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The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
COWBOY CONTEST CLOSES.
sowder Again Awarded the Champion
ship Belt and Prize.

Denver, Oct. 1.-THE following is
the award of the committee in the
"Broncho Busting Contest of the Fes-
tiyal of Mountain and Plain Commit
tee:
First Prize-M. T. Sowder; the cham
pionship belt and $500.
Second Prize-T F. Minor of Sho-
shone. Idaho. $3.50.
Third Prize-B. F. Stone, S175.
Fourth Prize-Harry Brennan, Sheri-
dan. Wyoming, SIS.
Colorado. $50.
Sixth Prize-Luther Denison, Caddoa,
Colorado, $25.
The News report of the contest says:
1.-THE judges in the Broncho Busting
Contest awarded first prize to Martin
T. Sowder by the rule of thumb, after
Sowder had been compelled to pull
sticS" in order to save himself from n
nasty fall. Sowder had hung back and
refused to ride again for fully an hour
and when he got into the saddle which
adorned the back of E. A, that willy
little devil played ping-pong with him
till he hugged the pommel. Judge
Twombley and Wilson protested at the
method of deciding the contest, but
they were overridden.
1.-THE contest between the six prize
winners was not ridden off because four
of them, Frank Stone, Harry Brennan,
Luther Denison and Jack Mcclure.
marched into the arena and bluntly
told the judges and management that
they were not getting a fair deal from
the former.
There was a good-natured audience
of fully 1900 people. The last-named
four COW punchers gave some spirited
exhibitions of busting and kept the peo-
pie amused for two and half hours
while the Judges held medicine talks
that did no good and gave Sowder the
belt"
The Republican criticises the decis-
sion and declares that Harry Brennan
showed himself to be the best rider.
Minor has a great number of admir-
ers. who declare that while less theat-
rical in style than some others. not
squirting his horses to keep them buck
ing as long as possible. he rode with
more grace and ease than any of his
competitors.
When Brennan's horse turned a COM
plete somersault yesterday and the
rider jumped up and instantly mount
ed him again, the crowd went wild in
its applause.
Luther Denison did some marvellous
exhibition riding.
Every one of the six who were given
prizes showed himself able to easily
Hence the decision was matter of the
greatest difficulty and naturally subject
to challenge.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
Bringing Coal From Germany.

Philadelphia, Oct 13.-The Brauer
Line Steamship Company operating be-
tween Philadelphia and New York and
Hamburg, is reported to have purchased
for importation to this country 10000
tons of the anthracite coal from Ger
many and $1,000 tons of anthracite
from southern Russia. The latter is to
be shipped from southern Russia dur
ing October and November.
The bulk of the coal that will come
from Germany will be reimportation of
Pennsylvania stove and chestnut grade
exported to Germany and purchased
from the Philadelphia G Reading Co.
The British ship Marinee is sched-'
uled to sail from Hamburg for Phila-
delphia with the first cargo about Oc-
tober 18th. The steamships North,
Point, Montauk Point and Manchester,
Market have all been. chartered to load
coal at Welsh ports for Philadelphia
New York and Boston.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
Entertained by Otto Mears.

Washington. d. c., Oct. 12.-The
delegation from Colorado to the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment
was entertained yesterday by Otto
Mears of Denver at Chesapeake beach,
delightful bay resort, which owes its
existence to Denver capital. Mr.. Tur-
ner A. Wickersham assisted in enter
tanning the members of the delegation.
Cooks drum corps of Denver was
present and was kept busy presenting
popular airs.
Judge Huff, commander of the de-
partment of Colorado, acted as toast
master at the delightful banquet
which was served in the afternoon
The toast which overshadowed all 9TH
ers was: mo Country Like America;
No State Like Colorado; No Soldiers
Like Ours; No Host More Generous
Than Otto Mears.'
There were 200 persons present at
the dinner. They were conveyed to
Chesapeake beach by special train.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
Colorado supreme Court.

The Supreme Court handed down
large number of opinions and orders
on the 9Th inst.
The revenue bill case came upon
the appeal of the State Board of
Equalization from Judge DiXon's de-
cision in the Pueblo District Court in
the suit of the Santa Fe railroad to
compel the state board to assess its
taxes, rather than the State Board of
Assessors created by the old revenue
bill. The Santa Fe won Its case
through the federal court decision,
knocking out the revenue law, but the
attorney general carried It up on the
ground that he wanted the Issues de-
cidcd, and desired the points involved
to be passed upon by the Supreme
Court. In its decision dismissing the
attorneys writ of error and quashing
the entire action the court declares:
Courts are constituted for the pur-
pose of determining live questions be-
tween parties who are interested in,
or affected by, such determination. 1t
is no part of their duty to decide
moot or merely abstract questions.
This case has passed beyond the NOR
ibund stage. 1t Is dead. The only
question in which the present parties
are concerned is purely academic, and
decision of 1t would be of nc benefit
to the state or the corporations CON
cerned. The state board having asked
for a vacation of the supersedeas. and
having fully satisfied the judgment of
the District Court by making the as
sessments which it commanded, can
not now be heard to complain of the
very order which it has obeyed."
The conviction of ex-Gov. B. II.
Eaton by the County Court of Weld
county, for allowing water from irri-
eating bitches to overrun roads and
adjacent property. is reversed, and the
action against the governor is dis
missed, on the ground that the prose-
cution did not prove who was dam
aged, or that the defendant caused the
damage.
The petition of Attorney II. B.
O'Reilly for re-hearing in the case
filed by him to prevent the submission
of the constitutional amendments to a
popular vote this fall, was denied by
the court and the case closed. Mr..
O'Reilly attempted to prevent the GER
tification of the amendments by Sec
retary OF State Mills.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
TOM HORN TRIAL BEGUN.
Defense Will Endeavor to Fasten the
Crime on Others.


Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 12.-Attorneys
for Tom Horn yesterday gave the first
intimation of the probable line OF his
defense. From questions advanced by
them during the cross-examinations II
is discovered that they will endeavor
to prove that Willie Nickel was killed
by a bullet of much larger caliber
than that of Horns rifle. and that 1t
was leaden projectile instead Of
steel jacket bullet, such as Horn used
The defense in cross-examination
asked whether the Miller boys. neigh
bors, carried guns, and whether Willie
Nickel had quarreled with them. II
is alleged that when the proper time
comes the defense will seek to fasten
the crime upon Victor Miller the 16-
year-old son of James Miller. who for
years was a neighbor of the Nickells.
1t is stated that Victor Miller had
quarreled frequently with Willie Nick
ell and had on numerous occasions
threatened to kill the Nickel boy.
The Miller boy was known to carry
weapons, SO it will be shown. and
among other firearms a rifle of large
bore.
1t is believed to be extremely doubt
full IL the defense can make out such
case, for at the coroner's inquest and
preliminary trials of both Horn and
James Miller and his two sons, the
Millers being the first suspected of the
crime and the first ones arrested. an
alibi was established showing that
James Miller. Victor Miller. Ernest
Miller, and. indeed, every member OF
the Miller family was at the Miller
home on the morning of July IS, the
day the Nickel boy was killed, until
after 7:30, the hour the crime was
committed A school teacher who
boarded at the Millers' was present
at the breakfast table at 1870 and
swore positively at the preliminary
hearing that the members of the lam
lily were all present at that time.
1t is further alleged that the de-
fense, failing to fasten the crime upon
Victor Miller, will seek to establish an
alibi.
Kels p. Nickel, father of Willie
Nickel, won victory yesterday. and
from now on if he behaves well and
creates no disturbance he will be per-
mitted to sit in the court room and
listen to the trial of Tom Horn on
the charge of killing his child.
All concerned were willing that
Nickel should hear the case, provid-
ing he was prevented from creating
any trouble. Nickell's attorney, II.
Waldo Moore, assured them that his
client would give no trouble. whereup-
on bailiff went outside, ,disarmed
Nickel and brought him into the court
room.
Mr.. Moore. as Nickel's attorney.
was permitted to sit inside the rail-
ing among the attorneys and assist the
prosecution If called upon, although
Prosecuting Attorney Stoll is conduct
ing the case with the assistance oil
only one lawyer Clyde NJ. Watts, a
young attorney.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
EFFORTS TO END STRIKE.
Coal Situation Getting Worse in the
Large Cities.

New York. Oct 12.-Despite the new
ly-emphasiZed assertions OF the anthra-
cite operators that they will not recedc
an iota from the unltimatum given by
them to Senator Hanna in the early
days of the strike and their insistence
that they shall operate the mines in
their own way, negotiations to bring
about an end to the strike are still be-
ing attempted.
President Roosevelt sent Secretary of
War Root to this city. Mr.. Root had
mysterious conference. lasting for five
hours, with Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan. on
the latter's yacht, and then returned to
Washington as mysteriously as he
came. Neither Mr.. Root nor Mr.. Nor
gan would give any hint of what had
occurred.
In Philadelphia there were confer
ences in the offices of President Cassatt
of the Pennsylvania railroad, attended
by President Baer of the Reading rail-
road, Senator Quay and Senator Pen
rose. 1t is reported that Mr. Cassatt
attempted to induce Mr.. Baer to con-
sent to some concession to the miners
and thus avert the great peril that now
menaces the entire country.
Governor Odell will return to this
city from Newburgh Monday, and seek
further to find means to compel set
tlement of the strike.
Counsel for the Lackawanna railroad
has sent to President Roosevelt an ap-
peal for federal interference. both by
the use of regulars and by action in the
courts, citing as precedents the action
of the President and the Supreme Court
in the Debs case.
Dispatches to the Herald show that
the shortage of coal has begun to be
felt severely in a great many cities. In
this city coal was sold to the poor at a
score of stations at Is cents per pailful
of thirty-five pounds. the coal being
provided by the mine operators.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
GREAT BOULDER STRIKE.
Wonderfully Rich Gold Find Reported
From Boulder County.

Denver. Oct ia News special
from Boulder last night says:
A strike of immense importance has
been made in the branch lodes Nos. 1
and 2, Sugar Loaf district, by the
Double Star Mining Company. This
company owns seven claims adjoining
the great Logan mine and the two
branch lodes near the equally famous
Livingston, in which Colonel w. b.
Teters of Denver has recently uncov-
cred an ore body of phenomenal rich
ness. A mile south of the Livingston.
in the Branch Territory. the company
this week exposed in a twenty-five
foot shaft an ore body with well-de-
fined walls, from which ore has been
taken which runs as high as $3.50 per
ton. The pay streak is from eighteen
inches to six feet wide, and is all pay
mineral.
Some of the most remarkable telluri-
um comes from tore worth $40 per
pound. The vein is eight feet wide. The
Double Star company has outlined ex-
tensive development on the Branch
lodes and has already stopped the vein,
exposing ore of this character for dis
tance of 300 feet
The company is offlcered by ]. N.
Beatty of Manzanola. president; w. H.
Nicholson of the same place, vice presi-
dent and general manager. and Ward
ner Williams of Denver. secretary-trea-
urer. Mr.. Alfred Williams of Chicago
is also director.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
TOM HORN ON TRIAL.
Famous Murder Case Opens at Chey-
enne, Wyoming.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 1.-THE jury
in the Horn case was completed at
3:15 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. four
hours and less than, fifty names being
used in the procedure. Both state
and defense waived several of the
eighteen challenges allotted both com
bined.
A short, concise statement of the
case to the jury by the prosecuting at
torney brought out two startling bits
of new evidence-the finding of a
bloody sweater belonging to Horn and
the fact that two witnesses heard him
declare in a Denver saloon that he
was the main guy" in the Nickel
affair.
The pathetic feature of the day was
the appeal of Kcls p. Nickel. father
of the murdered boy, to be allowed to
remain in the court room during the
trial, which appeal was taken under
advisement.
The jury as finally accepted is as
follows: II. w. Yoder, ranchman,
Lakeview: c. II. Tolson, bootback,
Cheyenne; Charles Stamm. ranchman,
Wheatland; o. " Seburn, ranchman,
Lakeview; II. w. Thomas, ranchman,
La Grange; J. f, Barnes, driver. Chey-
enne; G. II. Wightman. ranchman.
iva; f. c. Metcalf, ranchman, Wheat
land; f. f. Simon, ranchman, Little
Horse Creek; r. h. Babbitt. ranch
man, La Grange; Amos Sarbaugh,
Wheatland; Homer Payne, cow-punch-
er, Two Bar.
All the rumors of Horns broken
down condition from long confinement
were dispelled when the prisoner was
brought into the court room. The
man is in the pink of condition. A
good, healthy glow has taken the place
of the open air tan. During the eight
months in Jail he has taken on flesh.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
Would Remove Coal Tariff.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 13.-Secretary
of the Navy Moody, addressing Re-
publican meeting here, held that the
duty of 67 cents ton on anthracite
coal was "smuggled into the tariff act
in a sneaking and cowardly manner"
and ought to be repealed at the short
session of Congress.
"1ne people" said Secretary Moody,
i.'appealed in vain to the coal operators
ito cooperate with the miners in eff
forts to bring about an end of the;
strike. Now, when these operators.
Aappeal to Congress not to take off the:
duty of 67 cents on anthracite coal,
their appeals will likewise be reject
ed
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
NEW POWER FOUND
GETS ELECTRICITY FROM COAL.
Chicago Inventor Expects to RevoIu.
tionize Power Producticn-City Is
paying Cost of Experinents.


Chicago. Oct. 13.-Hugo Jone, chem
ist in the city laboratory, has invent
ed a battery producing electricity from
coal, which he and City Electrician
Elliott claim will revOlutionize present,
power machines and eliminate steam
from locomotives, ships and public
works. Mr.. Elliott says Jone has been
perfectly successful in capturing waste
gases from coal to generate electricity.
Jone has signed an agreement
whereby the city will get the benefit OF
the invention without payment of roy
alties. as the city is paying for all
the experiments. Jone declines to
make public the secret of his inven-
tion by telling what chemicals he uses
on the ground that he cannot get for
eign patents if his secret is published
previously. He is certain, however.
his battery can be operated success
fully for big motor machines. City
Electrician Elliott says;
''The model we have been working
with has capacity of five amperes of
current at pressure of one volt. The
test made of heat absorbed and given
out is forty per cent. efficiency.
This is very much greater
than the efficiency of the
steam engine or any other power. The
heat unit in the cell produces the
electricity after being combined with
certain chemicals in secret process.
By chemical reaction the same chem
icals resume their natural state after
contact with the heat and can be used
over and over again. This proves that
the electricity is generated from the
heat of the coal"
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
Tornado in Illinois.

Quincy, ILL.,, Oct. PA tornado
struck this city this evening and
passed in a northeasterly direction,
destroying a number of houses and
barns and doing great damage to
orchards and standing corn. At Camp
Point on man. name unknown, was
killed, and in the outskirts of Quincy
Henry Koetters was fatally injured.
The smokestacks of the electric light
power house were blown down, and
the city is in darkness.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
CoLORADO'S CAPITAL.

The Supreme Court has denied the
application of Thomas S. Clayton for
a rehearing of the s,iit brought by him
against Moses Hallett as executor of
the estate of George w. Clayton. This
terminates the efforts to break the
Clayton will. which left a large sum
for the establishment of an orphans
home in Denver. The executors can
nov go ahead with the plans contem-
plated in the will for the erection Of
the home.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-15
All Aboard for Pekin.,

New York. Oct. ia direct ex-
press train will leave Vienna for Pc
kin January list. cables the London
correspondent of the Tribune. The
service will be continued three times
a week. U-lu
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-11-08
C0CHE DIART0
DE CAGUAS A SAN JUAN O VICEvERSA

Desde Ell Microbes q del corriente mes
saldra IN coche.diario de Csguas San Juan
Ia mafiana de San Juan las dos de Ia
tarde
Agencia en- Caguas! farmacia de don
Fernando Marquez Roig.
Rn San Juan: Dep6sito de tabacos de
Martin LaZs, Fortaleza A.
PREOIOS
De Caguss San Juan vice versa. 8 IL so
Este coche es combination de oclo em.
presarios.
La Comisi6n: Adrian Perez. Pedro Ra.
mos, Eleuterio Hernandez, Arturo Rsbaxa.
Caguas Setiembre 20 de 1902.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-11-08

El ssnoR Henry w. d 1oley, candidate de-
rrotado para AicAlds de San Juan, al visitAris
AN xaprssantRnts del fitness para que diase
Hu opinion TeRpecto las c&uHaH que Asrlbuys
Ia dsrRota dc 70 eRndidAtuRG federal, se alrVlo
favoraesrnoM CON la sig uienta ma nifsst2cion:
La deProta del partido federal amsrieAn0,
tanto sn San Juan como en- otros puneoa os -
lalR, obsdses vRFiaa eRuERB, dc las euAles Id
principal fo6 la dssdiehada POGO medissda
conducts del partIdo, haes dos amos, en- re-
trasRss, en- yes de Aeeptsr In lucha, y pFotestAr
con sus pApaletas. On una demoerRcia In pro-
asntA mss alocusnts y ensaS, es In que 80 haes
nor medic dc las urn&s. ST hubiese hseho
cato haee doe mos ell pRrtido federal, su orga-
nixAei6n habFfA sstRdo mas vigoloss en- ms
iorss sondieiones para combRtir hAesr frsnss
q los obstGculos que Sc le oponfAn en- las pAsa'
dAs slseeioneS.
O1ra Dc las eausas de 50 dsrrotA hS con
siEAldo an las fnjuStss leyes electoFales votHdas
nor Il Auambisa LegfalAtiv& en- su dltma
sssI0n, con las cnRieH He verihcRHon iaS
alseelonss do ests emo.
Esto, undo Ala subHscuGDte decisionI por
dam6s daaaeartRdR, Bi bisn teenieAm ents legal,
del Oonasio Eisentivo, eoloc6 @l pArtido fsds-
PAL en- eondieionea hRTto desVeptA1osasI
dsaanirn6 a muehoa de suS parei&iaS.
TGmbisn eoutribuy6 podeFosAments l&
dorrotA del pRrtdo, lA erssneiA en- que eatAbA
al puablo TODD, Aaf federaleH como republie&noS
de que la Admi abstraction insulAr fAvorsefG
FaausltAmente In candtdRtuF& republicans.
Crsyendo ssso sl pueblo, " poH cieFto, qua
de que In Administrhei6n, por 10 menos aeeFe-
tRmsnts, fGvorseiA lA slseei6n de los Espubli-
CanoG) fu6 pRrts para que d elsmenso snar-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-11-08
ILO QUE DICE DOOLEY

ooieo del partido rspu blicano Sc snvAlsntonAss
faaas menos sscrupulogc en- los msdios sm
pleadoB, q la YES que sembKAba 81 oesAhshso
en- las alas de los fsdsrales, que sostsnen
siguen sostsniendo que Ii AdminiasraelOa no
tlsne dsreeho, moTAl pi legal, para f&vorscsK
un pRrtido contra otro paraldo sn FusksO
Rico.
No cabs Ia msnoF duda de qua hubo CO.
rrupci6n, coAcci6u, Intimidation otras mega;
lidadss poP parts de Ia oposici6n, 10 eual
eontribuy6 rsataE muchos votos Al pAfsldo
federal, poY mas que ell Gobierno, en- Ios
hltimoa momentos, Sc esforxe ba apArentsme enss
porous las slecciones fusssn leg&eS, " sl maj
estAbA hseho, era muy tarde para confs-
rrsstar 10 ohra ds zAp& de los republicAnos.
Asf y todo, ell paPtido federal no de01o
nuncR hAbsYss desRnimado, no obstAnte ios
atropalIoa comebidos para @nularlo. La 1usn-
eIa, q Ia lsYRa, tiene iFRemtsibisMsnte que pre-
v&!ecsP, y 81 los principios que dehsnde 81 par
lido federal est4n bRsRdos en- lA verdad 10
iusticia, hsbFSn de triurf$r, tSrds tsmprAno'
e. ex-Prssidsnte Cleveland, en- d1as pasa'
doS, exprss6 aIgunos conceptos qua ell pArsdo
federal dsbsrfa hacsr suyo. Dl1o:
Ella contends politics dsbe ssr con Il nnai
si los resultados poT los cnAiss se iucnai son
dig nos, msrsesn an todo tempo, b&1o scdas
las eireunstAn elias qua les eonsagrsmos nues-
tros meiorss slfuerzos. La vigilaneis cons
tAnts, y oil GtRque peESisssntss Bon iodispensA'
beS pSFA ReAnxar Ia victoFia.S
AT pu6I, no hRr6 mas que repsSir sl mis-
mo concspso, y Of los principios que denenoe
81 pRPtido fsdePAI meEecsn que por slios Sc
Iuehs, oil pGEtido no dssmaya en- 10 coptisn-
da, Ilsgsrk sl diR en- que 90 conquissaF@ ID
eoBnAnxa del pueblo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-11-08
ACOQUINAMIENTO
fpsl Puerto Rtco Times

Sshor DiEsssoE del TINES:
Yo no plsPdo sl su' } por NOR da 10 poiisiea.
CFso que ambos pArtidts bay slgo de bueno,
nero bastRnts do mtlo para ent'istsesr cusl-
auisrs. Az, pueV, me mantsDgo rstrsido; pa
20 NJ mismo tismpo me hs puaSao o6ssrvsf.
ma aouf ma de las eoBAs Que he notado: Z Or
Rano federal AnrmR que su pAFtido hubiera
TRnado las slseeionss no hAb9rss'a huJensA-
do az los eomicios Est0 quisFe dscfr cue una
mayors SO hR dajsdo Aeoquinar poF una mino'
RIA, 81 90 cisrto, Iqu6 partido de pusilAnimsS
nOn aRaa gsntsBi HAes dos &h0s ne hnysRon
ain sntFar en- Iueha. Ahora nos visnsn con 81
SusnAo de gee 10 han AmedrsntAdo. Lo sien-
90, pcTqus sspsRabA que los fsdsFAleS se M :
bieFnn poFtado como hom brss, en- vsE do sBtRr
stempre hacienda ell pApsl de moeosoa asuabA :
discs. Va smpisss . csnsAr ESQ de OR cons
bAntemento, por eismplo, que digH hombrss no
pudisron votaP poTque nnaVs 80 10 lmpioleron'
Escrlbo asAo, no con Amino de bnlArms de los
fadoPRIaa, sino para hRcerlsB rAbiar hRsta sl
punto dc IL q votAr en- vas de qusdArSs aFEin-
eonadon en- cAsA hacienda pucherou dicien'
dose viobImAH inoeantsI.
In observador,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-11-08

Con motive de las lIuvias de sstos diAs 81
aqua eaAk com mplatamanta suciA.