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The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

sprung boom. Personally, I view
his chances of success in either vent.
ure as about equal and not an even
bet at that.
The strong point in the Francis
boom according to the Denver pa
pers was that he was the chosen one
of Grover Cleveland and his conting
ent, which, if true, would certainly
insure him the nomination of the
democratic party. And to think OF
it, in all the accounts the possible
opinion or wishes of the hermit OF
Fsirview, Neb., we're not once men
toned.
But the Francis boom starts an
interesting course of inquiry rs to
the possibility of the west carrying
off the democratic nomination next
year. Colorado has doomed candi
dates before but they have been Of
the home grown variety and had no
earthly chance in fact. There has
been talk OF Senator Teller for the
presidency; that is to say, the Colo-
RADIO delegation went to the famous
"cross OF gold" convention in Chica
go in 1895 with a weak attempt st'w
cd away to land "Old Duplicity" at
at the head of the ticket. Then that
sagacious but erratic philosopher,
John E. Leet, undertook to push
"Charlie" Thomas into the vice pres
idency but he did not even land a
senatorship. "OId Perplexity" has
been left out of all calculations SO
far, unless the germs be in his own
mind. II that be the case really
fear for the aspirations of all others.
T. NJ. has the scalps of nearly all
his opposers, unless it be that wav
ing name Of Judge Booth M. Ma
lone, and the senator is very likely
not yet through with that eminent
jurist.
But the Francis movement, we'll,
the gate receipts at st. Louis next
year may play an important part in
deciding this problem.
Journal.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
SENT THE WRONG SAINT.
Austrian Empress eIundered In Her
Choice Of Gift.

Austrian Empress 6lundered In Her
Choice Of Gift.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
during their recent visit to Ireland,
were shown at Maynooth college a
silver statuette of st. George and the
dragon and rich church vestments
presented to the college by the late
empress of Austria. There is cur
ious story regarding the presentation
in question. Caught in heavy rain
one day while hunting in Kildare, the
empress sought refuge at Maynooth,
and grateful for her kindly reception
there, the president having wrapped
her in his own zimarra while her
drenched garments were drying, be-
gan to think how to requite the hos
pitality she had received. Her graft
tude took the form of silver statu-
ette, which duly reached the college
authorities. Great, however, was
their CONSERVATION when it turned out
to be statue of the patron saint of
England. What was st. George to
Maynooth, or Maynooth to st. George?
The poor saint was promptly bundled
into cupboard, whence he was ex-
tracted the other day for the inspec-
tion of England's king. The empress,
apprised of the mistake she had made.
considered how to make amends, and
the vestments. embroidered with gold
en- shamrocks. were afterward sent
from Vienna as peace offering.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Changing tho Land Laws.

The irrigation congress which has
just completed its labors in Ogden
did well in refusing to adopt reso
luton calling on congress to repeal
the desert land act, the communication
clause of the homestead act, and the
acts authorizing the location Of tim
ber and stone claims.
A great effort has been made to
induce congress to repeal these acts,
it being claimed that gross frauds
have been committed under them
While doubt fraud has in many
cases been committed, it does not
follow that on that account the laws
in question should be repealed. There
is likely to be fraud Of some kind in
connection with nearly every act Of
this kind, but it is Improbable that
these frauds will be SO gross or SO
extensive that the public will be out
rageously imposed upon and injured.
The number of acres acquired by
fraud will at the most be small in
comparison with that which is hon
estly acquired.
Tbs policy of the government in
dealing with public lands should be
to promote the settlement Of the
country These lands belong, not to
some alien power far removed from
the people to whom they should be
doled out in small quantities and in
a niggsrdly way, but rather to all
the people. The people are tenants
in common in holding these lands.
They belong now to all the people,
and the purpose of the law Is, Is it
were, to partition them among the
individual citizens.
This is d.ne by allowing citizens
to acquire private title in cases whore
they display commendable interest
and energy. Those are served who
come first. BY this means the pub
lie domain passes into private hands
and its speedy settlement is promot-
ed. 1t is better to pursue this policy
than to multiply the difficulties Of
acquiring such titles.-Denver Re-
publican.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Republican county conventlon.

In pursuance of the action Of the
Prowers County Republican Central
Committee at a meeting held Mt Lamar.
Colorado, September 7, A. D., 1903, we
hereby issue the call for a Republican
County Convention to be held at the
Court Horse in Lamar, on Saturday,
September 26, 1903, for the purpose Of
selecting four az delegates to the Re
publican State Conventional Denver on
September %, 1903, the selection Of a
Chairman and County Committee for
the ensuing year, and for the transac-
tion Of any other business that may
properly come before SAID convention.
The apportionment Of delegates from
the various precincts will be as follows:
Lamar, No. l. .....4 Holly, No. q. g
Granada, No. 3, 30 Lamar. No 4,...7
Carlton, No. 5,...2 North Side No. 6, 2
North Side, No.7,.3 Lamar, No. &, "a
Amity, No. 9,.....4
Precinct committeeman will call the
the primaries in their respective pre-
cints for Thursday, September "a, 1903,
in tho afternoon.
GEO. b. merrill, GRANNY HILLYER,
Secretary. Chairman.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
NOT WITH MALICE PREPENsE.
Unconscious Humor That Gets Into
the NeMspapers,

Unconscious Humor That Gets Into
the Newspapers.
]. L. Harbour, one of the editors CT
The Youths Companion and an
author, delights in poring the papers
for unconscious humor. He says that
descriptions of weddings are invaria-
bly, funny, and among the instances
he cites is a paragraph which indulges
in eulogy concerning the bride and
bridegroom, and concludes with, I'VE
wish them all happiness, for John is
one of our best young men, and so
is Mary" He also tells of the minute
descriptions of gifts which are set
forth in rural papers on the occasion
of marriage, and says that in such
a paper he found: "The brides gift
to the groom was a large hair wreath
made of his family and hers.
Aunt Emma Leach presented the
couple with handsome motto Fight
on. The brides father gave her one
copy of Bunyan's Pilgrim Progress
and one Jersey COW bound in leather"
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Blum Seaman inspire. Pastor.

From a primitive village in Long
Island comes the story Of congre-
CATION whose pastor was debarred
from preaching to them because of
illness. To fill his place one Sunday
there came a newly ordained minis
ter, who had never had chance be-
fore to preach. He was nervous, and
As he ascended the pulpit stairs his
knees smote together. The sexton,
q bluff old retired sea captain, was
sorry for the youth and. leaning for
ward, he said in hoarse whisper:
''lf you knew this congregation as
well as do, you wouldn't care a cuss
for the whole of them!"
A calm settled upon the preachers
nervous system. for the ancient mar
liner had spoken a word in due sea
son.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Phone 43 Black
Evening Hymn.

Evening Hymn.
To the sound of evening bells
All that lives to rest repairs.
Birds unto their leafy dells,
Beasts unto their forest lairs.
All things wear a home-bound look.
From the weary hind that plod4
Through the cornnelds. to the roof
Sailing towards the glimmering woods.
IT'S the time with power to bring
fearful memories of home
To the sailor wandering
On the far-on barren foam.
What . still and holy time!
Yonder glowing sunset seems
Like the pathway to CLINE
Only seen till now in dreams.
Pilgrim! here compelled to roam.
Nor allowed that path to tread:
Now. when sweetest sense of home
On all living hearts IL shed.
Doth not yearning sad. sublime,
At this season stir thy breast.
That thou canst not at this time
Seek thy home and happy rest?
Richard Chenevix Trench.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
A APoIItIcaI LochInvar.

Early in the week there was an as
pirant for presidential honors in our
midst. We speak of the Hon. David
r. Francis as such because little
presidential boomlet in his behalf
was launched the day of his depart
ure
Mr.. Francis while here undertook
to bring out of chaos the affairs OF
Colorado's turbulent worlds fair
board, and from all indications his
polital astuteness was shown to some
advantage in this way as well as the
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Calamity Campaign In ohio

Calamity Campaign In Ohio.
In his campaign for the Senate
Mark Hanna is opposed by Demo-
cratic reformer named Clarke, who
enjoys the distintion OF being the
first and only gold-bug Democrat to
receive the support OF Colonel Will
lam Jennings Bryan.
Mr.. Clarke has followed demo-
cratic precedent and raised the flag
of calamity, around which he appeals
TO republicans to rally. He gives
his chief reason why republicans
should vote the democratic ticket the
startling prediction that the whole
country is on the verge of financial
collapse.
This is the same reason Mr.. Bryan
gave his hearers for deserting the
republican party, and ii is based
upon the theory that when candi
date has nothing that will appeal to
the reason OF voter, the proper
thing to do is to play upon his fears.
So the blunder made by Mr.. Bry-
an is to be repeated, and the calami-
ty campaign is on in Ohio. 1t seems
that the more experience the demo
cratic leaders have, the less they un-
derstand the people. If there is ever
time when the people Of this coun
try do not want the democrats in
power, it is when financial col
lapse is due.
Past experience has shown that
democratic victory and financial dis
tress go hand in hand, and If Mr..
Clarke succeeds in convincing any
one that a panic is coming, he will
at the same time furnish the voter
with additional reasons for not vot-
ing for him. Mr.. Clarke could have
selected no better means Of pleasing
Mr.. Hanna than by adopting the ca
lamity issue.-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

Notice is hereby given that the repub-
lican primary for Lamar Precinct No.
to elect delegates to the county con-
vention at Lamar on Sept. 26, 1903, will
be held at the hose house on Thursday
Sept. "a, 1903, at 2 p. IN.
j. X. DOUGHTY, Com.
Notice is hereby given that the repub-
lican primary for Lamar Precinct No. 4
to elect delegates to the county con-
vention at Lamar on Sept. 26, 1903, will
be held at the court house op Thursday
Sept. "a, 1903, at 2 p. IN.
GEO. b. MERRILL, Com.
Notice is hereby given that the repub-
lican primary for Lamar Precinct No. 8
to elect A delegates to the county con-
vention at Lamar on Sept 26, 1903, will
be held at Strains Creamery building,
on Thursday, Sept. "a, 1903, at 2 p. m.
Cora STRAIN, Com.
Notice is hereby given that the repub-
lican primary for Carlton Precinct No.
to elect delegates to the county con.
vention at Lamar on Sept. 2G, 1903, will
be held at the school house on Thursday
Sept. "a, 1903, at p. IN.
GEo. E. CASE, Com.
Notice is hereby given that the repub-
lican primary for North Side Precinct
No. 6 to elect 2 delegates to the county
convention at Lamar on Sept. 26, 1903,
will be held at Markham school house
on Thursday, Sept. "a, 1908. at 4 p. m.
j. F. LAY, Com.
Notice is hereby given that the repub.
lican primary for North Side Precinct
No. to elect delegates to the county
convention at Lamar on Sept. 26, 1903
will be held at the Pleasant Valley school
house on Thursday, Sept. "a, 1903, at 4
p. m. w. II. BLossEs, Com.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
DISCUSS WATER SUIT.
kansas--coiorado Water Suit De-
fendants Confer.

Denver, Sept. 2l.-All of the at
toroeys connected with the Kansas
Colorado water suit held confer
ence in the attorney generals Office
this afternoon for the purpose Of out.
lining the work in connection with
the suit.
At the opening of the conference
Attorney General Miller stated to the
attorneys representing the ditch
companies that the attorneys of the
state had decided to defend separate.
ly, and will file their own answers.
The answers must be filed by Octo-
Der IL.
The ditch companies who were
made defendants in the snits by a
recent action of the Kansas attorney
general will also file answers in be-
half Of their companies.
The following are the attorneys at
today's conference:
Joe F. Vsile, Platte Rogers, F. E.
Gregg, q. q. Dawson, Ex Chief JUS
tice Hsight, D. q. Beaman, q. E.
Cast, w. r. Hartman, W. H. Luet-
ers, Charles E. Harrington. Besides
the attorneys there was also repre-
sented several of the managers ri
the ditch companies.
At the conference Attorney Gen
eral Miller stated that very little was
done except to decide for the state
to defend separately. In the amend
ed bill which he will file October ~,
the attorney general will make very
few changes from the bill as it was
originally filed. The only change
will be IN reference to the "return"
water. These are waters that flow
back into the river from the ground
that has been irrigated and will be
mentioned to show that the state
does not waste the waters OF the Ar
kansas as is claimed by Kansas
Pueblo Chieftain.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Train Three Years Late.

When the Gulf & Interstate train
arrived at Beaumont, Tex, Sunday it
was almost three years late. The train
left Galveston Sept. 8, 1900, on a
straight track. A hurricane wrecked
the roadbed and left thegtrain stand
ing in the prairie with only enough
rails to support 1t. The owners of the
road have been rebuilding at the rate
OF a mile a month and reached the
train Sunday evening. The engine
was fred Sunday and brought ink.
change.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

net officers, prominent statesmen
and scientific men of tho East cross
the continent to attend the Congress,
to lend the movement their public
support. For the launching of this
great national conversion aud public
sentiment which sustains it, the
West is indebted to Theodore Roose-
velt.-State Journal.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
The loss Of tho cantaloupe Gro

The loss Of tho cantaloupe crop
was serious blow to some Of the
farmers of the valley, and to some it
will be good lesson as to the wis
dom of stalking everything on one
crop. The cantaloupes are all right
and we believe will average greater
profits than any other crops. but the
greatest safety is in diversity of
crops.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

Gov. Peabody is obeying Sher-
man Bells orders with . promptness
that indicates he regards them as
much more sacred than his own per
sonal word of honor.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

A half dozen celebrated physicians
have held a consultation over Sir
Thomas Upton and still he is re-
covering. The admiration which the
American people have expressed for
his nerve will be greatly enhanced
now.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

All cities in Colorado can adopt
charters, we understand, under the
Rush amendment, but Denver's ex-
perience is sufficient to make any
other community 60 slow about at
tempting it.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

A district Judge used to be con-
siderable parsonage in this state, but
that was before we had Sherman
Bell.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Taking out the Romance.

That back East poet who wishes he
were the belt that clasps my ladye's
waist" might feel somewhat embar-
rassed to learn that she got 1t at a
bargain sale for 10 cents.-Denver
Post.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Pathetic Contrsst.

The voice of mother calling her
boy to quit the ball game and come
into the house travels 1442 feet sec
ond. which is considerably faster than
the boy moves in response to the ma
ternal summons.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Admiral Is Wisconsin Man.

Admiral Cotton, commanding the
American squadron recently received
with high honor by the German EN-
peror and navy at Kiel is native Of
Milwaukee, in which city he spent his
boyhood.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

The fair season has closed and as
Colorado has very little foot ball and
less politics this fall we look for a
very dull season.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
Live stock Transportation.

The percentage of loss in ocean
transit of live stock in 1902 was 0.13
for cattle, 0.s9 for sheep and 0.65 for
horses, which was considerably less
than for the preceding year.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

An exchange complains because
most of the delegates to the irriga
tion congress were politicians. 1t
was perfectly proper, because a man
must be an expert irrigationist to be
q politician.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23

A medical authority has just dis
covered that the X rays will cure
badness. An X raise has been a
hair raiser mosk ever since the ma
tional game Of Poker was invented.
The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
furnished Rooms.

l have number Of neat, clean and
nicely furnished rooms for rent. over D.
L, Silver's store.
Mrs. NJ. j. RINEHART.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
BATTLE ON A CAR
THREE MASKED MEN ATTEMPT
TO HOLD UP CAR NEAR LOS
ANGELES.
ENGAGED IN A HOT PISTOL DUEL
ONE PASSENGER WAS KILLED
AND THREE SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED.
ROBBERS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
OFFICERS HURRY TO THE SCENE
BUT No TRACE OF THE MEN
WAS FOUND.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 24.-Three
masked robbers attempted to hold up
a car on the Los Angeles-Pacifc cleo
trio line running between Los Angeles
OF the city limits Saturday night, and
after a pistol duel between C. w.
Henderson, one Of the passengers, and
n Of the robbers, the other two high
waymen began shooting right and left
through the car. One passenger was
killed and three wounded. 1t 10 be-
lieved that one Of the robbers was
badly wounded.
The hold-up occurred at the head OF
q deep cut. The robbers had placed n
steel rail, a large bench and a cement
barrel on the track. Charles Curry,
the motorman, saw the obstruction
when the car was several hundred
yards from 1t and at once turned OF
the current and ran slowly to the
place. The moment the car struck,
three men,
Wearing Masks
W. their faces, sprang from the
weeds alongside the track. One board
ed the front end Of the a and the
other two the rear end. The first man
commanded the passengers occupying
the open seats to put UP their hands,
and when one of them did not comply
he fired a shot. Henderson then
opened fire on the robber, shooting as
fast az he could pull the trigger. The
robber turned his gun upon Hender-
son, but as he did SO he was seen to
bend over and cry out as il in pain.
Then strengthening up, he began shoot
ing at the passengers huddled up in
the front seats. One of the bullets
struck Ellis Pearson in the left leg.
Henderson continued firing and the
robber was seen to fall. While this
was going on OF the outside of the
car, a tragedy was being enacted on
the inside of the car. The two robbers
who had entered the rear door COM
manded the passengers to raise their
hands and most of them did so. Be-
fore any attempt could be made by the
robbers to
Seorch the Passengers
for their valuables the shooting began
on the outside of the IA Then the
other two robbers began shooting
right and left into the crowd of pas
sengers. After emptying their re-
volvers the robbers backed out OF the
door and sprang of the a and dis
appeared.
Every available officer was sent to
the scene as soon as the new of the
hold-up reached the city, but no trace
of the robbers was found.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Crimes and Criminals.

DIR. Julian Baker, a physician OF
Marlborough, N. c., shot and perhaps
fatally wounded II. T. Bass,
A row between Doorkeeper Clark
and Representative Selph nearly
caused a free-for-all fight in the lower
house of the Missouri Legislature.
Adolph Kraauss. an insane German
farmer living twenty-one miles west Of
st. Louis, near RelfOuntaine, killed his
wife and six children with a sledge
hammer.
Two women have been sentenced in
the court of special sessions in Brook
Ign to serve ten months in the peni-
Tertiary for using improper language
on the streets.
Sick and discouraged because .he
could find no employment and because
her mother in Philadelphia refused to
take her home, Mary Fischer, a TWEEN
ty-year-old chorus girl. committed sui
eide In Washington.
Remorse and fear over the belief
that he had killed a playmate named
Laura Wainwright by hitting her with
a stone, caused Warren Fleming, aged
nine years, to shoot himself dead at
B~elleville, III.
Fifteen Purdee freshmen were fined
for disorderly conduct at Lafayette,
Ind. Sophomores and freshmen also
arranged to pay $3.50 for the damage
done when the freshmen attacked the
sophomore banquet.
William Hamilton, a negro, suffering
from pneumonia, became violently in
sane in the city hospital at Louisville,
caught UP a chair and Drained FraAce
Winder. an insane inmate sixty years
Of age. Or. Bronner was slightly hurt.
A double tragedy occurred at the
Opp house at Findlay. Ohio, as a result
of a quarrel between Lewis Routson
and his seyenteen-year-old wife. Rout-
son Shot both his wife and her mother
at a masquerade. The mother will re-
cover.
In a frenzy OF mania, Mrs. James
Strowbridge of Guyanoga village, N.
Y, killed her daughter, aged twenty
six. and her mother, aged eighty, and
after setting NIe W ti'e MUSE ia WAlcH
the bodies lay, she deliberately en-
tered it and persisted in the flames.
William Minch of Washington, H.,
rode to the home of his brotherin-law,
Odam Oetzel, and shot him in the
back, killing him instantly. Then
Minch rode to the home of his former
wife and cut off her right ear and one
of the fingers of her left hand. He
then killed himself. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
ONCE A
Sad End of Charles II. Tugman, Once
a Rival Of Armour g. Co.

Sad End of Charles II. Tugman, Once
a Rival of Armour G. Co.
New York, March 25.-After a life
in which he had run the gamut from
great wealth to deepest poverty, Chas.
H. Tugman, once a conspicuous rival
of Armour & Co. in Chicago, and later
meeting ruin there, a power on the
New York produce exchange, has died
in st. Vincent's hospital. Though his
name once had been good for millions,
he died practically from starvation in
a pauper's bed, and the friends who
had known him in better days learned
Of it too late to save him from the pot
ter's field. Always a relentless fighter,
Tugman was involved in a lawsuit at
the time of his death. 1t was a bitter
fight, waged in the courts of Illinois
with the city of Chicago more than
thirty years ago, that, coupled with I'M
fortunate deals in wheat, ruined him
in the West and sem him East.