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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19
ITINERARY ARRANGED FOR THE
PRESIDENTS WESTERN TRIP

Washington, d. c.. March 16.-The
Presidents train will start for the
northwest probably April 1. The first
ten days will be spent in a speech
making tour, which will be begun in
Chicago. The first stop OF Importance
will be in Milwaukee. The party will
traverse Wisconsin, part of Iowa, Min
nesota. North and South Dakota, Ne
braska. Montana and Wyoming
On arriving at Onnibar, Mont. the
train will be sidetracked The Presi-
dent and Secretary Root. leaving all
other members Of the party. will enter
Yellowstone park under an escort of
cavalry officers having charge of the
park. Two weeks will be spent in the
park by President Roosevelt and Mr..
Root, who are seeking absolute rest
Leaving Yellowstone park about
April so the speechmaking tour will
be resumed and the President will ira
verse Nebraska. parts OF Kansas. Mis-
souri,. Illinois and Indiana, arriving
at St Louis Just before April 80.
There the President will participate
In the dedication OF the worlds fair
buildings.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

April 80 he win leave over tho Santa
Fe road. going through Kansas. pass
ing into Colorado. and. after seeing
considerable of that state, will go over
the Southern Pacific through to New
Mexico. He will arrive at Santa Fe
over the Santa Fe road at 8 a. m.
May 5. and leave at noon. He reaches
Albuquerque at 2:30 the same day.
and leaves at S p. m. for Arizona
The president will start through CAL
ifornis from the south. will spend two
or three days in the Yosemite park,
visit Sacramento and other cities and
take run into Nevada and Utah.
Returning to San Francisco. he will
proceed north through Oregon and
Washington. stopping some time at
Portland The president will swing
across the Rockies by the Union Pa
cific, and, coming East. will traverse
territory which he will not touch on
his way West
The entire trip will consume more
than two months, and on his return
the President will come direct TO
Washington. where he remains for a
few days and then goes to Oyster
Bay for the summer
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19
Denver Mandatory Burned.

Denver. March 15.-The plant of the
Flint-Lomax Electric Manufacturing
Company at Fourteenth and Wynkoop
streets was almost totally destroyed
by fire at an early hour this morning.
The building occupied by this com.
pany is 100x125 feet and one story
high. With the exception of some
small rooms in the loft It was occupied
wholly by machinery. The loss is es.
timated at about $4,000.
This is the second time this firm
has lost heavily by fire. Over year
ago, when the plant was located near
Nineteenth and Curtis streets. it was
burned out. Then it moved to Its
present quarters. 1t is said the loss OF
last nights fire is covered by insur
ance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A Topeka minister recently prayed
that the mayor of that town might
either be converted or killed, as the
Lord might see fit. 1t is always well
10 give the Lord choice in these
matters.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

II the pituitary gland is responsible
for the physical growth OF such giants
rs Abraham Lincoln. Winfield Scott
and Phillips Brooks. let 1t alone.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19
Population of China.

Paris, March 16.-The board of rev.
enue has completed the census of
China, showing it to have a popula-
tion of 426, ,447 900. The number Of in
habitants in Manchuria. Mongolia.
Thibet and Turkestan were only esti-
mated.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Sir Charles Beresford says that bat
tleships are cheaper than war. DR..
Hale would add that the costs of The
Hague court are cheaper than battle
ships.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A Mississippi judge has instructed
the grand jury to indict people for
playing progressive euchre for prizes.
Perhaps he has nice. flattering pic.
ture of himself that he would like to
have published.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

The Baltimore burglar who tried
skirts as disguise came near being
caught by the ''peslSy things" This
teaches that each sex should accept
phiIosophically the handicap of its
own clothes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Again DR.. Koch is proved mistaken.
DR.. Koch's brain seems to have been
a breeding ground for the germs OF
error. That is. conceding that his
critics are right
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A Cleveland minister says that the
modern prayer meeting lacks Juice"
II the observation is based on the
absence of the old-time ''hurrah" we
can name several kinds of juices
which might remedy the defect.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A poet named vrchlichy has been
elected n member of the Austrian
house of peers. II his poetry is any
thing like his name he must belong to
the Browning school.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

An Eastern contemporary remarks
that all this LESS" business began
with the "chainless bicycle" We may
be In error. but II seems to us the
hottomless pit was mentioned earlier.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Those ladies who are writing to the
white house to make suggestions in
regard to the arrangement of the fur
niture might send along certificates
showing how their husbands voted at
the last two elections.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

The cost of the coal strike bearinf
IL estimated at $750.0o0. And the
public will pay that. too.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Rudyard Kipling has lost lawsuit
which will doubtless occasion some
chortling over among the Goths and
shameless Huns.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

stin. whom you come TO use the
word "fewwhere" It do mt look well
in print.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Good news for the little herring
Gamers down in Mainel The sardine
fisheries In France this year have
failed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Now that the danger is past. II
should be noted that no one has called
him the Bowen OF contention.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

The governments snake expert gets
salary OF only $50 a month. But
that's as much as anyone who deliber-
ately becomes snake expert ought to
get.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A man is known by the company he
keeps; n woman by tho company she
keeps out
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Secretary cortelyou asks only a
trifle of s7.000.000 for his new depart
ment building. Let him have 1t.
What's n dot like this Tor such rich
nation?
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Later on Miss Thaw may wish she
had minded mamma, but girls win be
girls. and there is no use talking to
them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

When all the novelists are In the
legislature and all the pugilists are on
the stage we may look for some siren
uous uplifting.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

The committee reviewing the
United States statutes has decided
that the United States ":s." Yes, is
and ever shall be.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Wireless telegraphy seems assured.
but wireless politics is as much Of a
dream Us ever.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A man from Kentucky was driven
crazy by quart of whisky which he
drank in Kansas City. He must have
been son of Kentucky merely by
adoption.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Now that use has been found fol
the pituitary body there is renewed
hope for the vermiform appendix.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

Keep in mind that most of the we'll
fo-do people Of to-day acquired their
property on the get-rich-slow-but,sure
principle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

A New Jersey court has decided
that palmistry is "a crafty science In
tended to deceive the simple-minded." +"
Perhaps that court thinks 1t has made
q discovery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

For the best way to manage chill
dren. consult bachelors and womel
without any.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-19

OIL has recently been discovered in
Dublin. ireland. II they find It In pay
Ing quantities Ireland may yet be
taken away from the English
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
TOLD IN A LINE.

William Walker, JT-, was a visitor at
Lincoln, Kan, this week.
Mrs. Perry COler went TO Norton
Wednesday for weeks visit.
JEFF Garden sold q head of two-year-
old steers to a Jewell county cattle
man The average weight Of the ami
mails was 795.
Ben Frerfchs, son Of Henry Frerichs
came home last week to visit his folks.
He has been working at Colorado City
and in Salt Lake City for the past five
months.
Charles T. Rule, Of Caldwell, Kan,
formerly Of KsnoradO, was in town
this week He came TO Ranorado last
week, but has been at Clayton for
about a month with John Rule, his
brother.
J. n. HOtchkiss, Of Burr Oak, Kan.
was in GOOdlsnd Monday to buy cattle
to ship to Jewell county to feed. Mr..
| HOtchkiss is unusually tall, being six
feet four inches in height.
F. E. Yearick left for Calhoun, No,
Wednesday night, where he will visit
/ with l. Houston, formerly OF this
county. Mr.. Yesrick will not return to
| this county until next summer.
The MOulton barber shop moved into
the Millisack building Wednesday, for.
merly occupied by Richards candy
| store. The barber shop has occupied
the small room south Of Seaman's mil.
I linery store.
John Boyle is so much improved
| from the treatment received at Kinks
vile, No, that be returned to that
| place Monday night and says be is
/ going TO stay there until he gets we'll
and it is hoped that may not be long.
| Charles Piper, of Brewster, was in
town Wednesday aud took a train
here for q trip TO Denver. Mr.. Piper
was formerly a professional musician
and has played with some Of the noted
orchestras Of the country. He plays
| the French horn and was heard by q
! GOOdland audience at a local enter
tainment given here about a year ago
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, United
IL States Land Office, Colby, Kansas, NoTsm-
Der = 1qC3.-A sufficient contest AFFIDAVIT having
been fled in this once By G. z. Batter. contest
ant. against homestead entry No Il .244. made
August 3. 1901, for southeast quarter. southwest
quarter section :. and east half northwest
quarter and southwest quarter. northeast
quarter section 8. township south, range 81
west. By George ". Mount. coutestee. In which
IL Is alleged that be IL vel acquainted u-ith the
tract OF land embraced in said entry and knows
the present. condition Of the same also that
said George ". Mount has not built upon or
cultivated any part OF said land or had such
done. and that. az no time, has said party or
any Of his family resided on said tract single
day since time Of making said entry. and said
conditions exist az this time. Septem Der H. l23
and that said alleged absence from the said
land was not due 20 his employment IN the
army navy, OF marine rps Of the United
States as a private soldier. officer seaman or
marine during the war with Spain during
any other war IL which the United States may
be euraesd. Said parties are hereby notified 20
appear. respond and ofer evidence touching
SAID allegation at 10 o clock a. N on December
-. 1916. before the register and receiver az the
United States land Ofiice 10 Colby. kansas- The
said CONTESTANT having. IN a proper AFFIDAVIT
fled September Is, 1919 set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
Of this notice can not be made u 4 hereby
ordered and directed that such notice Be EiTeu
b. due and proper pubIcatiou-
". z WARD. REGISTER.
g. l. CALyEET, Attorney Tor Plaintiff.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
RAILROAD NOTES.

Engineer W. Mcclellan, of the Limon-
Denver run, was here Monday.
A clerk by name of McHenry arrived
from Chicago Monday to work in the
superintendent Office.
Ed Hardy, formerly blacksmith in
the shops, was home this week on a
visit to his folks. He is working at
Trinidad, Colo.
Jack Wolcott, who came here from
| Chicago recently to 60 to firing, was
called to his home in that city last
week to attend to some business mat
tiers.
Hugh Robertson, an engineer, has
returned from Denver and has report
ed for work. He has been of duty
for several weeks owing to an injury to
his hand.
Engineer Charles HeImer has been
leppOinted travelling engineer for the
Nebraska division with headquarters
at FsirbuFy, in place of Ray Virgins,
transferred
Engine 1913 came out of the shop
Wednesday after thorough overhaul
and was being "brOke in" that day.
Engineer OazfOrd has this engine, be-
ing regularly assigned
Engine $40 will soon be out of the
shops rebRilt and as good as new. The
engine will have silver lettering on its
| sand box. This is a new scheme
/ putting the numbering on the sand
boxes.
B. L Winchall, vice president Of the
/ Rock lsland-F Frisco system, asserted
positively recently there would be no
merger Of the Frisco aud Rock Island
/ roads in the southwest. The two roads
will continue to be operated as sep
arate properties.
Travelling Accountant McAdams. of
the ROrk Island system, with head
quarters in Chicago, was here q few
days this week TO help strsighten the
clerical work in the superintendentis
Office. He left for Chicago Wednesday,
being relieved by Travelling Account
ant KOerner.
Semi-OffiCial announcement was
made December 3, that h I. Miller,
general manager Of the Vsndalia lines
Of the Pennsylvania system, with head
quarters IN Chicago, has been appoint
ed general manager OF the Rock Island
to succeed Q. A. GOOdnow, who recent
y went With the Chicago and Alton
system. The appointment will be eff
feCtive December -. Mr.. Miller has
been with the VandRlia for eight years
in various capacities It is said that
Mr.. Miller's successor has not been
decided upon
Red Wilson says that there will be
la big smoker at the home Of Machinist
Rasmussen Saturday night The pipe
to be used is one Of Turkish make with
a bowl as large as a cuspidOr and
twelve stems, so that q dozen Of the
company can smoke at once. The
smoker viii be in charge Of Macbinist
KintaiDzburg. The big pipe belongs to
W I. Croker, night round house fore
man Suitable liquid refreshments
will also be on tap. a number OF mo-
nolOgues viii be rendered By guests
and music will also be a feature.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
LOCAL NOTICES.

HOuses for sale. B. F. Brown.
The WalkOver Shoe at Millisack's.
The Drew-SeIby Shoes at Millisack's
WOmen's coats, the tailor made kind,
the Palmer garment, at Millisack's.
LOst-KaDsas souvenir spoon; SOC
reward if returned to this office.
Wanted-HOrses and cattle to past
ure and winter. For prices see or write
B. P. Wells, Brewster, Kan.
Soon be a cold snap, buy a cap and
suit of underwear at Millisack's.
New fall line of mems Walk Over
shoes Just received. 1t is the best
$3.50 shOe.-C. NJ. Millisack..
Wilson Brothers sold the northeast
27-9-41 to Q. ". Allen the first Of the
week.
Mems negligee dress shirts, the
best in style and quality, 81 at Mill
sacks.
One good fOur-room house for sale.
Enquire of Q. III. VanHOOk.
The Walkover Shoe, fits best, wears
best. Good line at MiIlisack's.
Seaman Sisters are closing out their
winter stock of hats at and below cost
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11

The Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
men held their annual election OF officers
in the Seyler hall Sunday. The new Of.
fcers are: ]. S. Walsh, master; E. c.
Hanson, vice master; ". J. McAliister,
treasurer; ". COllup, secretary; Warren
KrOE, journal agent; +. Bruner, chair.
man grievance committee. L Willie and
Ed Luther being the other members oil
the committee. Two sessions were held
during the day, the afternoon for the
election, and the evening for the initia.
ton Of two candidates. The GOOdlano
lodge Of B. r. T. is IN a more fiourishing
condition than ever before, having {
membership Of more than forty. The
new officers will be installed the third
Sunday In December.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
Adrertised Letter..



The sewing bee at j. NJ. Tackett's
last week was we'll attended.
Mrs s. Funke had large hog butch
cred Wednesday
A singing service was held Sunday
evening at William Laugblin's-
G. 7. Tibton had a colt badly cut in
q wire fence last week.
P. J. Hsrtzier has snapped horses
lately.
Amos Smith and son, Albert, went to
st. Francis Monday with. their broom
corn
Uriah Eicher is painting William
Laughlin's barn the second coat.
Mr. and Mrs. J. r Eiehsr visited Mr..
PantZsrs. people Sunday and MOndsy
at their home near KsnOrado.
Roy Butt and family visited at
George Wray's Sunday.
Joe Van Dong has been purchasing
milch cows recently.
There will be q Christmas tree enter
tainment at the Mennonite church on
Christmas eve
The dance at Tom Bakers was q
complete fissco.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
THE DEWEY TRIAL.
Accused Had Not Reported to Court wed
nesdsy Morning.

Accused Had Not Reported to Court We'd
nesdsy Morning.
The converting Of the district court in
Cheyenne county at st. Francis this
week before which tribunal Chauncey
Dewey, William J. Mcbride and Clyde
Wilson were summoned to appear under
bond Of $4,000 each by Monday, Decem-
Der 7, was attended by a large number Of
people, mostly from the surrounding
counties.
The lawyers for the. defense and the
prosecution we're early on hand, but the
men under charge of murder of the
Berry family had not yet arrived We'd
nesday morning. Judge Geiger, before
whom the cass viii be tried, is reported
to have kept the court waiting for the
arrival of the three accused men, and
notified their attorneys that if they did
not appear by noon, December 9, he
would decide that Chauncey Dewey, ".
J. Mcbride and Clyde Wilson had for
feited their bond to the state. There
seems to be noquestion that the Deweys
meant to appear, but that they seemed
to be taking their own time about it.
No reports from daily papers have as
yet come out OF the case, and it may be
that the case has been delayed. The
surviving Berrys and the states Wit
nesses were present, and from all sp-
pearances the prosecution means bust
ness
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11

$500 for Letters to Encourage Emigration.
The Rock Island System offers ~
prizes, Of the aggregate value Of $3.50,
for letters relative to the territory
along its lines in Arkansas, Kansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and
New Mexico. Letters should deal with
the writer's experience since he settled
in the southwest. They should tell
how much money he had when he ar
rived, what he aid when he first came
what measure Of success has since re-
Warded his efforts, and what he thinks
of that portion Of the country in which
he is located. Letters should not be
less than 800 nor more than 1,5OC
words in length, and will be used fol-
the purpose of advertising the south
west.
Letters are desired, not only from
farmers and farmers wives, but alsC
from merchants, school teachers, clergy
men; from everyone, in brief, who ha:
a story to tell, and who knows how t.
tell it.
For circular giving details write
JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic
Manager Rock Island System, Chicago
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
BUY MORE STAMPS.

sales for SoremBer, 1903, More Than
Doubled Same Month Lest Year.
Postmaster SteYens, in comparing the
stamp sales Of the month Of November
Just past, with November, 1902, says that
the pOstOfice at GOodland during these
Two months doubled its stamp business,
the total Of the November sales. q year
ago, being s2O6, while the sales Of Nov
ember, 1903, amounts to s417, an IN
crease OF more than a hundred per cent
This IS an indexOf the increasing vol
ume Of business being done by the peo-
pie Of GOOdland and Sherman county.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
Coughing spell Caused Death.

Harry DuckWell, aged . years
ehOked TO death early yesterday mord-
ing az bis home, in the presence Of his
wife and child he contracted q slight
cold few days ago snd paid but little
attention to %. Yesterday morning be
was seized with ct Of coughing which
continued for some time. His wife sent
for physician but before. he could
arrive, an0tber coughing spell came on
aud Duckwell died from suffoCation. -
St Louis Globe Democrat, December I.
1901" Ballads Horehound Syrup
would have saved him &c, SOC and 81.
at Arensberg & Culleu's.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
Quit Carrrinr the NALL.

William Jupe, for nine years the car
rier Of the mails between the depot and
the PostOfice at this place without mis-
sing a train, has surrendered his con
tract to the government because Of the
niggardly amount he is paid for this ser
vice. He has to make six trips daily tC
the trains, and IS paid the magnificent
sum Of SO month. Mr.. Jupe viii quiz
the work the first Of the year.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
sMALL - conoITIoN.
No More spread Ofthe Disease But Mayor
Proclamation sim in Force.

No More Spread OF the Disease Bat Mayors
Proclamation stIu in Force
The small pox condition in Goodland
is much absted, there being no more
houses in GOodland under quarantine
than reported last week. Some Of the
business men were In conference with
Mayor SWarts this week looking toward
the raising Of the quarantine by him
upon public gatherings, but upon advice
from the health officer, it was not
thought best to take that step just now,
DR.. Smith, the county health officer,
has the disease so well controlled that
he wants to be on the safe side and Grad
icate the contsgiSn beyond a doubt, 90
that when the quarantine is raised al
danger Of another breaking ont of the
disease shall be past.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
THE FIRST SNOW.

FaH Of Two Inches Monday Night
Accompanied BY Moderate weather.
The first fall Of snow in Sherman coun-
ty for the winter season came Monday
night snow covering the ground with a
mat two inches deep. The weather was
comparatively mild, and Tuesday morn
ing the clouds broke away and the sun
shone out warm enough TO melt the
snow.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
- - - Il
NOTICE

I y justice court before n. H. FIoTd. = justice
u q the pace IN and fer the city Of Gnodlaud
In Sherman countF. kausas- Dawson g. DaW-
son. plaintiffs, Vs- II. n Richards defendant.
The defendant above nau1cd viii take notice
that be has been sued IN the above entitled
cause, and that he must appear and a1sEer IN
said cause IN said court on or before the Slth
day Of Decsmber l2lz- or judgment viii Be reu-
dered against Vou for the sun Of nttT-seTen and
ffty-ssTeu one hundredths dollars and costs %,
suit And the property attached herein VII Be
sold according 10 Law and the proceeds Thereof
applied 20 the payment Of said iudEmeut-
=. =. HUEFFE, Attorney for Plaintid.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
Rev. VFoodward's New Role.

From Phillipsburg Dispatch
Rev @. H Woodward is one Of the
handiest boys about a print shop to be
found anywhere. Yesterday Wardie
White came up to set some ads in this
Office, and We were going down to work
for him. When we reached the News
Office We found Ar. Woodward wearing
a big apron and hard at work linking the
forms. That is the kind of a preacher
who makes a good devil"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-12-11
CIosed for Two Hour.

7. E. Townsend, manager Of the Foster
Lumber company at this place, closed
the Office of the company Wednesday
from two to three o'clock as a mark OF
reverence in the death Of Mrs. Letitia
Foster, mother Of the Foster brothers
who died in Kansas City Monday. This
closing Of the Offices Of the Foster Lum-
Der company was observed by all their
branch houses.