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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09
LAWYERS PRESENT TWO VIEWS
OF W. S. STRATTON'S CHARACTER

Denver. April 4.-The opening state
ments of opposing counsel in the STRAIT
ton will case, which was commenced
in the District Court at Colorado
Springs yesterday. are summarized in
the Republicans report.
For the executors, T. NJ. Patterson
presented Winfield Scott Stratton as:
Disappointed in his domestic rela-
tons early in life; studious prospec-
tor and philosophic and philanthropic
millionaire; one who loved his fellow
men. who revered his father, whose
faults were minor. whose attributes
were noble; who, as heavens trustee
for his wealth, gave his last years and
the great bulk of his fortune to provis-
ion for the Myron Stratton Home for
the amelioration of those who have
fallen by the wayside; that his wife
deserted him and that his son did not
take the. name of his reputed father
until the latter had grown wealthy;
that Stratton did not anticipate mil
lionaire SON by inheritance; that the
maintenance of the will is in the in
terests of humanity and the honor Of
the dead"
For /. Harry Stratton. contestor. C.
W. Waterman presented Winfield Scott
Stratton as:
art, later his wife; that he became a
spiritualist and was informed as part
of plot that his wife would be untrue
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09

to him: thus believing, he attempted
the murder of his enciente wife: that
he cast her aside and accused the con-
testor of being illegitimate; that STRAIT
ton became a drug fiend and drunkard,
monomaniac and a woman hater;
that In such condition he made Wills
cutting off his son, in the insane belief
that his wife had proved untrue; that
Stratton was prevailed on to make the
will by undue influence; that the con-
test is for the reclamation of the honor
of the dead wife and mother and the
restoration of the living sons name"
Orville l.. Dimes was the first witness
called in the case. He was summoned
by the proponents and examined by
Harry McAllister, Jr., a master in that
division of the legal profession.
Mr.. Dimes is second cousin of Ty-
son S. Dimes. w. S. STATIONS attorney,
and Is also a lawyer
First of all he was asked to Identify
the signature of Stratton on the will
submitted for probate. 1t was signed
in Stratton's office in the presence of
the witness. DR. Rice and William
Lloyd on August 5, 1901. He identified
the signature of these two witnesses.
DR.. ID. II. Rice, the other witness to
the Will, followed. He attended on re-
ceipt OF telephone message from Mr.
Stratton.
In answer TO Mr.. McAllister. the wit
ness said Stratton was of sound mind
at the time he executed the Will.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09
What in Arid RenIons.

Acclimating wheat so that 1t will
grow In the arid regions of the West
Is pronounced possible by the National
Geographic Magazine In the last issue.
The magazine makes mention Of eNper-
imenis. the result OF which is included
in the last report Of the state engineer
of Wyoming 1t says
"Mr Fred Bond. state engineer of
Wyoming. in his latest official report,
described some experiments being
made in Colorado and Wyoming to
grow wheat without irrigation.
In 1856 Mr. Robert Gauss advanced
the theory that wheat could be aeeli-
mated and made to thrive under the
arid conditions of Colorado. and some
years later began conducting expert
ments to test his theory In 1896 he
planted some improved Fife wheat. but
secured at harvesting time but little
more than seed enough for the follow
ing year. This seed was planted and
the experiment continued each year
with better and better results. In the
spring Of 1902 Mr. Bond obtained IA
pint OF this seed and planted one-half
near Cheyenne at an altitude OF $3.50
feet above sea-level and the remainder
near Buffalo, Johnson county. at an
altitude OF 400 feet. From the har-
vest OF the first lot MIR. Bond obtained
nine aud one-half pints, a yield OF
nineteenfold. and from the second lot
twenty-one and one-half pints. or about
forty-threefold. although there had
been no irrigation Of either lot The ef-
fective precipitation at Cheyenne had
been 6.Ss inches and at Buffalo 49O
inches.
III experiments on a larger scale are
equally successful. II as good wheat
and as great results are obtained in
practical farming, Mr.. Gauss has re-
claimed an area OF nearly 100000
square miles. stretching from the
southern boundary OF Kansas and Colo
rado to the Canadian boundary"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09

Different onion growers in Colorado
estimate the cost per acre of producing
the crop all the way from $50 to 500
The experiment station bulletin places
1t at about $50 on the average.
Bulletin 81 of the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station at Fort Collins is de
voted to onion growing in the Cache
Ia Poudre valley. This speciality has
proved successful in most cases. and
some farmers even grow as high as ten
to twenty-five acres in a field.
Henry Stevens OF Laconia. New
York, has Just paid $4,000 for a nine
weeks-old bull calf. The mother of
the calf is Sadie Vale Concordia, hold
er OF the worlds seven and thirty-day
records for milk and butter produc-
ton. The sire is Beryl Wayne, prize
winning bull The calf was born Jan
uary end. and the price paid for him
is believed to be the largest amount
ever paid for a nine-weeks-old animal
Bulletin No. 10 OF the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Fort Collins.
Colorado, deals with the treatment OF
stiuking smut in wheat In the exper-
iments very smutty seed was used and
In the growth from the grain without
treatment eighty per cent. of the prod
uct was diseased. Where the seed was
sprinked with copper sulphate, one
pound of snlphate to four gallons of
water, the disease was restricted to
one-half of one per cent. Grain soaked
In solution of corrosive sublimate.
one pound to fifty gallons OF water.
did equally well. Sprinkling with cop
per sulphate is recommended to be the
best remedy. Place the grain In a
bin large enough SO that. the grain can
be shoyeled from one side to the other
Sprinkle the solution on with com
mon Watering pot and at the same
time Keep shoveling the grain over
and over. When the kernels are all
wet the treatment is finished. but great
pains must be taken TO see that the
work is thoroughly done The grain
should not be treated until ready to
SOW, as II will start growing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09
LEGISLATURE is
BEHIND TIME

Denver. April TAT o'clock this
morning the Legislature. which should
have adjourned at midnight under the
time limit, was stil in session.
The Senate refused to concur in the
House amendments to the appropria-
sion at a. m. without prospect OF a
compromise.
So backward was the Legislature and
so doubtful did 1t appear that the long
appropriation bill would be passed. that
Governor Peabody remained in his
office all night with call for an extra
session all prepared. He said he would
not call an extra session. however. un-
less the long appropriation bill failed
Of passage.
The House spent all of yesterday and
last night in trying to get through the
vast amount of business on hand. 1t
had some 40 bills to pass on third read
ing. and list OF close to seventy-five
TO pass upon. these being House bills
shat had been amended by the Senate
Relays. of reading clerks were kept
calling the roll. marking the bill pass
ed, and making up the days journal.
Yet at o'clock this morning there
were yet a dozen amended House bills
requiring concurrence in Senate
amendments and several conference
committees were in session
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09

only desire to see them regulated and
controlled so far as may be necessary
to subserye the public good. We should
be false to the historic principles OF
our government II we Disseminated.
either by legislation or administration.
either for or against n man because
of either his wealth or his poverty.
There is no proper place in our society
either for the rich man who uses the
power conferred by his riches to en-
able him to Cypress and wrong his
neighbors, nor yet for the demagogic
agitator. who. instead of attacking
abuses as all abuses should be at
tackled wherever found, attacks prop
erty. attacks prosperity. attacks men
OF wealth. as such. whether they be
good o. bad. attacks corporations
whether they do well or Ill. and seeks,
in a spirit of ignorant rancor, to over
throw the very foundations upon which
rest our national well-being-
1T is clear that corporations created
for quasi public purposes. clothed for
that reason with the ultimate power Of
the state to take private property
against the will OF the owner. hold
their corporate powers as carriers in
trust for the fairly impartial service OF
A1'
OF such powers. unjustly enriching
some and unjustly impoverishing 9TH
ers. discriminating in favor of some
places and against others. is palpably
violative of plain principles of justice.
Such practice unchecked is hurtful
in many ways. Congress, having had
its attention drawn to the matter en-
acted a most important anti-rebate
law, which greatly strengthens the in
terstate commerce law. This new law
prohibits. under adequate penalties.
the giving and as well the demanding
or receiving of such preferences. and
provides the preventive remedy of in
junction. The vigorous administration
of this law. and It will be enforced
will. it is hoped. afford substantial
remedy for certain trust evils which
have attracted public attention and
have created public unrest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09
TRUST PROBLEM DISCUSSED
BY PRESIDENT Roosevelt +

Milwaukee. April 4.-President
Roosevelt was the guest Of the Mil
waukee Merchants and Manufacturers
Association at banquet at the Plank
tnton house last night. the occasion
being the climax OF the Presidents ten
hours visit to Milwaukee. Covers
were laid for $50 representative ciu-
zens.
After the banquet had been served
Toastmaster Wadhams introduced
President Roosevelt, who responded to
the toast '-The President of the United
states The President took this oc-
casion TO give his views on the sub
Ject OF trusts. He said in part.
Mr. Toastmaster. Gentlemen-To-
DAY l wish to speak to you on the
question of the control and regulation
OF those great corporations which are
popularly, although rather vaguely.
known as trusts, dealing mostly with
what has actually been accomplished
in the way of legislation and in the
way. OF enforcement Of legislation dur
ing the past eighteen months. the pc
riod covering the two sessions OF the
F1fty-seventh Congress. At the outset
l shall ask you to remember that
do not approach the subject either
from the standpoint of those who speak
of themselves as antitrust or anti-cor-
poration people. nor. yet from the
standpoint of those who are fond Of
denying the existence OF evils in the
trusts, or who apparently proceed upon
the assumption that If a corporation
is large enough 1t can do no wrong.
Il think | speak for the great ma
1ority of the American people when
say that we are not in the least against
wealth as such, whether individual or
corporate; that we merely desire to
see any abuse of corporate or COM
bined wealth corrected and remedied:
that we do not desire the abolition or
destruction of big corporations, but, on
the contrary, recognize them MS being
in many cases efficient economic in
struments. the results OF an inevitable
process Of economic evolution, and
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09
NEW ARMS FOR
NATIONAL GUARD

Denver, April 4-Before the end of
the present summer the Colorado Ma
tional Guard will be equipped with
an almost entirely new armament.
Major A. c. Sharpe. adjutant general
of the Department of the Colorado. u.
S. A, has notified the adjutants general
of the five states and territories in the
department of the provisions of the
new militia law to that effect. He has
asked them to forward to him a list
of their armories and to name dates
when inspections of the present equip
ments would be convenient.
Upon. receipt of replies from the
militia officers Adjutant General Sharpe
will detail regular army officer from
each state to inspect the arms now in
possession of the state militia, and re-
port upon their condition and number
These reports will be compiled and
forwarded to the War Department. and
upon their approval new equipment
will be forwarded from the govern
ment arsenals in exchange for that now
in possession of the militia
This will mean the equipment of the
infantry OF lut 1olOlddo -NatAoAAai
Guard with the latest pattern OF krag-
Jorgensen rifle. in place of the arms
now in service. The cavalry will ex-
change their old carbines for the new
Krag-J -Jorgensen cavalry arm, and
though the law does not specifically
refer to artillery, 1t is probable that
the Chaffee light artillery will be able
sto trade of their antiquated Napo-
Icons for the very latest 3.2-inch
breech loading rified gun of the regular
artillery. and their worn out Gatlings
for the newest pattern of Hotchkiss or
other styles of machine gun In use by
the government.
The new law. known as the Dick bill,
provides for the supervision OF the
state militia by the War Department.
with regular army officers attached to
the guard of each state. and all militia
regulations in conformity with army
methods. In short. the militia Will be
so remodeled and trained as to be to
all intents and purposes a part OF the
regular army. The first move is to
eal,ip the guard with modern weapons,
and this will be done in the states in
the Department of the Colorado as
soon as Major Sharpe can arrange
for It.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-09
New Field for PuuilIst.

Mex1co City. April Lopez, mana
ser Of the Mexico bull rings. nm
nounces that he has secured permits
sion to give prize fighting exhibitions
In the bull ring He will send an
American sporting man To tho United
States next week. who will attempt to
make contracts with pugiIistic celcbrfp
ties to pull on fights In this country.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

xsny states are more strongly Re-
publican than ever before. The Louis
vile Herald thus shows how. I'm
1892 Grover Cleveland carried one
electoral vote in Ohio and came with
in about 1000 votes of carrying all
the others. The one Republican cleo
tor who then failed of election was
Mvron 7. Herrick, who carried the
recent election for Governor by more
than 10000. In 1892 not only did
Cleveland carry one electoral vote. but
the Democrats carried m sjority Of
the Ohio Congressional districts. In
1896 the Republican plurality in the
State was 5i.569; in 1900 it run to
69,036. The recent state election
points to plurality next year ex.
oeedinR 100 900
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

The late President Mckinley, it is
stated on the authority of his nearest
friend and most trusted advisor, Sena.
tor Hams, was personally In favor of
the Panama canal, but wisely lef, the
selection Of . route to the commission,
and was ready to abide by tho selec-
sion of the commission. At that time
there was a great obstacle in the way
OF the Panama route in the shape of an
xorbitant price, which obstacle has
since been removed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

Mr.. Cleveland. according to the
interview Of . warm personal friend.
feels humiliated because of the talk
nominating him for president. He
thinks it IL . slam on the party be.
cause Of the possible inference that
he 10 the only man lefs in she party 1T
to be president Mr.. Cleveland IL
probably only jollyins. Every body
knows that Hon. Ollie James, Of Ken.
suoky, and John Wesley Gaines, Of
Tennessee, are still loyal to the Demo.
cratic party.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

Some of our strenuous western
Jurists refuse TO s.srd for any foolish.
ness. In reprimsnding an effort. to
discredit a plaintiff by claiming she
had been Rugged aud kissed. a judge
OF Guthrie, Oklahoma stated that most
all mer I'D Rugged and kissed women
and moss al women had been Rugged
and kissed BY men, and in either case
it was no evidence of bad character
Guth-ie probably wouldn't be q good
place for an aDti.kissing society.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
sioo REWARD NOT CLAIMED.

Two months ago the Stearns' Bleo.
trio paste company. OF Chicago, sffer-
ed q hundred dollars reward 10 any
ono who used their Electric Rss and
Roach Paste and did not find II $50
cessful in killing OF rats. mice, cock
reaches, water bugs, etc. Hundreds
Of people have tried for this reward.
but in every instance have pst been
able TO claim it, as the Electric Psste
never failed TO clear the house Of rats,
mice and bugs. IL is sure death scd
drives the rats and mice out Of the
house to die. Druggists and grocers
generally have the paste for sale or
psckagc will DO sent prepsic on receipt
Of price by the stesrn's Electric Paste
Of Chicago, Ill. Small size.
600; large size, eight times the guam
Iity, o. 90.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

The at. Louis Globe Democrat
points DOT that in "the recent election
Kentucky Republicans cast 202, 764
votes, or 46 per cent of the total. Re.
publicans in that state have one con-
gresham in eleven Missouri Repub-
licans also cast 46 per cent of the
total vote Of the state. They are al
lowed one congressman in sixteen. In
Missouri and Kentucky $40. 900 Re-
publioans are represented by two con.
gresham. Such Is government by
gerrymander and Goebelism."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

DAILY AVERAGE. 27oI.
Personally appeared before me this
day e. J. Paxton. general manager of
The Sun, who sffirms that the above
statement of the circulation of The
Sun for the month of Oct, 1903. is true
70 the best of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURyRAR,
Notar, Public McCracken County.
My commission expires at the end of
the next session of the senate.
Nov. I. 1905
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

that they want to disfranchise the
negro in Kentucky, for the only way
they could do it would be by an edu.
cstional qualification. Il is claimed
this would deprive 65, illiterste
whites and 3e, blacks of suffrage.
This is not very pleasing outlook
for the Democrats IN their latest poll
tical enterprise.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
Missing uprnr,un,,...

The automobile had broken down,
and the cheneur was busy trying to
discover the trouble. The impatient
owner OF the machine at last broke
out: Hurry up. Felix; there are a lot
Of people crossing the street that ws
are missing. Statesman.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
NEW SCHOOL SUPT.
Much Speculation as to Which
Board Will Elect Him.
The Present Indications Are That the
Present Board Will Insist
on Doing it,
SEVERAL APPLICANTS FOR JOB

Since it has become known that Su
perintendent o. B. Hatfield, Of tn
public schools, is TO tender his resig
nation next Tuesday evening st tn
regular meeting OF the board Of eduoa
tors, the question has arisen which
board will elect his successor, this pref
emit board or the new board.
No one at present seems able to IN.
swor the question, or at any ratio nc
one is willing to do so. 1t is not even
certain that the present board, which
hns always warmly supported Superin.
tendent Hatfield, will accept the resig
nation.
A great many are wondering wheth.
or the old board win choose the new
superintendent, or the new one. bus
1t IL reported that Superintendent Hat.
field desires to leave ct once. and for
that reason il will be necessary to elect
his successor ct once, In which event
the present board win prooab ly elect
ct the next meeting. II possible.
II seems to be the prevailing belief
among che members Of the present
board. however. that shsy will elect
the new superintendent. and II they
do, Prof. Evans,o of Marion, 10 tipped.
IL is understood there are . number of
out Of town applicsnts, but members
OF the board decline to give their
names.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

A learned decision has just been
rendered by the Kentucky court Of up.
peals. IL is that paper published
every day except Sunday is a "daily
paper" We had been led to think it
was only a weekly.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
READ ALL THIS.
YOU NEVER KNOW THE MOMENT
WHEN THIS INFORMATION
MAY PROVE OF IN
FINITE VALUE.

IL is worth considerable to any citi-
zen of Painc4h to know how to be
oured of painful, annoying and itch
ing piles. Know then that Doan's
Ointment is a positive remedy for all
ch ness the skin, for piles, &C.
zems to. pne srplination n lieves
and sothes. Rssd this testimony of
its merit:
Miss Annie Richardson, living at
$40 South Third street, says: ~
have b. O. troubled with eczema for q
year or more. At times it was very
sore and itched banly. tried a great
many ointments and salves of various
kinds. thnuRht some of them was
gong to makes permanent cure. but
in q short time it would break out
again As hal a. ever When L saw
DmD's lintment advertised made mp
NV mind g. i've ~ trial l obtained
box % DUBOIS q Co. = drug store
sud begaa lts usr. IL proved itss II to
20 al that i- r'aiur'' for 1t. IL male
n complete core anr np 90 the pres, Mt
tim have rot motto any signs o
T. reform"
For sale hy al h-lrs. Price 90
cent? FosrIr IN u TO-, Buffalo.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

Kentucky was the FIRST state to allow
women to vote on school questions, but
at the last school board election in
Lexington 1900 colored wmen and only
700 white women registered. This
state of affairs has caused the introduc.
ton in the state legislature of a law
DISTINGUISHING women.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
Msmorr., for Ju.nce m.r.n.u

The purchasing OF the homo OF Chief
Justice John Marshall in Richmond.
Va. is contemplated for the purpose Of
erecting thereon a proper courthouse
as memorial of the federal govern.
ment to the great chief justice. as well
as a proper home for the judiciary OF
which he was such an ornament.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

"S'pose new wuz "a turkey fer ever
po' man in de country"
"Wouldn't help matters any-dey'd
sho' have wings enough ter roost out
or reach l"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

Let's not be too enthusiastio The
saloon keepers were not exactly hnen
fer keeping open on Sunday. hut for
keeping open on Sunday after they
had been officially requested TO keeT
closed. 1t 10 so seldom such a favor
is asked of them, they ought to hsv,
had more consideration than to refuse.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

Mere misery for the Democratic.
Senator Plat and Gov. Odell, of New
York, have been "harmonized,"
which removes New York, from the
doubtful and places it in the Repub-
iican column
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

The Chicago Chronicle rises To re-
mark that "the Mckinley anmini,tra-
ton repudia ted Thomas j. ff.iscn ~
Porto Rico and the Phiilippin :, al"
the Roosevelt administration ha- ~
pudiated Abraham Lincoln ut th IN.
NUS bit il nrgl CTS tn menti % rrs
the people have repudisted Deuce C
oil over the Map.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
THE TEMPERATURES.

This minimum temperature last
night was 23 and today has been quite
cold II is NOS the coolest Of the
season. however, the temperature
going to 10 degrees one day last week.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

The solution of the labor problem
msy be accomplished sooner than ex.
peoted. President John Mitchell, Of
the mine workers, is quoted in an in
terview as having predicted that after
the present era Of industrial war will
come can era of peace. with honor to
both sides"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26

The cat is on Of he rag. Ollie
James introduced that states rights
bill simply "to give 'em something 90
talk about" and let 'em know Mr..
James. of Kentucky, had arrived. AT
least that is what his colleague, Con-
gresham Stanley. of the Second dis
trict, says about 1t.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-26
Protesting Currnni nn.hss.

Greece uses more than hve thousand
tons OF copper sulphate per annum for
killing insects. especially those that
feed upon the currant bush.