomas
Crooks, better known to the people OF
Dies Moines as Tommy" Crooks, a
promoter OF local sports and the pro-
prietor of the Little Turf" saloon at
Sixth and Cherry was drowned last
evening on Seventh street about n
block below the 90 tracks. Mr..
Crooks had been out viewing the
hood and while turning around in the
flooded street drove on the embank-
ment into twenty-five feet Of water.
The Lancet specially asserts that
the king is zoe from cancer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The New York state minister who
sued for a Sc funeral sermon fee and
proved that his effort was worth S.
must have put on the pedal when he
used the adjectives descriptive of
deserving life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Frankfort, Kentucky. is somewhat
alarmed over the wonderful prepon-
derance of female babies there. This
is the first intimation ever given that
such a thing as too many Kentucky
girls could be possible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
THE eoERs REFUSE TO SIGN
Some Difficulty Experienced Over tn
Oath of AIleuiance

Bloemfontein. Orange River Colony,
July l2.-Diffculty has arisen regard.
ing the oath OF allegiance. Many of
the Boer commandments, field comets
and officials of the late Free State
government refuse to sign the oath,
though few of them object to signing
the document called the declaration"
acknowledging King Edward the SOW.
ereign. The oath of allegiance. how
ever. is much more bipdinG
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The Chicago milkman who dis.
proved the charge that he sold poor
milk by exhibiting In court half doz.
en- fat babies fed from his dairy prod.
uct knew the value of circumstantial
evidence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
Killed BY a satted Ball.

Mason City, July l2.-George Dewey
Mann, three-year-old youngster, was
struck by a batted ball at Emery
FIVE miles west of here. The blow
jerked the lads head by so quickly
that he broke his neck and died i'm.
medtately.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

An Englishman travelling in Siberia
was astonished to find that all IT.
kutsk should have gone out of town
for the summer just as If it were New
York or Naples"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Is it not trifle late to worry over
the religion OF George Washington?
George was a rather useful and re-
spectacle citizen, and the chances are
that he has been well taken care Of.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Visitors to the grave of the most
famous violin maker in Cremona are
said to experience a peculiar sensa'
ton. It is one of gratitude, no doubt
that he made so few Of them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Now that a learned judge of Jersey
City has defined the making of goo
goo eyes as an attention without in
tentions the world can go on with q
new sense of security.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
RIOT in EDINBURGH.
Ten Thousand Orangemen Clash
With a Mob of Catholics.

Edinburgh. July IA riot occur.
red here yesterday following the cele-
bration by Orangemen. Ten thousand
iOrangemen, who were returning from
exercises at Holyrood park, while
passing through Canon gate. tho.
roughfare occupied chiefly by Catho.
lies. clasIed with the inhabitants and
many personal encounters took place.
More than an hour elapsed before the
disputants were separated by charges
of mounted police. A number Of per-
sons were hurt and few arrests were
made
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
FRED JOHNSON KILLED.
coroner's Jury Holds He Was Kicked
to Death by Carl Hector.

Avoca, July 10.--In a brawl in John
Carson's saloon Fred Johnson was
killed by Carl aector. A post norton
examination was made by Drs. EN-.
inert and Hardmon. A clot Of blood
was found at the base of the brain
that caused death. In the absence of
the coroner, Justice J.. T. HaZen held
an inquest The evidence showed that
Hector knocked Johnson down and
then kicked him. The verdict of the
Jury was that Johnson came to his
death by blows on the head and kicks
administered by one Carl Hector. Hec.
tor was committed to Jail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Probably it was remorse that drove
the author of "Goo-Goo Eyes" to
drink.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

We are not likely soon to forget
that King Edward remembered the
poor of London even while the sur
geon's knife placed his crown in the
balance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Patrick F. Sheedy has gone abroad
to form a company to engage in the
mining of emeralds. He cannot break
himself of the habit of working With
green things.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
FORTUNE FOUND IN JARS.
Nine Thousand Dollars in Gold and
Paper Money.

Braddyville, July 11.-Several jars
containing over $4,000 in gold and pa
per money were found yesterday in
.Ae rear of the home of Wesley Fer
rens, who died recently at the age of
Sc years. Ferrens had lived on the
farm sixty-one years, and at the time
of his death an elderly daughter was
his only companion. Besides the mon.
ey found he left realty valued at $685.
O0O
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

That Cincinnati woman who is urg-
ing her sisters to adopt a reform
dress that costs $1.25 is in a fair
way to become very popular with the
sterner sex.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The pessimist who reads of that
stabbing ARRAY between two Of our
schoolgirls may be pardoned for ex'
claiming, whittier are we drifting?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Denver has adopted the word For
ward" as its motto. The leading peo
ple of Denver must have started IN
life as street car conductors.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

A pickle trust with $4,000 900 capf.
tai has been formed. This is one Of
the sourest doses of all.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

They say it was overwork that made
King Edward sick. but he may have
had a look at Alfred Austin's ode be-
fore II was given out for publication.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

There is something to be said in
favor of the automobile. 1t never
runs away when small boy explodes
a bunch of firecrackers under 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Kipling has rescinded his gift Of a
drill hall to rockingham. Perhaps the
villagers were using it for ping-pong.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Richard Harding Davis says the
Spanish empire is not tottering. King
Alfonso's legs must be a good deal
stronger than they look.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

It will be by no means an insignia.
cant accomplishment for the king tA
6isappoint the superstitious.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

1t is not difficult to trace the origin
of King Edwards ailment. He was
a member of twenty clubs, most OF
which had men cooks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The combination of a Kansas farm
er, a shotgun and a harvest field APP
pears to have solved the tramp ques-
ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

No matter what the scoffers say, the
fact remains that the girl graduate IS
as clever as she is pretty, which is
saying a good deal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The first winner at the interna-
tional yacht races at Kiel was the
Uncle Sam. There's something in o
name now and then.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The postponement of the corona.
ton was a great blow to the peeresses
who had provided themselves with
new gowns.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The automobiles in the Kansas
wheat district cannot pass each other
in the lanes on account of the NOW.
ing machines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

A New York merchant advertises
real pseudo panama hats" The ca
liabilities of the language continue to
be Unreasonable.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

A nation that becomes drunk with
prosperity is sure to wake up with
headache.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Mary MacLane is going direct from
Butte to Boston. Is this from the
sublime to the ridiculous or vice
versa?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

Probably you think you know what
perityphlitis is, but do you know how
to pronounce it?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

VIII the yachting experts kindly no.
tice that it was an American boat that
won in European waters also2
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The crown of Great Britain IS Iit1e
King Edwards vermiform appendage
in a detached state.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

1t is a fortunate reformer whoss
promises are not followed by heavy
crop of apologies.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17
IOWA.

Paris is still patiently waiting for
Simon Sam to unpack his $10,000,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-17

The barber says that a man who
shaves himself hard check.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-14
Dry Goods

Great bargains in this department. Spring
goods arriving daily Will be glad to have you
look them over and post yourself on styles.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-14

Our buyers are in the Eastern Markets lc
entire force at home is busy unloading Fall and
like this is good time for economical buyers to +
1t is good business for us to close out all Fall
Ends at this season of the year at loss to us; it
the bargains and save 335 per cent on things
will be benefited, you as buyers, we as sellers.
La Junta tribune., 1902-10-04

LOCAL Aso sfRsoaAl russ.
Read Pegram's bargain adver-
tisement.
For monuments and tombstone.
see John T. Russell.
A good child's shoe. size 5 to 8,
for rs cents, at Hawkins.
G. A. Kilgore was . Denve,
visitor Thursday on business.
G. S. Thompson, undertaken and
embalmer.. Phone No. ais.
Ladies' wrappers, best made,
S.. 90 and 81. SO. at Hawkins.
For fresh bread, pies or cakes &c
to Fishers postofice news stand.
Money for city or farm, loans on
easy terms Inquire W.R. Gibson.
The Armour brand bicycle
stockings At as cents. are the best.
At Hawkins.
Vegetables. game. oysters and
everything the market affords Al
c. S. Stubbs.
| w. T. Andrews has accepted I
position in the grocery store ol
Sherman & Forbes.
WANrEp-A girl for general
housework. Apply to Mrs. Joseph
FAIRY. Ration avenue.
The best line Of school shoes
for boys and girls at the new shoe
store. opera house block
Mayhem House Furnishing Co.
undertaking and embalmiug. Day
phone. "a; plight phone. 1884,
''Gem Flour" best in the market.
Every sack guaranteed or money
refunded.-La Iunta Milling Co.
Tom Darlington returned home
Yesterday morning from . trip TO
eastern markets with q shipment
Of cattle.
Children. get your fancy smSlf
'ox paper and envelopes At Pes
cams grocery. Only IS cents;
'thers sell At 7s cents.
Mrs. Newton Cieave is suffering
rom IN attack Of typhoid fever.
complicated with appendicitis, and
is in . very critical condition.
Street hats, the most up-to-date
10 style and reasonable in price in
the city. will be found at Miss N.
Hodges. in the opera house block.
Miss Nellie Burma left Thursday
eveuing, via the Santa Fe. for
Joliet. ILL.,. where she will be the
guest Of relatives and friends for
several weeks
10 order to make room for fall
stock. G. S. Thompson will close
out all Of his decorated china ware
At twenty-five per cent of. Bar
gain prices rule.
Tickets for "Trip Around the
World" are on sale at the La
Junta State Bank. Gold, silver
and greenbacks, sight drafts and
foreign exchange accepted ~ legal
tender.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Ward left
Thursdax mosning for Prospect
Park. . suburb Of Los Angeles, to
spend the winter with daughter.
They expect to be absent for
several moaths.
We are ageafs tos Otero county
for the famous Baldwin,, HaDilton.
Eiliegton, Bases. asd Ho~s ard
piAsos, ssd the wosjd-renowped
Hs0ilsoo osgass. Ceoe 10 and
go then q she Open House
Mssie Seoss.
C. r. ksasedy. q Dssves. .
taleaes1 ossicias, i nv located
|ae ~ 0pess Hoes lGss;e Store.
|asd eeeId - ptunssd 10 shos yes
|the ossz1. - gesa seasssss q
|tke Iosos - e1eC.as seeek q
ntasss e euAiniaisa sAess.
sssaa sd - inasss bssd viu
La Junta tribune., 1902-10-04
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY
COMPOUNDED A1 ALL HOURS
Monte Carlo Coats
We are now showing the newest line of
these coats.

Style No. all wool Kersey Coa lined with
good quality OF SATIN pearl buttons, box ol26O
Style excellent value in Castor Kersey Has united
plat back ancy cuffs. Of stitching fnsh cuffs and
edges, lined with silk $500
Style made from Oxford Chevlot collars
and cuffs trimmed with straps OF stitched
satin, united plait back, wide
black satin around bottom and back els 90
La Junta tribune., 1902-10-04
Trade II the City Pharmacy.
Trade with H. G. Todd & Co.

Ataoe Win n. ". A0oo - ~
For choice meats. fresh. clean
and sweet. 60 to c. S. Stubbs.
For stylish millinery cali on
Miss N. Hodges. Open House
block.
!. The Walk-O Over shoes for men.
s.. 50 and s. 90. Try them. At
Hawkins.
For every 81 cash purchase at
H. H. Clark's you are entitled to
= chance on S worth Of any goods
in stock.
Did you look over the list of
houses and lots offered by Buckley
& Hart1 You had better inquire
row before prices advance.
w. A. Hart, who has been hav-
ing . siege with typhoid fever. is
convalescing. and will probably be
able TO be down town early next
week.
Mrs. G. A. Smith arrived yes
te.day morning from Stanberry,
NO.. and will spend the winter
with Mrs. ]. w. Fisher and other
relatives.
The most stylish. up-to-date
rigs in town at the Valley livery
barn. When yon want . fine rub
bes-tired turnout that is the place
to Patronize.
A new line Of famous Baldwin
pianos ju..t received At the OPefa
House Music Store. Come in and
inspect them and listen to their
rare tones. Our store will be open
evenings next week.
Mrs. A. Foster and little daugh-
ter arrived last Wednesday morn
ing from Independence. KAN. to
join Prof. Foster, leader Of Won
|derly's new orchestra. and will
become permanent residents OF
this city.
George Mills Terry and Ella
Wells. both Of Rocky Ford. were
joined in the holy bonds Of we'd
lock in the county court room in
this city last Wednesday after
noon. Judge A. B. Wallis ofiiciat-
ing at the ceremony.
Crt this out and take il to any
drug store and get . free sample
Of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, the best physic.
They cleanse and invigorate the
stomach. improve the appetite and
regulate the bowels. Regular
size, sse per boz.
]. E. Clark il now the proprie-
tor Of the bowling alley, buying
out Sehnsek Bros, and taking
possession Thursday morning. Mr..
CLARK requests the TRIBUNE to an
nounce that Thursday afternoon
will be reserved exclusively for
ladies Who desire to become prof.
ciens ia the art Of bowling.
We have bees having pbenom.
esal weather dusisg the present
week for sunsy Colorado. The
days have been dark and dseary,
il hes sained asd'tbe wind 10 never |
weary, the vine still elings to the
mouIdesing wall. asd at every |
gust the dead leaves fall, and the
days hsvs been dash, and coIds
sod dressy. ssd o. the bum alto
geshes.
I. G. Howard will conduct . |
publie ssesios st Likes Feed
Stable h this city u ose o'clock
this ssssssooa. q which time ssd
plsee, the following described
peopessy vill be disposed a: Ose
snatch bsy sssa, Soss wosk horses.
go eao0, - sossel hosss, sbsee
fssn we0Ds@ bsegies, bsssess esd
vneiouD ooAes pss5elso 10 ssoes-
80 - 0oaeion.
TA6ss ~ II - svail tbee.I
seavuo q ~ ss1sfp Asooo6 sbel
vNessd" sese rsiday esesisg,
oesooss sesk, ~ - suss ep-
seveannv. - n,erursnunon -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-27

one tract the broadcast sowing Of pine
seed was followed by an appearance of
little pine trees which at the end Of five
years were something like two or three
feet high. in another tract, a sand hill
hye-year-old pines were set out. AMI
twelve years afterward they had so grown
that many Of them measured seven inches
IN diameter two feet above the ground
Other lands which we're cut twelve wears
ago, but on which the younger growth
was left, could be cut again now. accord
ing to the opinion Of the society's for
ester, not only with considerable profit
but also with about ten years saving IN
the time needed for producing a market
able pine. Nearly as great possibility OF
economies in this regard IS remarked in
tracts which some twelve years ago were
simply thinned. The society is still bent
upon an energetic agitation for exempt
ing cOnservatiyely cut pine lands. and
pine plantations from taxation. a measure
Of encouraging forest cultivation which
II is hoped 20 enact into law at the COM
ing session Of the Legislature.-NeW York
Evening Post.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-27
A MODEL TOWN IN UTAH

7 IDDEN away il the backwoods OF
|" Utah. near the reservation Of the
a 4 Uintah Indians. is the one com
pletely successful model town in
the United states. The town is called
EeTnaL One Of its attractions is that
there has never been any local tax levied
on the townspeople, for the reason that
the sensible system OF city government
provides 4 perfectly adequate income
without the necessity OF taxation. Moth
ing is given away by the city government
Of VernaL II any franchises or privileges
are desired they must be paid for. and
paid for az their full value. Saloons are
looked upon as a luxury that can be dis
pensed with. but as the town is not a
total abstinence community the saloons
are allowed 70 exist by the payment OF
large fee to the treasury.
Crime is taxed TO the utmost. Fines
rather than imprisonment are the punish
ment for evildOers- Instead Of a prisoner
being supported for a term at the expense
Of the city, be Is mulcted in a sum
deemed commensurate with the enormity
Of the offence, and the money goes to the
towns exchec1er. In this way the burden
Of the city's expenses is placed on the
shoulders CT those who deserve to be
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-27
CONCENTRATION CAMPS m SOUTHAFRICA

7 WISH to enlist the interest OF the
women Of our country in behalf OF
Z the women and children ~ the con-
centration camps in South Africa.
That women and children should be
held as prisoners. herGcd together like
cattle and die like flies surely creates
precedent for future warfare that is
startling and impossible.
It is the duty OF every woman to pro-
test against this method Of warfare which
for the first time in history makes her
sex prisoners OF war. Does Il not con
ce-n every woman that this precedent has
had its birth in South Africa? Your
tUrn-my turn may come next.
AS women we have no vote-no voice
in the Governments women we are rot
trained in the use Of firearms or expect
ed 20 play a part ia military tactics. and
as women we have until now been allowed
TO nurse the sick. encourage the soldier
administer to the dying ana shield the
child. never before al the point Of the
bayouet made and held prisoners. AS
women We cannot act. bat VIC can pro-
test-protest to our husbands, fathers.
brothers. to our Senators. our Congress
men; use every chanHsI Of influence to
protest, do not rest until as women we
have for women crushed this horror
which threatens for the future 60 snatch
from MS our prerogatiFes- Of mercy and
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-27

MS contemporaries mockingly spoke Of as
a Philadelphia griddIcd across Yer
saiIies' with squares in morasses. obe-
Iislls in trees"
some day, whether in this session Of
Congress or a hundred years hence. the
time viii come when such a monument
viii be built. but the builder Of it viii
have little TO draw upon for a likeness Of
the famous Frenchman. the only known
portrait OF him being a Fencu sketch. the
property Of Hugh Taggart, made from
memory by an artist Of the day for Mr.
Latrobe, who was one Of the early archi-
tects Of the Capital. Il depicts him. as
the late ". W. Corcoran. who remem-
bered him wen. was wont 10 describe him.
q tall.-erert man, full six feet in height
finely proportioned. with a prominent
nose and military bearing. a handsome.
dignihed fgure, proud and courtIy. His
dress. according to his contemporaries.
vas a long gre1tcoat, the surtout Of our
grdIffathers. anG a baIl-crowned
hat. but although at the beginning Of
the last century he was familiar figure
M Washington, little regarding his life
and personality has been preserved. Mr..
Taggart, who has made a study OF LIN
fant's lie and career, establishes his
birth at Paris, August 2. 1854. his author
ity being the French War Office. whose
records he was. after much circumlocu-
ton, allowed to consult