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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15
SUMPTER VALLEY
EXTENSION.
Road to be Built Beyond Whit
ney as Soon as Weather
Opens Up.

Joseph Barton, general freight and
passenger agent Of the Sumpter
Valley Railroad company, who was
In the city Friday to meet CON-
mittee Of business men regarding u
reduction Of freight rates, concerning
the improvements contemplated, said:
'Wo will be ready to start the
extension from whitney into the
Greenhorns as soon IA the weather will
permit. As has been stated rails for
about twelve miles have been ordered
and the proposed route surveyed. !
am not In u position to say, however,
will be exactly twelve miles, since u
small part Of the rails ordered will he
needed In repairing the old line
between here and Baker City, II Is
the policy of the company tn put this
part Of the road In first class repair,
Tho old thirty five. pound iron rails
are gradually being replaced with
forty pound steel, until now very lit
tie Of the lighter iron rails remain.
A force of twenty Japs IL to be
put ON ut once and u steam shovel
will also be used In repairing the
line and putting II In first class
condition,
"Our new engines and cars recently
ordered are expected to arrive before
long. aud the company Is bending its
energies to put the road In good
repair throughout. We will begin
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15
TO MAKE MAP
FOR SEWERS.
City Engineer Appointed to do
Preliminary Work for
Drainage System.

The preliminary work Of making q
sewer map, plans and estimates for q
sewer system, Is to begin at once.
At the last meeting of the city coun-
Gil, Mayor McCulloch appointed G.
II. Fenner city engineer, and 1t Is
understood immediate action toward
getting together the necessary data
for the council to proceed in this
matter Is to be taken. The city
engineer of Sumpter Is not employed
at so much month, and expected to
devote his whole time to the office,
but is hired at a.. 80 day when his
services are needed. Hitherto,
during the incumbency of Mayor
McCulloch, there has been no de-
mand for such service.
After the plans and estimates for
sewer system are completed, the
council will proceed to take such
steps as are necessary toward carry
ing these plans into execution. 1t
Is stated that the method Of proce-
dure will probably he to issue bonds
for the amount required to build the
system. Recognizing that Sumpter
ia likely to double in population
within the next few years, the plan
Ia to make the sewer system much
more extensive than the present de-
mands require, thereby saving extra
trouble and expense in the future.
Mayor McCulloch at the meeting
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15
Pine Creek Placers.

The Ruble Elevator installed at
the Pine Creek placers, owned by the
Killcn, Warner, Setwart company,
after the cleanup last fall Is In full
operation and IL doing most excellent
work. A night force has been put
on aud double shifts are now being
worked. Operations are In full
blast and lots of ground Is being
moved.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15
Eastern Capitalists Here 10 Juoe.

Warren Cable, the we'll known
prospector and mining man, returned
last week from business trip to Salt
Lake City. He will leave In few
days for a trip through Idaho and
returning will make Sumpter his
headquarters this summer. Mr..
Cable says he has number Of I'm
portant mining deals on hand, and
looks for a number Of eastern capital
ists here In June to look at his proper
ties.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15

work on the extension at the soonest
possible moment, but just what
length this will he l am not prepared
to say ut this time, not knowing how
much Of the material will be needed
for repairs, but It will be practically
twelve miles.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15
Timber and Homestead Filings.

Timber and homestead filings, as well
as final proofs, can be- made before
Charles II. Chance, United States Com
missioner, office in First National Bank
Of Sumpter building, sumpter, thus saw.
ing applicants expense Of trip to La
GrNnde,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-04-15

For Lowney's candies, fine chocolates,
bon bons, Key West, Havana and do
mes,ic cigars. tobacco, pocket knives.
stationery, cider, fruits, etc, do not fail
to call at sturgill's. Mill Street, near
Granite.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28

whom are very fond of a spectacular
display, else had each of them travel
ed few hundred miles and missed a
few important engagements, just for
the opportunity to fall upon the neck
of his devoted friend and to shed few
tears over the decline of the faith
before large audience, of course.
"Mr. Walsh called upon the senior
democratic organ, Hon. John j. Seer.
ley, and few of the other sound mon
ey people; the organ of the .'Free and
Unlimited Coinage" does not seem to
be aware of the fact that the man who
was second to Bryan only in the long
and arduous campaigns was Bur-
lington visitor yesterday. and that he
was here not on private or personal
business, but in the interest of the DEM
ocratic state ticket.
"Mr. Walsh is most pleasant gem
tleman and would probably have long
since repudiated not merely the silver
issue, but politics in general and DEM
ocratic politics in particular, If the bot
tom had not dropped out Of that gold
mine in Alaska"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
Was WeII.to.po Man.
THE BoYHooD OF Joe" CANNON
The Prospective Speaker of the House
Belongs to Indiana.

The spiders had not spun their first
cobwebs in the Tuscola law office of
j. q. Cannon before the tenant was
marching in the front rank of the plain
people of that plain state. Uncle Joe"
Cannon saw the force and effect Of the
direct, straightforward code of the
frontier, and he has adhered to it
through life. He had been born to the
rough and ready way of the frontier.
His parents were members of the So
ciety of Friends who with others of the
sect, had been driven from Massachu-
sets by persecution and had formed a
Quaker settlement called New Garden
near Guilford Courthouse in North Car
DINA, where Joseph G, Cannon was
born. The first hard bumps he ever
received in life he says were against
the oaken sides of prairie schooner
in which the family made the long
journey from New Garden TO Indiana.
His life in Indiana had been that of
most frontier boys. He worked on the
farm, went to school. and his father, a
poor country doctor. was even able to
give him two terms at the Friend
Manual Labor Academy at Blooming
dale. When Joseph was IA years old
his father was drowned, calamity that
terminated the boys school life. He
became clerk and for five years, he
was among the thousand and one
| things, that in those days, comprised
the stock of a country store.
AT nineteen Mr.. Cannon had five
hundred dollars which he had saved
while clerk. He decided to study law
and entered the office of Usher and
Patterson in Terre Haute and in 1858
| he was admitted to the bar A yeal
later, being unable to make living
in Indiana he moved to Illinois. The
| practice of law was very different in
| those days from what it is now. There
We're few or no precedents. Only a
small number of the decisions OF the
Illinois supreme court had been print
| ed. The lawyers had to reason out a
proposition in conformity with theil
knowledge of fundamental principles
instead of searching for support OF
their contention in reports of adjudg
ed cases. The sittings of court at a
county seat were great occasions ant
the sessions We're attended by many
who had no part in the litigation. The
trials were generally before juries and
the lawyers depended as much on theil
wit and eloquence for winning a case
as they did upon the legal points
brought out and sustained.
Mr.. Cannon rode the circuit or
horseback. He was an indefatigable
worker and in less than year, he
gained an enyiable reputation fol-
thoroughness and for resourceful wit
The rough and tumble passages which
he had with the other circuit riders
gave him good training for his subse
quent career in congress. They laugh
him how to use his great natural wit
to the best dvantage.-Linsley r. Ter
bush in the August Success"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
ISSUES DEFENSE.
w. j. Bryan Tells Why He Voted fol
Weaver in Campaign of 1892.

Lincoln, Neb., July 24.-Because he
claims that the democratic leaders had
decided that it was best to unite with
the populists in the west for the pur-
pose of carrying some of the doubtful
western states in 1892, William Jen-
nings Bryan in an article in the Com
moner today, attempts to justify his
action in voting for General Weaver
in that year. Mr.. Bryan claims that he
devotes space to this article to prove
that his democracy is the right brand
because he contends that the reorgan.
izers are seeking to make personal
fight on him and because friends of the
Kansas City platform are annoyed by
Misrepresentation about his political
actions.
Answers Three Charges.
He answers three charges-frst,
that prior to 1896 he said he was not a
democrat, but a bimetallist; second,
that he voted for General Weaver in
1892; third, that he advocated prin-
ciples which are not democratic.
Says Charge is Groundless.
The first charge he says is entirely
unfounded. He admits voting for Gen
eral Weaver and says he was largely
influenced by James E. Boyd, then gov
ernor and national committeeman OF
Nebraska, who advised him to do so
and told him that this was the pro
gram mapped out by eastern demo
Gratis. He says his parents were dem
ocratic before him and he was of thai
faith first because his parents were
and later in life because he believed in
the principles of the party. He cites
the two races he made for congress
when he was opposed by populisi
candidate as we'll as republican can
didate.
Issued Appeal to BmetaIists.
At the close of the Fifty-third con
gress he joined with Mr.. Bland in pre-
pairing and circulating an appeal tt
the democratic believers in bimetalism
to organize and secure control of the
democratic organization There was
never any question raised as to his par
| ty relations He asserts that on the
tariff question no one will dispute his
orthodoxy. He says he has defended
the Chicago and the Kansas City plat
forms and If his democracy can BIZ
questioned because OF this, then the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Rural Letter Carriers Appointed for
HaWkeye State.

Washington, D. c., July 24.-Rural
letter carriers appointed:
Bradyville-George A. Tuttle, car.
rier; William A futile. substitute.
Elliott-Roy l.. Moore, carrier;
Clyde r. Moore. substitute.
Henderson, Elmer M. Dinwiddy
carrier; Edward M. Duke, substitute
North Buena Vista-Bob Thorp, car
rier; Meta Thorp;N substitute.
Sioux Rapids-Ed. w. Crissman
carrier; Geo, Crissman, substitute.
George Van Dyke has been appoint
ed postmaster at Des Moines through
the civil service commission. Frank
Il. Smbck, Alfred Launspacn, John o
Staley, Cecil G. McGrew, robert A
Wiesner, Francis o. Drake and Franz
Fl. Sinclair have all been appointed
substitute clerks at the Des Moines
postoffice.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
WALSH ON A VISIT
LOCAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER
WAS IN BURLINGTON
YESTERDAY.
Hawk-Eye This Morning Tells of Visit
of Secretary of Democratic National
Committee Charles A. Walsh in an
Interesting Manner.


From Saturdays Daily.
Charles A. Walsh of this city who Is
again attracting attention in political
circles, visited Burlington yesterday
and the Hawk-Eye of that city in this
mornings issue tells in an interest
ing manner of his visit as follows:
Charles A. Walsh. secretary of the
national democratic committee paid
Burlington a visit yesterday. He is
looking better than ever. Evidently he
has not realized heavily on his Klon-
dixie investments. He is again hust-
ling for the democratic party. He has
just put in few days of heard work
in Lee county and is supposed to be
forming new organization. AS to ma
tional questions Pope" Walsh, as he is
Familiarity known, had little to say. He
is as confident that Mr.. Sullivan will
cut the republican majorities in two
as ne was that William Jennings Bry-
an and 16 to would sweep the coun-
try. Mr.. Walsh is neither a prophet nor
the son of a prophet. And there are
just few, who are beginning to re-
alize that fact. For an organizer Mr..
Walsh did not circulate" to very great
extent in Burlington. He looked up a
few of his old friends. looked pleasant
looked wise and took the train for OF
tumwa at 1:53 p. m.
1T is said that Mr.. Walsh has
thrown DR.. Harvey's medicine to the
dogs. He will have no more of the
silver remedy, neither in tablets, tino-
lures or pills. injected or otherwise.
Neither the allopathic, nor the homeo.
pathic method finds favor with him,
and he SCOTS at the absent treatment.
Nothing but the gold coin "goesp with
him now His reverend chief was in
this section of the country within the
very recent past but there is no record
of an affecting meeting of these two
heroic defenders Of the rights OF the
white metal. 1t is even rumored that
there is GOODNESS between these two
| genial, pleasant gentlemen. both OF
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
BEACON MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
Body of John T. Jones Found Early
Friday Morning.

Oskaloosa, July "a. 30 (SpeciaD -
Scattered along the Rock Island rail-
road tracks for nearly 500 feet, the
head, arms, legs and pieces of the
trunk OF the body of, John T.. Jones,
better known as John Jenkins Jones,
OF Beacon, with scarcely thread OF
clothing left on them, were picked up
shortly after l o'clock this morning by
Coroner Foehlinger and members OF
the city police force. 1t is supposed
that Mr.. Jones was struck by or fell
under the wheels of the south bound
Rock Island passenger train from Des
Moines, which left this city last night
about 10 o'clock. No definite informa-
ton can be secured as to how the acct
dent occurred as no one saw the acct
dent and it was not until about /
o'clock that portions of the dismem-
bered body were found along the track
by Tom MCGEE, who was crossing the
tracks on his way home.
Had Attended the Races.
John T. Jones, Welsh miner of
Beacon, had come to Oskaloosa yes
terday morning to attend the races.
He had been seen several times
throughout the day with various com.
panions and the last seen of him alive
was when he started to the depot last
night to catch the train to return to
his home.
Train Was Late.
The Rock Island train from Des
Moines last night was, late, leaving
this city about 10 o'clock. Whether
Mr. Jones decided not to wait for the
train and started to walk home is not
known.
Thought He Boarded the Train.
1t is the more general belief here
that he. boarded the train here and
that shortly after leaving the station
he fell between the cars and was
ground to pieces by the heavy wheels.
Found by Footman.
Last night about 1 o'clock T. Nc
Gee started for his home in the south;
west of this city, taking a short cut
across the Rock Island right-of-way
1t was quite dark, though not so black
that ne could not see. AS he started
to cross the track he came upon an
object that attracted his attention and
caused him to stop and strike match
that he might the better see.
Piece of Flesh.
BY the dim light OF the fiickering
match he could discern that it was a
piece of flesh. There was not a
thread of clothing on it, but it gave
the appearance of being a portion Of a
human body.
Notifies Police.
Mr., MCGEE did not stop longer to in.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
Called Up at Midnight.

Something like a month ago q
neighbor of mine came to my house
at midnight and called me up and
wanted to know If had medicine in
the store recommended for cramps in
the stomach and diarrhoea. sold him
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol.
era and Diarrhoea Remedy which he
carried back home and at the same
time went for a doctor. Immediately
on his return home he gave dose of
this remedy and he afterwards told
me that the patient was entirely re-
lieyed before the doctor got there"
says Enoch Burson, O'Lea, Ala. For
sale by all druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28
CLEVELAND SAYS IT is NEEDED
in LABOR CONTROVERSIES.
INDUSTRIAL WAR MUST END
Sees in Patriotism of the People the
One Hope of Finding Final soIu.
ton of the Trouble Arbitration Al
ready a Success.

New York, July 23.-That the force
OF public sentiment will lead to gen.
eral arbitration of labor disputes is
the position taken by former President
Cleveland in an article entitled "a Few
Plain Words on Labor Troubles"
which appears this week under copy
right in Golfers Weekly The nation
al characteristic of underlying COM
mon sense, he maintains will force a
change of the present attitude assum-
ed by capital and labor and that I'M
timely patriotism and the general sen
tible forces toward Cancellation through
arbitration.
Patriotism is Not Dead.
eve have all loved to think of Amer
lean patriotism" writes Mr.. Cleveland,
land to dwell upon it as a sentiment so
thoroughly pervading our people, so
pure and genuine, that in its name all
our countrymen would be willing to
forego selfish personal interests if
thereby the welfare of the great body
of our people be advanced.
1--WE know this patriotism is not
dead, and is still able to foster and
bless the best American citizenship,
but is there not reason to fear it is SO
weakened among those enlisted in con-
tentions between employers and en-
ployes that they either are unconscious
of it's restraints or seek to avoid its ex-
actions by giving lodgment to the de-
luding notion that their quarrels do
not concern the general good.
Happily, however, we can still count
upon the national characteristic of un.
DERIVING common sense not to permit
us to look upon these untoward condi
lions as incorrigible. We may still
hope the balance of right between the
contentious that now af1lict us will be
| adjusted as soon as passion is made to
| yield to American sentiments of JUS
tice and love of fair play-when these
| shall insist that among those who lead
| as we'll as those who follow these labor
controversies, there shall be created
and stimulated peaceful mood and
conciliatory sentiment.
Arbitration Already Success.
ANY intermediary that attempts tc
bring the parties at difference togeth
err in amicable elaboration should be
absolutely disinterested and impartia
to possess the unqualified respect ant
| confidence of all concerned. The ma
tional civic federation and like orga
nizations established in various local
tiles illustrated the beneficent use O.
/ such an intermediary. Many labor
/ troubles are prevented and many set
tied through their interposition. Oper
! ating on the same lines we have seer
voluntary arbitration resorted to by
| contesting parties of their own mo
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same objection can be raised to the
democracy of the millions.
Aie Modification


democracy of the millions.
His Justification.
He justifies his voting for General
Weaver in this way:
AS the election of 1892 approached
it became evident that it was impossi-
BILE for the democrats to carry sever
al of the western states. but that it
was possible for the democrats to as
sist the populists in carrying them.
The situation having been fully discuss
ed the democratic national committee
of which Mr.. Harrity was chairman
and Mr.. Whitney the controlling spirit
Gf the word spirit can properly be used
of the Whitney type,) instructed to
urge the democrats of Kansas, Colo.
RADIO and number of western states
to support the Weaver electors for the
purpose of taking those states out of
the republican column and throwing
the election into the house of repre-
sentatives where the democrats had a
majority.
Weaver and Cleveland.
Mr.. Bryan was then member of
congress as well as candidate for re-
election and announced that if the cleo
ton was thrown into the house he
would vote for Cleveland, the demo-
cratic nominee as against Mr.. Harri-
son, the republican nominee. Mr.. Bry-
an may be justly criticised for having
known so little of Mr.. Cleveland as to
prefer him to Mr.. Harrison, but from
the standpoint of democratic regular
ity he cannot be criticised for obeying
the democratic national committee and
voting for General Weaver in order to
help elect Mr.. Cleveland. In the cleo
ton OF 1896 Mr. Weaver was one of
the most active supporters of Mr.. Bry-
an while Mr. Cleveland turned to re.
publican advantage the influence which
the democratic party had given him.
When Mr.. Bryan became personally ac-
quainted with the two men he found
that General Weaver was infinitely
more democratic than Mr.. Cleveland in
environment, principles, purpose and
method.
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FORMER IoWAN WEARS ANoTH.
ER's sHAcKLEs.
WAS IMPRISONED IN COLORADO
MInard L. HauIenbeek Tells Pathetic
Story Of Unjust 6ondage-Was Ac.
cused of Murder, But Supposed Vic.
tim Still Lives.

Des Moines, July 24.-Eighteen
years sentence in the Colorado peni-
Tertiary charged with the murder Of
a man who has since been seen alive,
prosecuted while in prison by the au-
ihors of his incarceration, who regis
tered criminals under his name and
finally pardoned four months too late
to see his aged mother alive is the pa
thetic story of the sad life of Minard L..
Haulenbeek who returned this week to
his fathers home on West Walnut
street.
Was Native Iowan.
Minard l.. Haulenbeck was born and
reared in Ringgold county, spending
most of the time in Mt. Ayr. When a
mere lad he went to Colorado, where
he was deputy United States mar
shall and assisted in running down
'moonshiners" and other outlaws. AT
Canyon City, Colo, two men We're seen
to pass the small depot that stood
there eighteen years ago. Later, one
of the men was missing and Haulen-
beck was arrested for the crime. The
telegraph operator and his wife saw the
two men pass and declared that the
other man was not Haulenbeek but
their testimony was not allowed to be
taken and on purely circumstantial ev-
idence Haulenbeek was convicted.
Paul Miller Cook, or Paul Miller,
(there seems to be uncertainty about
the name) has, however, since been
seen alive and the identity of the body
that was found near Canyon City and
supposed to have been his is unknown
and the circumstantial evidence on
which Haulenbeek was convicted was
made practically worthless.
imprisoned in Colorado.
Haulenbeek was imprisoned in the
Colorado state prison, September 81,
1856 and soon after he says, there was
a systematic effort made to besmear
his good name. Those who had been
chiefly instrumental in causing his con-
viction, the police authorities, regular.
ly registered parties committing crimes
under the name of Minard L.. Haulen,
beck and not until the practice had
been continued for some time was ii
discovered. The effort it is claimed was
to prevent, if possible, his pardon. But
these plans failed.
Pardoned July 8.
Mr.. Haulenbeek was pardoned July
3, 1913 and has just returned TO his
relatives. His father. l.. Haulenbeek
and two sisters, live at 1916 West Wal
nut street. In all the eighteen years
of his incarceration he saw none OF
his family except his father whom he
saw once. His sisters, then little girls
and his brother, then an infant in arms
have grown to womanhood and man
hood. But saddest of all the circum
stances to Haulenbeek is the fact thai
his pardon arrived too late for him
to see his aged mother alive. She dice
about four weeks ago at the family
home on Walnut street.
Mr.. Haulenbeek is small of stature
with frank, open face He hasnN
the least feature that is looked for il
a criminal and he, faces the world now
at forty-two years Of age with all the
encouragement Of youth.