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presumably therefore happy.
Keene is Irish bred, London born, Vir-
ginia raised. He has Irish grit, Eng
lish love of gaming, Virginia love of a
horse. He was in youth o puncher,
a milk peddler, a teacher, a reporter,
a curbstone broker and finally a room
trader" in San Francisco. Before he
left that city he had made and lost
two fortunes. There and in New York
he has made most of his money as a
bear. For the past year or two he has
usually operated as a bull. He may
again, when he gets ready. The big
specialists of the street dread Keene's
raids more than a little.
They have reason to do so. It was in
1888 that Keene, though still a fairly
rich man, disappeared from the street
as a big factor. 1t took ten years of
cautious play to make him again a
commanding figure. Since 1898 he has
made millions by b%ulIing Sugar, mil
lions by bearing Cordage, more mil
lions by b%ulling Tobacco and by selling
out at a days notice when he thought
one of his associates in hat operation
event back on him." 1t vas then that
the bad feeling between Keene and
Whitney began. The MET" interests
retorted that Keene had worked up
the price of Met stock to its high figure
and sold out at top notch, leaving his
associates in the hole. Afterward they
caught him "long" of Third Avenue
railroad stock and pinched him to the
ing Henry Hart, an old school business
man, the founder of the line.
So the conflict is now in a way "irre-
pressible;" and it does not look we'll
for the street.
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Looking Up the Deaf.

Miss Anna E. Schatfer, state in
spector of the schools for the deaf,
believes that there are a number of
defective children in the state who
are being deprived of the advantages
of the schools established especially
for them. In order to ferret out all
these children and get them into
these school Miss Schaffer has sent a
letter to county and city superin-
tendents of schools of the state ask
ing that parents of afflicted children
be located and their addresses sent
her.
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SHE RIDES THE WAVES
The New Cruiser West Virginia
Launched at Newport News.
CEREMONY IS WITNESSED BY MANY.
IL Christened by Daughter of Gov
white, of West Virginia-A
Brief Description of the
New War Vessel.

Newport News, Va, April 2O.-The
new armored cruiser, West Virginia,
was successfully launched at the New
port News Ship Building Co.'S yards
Saturday, with fitting ceremonies,
Miss Catharine Vaughan White. eldest
daughter of Gov. White, of West Vir-
ginia, acting as sponsor for the boat.
Miss White vas attended by three
maids of honor, her sisters, Miss
Grace White and Miss Ethel White.
and Miss Ashton Wilson. daughter OF
ex-Gov. Wilson. In the christening
party were also the governor and
Mrs. White.
AS soon as the ceremonies were
over President Orcutt conducted the
guests, numbering some 500 persons,
to the steamboat Newport News,
aboard which the party went to Old
Point Comfort, where they were ten
dered a banquet in the dining-room
of the Hotel C~hamberlin. Among the
distinguished guests present were
Gov. White, of West Virginia. and
military staff; Gov. Montague, of Vir-
ginia, and staff; officers of the army
and navy, and prominent citizens of
the two Virginias. President circuit
was POSTMASTER.
Description of the Boat.
West Virginia, which is a sister
ship of the California and Pennsyl-
vania, is an arm0red cruiser of $4,000
tons displacement. The hull is of
steel and measures on load water
line 500 feet; extreme beam, SO feet
81 inches. The vessel has a normal
displacement of 1876 tons; with all
ammunition and stores on board, of
1904 tons. The designed indicated
horse power of the cruiser is $4,000,
to produce a speed of % knots. With
a complement of AZ officers and 7S3
seamen and marines, the vessel will
be the floating home of $50 men.
The Ships Armament.
The main battery of the West Nir-
ginia will consist of four eight-inch
breech-loading rifles, mounted two in
each turret, on the center line of the
vessel. In addition there will be IA
six-inch rapid-ire guns and a second
airy battery of is three-inch and Il
three-pounder guns, besides four one
FOUNDER automatic guns, four one
FOUNDER rapid-fre guns, six Colt au-
tomato guns, two machine guns, and
two three-inch field guns.
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o'0u'NS' the foresight of
man cannot reach forward to the time
when it will cease to be. Nobody has
ever yet told how the custom started,
and nobody seems to know. The
chancex are that like Topsy it just
''growet." There were eggs to be
rolled; there were children to roll
them, and there were the white house
grounds we'll adapted to the purpose.
Andrew Jackson is said by some to
have laid out the plot OF grounds back
of the presidents house in its present
form with mounds rising gently every
where. Others give the credit to John
Quincy Adams. But whoever was re
sponsible for it has been responsible
for untold pleasure to successive gen
erations of youngsters. Even the tin
lest toddlers find secur delight in yoll-
ing their Easter eggs down the grassy
slopes, chasing them to the bottom
and eating those whose shells are too
frail to bear the shock.
There is no more democratic gather
ing in America. High-born lads and
l~assies, tenderly watched by nursery
maids, frolic happily with p%ickanin-
MES, oblivious to the color line or the
peril of negro domination. All are
equally fascinated by the lively music
and the gay uniforms of the Marine
band, and all reyel equally in the pop
corn balls, the toy balloons and wind
mills sold for a penny by the fakirs
who linger outside the gates.
1t is a sight worth seeing and long
to be remembered. Rash would be the
president who would try to bring the
custom to an end.
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WISCONSIN A NEWS.
sisters Burned to Death.

Fire destroyed the home of and
burned to death Misses Phoebe and
Libbie Heeley, at Bear Creek, six
miles south of Tomah. The two sis
tiers were Is and Sc years of age, re-
spectively. They lived alone on a
large farm which they owned. A high
wind at the time famed the flames
and before assistance arrived all was
destroyed. 1t was thought that they
had a large sum of money in the
house and that they Were robbed and
murdered and the fire started to-
cover the traces of the crime.
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Talked Of in New York
Oddities i'm Banque+s or fhe Past and Present
Men and Ways on Change.

All these propositions are freely
doubted now, with the MET" acknowl-
edging a deficit for it's last quarter,
with it's stock sold down 40 points or so
from the maximum, and with expert ac-
countants accusing its managers of
making false statements as to earnings
and surplus. The legal actions due to
these changes have revealed James r.
Keene, in his old speciality as a bear, as
the chief agent in depressing the stock
and in opposition to Whitney, as he has
been so often before in speculation and
on the turf.
Keene is n of the most interesting
men on the street. He came to New
York p years ago to "scalp Jay Gould"
Needless to say that he failed in this;
Jay Gould used to exhibit in his gallery
a painting by Rosa Bonheur as "Jim
Keene's scalp"-meaning that he
bought it with the plumber Of Keene's
fortune. But he has magnificent skill
in gambling in stocks, and has by now
succeeded in establishing himself as the
greatest trader upon the market.
Other men are in their several ways
greater factors than he. The big men
mostly ally themselves with certain
properties, which they develop, push,
combine and manage with more orless
conservatism.
Keene cares nothing for this sort of
thing. He is strong enough to control
properties, but he prefers to handle
stocks as the chips in a great game.
Keene the Greatest Gambler.
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notice, as he hap
pens to read the
signs of the mar
ket. If he read
that Metropolitan
was held too high,
he doubtless had
reasons for the be-
lief. Besides his
f%utterint this stock
he is managing the
most delicate prob
lens in Southern
Pacific and pre-
sumably has his
hands full. and is
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A POINT OF LAW.

The act of an employe in charge Of a
gravel train who, after having tried in
vain to prevent urchins from hanging
to the end of the train by warnings and
threats, catches one of them and lee
lures him. is held, in Palmisano versus
New Orleans City Railway company
(La.), IS L. r. A. 405, not TO render the
master liable, where the child, upon
being released, runs blindly in a direc-
ton converging with that of a coming
a and collides with the car and is in
iured.
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Death of an Editor.

Ole Brauder Olson, aged AZ years,
editor of the Norwegian prohibition
list newspaper Reform, formerly a
member of the national committee
of the prohibitionist party. several
times a nominee for congressman
and lieutenant governor in Wiscon-
sin and a lecturer of note, died at his
home in Eua Claire. Mr.. Olson leaves
a widow and five children.
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Crop Report.

The weekly crop report of the
Washington weather bureau says for
Wisconsin: Season opens with crop
conditions and prospects mainly sat
isfactory; farm work well advanced.
but now at %standstill owing to cold
rains; wheat, rye and clover appear
to have wintered well; moisture
abundant and in some sections excess
r.rn
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Engineer Killed.

Herman Knowles, aged 80 years, a
special engineer in the employ of the
Northwestern railway company. was
killed under the wheels of his own
engine near Salem. While a switch
vas being made Knowles climbed
back over the tender to %uncouple the
engine, and, leaning down to pull
out the pin, slipped and fell under
the wheels. Knowles was to have
been married to Miss Jennie Butts,
a well known young woman of How
ard, ILL.,, within the next few days.
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Woman Shot.

Samuel Clark shot May Mitchell
three times at Fond du Lac, causing
three serious but not necessarily
fatal wounds. The woman then got
away and ran screaming into the
street. AS soon as he realized what
he had done Clark shot himself
through the heart, death being al
most instantaneous. May Mitchell
formerly had lived with Clark, but
left him about two weeks ago.
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Victim of Heart Trouble.

Xenia, o., April 20.-Dr. David McDill,
widely known as an author of theolog-
zeal works, died here Sunday from
heart trouble. He was formerly pro-
fessor of philosophy at Monmouth col
lege and retired last year from a pro-
~fessorship in the Xenia theological
seminary where he taught since 1885.
He was a trustee of Miami university,
having been appointed by Gov. McKin-
lev
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Hmrder Mt Milwaukee.

Martin Jochowicz was arrested in
Milwaukee, charged with killing John
Potrykus in front of a saloon III
Ninth ven Jochowicz was ar
rseted at his homS, and when taken
to the police station made a full con-
fession, claiming the deed was com
mitted in self-defense.
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Prominent Farmer

Columbia City, Ind, April 20.-AIbert
Goldman, aged 20, shot and Instantly
killed Frank H. Stamsmith, prominent
farmer and justice of the peace at the
latter's home, eight miles from here.
He has been calling on Miss Pearl
Schrader, a s~tepdaughter of Siam
smith, against the latter's' wishes, and
when he called to take the girl to a
party Stamsmith refused to allow her
to leave. After a few words Goodman
drew a revolver and shot twice. He
eScaOed.
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master general of
the army, and
Humphrey, who is
now in HI Philip
pines, is on his
way home to as
sumo his new du-
ties.
That's not a very
s e n S atiOnal an
"nouncement in it.
self, but it is in
teresting because
it illus trates a
a Of the presi-
ident which does
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Trial Proves satisfactory.

San Francisco, April 1S.-The tria!
trip of the gunboat Bennington, made
to test her new machinery, proved en-
tirely satisfactory. The vessel is now
ready for use and will sail in a few
days for a cruise on the coast. She
will eventually join the Pacific coast
squadron, which is now at Magdalena
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
Two Men Fatally Hurt.

Two men were fatally injured in
the Wisconsin Central railway shops
at North Fond du Lac. The victims
are Clarence Gorder and Adolph Fri
day. They were at work in the shops
when some heavy timbers fell on
them, crushing them so badly that
they could not recover
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

OF the Metropoli.
tan street railway
S Y S t stocks,
that W. c. Whitney
by combining the
little railways and
by the economies
of combination
had actually ere
ated" ~$1S0.0OO,0ol
of new capital.
Another way OF
stating it would be
that the business
would stand that
IN q n Swater .
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come about in the
last two or three
years. Prior to
that time there
was only one real
" first-class hotel
in the c a p t a !.
That was the Arl-
ington, which, in
spite of all recent
j M P yements,
still retains its
position as the
political center,
and is likely to
for a good many
oo &c n onn,a
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Easter for the
children of Wash
ington. That is
one of the local
institutions which
gives atmosphere
to the national
capital and sets it
apart from all
other communi-
ties.
The memory Of
man runneth not
to the time when
the custom did
not prevail, and
the foresight of
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that sum would be
ncarer. Sherry's,
where the banquet
took place, has a
record for strange
e a S t S. 1t was
there that Howard
q IN Seeley,
relative o f t h e
famous Snowman,
gave a bachelor
dinner to a party
of friends, where
the evenings mad
~frivolity climaXed
in a great pie o
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
German Cable May Land

Washington, April 20.-After ma
ture consideration the navy depart
ment has signified to the state depart
ment that it will not object to the
landing of the Dutch-German cable
on the isle of Guam, and instructions
have been sent forward to that end.
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with advantages possessed by no other
place. 1T has become the center for
wealth and fashion. The old-fashioned
boarding house is rapidly becoming a
Renaissance, and the dazzle of hotel
life is found in its stead.
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democratic party
in congress. From
the time German
left the senate
four years ago un-
til he resumed his
seat on the 9TH of
March HI demo-
Gratis were with
out Il parliament
tary leader of any
C o II S e q Il e n c e.
Many aspired to
the position, but
aI1@
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Insane from Cigarettes.

Leo Mitchell, aged II years, the
second Marinette boy to lose his
mind in a week from the effects of
smoking cigarettes, was ~adjudged in
sane and sent to the Northern hos
pital at Oshkosh.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

York and on b
ruins of Brooklyn
bridge ponders its
history, he will not
believe all that is
printed. And the
things that he will
doubt will be the
true things.
+ or instance,
this S t a t e III e n I
might appear on
the page: In the
fourth year of the
new century lux
ury h a d s 0 f a r
grown that a man
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Jealous Mans Deed.

Welch, W. Va. April 20.-George
Linemore was shot and killed by Viii
liam Griffiths. The former waSin com
pany with the latter's sweetheart at
the time. Griffths escaped.
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Still another was that the franchises
freely given to the little companies
gobbIed up by Whitney were worth
that, and should have yielded that, or
interest upon the sum, to the city.
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g o V e L II IN emit a.
great service just
now it is William
+. Chandler, chair
man of The Span
ish treaty claims
commission. Yet
there are compar-
atively few people
who realize that
such a thing as
t h e S p a j s h
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to genial, kindly
old John B r
roughs, he com
panion of Presi-
dent Roosevelt up
on his western
trip.
Mr.. Burroughs
is not of New
York, though fire.
quently seen here.
His little cabin in
the woods, his
house a Esopus on
the Hudson, are
across and up the
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Metropolitan Airs.

Washington is rapidly becoming a
city of great hotels. The change has
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23

New York.-If Macaulay's 'intelli-
gent New Zealander" ome to New
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Famous Feasts In New York.
The horse dinner is supposed to have
cost Mr.. Billings $4,000. Perhaps half
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-23
How Col. Humphrey Won.

President Roosevelt has appointed
Col. Charles f. Humphrey as quarter
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Gossip OF Washington
Little Stories OF fhe People at The Capital OF the
Nation.

Washington.-If there is one man
more than another who is doing the
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whitney and Keene.

Two years ago it was the fashion to
say, reckoning up the market prices
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It is good to turn from these titans in
the sweat of their sordid contests
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Keene the Greatest Gambler.

keene IS an exception 10 the rules.
He is a bull or a bear at a moments
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Easter Egg Rolling.
Easter Monday without egg rolling
on the white house lot would not be
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PARTY Leaders In Congress-

FNrty LeNUeFs III IOhEreNN.
Arthur p. German has once more
taken his place as the leader of the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-13
CORRESPONDENTS,
oLNEY SPRINGS.

Died. a, her home in olney. February
5,h a, p. m. Mrs. Rose Gilbert. after
an illness OF two days. Tho funeral serv-
ices were taken charge Of by tho Royal
Noighbors. Tho remains were aceompa-
MED by Mr.. Gilbert Friday night to Miles.
Iowa. where her parents and children
reside. The bereayed husband has tho
sympathy Of the community in his grea;
af',ietion.
Tho sad news OF tho death OF Mr..
Harvey Smiley reached olney today. bu,
no particulars are known.
a large sale Of cattle was mado las,
week by tho Bradbury Live Stock COM
psny TO some eastern parties.
Mrs. Parker returned Tuesday from
La Jun,a after two weeks visit with
friends.
Mrs. Morton has been seriously III for
tho pas. few days. bu, Is slowly rocov-
oring.
Mr.. carnman OF Boone Is looking for a
location In tho vicinity Of Olnoy.
Tho Glaze brothers arc erecting \ now
residence ono milo east Of town.
Vim. Auckland has moved to tho Buell.
le,e ranch To give the Sugar Bee; COM
pany possession Of the land he has leased
TO them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-13

At the morning service of the Christian
church last Lords day. the church ac-
cepted the plans recommended by the
official board and decided to build beau
tifpl and eommodious church house this
summer. The church will be built Of
brick. the auditorium being 45 feet square
and seating 266.
The Christian church at Rocky Ford
was organized one year ago last July
and now has membership Of 100. The
total enrolment Of the Bible school.
counting cradle roll and home depart
ment. is 225; with an average regular
attendance Of over 100. and an average
collection Of over $3.50 per Sunday. The
church has purchased beautiful corner
lot and has no debts. The congregation
now meets in the X. p. hall.
World wide. The Christian church. or
Disciples OF Christ. number l.2oZ.52z in
the United States. gain OF 26.e56 dur
ing the past year. The Bible school
numbers over one million. OF whom 2oo.-
900 have been added in the last four
months. The churches number lo.5e7.
or gain over one year ago Of 81.
The ministers number 6.444. In a
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-13
Tendency OF the Times.

The tendency Of medical science Is
toward preventative measures. The best
thought OF the world is being given to the
subject II Is easier and better to pre-
vent than to cure. II has been fully de-
mons,rated that pneumonia, one Of tho
most dangerous diseases that medical
mon have to contend with. can DO pro-
vented by tho use Of Chamocrlain's Cough
Remedy. Pneumonia always results from
a cold or from an attack ofinfiuonza grip
and !, has been observed that this rene
dy counteracts any tendencies Of this dis
ease toward pneumonia. This has been
fully proven in many thousands OF cases
In which this remedy has been used dur
ing the great prevalence Of colds and grip
in recent years. and can be relied upon
with implicit, confidence. Pneumonia Of
ton results from slight cold whom no
danger Is approhendod until Il is suddenly
discovered that there IL fever and dif-
fieul,y in breathing and pains in tho chest.
then !, Is announced tha, the patient has
pneumonia. 30 on the safe side and tako
Chambcrlain's Cough Remedy as soon as
tho cold Is contracted. Il always cures.
For sale by all druggists.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-13
Notice of final Settlement.

In the Matter Of the Estate OF J. l.. Dunklc-
berger. Deceased.
Notice il hereby given. that on Monday. the
2srd day OF February. A. y. larl being one of
the state Of Colorado I. Ellen Dunklc.
berger. administrators OF said estate. will APP
pear before the Judge OF aid court. present
my hnnl settlement ~ said ndtninistrntriN.
pray the approval of the same. aud Will then
triS at which time ,,nd placc amy person in
interest may appear and present objection to
the same n any there he.
Dated ut Rocky Ford. Colo. Jan. End. 1893.
ELtES DuKNKLEBEHGER.
Administrative of the Estate of ]. L.. Dun
klcbcrHcr. Deceased.
II. y. BEALta Attorney. N-lS
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-13
Death Of c. J. Summers.

This community was shocked Monday
morning to learn o. the sudden death ol
Charles J. Summers. man in tho prime
Of life. and who declared fow days bo-
fore his death tina, he had never enjoyed
better health at any ;ime. Pneumonia
was the cause o! his death. Mr.. Summers
being III bu; threo days.-La Junta Trib-
uno.
Mr.. Summers was well and fasorably
known in Rocky Ford. whore no has beer
much Of the ;imo lately as tho loader o.
Shelton's orchestra.