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La Junta tribune., 1903-04-25
II Jv"ss woms"'s cius.

A social meeting OF the. Woman s
club was oeld at the home OF Mrs.
w. h. Bragg. Friday, April 18TH.
The rooms were aItistically dec
Grated with graceful fesroons vi
pink and white paper, and potted
plants. The regular business was
dispensed with and program Civ.
en- as follows:
Piano duet .-.-. Mr.. Cole and Mr. Garpopd
Papcr-Am-rican Women Mu.icisns ,...
....--..--.---..-. .--- ----.r-... Mo- Insc
solo. o.. .-...---.-t..-.s... Mr.. wsn-i
Piano solo --......-......-.. Miss Mncke,
Mrs. Bragg CAV. synopsis OF
the bohemian Girl" and the
choicest roles OF this beautiful
opera were sung by Mrs. Warner
and Mrs. Bragg.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess. who was as
sisted by Mrs. Har,, Mrs. Warner
and Mrs. Jones.
A large number OF guests were
present besides the regular mem
bers. The visitors were:
Mesdames Beerbohm, Ssbin.
Bacharach. Sherman, Banning,
Honaker, Wood. Winchell. Beard.
Andrews, Best. Holly, McCor-
mack. Garwood. Cain, Siefel,
Morse. English. Shotwell, Mackic,
Cartwright. Whittinghill. Andrews
and Wonderly; Misses Wilson.
Norton, Mackie and Veasie.
La Junta tribune., 1903-04-25

The Boulder oil field OF Colo
RADIO, in which number OF Otero
county residents are interested,
has been investigated during the
past year by Prof. N. NJ. Femme
man, OF the United States Geolog
ical Survey, and report thereon
is now in press. Attempts to find
oil in the vicinity OF Boulder date
back to 1867. The surface indica-
tions consist OF a strong bitnmi.
nous odor Of certain shales, and
of seepages called oil springs.
Fresh and salt waters are encoun.
tered in drilling, but holes are
generally dry below 100 or 200
feet. Eighty-two wells have been
drilled or started up to February
1, 1908. About two hundred bar
rels day were pumped during
January, 1903.
La Junta tribune., 1903-04-25
City v.ssss,s,'s asss,s.

City Treasurer Fisher made his
annual report to the city council
las, Monday night, showing the
receipts and disbursements for the
year ending April IS. 1908. The
report. with the exception of the
receipts aud disbursements from
each separate fund, is as follows:
La Junta tribune., 1903-04-25

La JusIA wss orgssissd .ad Incorporated
- . tosh us.alsr the wesxral Laws Of the state
- Colorsda, March q, isei. Os April 5. isass.
q bse.me . city of thu ssroasd eiass- Popa-
lAtion. ir4,isssiing additions, about 4, 30
-s0srz, Holly passr work. ouns-d by city,
~asshisg f.esory. largest brick plant IN ths
~o.e IN barrel Boar mill. 1D.fsD moetAly
Santa Hs payroll aud is . fkrivinx. indnssss-
snd presperosas eosnmunisy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
Raise Good Poultry.

The extraordinary high prices for all
kinds of poultry the past year will cause
many of our farmers to engage in the
business on more extensive scale, for
they are assured of good prices for all
they have to sell. Care should be taken
to secure good breeding stock for it will
pay to raise good poultry the same as it
does good cattle and hogs.
1t is fact that poultry keeping, as it
is practiced on the average farm, is far
from being successful. This is due to
several reasons, the most important of
which is that the farmer looks upon
poultry keeping as something rather
too small for him to be bothered with,
and as result the fowls are left to care
for themselves. The average farmer
knows and cares little about breeds; he
stocks his farm with lot OF mongrels
bought from other farmers, most of
them from strains long run out. The
result is that he has lot of fowls that
are heavy eaters and producers of very
few eggs. The.farmer is better situated
for raising poultry than most people.
He has the necessary land on which to
raise the feed, the orchards for shade,
the meadows and pasture for grass and
range. If he would make up his mind
to acknowledge the fact that fowls lay.
ing the largest number of eggs yearly
are the results of careful selection, and
took up with twenty-five or fifty such
fowls, giving them proper care, feed and
attention, and endeavoring to improve
the strain, be would soon see where the
profit was, and learn to increase the val
ue of his flock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
There was No Church.

1t ls well known fact that many of
the subscribers to the rural farm tele.
phone lines running out of Leon cannot
resist the temptation to take down the
receiver whenever they hear one of their
neighbors ring their phone and listen to
the conversation. If the person who
first rings listens carefully he can hear
the click, click, of the receivers all along
the line as they are taken down. A
prominent farmer, who lives near
Grown, had occasion to call party on
the phone recently and heard the re-
ceivers all along the line come own, so
he thought he would teach them les
son. After waiting few moments be
simply said There will be no church
Tonight and hung up the receiver.
There was special services at the church
that evening, and when the minister
arrived he was indeed surprised to find
that the janitor of the church was the
only person there, so the church was
closed and no services held. And still
some people wonder how the word got
out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
Decatur Hasn't One.

Attorney G. w. Hoffman Of Leon.
who was here this week to assist in the
defense of George Price, and who never
accepts the other side Of a criminal case,
learned while here that one Of his
clients, young Lamont man convicted
OF larceny, had been pardoned out.
This leaves Decatur county without a
single representative in an Iowa pen.
itentiary, and Mr.. Hoffman is inclined
to challenge any other Iowa county to
show similar state of affairs. Some of
Calls Ringgold county friends tell him
that it might be more creditable to a
county to have some of Its citizens in
the pen than out, but he persistently
refuses to accept that view of the case. -
Mt. Ayr. News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26

signs of Frank Landreth to get possess
| sion af Gertie Blackmore He dive at
length on the uncertain and conf letting
nature of the girls own testimony.
| .. w. Hoffman made the concluding
argument for the defense He made
fierce attack upon Frank Landre1h and
Frank Fuller. Persecution, perjury,
and intimidation were some of the
otfenses he charged upon the prosecu
ton. He asserted that the state had
been IN constant communication with
the prosecuting witness in spite of the
courts order. He,as well as Mr.. Smith,
poured ont vials of wrath upon Miss
Dell Nelson, teacher at the I.ict school
house, who had contradicted their wit.
nesses on the point of Frank l.andreth
calling at the school bouse for Ciertle
Blackmore. He referred repeatedly to
Landreth's statement that he would
spend $4,000 to convict Price
V. K. McGinnis began at 8 O'Clock
this morning the final argument for the
state. He devoted large part OF his
time to presenting the theory that the
whole conduct of Price since the legal
action began, and the plan OF defense
indicted CONSCIOUSNESS of guilt. His
eHort was to convince the nrv that
guilt was proved even without the eyj-
dence of Gertie Blackmore. At times
he amused the jurors as we'll as the
spectators by his sarcastic ti,rests at
the defendants attorneys, when how
ever were made without bitterness. In
the next part of his speech he exclaimed
the discrepancies in the testimony of
the prosecuting witness He repeatedly
charged perjury upon WiIkie, Gray,
Miller and Daisy Powell and Miss Buell.,
and highly praised Mr.. and Mrs. Land.
reth Tor their efforts to pro.ecs their
niece. MIR. McGinnis talked over two
hours and half, and at times grew in
tensely eloquent.
The courts instructions were deliver.
ed beginning at 1880. Besides the for
NAL and usual instructions in all crimi-
nal cases the court instructed the iury
that the girls immsturity OF mind and
any evidences of attempts to influence
her testimony should be considered.
Frank Landreth, uncle of Gertrude
Blackmore, the prosecuting witness in
the Price case, was made the girls guar
dian yesterday afternocp.- by Judge
Parrish. This action was taken upon
the request of the girl herself, after
Thomas Dull had resigned,his guardian
ship.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
MORTUARY.
Fred A. Smith.

Died, Fred A. Smith. aged 26 years
and two months at the home of E. P.
Hall, Saturday, February IA, 1908.
Deceased was the fourth son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Smith, who came to
Decatur county in the early 7O's, both
now in the happy land across the river.
He was born in Decatur county, De-
cember IA, 1877, and all of his boyhood
days were spent in this vicinity, in
which time he made large number of
friends and not one enemy. E. j.
Smith, of Guthrie Center, Elmer Smith,
of Norwalk, Mrs. f. j.. Hall and Roy
Smith of this city are left to mourn for
him. In 1899 the dread disease first
made its appearance and he went to
California in hopes of regaining his
health, but to no avail. Elmer Smith
and Mrs. Hall were called to Redlands,
California, and upon arriving there it
was decided to bring Fred back to the
old home, that he might spend the re.
mainder of his days midst old friends
and the scenes Of his youth. They left
there Friday. February &, and should
have arrived in Van Vert on the follow
ing Monday, but the train was forty.
eight hours behind time and it was
Wednesday afternoon, February IL,
when they reached this city. They
went at once to the home of E: P. Hall,
where on last Saturday, at p. M, his
spirit took its fight. A large number of
friends and relatives attended the fun.
eral services held at the Christian
church IN this city, Monday, conducted
by Rev. Lemmen, of Norwalk. His re-
mains were laid to rest in our beautiful
cemetery, where he sleeps the peaceful
sleep Of Gods chosen.-Van Vert Rec
ord
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26

Tue sday morning the prisoners were
taken to Council Bluffs to await the &C.
ton of the grand jury which will meet
at Avoca April Ia.
Mr.. and Mrs. McDaniels and their
two sons, aged l5 and years respect
lively, lived in house on the Tom pkin's
farm half mile west of town, rented by
Livix, and the latter made his home
with them. For year or more it is
said there has been considerable trouble
between the woman and her husband.
Not much is known of Mrs. McDan-
iels. Her parents live at Valentine,
Kansas. Bert Livix has lived in this
vicinity for abont fifteen years and has
always been considered an inoffensive
young man.
1t is claimed that criminal intimacy
has existed for some time between
Livix and Mrs. McDaniels and that she
is much in love with the former. This
fact may have some bearing upon her
motive for wishing to be rid of her hus.
band.
Sunday evening the body of the dead
man was brought to the undertaking
rooms of Smith & Travis, pending the
arrival of relatives from Davis City,
Iowa, who had been notified Monday
noon. A brother came and accompan-
led the remains to DAVIS City.
On Tuesday other more important
features in the case arose. Constable
Miller, G. Il. Summit and 'Morey Du.
pray went out to the place and made
thorough examination of the house.
They discovered blood stained dress,
skirt and butcher knife. The dress was
found tucked away at the foot of Mrs.
McDaniels bed. A hammer was also
picked up underneath the dresser,
which is supposed to have been done in
knocking the top off the bureau.
Wednesdays Nonpariel says that
County Attorney Killpack is of the
opinion that the two prisoners killed
McDaniels. 1t is believed that con-
fessioD may soon be secured from either
one of them or from the young son Of
Mrs. McDaniels who was present when
his father either committed suicide or
was murdered. When questioned re.
garding the tragedy both Of the prison
ers claim that Barney McDaniels came
to his death through suicide.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
Mrs. J.L. Palmer.

Died, at her home in this city. Feb.
IL, 1908, Mrs j. L. Palmer. aged 80
yearsb7 months and "a days.
Funeral services were held at the
home of the deceased Sunday, Feb. Is,
1903, at2 p. M, conducted by Rev.
Tenant, of the NJ. Il. church, Of this
city. The remains we're taken Monday
morning to Toledo, Iowa, where they
were inferred in the family burial lot, by
the side of her husband, who passed in
to the great beyond at his home in this
city Wednesday, December, "a, 1902.
Miss Celtic Fasan was united in mar.
riage to Mr.. j. L.. Palmer November 2S,
1897, at the M. 4. church of Adel, Iowa
Rev. Nye officiating. To this union were
born three children, all of whom are
left to mourn the loss Of kind and loving
parents.
J. B. Hedge, Worshington, Ind,
brother.in.law Of Mrs. Palmer, and two
nephews, w. s. Lasy, Of Oskaloosa, and
Frank Lacy, Of Stuart, were, present at
the funeral services. The remains were
met at Toledo by her father, Mr.. Chas.
Pagan, Of Union, Iowa.
The three children will bs adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hedge and Grandma
Palmer will make her future home with
then.-VanWer Record.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ganter, died last Thursday night
the spark of life having been very feeble
since its birth on Feb. 9TH. Funeral
services were held from the home on
Friday afternoon At 2 o'clock, conduct.
ed by Elder nubbsl, pastor of the
Christian church, and the little body
tenderly laid to rest in the Leon GENE.
terry. The bereayed young parents, have
the sympathy Of all in their affliction,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
A Fierce Criminal.

On advice from the sheriff of Dewitt
county illinois, Marshal McDiffitt
arrested and holdsln the tolls of the
law pending the arrival of an officer
from illinois, one John Anderson,
charged with having basely deserted his
wife and children, residents of Clinton.
the county seat of Dewitt county.
A Lariat man interviewed the prisoner
who seemed not the least worried over
his predicament. Anderson has the
appearance of being quiet, hard work
ing laborer, and the latter, he repre-
sents himself to be.
His version of his leaving home, which
occurred Jan. 25th, is to the effect that
his wife is of bad repute and made his
home hell on earth. She was his
second wife and each had ready made
family of children when they we're
married. She treated his children so
mean he was forced to put them out
with friends and relatives. Things went
from bad to worse and then he went.
But Mr.. Anderson didn't go until Mrs.
Anderson said to him, "Mr. Anderson,
you old the vacancy
caused by your absence is more accept
able than your company. Now,
you, want you to leave and
if had the money I'd give it to y ou to
get rid of you"
And Johnny went.
We don't blame him.-Davis City
Lariat,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
Decatur County Students Win Hon
ors at State Normal School.

Decatur County had two represen nta.
tives In the recent triangular debate be-
tween the college debating societies in
the State Normal School who won con.
siderable honor for their society and
themselves. Prof. J. l.. Latta and Macy
Campbell of Pleasantoa won the deeis.
ion of the judges in the Philamathea n
Hall against the Orie Society, they rep.
resenting the Aristotslian Society. This
is considered great honor at the State
Normal School and anyone who has
been in one of these debates knows that
the honor is won with great deal of
work and excellent skill in, debate. 1t
is very interesting to note, also, that
these worthy young men are from the
same county. TIE State Normal School
is by far the largest school in the state
of Iowa and has larger enrolment this
year than ever. There is great strife
there to win in the triangular debates
and the best men are selected to repre-.
sent the societies. This is one of the
most important events during the
whole year for the college and we con-
slider this quite an honor for Decatur
county. The question debated was,
Resolved-That the U. S. government
should own and operate the railroads
within its jurisdiction, and Prof. Latta
and Mr. Campbell had the negative side
in the Philo Hall against their renown-
ed opponents, the Ories.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
patterson-Corbett.

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Corbett, last Tuesday evening, at 6
O'Clock, occurred the marriage of their
daughter, Bessie, to Mr.. James R. Pat
terson, OF this city, Justice Skidmore
officiating. Only the near relatives and
friends were present at the ceremony,
which was followed by bountiful wed
ding supper. The record joins their
many friends in wishing them a happy
and prosperous voyage on lIfe's sea-
Van Vert Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
Mysterious Circumstance.

One was pale and sallow and the.
other fresh and rosy. Whence the diff
ference? She who is blushing with
health uses DR.. Kings New Life Pills to
maintain it. By gently arousing the
lazy organs they compel good digestion
aud head of constipation. Try them.
Only 25c. at L. 'vanWerden, druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26

What's the secret of happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels, the
stomach, the liver and kidneys strong
and active. Burdock Blood Bitters
does it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
When Yon ivy BIueina

insist on getting Russ Bleaching Blue Don't
take cheap imitation. All grocers, 10c 27.4t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-02-26
Russ Bleachinu Blue

should be in every home. Ask your grocer for
IT and take no substitute. 10c q package. T-4t
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-01
ri AM A SAFE BLOWER"
CAUSED ARREST OF TWO
Men Who We're Under Suspicion When PatroIman
Zipperer Asked Them to Disclose Identity.

l am a safe-blower from Chicago.
This statement. intended as a joke,
made on train at the Union Station
early yesterday afternoon by one or
two men who were at the time under
police surveillance. caused the deten-
ton of w. A. AnO1e and l.. M. RIGHT
meyer at the police station house for
several hours.
The men had read the account in the
Morning News of the Foye & Eckstein
safe robbery, and when Anole was
asked by Union Station Patrolman Zip
perer who he was, he made the state
ment credited above. The two men
had checked their baggage for Char
lesion, and their train was about to
leave when they were taken off by the
uniformed man.
Detectives Murphy and Wall were on
their way to the Union Station, and the
two men were kept there until the ar
rival of the plain clothes men. When
the uniformed man told the detectives
of Anole's statement. they decided to
hold the men for a few hours and in
vestigate certain circumstances that
had been made known to them. Meth
er of the strangers knew that they
were under suspicion when they at
tempted to joke with the officers.
The plain clothes men had received
information that two strangers had
rented room on West Broad street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-01
DECEMBER SHOULD BE
COOL BUT PLEASANT

December should be cool, but pleas
been computed from the records for the
past thirty-two years in Savannah, and
if the present month comes near the
average, neither extreme should be ex-
perienced.
The records show that the average
temperature of the month should be So
degrees. In the past thirty-two years
the warmest month was December. in
1889, with an average temperature of
&C degrees. The coolest December was
in 1876, when the average was Al de-
grees. The highest temperature at
tanned during a December was so de-
grees, the registra tion on Dec. 30, 1875.
The lowest reading was II degrees, on
Dec. 20, 1894.
The average amount of rainfall has
been 3.15 inches. There has been an
than .01 of an inch fell. The greatest
rainfall was 7.99 inches, in December.
1887, and the least was less than .01 of
an inch in 1889. The greatest amount
that fell in any twenty-four consecu-
tive hours was 1893 inches on Dec. IL,
1896 On Dec. 6, 1886, Dec. q, 1892 and
Dec. 81, 1899, there have been traces
of snow.
OF the thirty-onc days in the month
twelve have generally been clear. Ten
have been partly cloudy, and the re-
naming nine cloudy. The prevailing
direction of the wind has been from
the northwest though the highest We
locity attained was a wind blowing
from the southwest. This occurred on
Dec. of last year, when a. velocity of
forty miles an hour was recorded.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-01

some days ago, and that they had re-
fused to permit any one to go inside.
They preferred to clean the room up
themselves and kept the door locked.
The men paid for the room up to next
Saturday night, and when they depart
ed rather suddenly. the plain clothes
men were made aware of the fact. Pa
trolman Zipperer was also told to keep
his eyes on the two men. They acted
In a rather suspicious manner around
the station, and after they had check
ed their baggage and gotten on the
train, the uniformed man telephoned to
police headquarters for instructions.
When Detective Murphy learned that
the suspects were about to leave the
city. he told the man at the railroad
station to detain them by all means
until his arrival. The baggage of the
suspects was stopped by telegraph, and
the suit cases that the men carried
were sent to police headquarters. Then
the prisoners explained their actions by
showing that they were chemists, and
had been engaged in selling an ink
eradicator of their own manufacture.
The contents of their dress suit cases
proved their assertions, and the police
received other information that con-
WINGED them that the strangers were
all that they claimed to be, and had
simply made a mistake in Joking at a.
time when they were really under sus-
p1clon. The men were given their free
dom after they had been in custody
tve or six hours, and Anole declared
that in the future ne would refrain from
joking with patrolmen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-01
CLAIMS TO BE PREACHER
BUT THE POLICE DOUBT.
Man Who Says He Is Rev. c. A. Ham
iItOn Is Held by hOrities.

Man Who Says He Is Rev. &. A. Ham
iItOn Is Held by Authorities.
Claiming to be Rev. c. A. Hamilton
of Martinsville, Va. a middle aged man
of clerical appearance, is held pris-
oner at the police station house. He
was arrested as a suspicious character
by Detective Murphy yesterday morn
ing.
1t was reported to the plain clothes
man that the individual who claimed
TO be Rev. Hamilton was not all that
he seemed. and the arrest was made.
When searched at the police station
house a subscription list was found on
the prisoner, and it was shown that he
had started in collecting in Savannah.
Hamilton stated that his gospel tent
in Augusta was blown down and de-
stroyed several months ago. and that
until another could be secured services
could not be held. The list showed
that he had made quite a number of
small collections in Charleston and
elsewhere. He assured the police that
they had made a great mistake in
placing him under arrest, and that he
was really what he claimed to be. He
stated that he had been collecting for
the tent since September.
kilograms were sent by the superin-
tendent of police to both Augusta and
Martinsville, and answers were re-
ceiVed that warrant the police in hold
ing the man who claims to be Rev
{. A. Hamilton. The Augusta police
reported that the only gospel tent, SO
far as they are aware, that had been
destroyed by a storm in that city, was
owned and used by negroes. The man
whom the police have in custody says
that services for whites were held in
his tent.
A telegram from the chief of police
of Martinsville said that Rev. c. A.
Hamilton was at that place, and charg-
ed that the man under arrest must be
fake, and that Mr.. Hamilton will be
in Savannah tomorrow. No other in
formation was contained in the mes
sage, and just what the Martinsville
preacher knows of the man here will
not be ascertained until his arrival.
Even after the receipt of the message
the man under arrest claimed that he
had told true story, and that they
there were two Hamiltons in Martins
vile who are pastors.