davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
holbsook Center.

Charley Turvey has been under
the doctors care the past week.
Farmers have about finished
haying and are now busy harvest
ing their wheat.
Mrs. hutchinson, from Kansas
City, is visiting her cousin, ]. b.
Lashbrook and family.
w. II. Harris was thrown from
his horse last Wednesday and
was quite severely shaken up.
w. H. Carrington's mother ar
rived last Friday from Hinsdale.
ILL.,, for an extended visit with her
son.
Miss Wines, from Emporia,
Kan, is keeping house for her
brother, while Mrs. Wines is at
the bedside of her mother who is
very i'll at her home in Greenwood
county, kans.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
City Council

The city Council met in regular
session Monday night, Ed Mar
shall, mayor protein, presiding, and
Aldermen Johnson, Lamb, Sher-
man and Handy being in attend
ance.
On motion, an ordinance extend
ing sewer district b, and provid
ing for the construction of a sewer
through such extension and pay
ment of the cost OF said extension,
was placed on its first reading.
On motion, an ordinance amend
ing ordinance No 90, entitled an
ordinance concerning the La unta
water works, providing for the
changing of the irrigation hours to
one hour in the morning and one
hour in the evening, between
March 5th and November 18th,
was placed on its first reading.
Residents south OF Iowa street will
irIigate between the hours of a. m.
and 7 a. M, and 6 p. M, to p.
M, and residents north OF Iowa
street between the hours OF 7 a.
M, and a. M. and ? p. M. and
s p. M.
On motion City Treasurer Fisher
was instructed to call in bonds
Nos. l and 2, of the Otero canal
series and pay them, there being
s2,oo in the OteIo canal bond
sinking fund. The city has $40, 900
in Otero canal bonds outstanding,
and it was thought advisable TO
call in two OF the series and stop
the interest.
On motion the matter OF unpaid
sewer assessments was referred to
City Attorney McDaniels, with in
structions that he proceed immed-
lately TO collect the same.
After allowing theusual grist of
bills the city council adjourned.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
sssessIi soses.

La unta has played ten games
so tar this season and has only
lost one in the entire series.
Catcher Vanderbilt met al old
time baseball friend in the game
with Trinidad last Sunday-Left
Fiel Ter Rhodes. They used to play
bail IN Michigan eleven years ago,
and their meeting Sunday was the
FIRST since that time.
Mckinnan, the new may who
played second base for the home
team last Sunday, made good
showing in his initial game, and
plays fast article OF ball. He
comes from old Missouri. where
flaming and Vanderbilt used to
hibernate.
s. Walsh, who attended the
Christian Endeavor Convention in
Denver last week, returned home
last Sunday morning, He also
attended the game OF baseball
Saturday between Las Animas and
the Pride of the Rockies, and says
that Frank Hill, the star first base
man OF the La unta team, who
| played center field for Las AMI
mas, created unbounded enthusi-
asm in the grand stand whenever
he handled the willow at the home
plate.
The La Junta team will play
with Las Animas next Sunday. and
the game will probably be the
most holly contested this season,
as both teams are out for blood.
A special train will come up from
Las Animas and there will be a
large number of rooters from that
burg in attendance. Captain Van
derhill has delivere, himself OF the
opinion that the La Junta team
can play faster ball by at least
fifty per cent than it did one short
month ago, and has no fears OF the
result in this game. The last
game between the two teams was
a ten inning contest, resulting in
a score Of 3 to in favor OF La
unta.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15

The Fort Lyon canal is fifty-one
feet wide and during the month Of
June had an average depth Of S. 10
feet A. Van Dusen, in charge 1t
the headgate, says that during that
month the canal delivered to its
water users over So. 900, 900 cubic
feet of water each twenty-four
hours. The farmers in North La
Junta must have had enough wa
ter during that month to last them
for awhile.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
Tslnidsd-ts Jvnts Game.

An aggregation OF base ball play
ers from Trinidad played an en-
gagement in this city last Sunday
afternoon and made futile endea-
vor to show the home team how TO
play the national game. The Wis
iting team was under the manage
ment of +. 2. Goodale, eIstwhile
a newspaper man OF the city OF
Trinidad, and even with that handi-
CAP. were unable even to make a
respectable showing. the score at
the conclusion OF the game being
10 to 4 in favor of La unta.
The game proved interesting
throughout despite the onesided
score, the La unta aggregation
making some very good plays. The
story OF the game is told in the
official score which is as follows:
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
Msskem indian 0snd.

The Haskell Indian Indian
ba I'D, OF the Haskell Indian school
at Lawrence, Kan, passed
through La Junta last Saturday
morning on No. g.. The band,
which numbered thirty-two pieces.
was on its way to Pueblo to play
an engagement at the grand
stand" They also have engage
ments to fill in Colorado Springs
and Denver. The band is fine
musical organization and played
several numbers on the depot
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
platform. c. W. wonderly Sc

platform. c. w. Wonderly Sc
cured promise from the mana
ger to stop at La Junta on his way
home. about four weeks hence.
IL is the intention to have tae
band give a concert on some Sat-
urday light. and on the following
day play ball with the home team,
there being first class ball club
included in the membership of the
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
Wins honovs Abroad

g. 5. Thompson returned home
last Sunday evening from Denver,
where he has been attending the
fifth annual meeting of the Western
Funeral Directors Association, the
membership OF which includes the
nndertakers of Colorado, New
Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Mr..
Thompson has been treasurer of
the organization for several years
past and on this occasion was hon
ored by beng elected president of
the association. The ceremonies
attending the installation of the
new president were very elaborate,
consisting in part of a mock funer-
al, the new officer being nailed up
in coffin for few moments with
a boquet in his nit. Mr.. Thomp-
son has not as yet fully recovered
from his rather strenuous expert
ence.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15

'McKinnan out for skipping third base /;
Vanderbilt out-hit by batted ball.
SCORE NY INNINGS.
La Junta ..3 o 5 2 o Id
Trinidad. - o o %
Earned runs-La Junta 9; Trinidad 1.
Three base hits-Schmidt. Wells.
Two base hits--WelIs. Bradshaw, Housley.
Bearden.
Base Balls-Fanning. l.
Struck out-By Fsnning. II; BY Floyd, 8.
Left on bases-La Junta. 3: Trinidad. ..
Double plays-Bradshaw to Beanden. to Will
COZ; Tanning to McKinnan to Mitchell.
Hit BY pitcher-Fanuing. 2; Floyd. 3.
First base on errors-La Junta. 8: Trinidad 9
Time Of eame-One hour and forty-fv- min
uter.
Umpire-Graves.
Attendance-Five hundred
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-15
sont MORE LOCAL rrens.
Trade with II. G.. Todd.
Fruit Jars at HarbouI's.

/ inquire Oh u D thompson
Thompson's new and up-to date
carpets are marvels of value.
See Barr * Hotchkiss for first
class painting and paper hanging,
Money for city or farm loans on
easy terms. Inquire w. X. Gibson.
FoR SALE-Three calves. In
quire OF John Gwyn, North Ia
Iunta.
p. II. N.asie and family leave
this morning for Glen Park for
month, spui'ns. <s.
Gem Flour" best in the market.
Every sack guaranteed or none,
refunded Junta Milling Co.
May hew House Furnishing CO.,
Undertaking, embalming. Phone,
~ red; night phone, 4o2 black.
Fox SALE-National cash regis,
ter; latest improvements; cheap
ior cash. Inquire OF c. w. Won
derly.
Miss Maude Rymell, OF Kansas
City, Mo, arrived IN La unta this
morning for an extended visit with
Mrs. +. ~. Ragsdale.
Mrs. L. l.. keyte, OF McPher.
son, kans., arrived in La unta
this morning Tor an extended visit
with Mrs. +. b. Mason.
! George Hayes who has been
| visiting relatives in Illinois during
the past two weeks. returned hom.
last Saturday morning on No. 9.
Mrs T.. ID. Carlton, accom-.
panied by her daughter, Mrs. I.
Howard, lett yesterday morning
Tor Los Angeles, Calf, to spend
the summer
Mrs. X. Phillips and two OF her
children left tor the mountains las,
Saturday morning. Mrs. Phillips
writes that they are nicely situated
at Hearts Ease, cottage No. II,
Glen Park.
There will be a con gregational
meeting OF the Presbyterian church
this evening at the church. Every
member OF the church is earnestly
requested to be present as there is
business OF importance TO be trans
acted.
Manager Talbert. OF the La Junta
Theatre, is listing TOR the Colum
bia Opera company, and if he sue
ceeds in securing the necessary
pledges the opera company will
appear in this city July 23rd in the
famous comic opera, "Chimes OF
Norm andy" Secure your seats
early.
Mrs. Rice, Miss Mae Babcock
and Miss Nora Rice. of Pontiac.
H., are the guests OF Miss Clara
Norton. The two latter are nice. S
OF Miss Norton and Mrs Rice an
aunt. They enjoyed tallyho ride
yesterday morning to view the land
scape DER in this vicinity, chap
eroned by F. NJ. Likes, of the Val
ley Livery barn.
What would be thought of a
man who would have his pants
made from sixteen to twenty
inches too long for his .eg and
then go round holding them up to
keep them from trailing in the
mud and filth He would proba
bly, be considered crazy. But
where does the comparison come
IMP We don't know of any wo
men who do this.
Miss Ella Ewing, the Missouri
giantess, who passed through this
city last Wednesday and attracted
considerable attention from sever
al members of the Ancient Order
OF Rubberneckers, who make their
headquarters on the depot plat
form, is advertised as one of the
attractions at Manhattan Beach in
Denver. According to the adver-
tisements Miss Ewing is eight feet
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
PANAMA CANAL QUESTION.
state Department Advised That the
Colombian Government Is still
Considering IL.

Washington, Oct 20.-Minister Beau
pre-. at Bogota, has informed the state
department that the Colombian gov
ernment Is still considering the canal
question and that the committee hav-
ing the matter In charge has submitted
a report upon the concession to the
Panama Canal CO., from 1904 to 1910
The dispatch is ambiguous and the de-
partment can not say whether the COM
mittee has recommended the invalida-
tion of the concession and return to
the company of 81 100000 which was
paid for 1t or whether it favors con-
firming their concession. The report is
to be printed and discussed in the Co
lombian congress next week. The Co.
lomban government having intimated
that II desired to renew negotiations
for the construction of a canal this
government will not act until it has
oeen determined that reasonable
time has been given the government at
Bogota to formulate and present a
proposition.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
SMART PAIR OF OFFICERS.
They Permitted \. e. BELL, the Con-
fessed Mail Pouch Robber
and FOrger, to Escape.

Philadelphia, Oct. 20.-A. E. Bell the
confessed mail pouch robber and check
forger, who was arrested in Denver,
Col, escaped from Pullman car. Mon
day, just before the train to which it
was attached arrived at the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station here Bell was
in the custody of two United States
deputy marshals and was on his way
10 the marshal's Office in this city. He
made an excuse to go to the wash
room, and after locking himself in
opened the window and made his es-
cape. The police officials were notified
and they are searching for Bell
Bell was also known as Crosby and
Hammond. After his arrest In Denver
he admitted having stolen mail
pouch from Pennsylvania railroad
train. The pouch was in transit from
this city to Harrisburg. Pa, and dis
appeared on September s. 1t contained
large number of checks for small
sums, which later came back to the
banks, when 1t was learned that they
had been raised TO large amounts. The
authorities assert that Bell must have
realized nearly a half-million dollars
by this robbery.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
Sentenced to Iona Term.

Dave Mcdaniel, aged %, was con-
victed at Texarkana of completely in
the killing of j. c. Lorne and SEN
fenced to twenty-five years in the pen
itentiary. Lorne and Dave Mcdaniel
engaged in dispute over some trivial
matter when Napoleon Mcdaniel,
father of Dave. pulled a pistol and
shot Lorne dead. The elder McDan-
lei is known to be one of the most dan
gerous men in the county. About
eighteen years ago he was convicted,
with two other parties, of robbing a
Cotton Belt passenger train a few
miles from Texarkana and given a life
term in prison. Through the untiring
efforts of a faithful wife, whose death
occurred few months after his re-
lease. Mcdaniel was pardoned about
three years ago When Mcdaniel and
his pals robbed the Cotton Belt train
one of the robbers was wounded, and
it Is claimed Mcdaniel, to prevent him
from giving the names of his accom-
plices, deliberately shot him through
the head. Mcdaniel is yet to be tried
for the murder of Lorne, who was 70
years of age.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
Additional Dates.

Messrs. George B. Pugh for Judge
Wood and Charles Jacobson for Gov
Davis have arranged the following ad
ditional dates for the joint campaign
of the candidates for governor: West
ern Grove, November g. Marshall. No.
vember 10; Yellville. November IL;
Big Flat, November 13: Mount Olive.
November IA; Mountain View. Novem
Der 16 Cave City, November IS;
Hardy, November 20; Viola. Novem-
ber 21; Mammoth Spring. November
%; Pocahontas. November "a May
nard, November 25; Walnut Ridge
November %; Corning. November 27;
Rector, November 2S; Paragould. No
vember 30; Walcott, December /. All
of these appointments are in north
central Arkansas, and are fer l p. n.
at each place.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
ClNUCKS REFUSE TO SIGN.
Canadian Alaskan Boundary Com
missioners In the Sulks.
Ten OF the Bodies Recovered. Five
Are Seriously Injured and Sew
eral Are Yet Under wreck.

London, Oct. 20-A draft of the de-
cision reached by the Alaskan bound
airy commissioners was signed by q
majority of the commissioners Mon-
day evening Messrs. Aylesworth AMI
Jette. the Canadian commissioners, re-
fused TO sign.
The decision grants all the American
contentious. with the exception of the
one relating to the Portland canal The
signatories were Lord Chief Justice
Alverstone and Senator Lodge. Senator
Turner and Secretary Root. TIE Amer
lean commissioners. They constituted
majority and insured finality. Messrs
Aylesworth and Jette carried their
outspoken disapproval of the decision
TO the point of refusing to sign even
that section OF the decision giving the
Portland canal to Canada, and they
emphasized their attitude by walking
out OF the cabinet room in the foreign
Office before the signatures of he 9TH
ers had been afflxe1 to the historic doc
ument which has already been printed
and is ready for the session to be held
to-day
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
Expressmen's Strike Greatly In
conveniencing Business Men In
This Territory.
EVENTS 1F AWEek BRIEFLY CHRONIClED
CONSERVATION Among Saloon Men of
the Border City on Account of
Indictments Returned in Federal
Court-FaIse Report of an Al.
legged lynching.
Uncle Sam Takes Hand.

The saloon men of Fort Smith are
all torn up over some having been in
dicted in the western district of the
charge of selling liquor in the terri
tory. For years past liquor men doing
BUSINESS in towns bordering on the ter
ritory, have enjoyed a large and lucra-
tive jug trade, which, as a whole han
aggregated many hundred thousand
dollars year Many of them en-
plOyed solicitors, and the orders taken
have been filled by express, as have
been the mail orders which have re-
suited from this direct solicitation
Some months ago a gov ernment agent
went to Fort Smith and Investigated
this jug trade, and on returning to
Muskogee filed information against
some OF the most prominent dealers in
that city for introducing" Arrest
and preliminary hearing followed, and
the defendants were all bound over to
the grand jury for the western district.
convening at Muskogee. That grand
jury has just returned true bills to the
number of 200 against liquor men and
others. The former contend that de-
livery to a common carrier is delivery
to the person. and for that reason they
are not guilty of any infraction of the
law. Judge Raymond, in his charge 10
the grand jury, intimated very strong
ly that he would send convicted de-
PENDANTS to the penitentiary, and also
intimated that the theory of the out
lined defense of the saloon men doing
a jug trade with the territory was
not a sound theory. The trials of the
indicted parties will, of course, take
place in MuskOgee
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
FORREST CITY, ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 23 1903
Digest Of Road Laws.

Deputy Secretary of State o. C. Lud-
wig has prepared and is distributing
digest of the road laws enacted at
the last session of the general assem-
bly,. The information given in this
pamphlet is of great value to the gen
eral public. 1t shows that only two
road laws of general Importance were
passed by the last legislature. One
amends the act which provides for the
use of the road tax collected in cities
OF the second class and incorporated
towns. in counties voting the road tax,
so as to make it discretionary with
the levying court to employ road
commissioner. The other act pro-
vides that when a road tax shall have
been voted, in addition thereto each
male person between the ages of TWEEN
ty-one and forty-fve years, subject to
road duties under the old law. shall
be subject to four days work on said
roads and bridges; provided that each
person may. when he is lawfully
warned. as is now provided by law.
pay the road overseer of his road dis
triet, in lawful money of the United
States, one dollar for each day he is
lawfully warned to work, said tax to
be collected by the overseer and by
him expended on the public roads in
his district in the way and manner he
may deem most advantageous; pro-
vided, that each of said persons, or
taxpayers, shall be allowed to work
out his tax and shall be allowed the
sum of 81 for each days work. and
that the overseer shall give his cer-
tifcate or receipt showing the amount
OF the time said person has worked,
which certificate or receipt shall be
accepted by the tax collector in the
payment of the taxes of said person
in any amount not to exceed the total
amount of his road tax; provided fur
ther, that where any person shall re-
side i'll the corporate limits of any city
or town, who is required to perform
labor upon the streets of said city or
town, or who is required to pay a cor
poration tax in lieu of the services
upon said streets. shall be exempt
from labor upon the public roads.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE CANVASS.
DOwle, After Gi, ing His Hosts In
structions, Takes IN Little "Trip
to Wall street by Him~elf.

New York, Oct. 20.-After attend
ing an early morning service n Mad
ison Square garden, John Alexander
Dowie's restoration host" numbering
nearly 1900, began Monday mousse
toulouse canvass of the city. Before
giving them his final instruc ions Dr.
Dowie said: Il an going out to 10
a little restoration work myself and
won't be far from Wall street Pray
for me-
The majority of the audience at early
service was composed of Zionists. No
robes were worn. DR.. Dowie preached
a sermon on Tho Sin of !dolatry."
with applications TO present conditions
"A divine healing meeting" was
held in the garden from 10:30 a. m
TO noon, at which Dr. Dowie deliver sd
an address on The Opening of the
Beautiful Gate OF Divine Healing"
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
Commission Fixes Joint Rates.

AT a meeting of the state railroad
commission held last week an order
was made fixing through joint passen-
ger rates on all railroads in the state,
in accordance with the act of the last
legislature. The order requires that
through tickets shall be sold when re-
quested at any station on any road
where a ticket agent is stationed to
another station on any other road in
the state, and that the rate shall not
exceed the sum of the locals. The
commission does not reduce any rates,
as had been expected it would do. and
does not force the short lines to estab-
lish other stations or agents. The
lines may continue to charge cents
for roads under seventy-five miles IN
length and cents for roads under fif-
teen miles, as provided specifically by
by statute, but in selling through tick
cts the joint rate shall in no case ex,
coed the sum of the locals. 1t is a
victory for the short lines.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
MISTRIAL IN AYLOR CASE.
In the Preliminary Hearing the Jury
Has Not Been Able to Reach u
Nerdict-AyIcr StiIl In JAN.

Joplin. Mo. Oct 20-The jury in the
preliminary hearing OF Ben .Aylor Tor
the murder of Gordon Allen, near Pros
perity, on Friday last. has Lot been
able to reach a verdict. Four wan.
an open verdict and two want one
of justifiable homicide From the eyi-
dence introduced Allen had made re-
peated threats that he had been
wronged by Aylor and would ALL hun
1t is alleged that he made similar
threats about several prominent Jop-
lin men with whom he had BEEN deal
ing. IT is believed that Allen became
desperate over financial losses. Aylo-,
the slayer of Allen, whose father is a
millionaire mine owner, is in jail
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
Col. Eagle a Delegate,

The Caroline Baptist Association.
one of the oldest associations in the
state, closed its forty-eighth session at
Lonoke on the 18th. The association
elected ex-Gov. James p. Eagle a del
egate to the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton. which meets in Nashville, Tenn.
next year. Gov. Eagle. has been a del
egate to every convention of Southern
Baptists held the past twelve years,
and was twice honored by being
chosen president.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
Confederate Roster.

The report of Gen. Ainsworth. chief
of the record and pension Office Of
the war department. shows that the
call from the secretary of war for Con-
federate records has been responded
to with alacrity by the governors of
all but three states, one of the three
being Missouri. The secretary has
no authority to insist upon the pres
entation of these records, but made
the request of the fifteen governors
of states which furnished the bulk of
the troops to the Confederacy. Con
gress by an enactment of last ses.
sion, authorized the compilation of
a complete roster of every officer and
enlisted man in the service of the
Confederacy. The war department
did not have the complete records in
its possession, so addressed the gov
ernors as indicated, with a suggestion
that some official already in the en-
ploy of the respective states should be
charged with the duty of collecting
the records from Confederate veter.
ans associations. A special commit
tee is now engaged in gathering the
information in Arkansas.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-10-23
PEARLS IN WABASH RIVER.
Residents of Muncie Discover Thou
ment of Ten Thousand Troops
bash River Bed.

Carmi. H.. Oct. 20.-For several
weeks the people of Maunie. Small
town on the Wabash river, have be-
come greatly excited over the finding
of many valuable pearls, ranging in
price from $40 to $3.50. The river Is a
veritable bee hive and scores are at
work securing mussel shells. The
price of shells has risen from 81 to SIS
per ton and an experienced man can
secure a ton a day. Farmers find il diff
tcult to get farm hands.