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The Lamar register., 1902-12-10
AT 1T AGAIN.
The Carlton Postot1ce Robbers
Start . ReIGn Of Terror In tho
Region Southwest Of Lamar.

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Region Southwest Of Lamar.
The posse which left Lamar on
Sunday a week ago in search of the
Carlton postoffice robbers, returned
on Sunday after having been out
just week. The posse consisted OF
Ed. Sherlock, Chas. Jones, Jack
Creaghe, Lish House, Jim Smith and
Ok. Hunter, NJ. j. McMillen having
followed the wagon used in the rob-
J berry to Las Animas several days be.
fore.
The Lamar boys reached the camp
Of Indian Bill Smith and the Mart.
ing brothers, who were undoubtedly
the robbers, on Monday night and
found the spring wagon there, but
no one at home and none of the stol.
en- goods around. They camped at
the Murray ranch about four miles
away and made thorough search as
we'll as keeping a guard on the
house. Two women took the spring
wagon to Las Animas Tuesday after
supplies and were followed but they
did not meet the robbers along the
line. On Thursday the Lamar boys
got on the trail Of the robbers and
came up with them just before dark
and had hot fight for short time
in which two of the horses of the
robbers were killed and the horses
Of the posse stampeded. While the
posse were recapturing their horses
the outlaws succeeded il escaping,
being aided by the darkness. Dur
ing the night the outlaws went to
the home of one of their gang named
Love, where Ed. German and g. A.
Watson, who were out on a hunting
trip, were camped and took fine
team Of mules to replace their horses
which were killed. They then sue
ceeded in escaping and the posse
were unable to find any trace OF
them the next day and decided to
come back for recruits. They
brought Love, who was suspected of
aiding the gang back with them.
On Saturday after the posse had
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10
County Notes.

lFrom the Holly ChieftainJ
Fred Mohl was here the greater
part of the week, as busy as he could
be, making sales of lands to parties
from the east
The town was full of strangers
Tuesday and Wednesday, most OF
them coming from eastern Kansas
and being in search of farms in this
great sugar beet country.
w. X. Winterhalter, of the Ameri
can Sugar Beet company, was in
this vicinity looking over the beet
fields the first of the week. He
found considerable acreage frozen in
the ground.
F. G. Hoffman will 60 to Lamar
Monday to attend the hearing of his
contest case before the land Office.
Through this contest Mr.. Hoffman
expects to become the owner of 40
acres of land lying east of the Flora
Vista fruit farm. j. I. Banks will
go along as witness to prove his al
Legations.
From tho Granada Times.l
Fred Rosebrough has purchased
A. T. Bilderback's interest in the
livery stable and it will now be con
Quoted by Rosebrough & Starr.
G. H. Creech and Ed. Mitchell
went hunting one day lsst week, and
were surprisingly successful. They
took their dogs along, and, between
the Granada bridge aid Sand Greek,
captured and killed II raccoons-
regular old fashined coons-all full
grown. This holds the record for
any coon hunt in this part of the
valley, as coons have heretofore been
very scarce, and the boys feel quite
proud Of their achievement.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10

Some person or persons broke one
Of the large front windows in Noble
& Bottoms hardware store, last Fri
day night, aud took three shot guns
which were learlng against it on the
inside. As far as the firm know,
nothing else was taken. For time
it was thought that the persons who
robbed tho Carlton post office had
done this also, but that now seems to
have been impossible.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10
Wheat Ridge.

Mitch Robertson, j. r. Smiths
efficient foreman, was at the COW
camp last week.
Thomas Avery went to Lamar on
Monday to meet relatives from Kan
sas City who will visit with him for
few days.
Moses Kingston of Lamar was in
this vicinity on Tuesday of this week
looking for feed for his cattle.
We hope Lamar will succeed in
her efforts to get sugar factory. 1t
is certainly good location.
j. R. Smith returned from the
cedars on Sunday where he went
with the posse in search of the rob
bers who shot Frank Tate.
Abe Cox has been thTeshing alfal
fa seed for the past ten days. He
quits occasionally but when seed sd-
vances he gets another machine and
tries again.
On Wednesday Dec. 3rd, Miss
Gladys Woods and Bert E. Stark
were united in marriage at the home
of the BRIDES parents Rev. Mckee
han officiating. These young peo-
pie are we'll known here and enjoy
the confidence and respect of the
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10
Carlton Notes.

NJ. j. McMillin started for Kansas
City with four car loads OF cattle on
Tuesday Of this weed.
Mrs. L. R.. Baker returned from
Michigan last week where she went
to attend her fathers funeral.
Mrs. w. H. Chaplin and daughter
Olive, have been visiting relatives
near Garden City, Kansas, for the
past two weeks
The Carlton Sunday school has
been closed for the winter.
Mr.. Eberle has been helping Eu'
gene Jontz at the Carlton bridge for
some time.
VIM. McIntosh's steers are gain
ing about ten pounds per day. If
you think this. is not enough just tell
Nc. about it and 1 think they will
gain little more.
Charles Maxwell is getting we'll
slowly and we hope he will soon be
out again.
G. II. Murphy, Nj. j. McMillin,
Philip Eberle and Henry Massar
were Lamar visitors last Saturday.
Ed. Jontz brought bunch Of cat
tie to Carlton Saturday 10 be pastur.
ed on the Young ranch. J.R.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10

left the gang returned to the Muir
ray ranch and drove Mr.. Murray
away and imprisoned his herders and
scattered the sheep. They are now
said to be in camp there and have
announced that they will never be
taken alive. As soon as they eau
get provisions and ammunition it is
propsble they will leave for other
parts. A strong posse left yester
day to renew the attempt to capture
them, being in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Ed. Sherlock. Posses will
also go from Las Animas and La
Junta, land probably from Trinidad
as the Murray sheep camp is in Las
Animas county and the outlaws are
now wanted there also.
1t is evident now that the only
safe guard for this section Of the
state is to wipe out this gang and
determined effort toward that end
will be made by the officers of all
the counties in the valley. The men
going out from here are all well
equipped for the work and unless the
outlaws have already left that region
they will most likely be killed or
captured.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10

community. Mr.. Stark has been en-
ployed by the Mullen Ranch Co., for
the past two years and is considered
capanle and trustworthy. They left
on Thursday for La Junta where
they will be "at home" to their many
friends w r.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10
AUCTION SALE

ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER I3. AT ONE O'CLOCK P M.
l WI; offer sale herd of HEAD OF HIGH GRADE
SHORTHORN COWS This herd shipped here from
and the perfectly acclimated They
without exception the HIGHEST GRADE SHORTHORNS
EVER BROUGHT TO Pro VERS COUNTY. All of them
good milk So and them have been broken to milk ARE
BRED TO REGISTERED SiORTHORN BULLS and will be
January They will positively be sold
highest bidder lots of FIVE DO this
opportunity.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10
FANCY GOODS.

Fancy China and Japanese Ware in Cups and Saucers
Plae Bowls Cream and Sugar Sets, Mug Plaques &c To
let and Manicure Sets Collar and Cuff Boxes Shaving Sets
Work Boxes, Fancy Mirrors and Photo Frames Photo Al
buns, Auto Albums, Xmas Cards. Bibles and Testaments
Fancy Calendars, Fancy Box Paper New Books Ever
thing and prices will defy competition.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10

IOYS.
We have Drums Flutes, Hobby Horses Tricycles, Iron
Wagons Carts Trains Horses and Wagon Hose Carts Fire
Engines, Steam Engines, Toy Dishes, Toy Furniture Air
Rifles Mechanical Toys Toy Stoves Dols Doll Beds Wash
Sets, Chairs Cradles Tool Chests Games OF all kinds Com
bnaon Carrom and Croknoe Boards the kind others ask
you 81. so for, price $3.50
The Lamar register., 1902-12-10

DON'T FORGET THAT WE ARE THE
LEADERS IN HOLIDAY GOODS, AND
WON'T BE UNDERSOLD IN PRICES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
NEW CAPITOL BUILDING
NEARING COMPLETION
Plasterins Will Be Started From the
Dome-Contractor Estimates
49, Allowed.

The state capitol commission put in
most Of yesterday in discussing con-
tracts and estimates.
The Butler Ryan company was or
dered paid SIS, 1891, the sum being es-
Inmates on steps and terrace, dome,
roofing and skyligflt, firepreofing and
metal lathing. An estimate Of $11,355
was allowed w. I. Gray & Co.
Architect Gilbert reported that the
work was going on most satisfactorily.
The contractors are about ready to be-
gin plastering, which will be COM
nenced at the top of the dome. The
partitions are being put in, this work
commencing on the upper stories The
granite steps and approaches to the
main entrance have been laid for seven
courses.
The opening of bids for the exterior
marble work, including the grand STAIR
case and halls, was postponed until the
December meeting in order, as Mr.. Sea-
bury said, "to give the contractors time
to do more figuring"
The contract work on the dome was
approved and the architect directed to
audit the final estimate.
The contract with the Gardner Hard
ware company, of Minneapolis, was
approved, and 100000 in certificates
sold to the state at par.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
ST. PAUL BUSINESS MEN TO URGE
OPERATION OF TROLLEY CARS
BY WAY oFesNELLlNG
TO MEET EXTENSION
OF MINNEAPOLIS LINE
Committees Representing Commercial
Club and Chamber of Commerce In
structed to Ascertain Whether Fort
Smelling Bridge Can Sustain inter-.
urban cars-Danger of Delay.

A wireless message" from Mime
apolis to the effect that the Twin City
Rapid Transit company intends to
build it's extension from Minnehaha to
the headquarters buildings at Fort
Smelling has caused the commercial
bodies Of this city and the business
men to awake from their dream.
AT the meeting Of the Commercial
club Monday the city development
committee was directed to confer with
the committee from the Chamber OF
Commerce regarding the construction
and operation of a trolley line through
the reservation. The committees were
instructed to see that If a line was
built through the reservation, it should
connect with the present line on West
Seventh street, and to ascertain wheth-
er the Fort Smelling bridge was of suff1-
cient strength to allow interurban cars
to pass over 1T.
Thomas Cochran, who is chairman
of the city development committee of
the Commercial club, said yesterday
that the matter would be given imme-
date attention.
ct has been the understanding with
the Minneapolis gentlemen who have
been working fora, line through the
Fort Smelling reservation" said Mr..
Cochran, that when; the line was con-
structed, it should connect with the
present West Seventh street line and
practically makers another interurban
line between the Twin Cities. I have
every confidence in the Minneapolis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
GOODHUE REPUBLICANS
NOT FERVID ENOUGH
Party Workers Are Luke
warm.

From the pleading letters which are
being sent out by w. r. Putnam,
chairman of the Goodhue county Re-
publican committee, Van SAINT stock
is going down in that county.
. In the letters Mr.. Putnam says:
81 learn that there are quite a num-
Der of the party workers who are in
clined to be either lukewarm in regard
to Gov. Van SAINT or else opposed to
his election"
After making this announcement
Mr.. Putnam concludes with a fearful
appeal for the Winona man by re-
questing all the Republicans to come
to the rescue of the head of the ticket.
A number of the letters have turned
up in the hands Of friends Of l.. A.
Rosing, the Democratic candidate for
governor, and the frank avowal of the
Republican leaders that there is "luke-
warm" feeling among the voters as to
Van SAINT is more than encouraging.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
NEW PAVEMENT is DUE
ON EXCHANGE STREET
Hearing Before Board of Pub
lie Works.

The renewal Of an old fight Is ex-
pected when, in few days, the board
of public works will grant a hearing on
the proposed paving of Exchange
street, from Cedar to Ninth. An esh-
mate has been furnished and the prop
erty owners will be duly notified.
TO pave the street with asphalt, a
distance of four blocks, City Engineer
Rundlett estimates the cost at $12,308,
or $t.52 front foot; with sandstone,
S13,602, or $500 a front foot, and with
brick, $10,23S or $4.5S front foot. The
streets in the near vicinity are paved
with asphalt.
When proposed year ago the i'm
provement met with such strong OPP
position that the council was compelled
to kill the order. A similar kick is ex-
pected now, but the street, which is
paved with cedar blocks, is in a bad
condition and it is not expected that
protests will be needed. One of the
entrances of the old state capitol fronts
on the street, and this portion is in
very bad shape.
If the improvement is decided upon
work will not be commenced until next
year. All improvements acted upon by
the beard now will be contracted for
on this basis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
MISSIONARY AT MANILA
DIES OF THE PLAGUE
Father Mckinnon, Pioneer Priest, Sue
cumbs to Asiatic
Scourge.

Archbishop Ireland has received let
ter from the Rev. William McKinnon, Of
Manila, who died before his letter had
reached its destination. Father McKin-
non was a martyr to his own zeal and 10y
atty. to duty. Exhausted from devoted at
tendance upon the cholera patients In
the recent epidemic in Manila, this
heroic priest at length fell victim to the
plague and died bravely at his post of
duty.
and esteem of all classes in the church
and state in the Philippine islands. No
one understood better the situation there
in its complicated details. AS chaplain
of the First regiment, California volun-
teers. he went to the islands almost in
the beginning of American occupation and
remained there till the time of his tragic
death During that time he took a prom
inent part In establishing the sovereignty
Of the United States, having been charged
at the outset with the work Of organizing
or readjusting the school system. and
heading to the end Of his life place on
the school board of Manila.
Gen. James H. Smith, whom President
Roosevelt has just made a member of
the Philippine commission, in a letter re-
ceived by the post which brought Father
McKinnon's, speaks In highest terms Of
the former chaplain of his regiment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
LIE GRAND POWERS HAS
SCHEME FOR OFFICES
Proposition Is On to Make Places to
Redeem Pledges
Made.

So many prominent Republican poll
tic1ans were turned down at the recent
primary election that some arrange
ments are necessary by the admins
tration to find holes to put pegs in.
The latest scheme is for the state to
establish bureau of statistics, and
the next legislature will undoubtedly
be called upon to appropriate an
amount sufficient to start what is now
claimed to be most important adj
Junct of the state government.
Rev. l.. G. Powers, who some years
ago was labor commissioner of the
state, but is now engaged in much
better paying position in the census
bureau at Washington, strongly rec
ommends the organization of state
bureau of statistics, and contends that
such a department would be a paying
investment.
The fact that it would pay a dozen
of politicians good salaries makes the
establishment Of such a bureau not
only possible but probable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
MAY LOOK into JAIL
GRAND JURY CASTS AN INQUlSl.
TIVE AT COUNTY BASTlLE
Rumor Has 1t That Inquisitors Are
Anxious About the Building Which
Is Being Built on the Federal Plan
Cost Exceeds the Estimate.

There is an unconfrmed rumor
around the court house that the grand
jury will shortly forego for brief spell
it's Investigation Of st. Paul wine rooms
and throw the rays of its searchlight
on the new Ramsey county Jail.
Curiosity principally impels the In
quiry, but there are some of the MEM
bers, it is understood, whose motives
are a little deeper. All has not been
exactly proper in some of the transac-
lions Involving the construction of this
costly toy and they want to know
about it.
When first proposed the cost of a new
county bastile was figured at about
100000 and contracts placed against
that amount. That was over year
ago and the bills since audited, which
include the tearing down of the old
structure and the installation Of the
temporary Jail on the top floor of the
city hall, considerably exceed that
amount. AS Mayor Smith expressed it
yesterday:
IT would not be surprised that the
cost Of the building reached over $780,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15

contingent and understand that the
company intends to make the proposed
new line connecting one with the line
now operated from st. Paul. Our COM
mittee will call on Mr.. Lowry within
few days regarding the matter"
Minneapolis Gets Busy.
B. F. Beardsley, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, when seen yes
terday, said: minneapolis has gone
ahead on it's own hook regarding the
proposed line through the reservation
of Fort Smelling. have discussed the
matter some with. prominent st. Paul
business men, and was informed that
the proposed line was to be an inter-
urban one, and would connect with the
West Seventh street line. There has
been nothing done by the st. Paul
commercial bodies, so far as I know,
for the past three years. 1 notice by
the papers that Minneapolis is work.
ing on the proposition, but have been
assured that when the line is con-
structed, it is to be run across the res
ervation and connect with the present
line on West Seventh street"
ut is high time the commercial
bodies of ST. Paul awoke to the situa-
tion," said a city official yesterday,
when the matter of an extension of the
West Seventh street car line to the
headquarters at Fort Smelling was
spoken about.
Time for st. Paul to Wake Up.
"Those Minneapolis people are all
right, and the first thing we know
down here the line will be extended
from Minnehaha to the center of the
reservation, and there it will stop.
Then, after it is too late, our st. Paul
hJyci will 1xnp RI "a fa
that the extension Of the line will take
the majority of the. 1000 men at the
fort to Minneapolis instead of landing
them in st. Paul.
"There is bound to be a halt when
it comes to extending the line so as
to connect with our Seventh street
line. In the first place there will be a
disagreement as to the strength of the
Fort Smelling bridge. After that is set
tied there will be another discussion
over the question of whether the COM
pany cannot be required to pay a
per cent gross earnings tax on any
extension under the new charter. All
the time this is going on Minneapolis
will have built the line to the head
quarters at the fort, and the trade will
be going to Minneapolis instead of
coming here. What ST. Paul business
men want to do is to wake up and
lOOk OQt LII li1SiIiSC1VCS. hst-t
st. Paul Is Nearer.
Using a straight line as the basis
Of measurement, the post quarters at
Fort Smelling are eabout midway be-
tween the court houses in the two
cities, but because Of the fact that a
line from Minneapolis would have to
take a circuitous route, st. Paul has
by far, the best of the argument. The
distance from Seventh and Wabasha
to the fort is about five and one-half
miles. while from Minneapolis it would
be about seven. This is the way City
Engineer Rundlett figures 1t out.
"The bridge at Fort Snelling," said
Mr.. Rundlett, "is not the widest in st.
Paul, nor is it the. best, but it would
easily accommodate one track If an in
terurban line was contemplated or the
extension. of the Smelling line into the
post grounds desired. The roadway Is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15

600 before it was completed. I asked
the architect the other day when the
building would be completed anil he
told me next February. didn't doubt
his word. I just smiled"
The surprising leniency which the
board extends in it's dealings with the
Pauley Jail Construction company, OF
st. Louis, is also a matter of comment.
The company is now many months be-
hind it's contract in installing the steel
cells, yet no protest whatever has been
entered or any effort made to collect
the forfeit money agreed to in the con-
tract. It's excuse is that 1t is unable to
procure the necessary steel and these
excuses have been accepted by some
of the members of the board without
any inquiry whatever.
One architect who has inspected the
structure says it is an architectural
abortion and Ramsey county will find
it out to it's cost when the building is
delivered complete.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
sum OF $4,000 is ALREADY SUB
SCRIBED FOR THE COLL
scum PROJECT
NEW LIFE is INFUSED
INTO THE PROPOSITION
DR.. Rudolph schiffmann and Browning
& King Have Each offered to Be One
of One Hundred Men to Donate
$1,000 In Behalf of the Enterprise.
DR.. Rudolph Schiffmann ........s1. 900
Browning & King .............. 1000

The st. Paul Coliseum is by no
means dead. DR.. Rudolph Schiffmann
has infused new life into the project by
offering to be one of 100 men to sub
scribe $1,000 each, and has clinched
it by putting up his money. Brown
ing & King have followed suit, and
now others announce their intention
of doing likewise.
'In making this proposition" said
DR.. Schiffmann last night, don't fig
ure on the idea that I want it to stop
at 100000. That isn't enough. When
the hundredth man is reached start a
$500 series. If that fails make it
smaller. It's a business proposition
and of such civic Importance that
every business man in st. Paul should
subscribe to it gladly
hated to see the project drop
ped continued the doctor, land that
is why made the offer. st. Paul is a
wealthy city and has many wealthy
men in it, and there is no reason why
the amount necessary for a Coliseum
should not be secured. The jobbing
interests of ST. Paul could subscribe
enough and never feel it,"
"Are there 100 men in st. Paul who
will subscribe $1,000 each?" was asked.
Funds Should Be Easily Raised.
"Well, if there isn't the town ought
to be ashamed of itself. Just look in
the directory and see how many
wealthy men there are in st. Paul and
figure it out for yourself. The ques-
ton is absurd. But it is not neces-
sary to depend entirely on this class
of men. There are hundreds of others
who can contribute, and whose mite
will be just as acceptable as the rich
mans talent"
If enough cannot be secured from
public subscriptions, Dr. Schiffmann
thinks it would be perfectly proper for
the municipality to take a hand and
issue enough bonds to make up the
deficit. Every bit of 100000 or more
he thinks will be necessary to give St
Paul a proper Coliseum, and he sees
no reason why the city should not be
a stakeholder. The charter and the
state laws forbid such, but legislative
authority, he is positive, could be
readily secured. The conference COM
mittee he says, could be made custo-
dian of the city's part and subscribe
sufficient annually so that the burden
would not fall on the taxpayers all at
one time. He thinks bonds issued for
a Coliseum would find a ready sale.
The Coliseum committee held a
meeting yesterday and was much en-
couraged by DR.. Schiffmann's offer
Every effort will be made to push the
project to a successful finish.