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La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
''ch'mss Of nesmsrsy.'

The Pueblo Chieftain of recent
date contains a complimentary no
tice Of the Columbia Summer
Opera Company, which is to ap-
pear at the La Junta Theatre.
Thursday, July a3d, in the
"Chimes of Normandy" which
reads as follows.
"Leslie Stowe. as GaspaTd, was
easily the star of a splendid per-
formance of Planquett's romantic
though slightly weird opera. "The
Chimes of Normandy"
"The performance was greeted
by the best audience that has yet
assembled at the opera house to
see a performance by the Colum-
bia Summer Opera company. II
was a first-class audience, not only
in numbers, but also in its charac-
ter, and it might be predicted with
safety, that many will return to
see later performances Of the
same opera by this company.
"Stowe. as Gaspard, the old
miser. was, as stated above, the
star Of the evening. His actin :
in the ghost scene IN the second
act was par excellence and the
audience attested its appreciation
by three curtain calls.
"Charles Holmes, as lean
Grenicheux, was the secon1 prom
inent character in the performance
and more than established his
ability as an actor-going so far
as to win rounds af applause
while his vocal work was beyond
criticism. He sang the tenor solo
with purity of tone that was ex-
ceedingly pleasant to the ear.
The chorus was very good. the
the tuneful music being sung with
good volume aud good tone.
alt is an interesting opera, we'll
staged and presented by a cast
that is far above the average. 1t
will doubtless be greeted by large
audiences during the week"
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
se,,ee to ce.s,se,ors.

CEALED PROPOSALS ADDRESSED TO
. the secretary Of the school board Of District
retary 10 the First National Bank of La Junts.
Colorado. until L. o'clock m, July "a lHn- fos
furnishing, erecting and placing in . com
school building No. l. and the addition thereto,
of .aid school district. according To plans and
plant to b. fully warranted. Each propo>al
must ts~ accompanied b, a certified check for !
per cent Of the bid. pay able To said srhnol
board, a a guarantee that the bidder. II suc-
ees-ful. will enter into proper coutrece vita
aid district for said work. and that said bid
der will furnish l,spd and sufficient tnsrsd, -
the satisfaction Of said board, for tho fuidll-
p-nt Of said contract. said certified check to
t-r forfeited in the bidder fails os rssuSrs
to make such cantract or furnish such tnssd. In
case his proposal and bid arc accepted Tbs
school board reserves the right To reject any
all bids ROBERT W. PATTERSON,
SECRETARY, La Junts. Colo.
First publication. July Is. igu3.
Last publication, July - 1910.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
SATURDAY. JULY rs. 1903.
Installed Officers

Valley Forge Council, No. 8.
Junior Order American Mechanics,
installed officers at regular meet
ing held last Tuesday evening, as
follows: Counsellor, Charles
Rine; Vice Counsellor. ]. A. Ven
able; Financial Secretary. Vernon
Marshall; Recording Secretary.
w. b. Keppinger; Treasurer. T..
|. Cook; Outside Sentinel, Grover
Nixon; Inside Sentinel, J. l..
Sanborn; Chaplain, o. G. Reed;
Trustee. @. r. Woolf; Deputy
State Counsellor, F.. Z. Hamilton.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
Sig Show Coming.

The announcement that Ring
ling Brothers Worlds Greatest
Shows will exhibit in Pueblo will
be received with more than usual
interest by the people in this
neighborhood. The Ringing
Brothers have name that stands
for all that is new, novel and en-
tertaining in the circus line, and the
management announces that this
season the show has been enlarg-
ed to such an extent that a whole
extra tain is used in addition to
the four trains Of last season. The
show is now transported from
place to place in eighty seventy
foot cars, constructed especially
for the Ringing Brothers. In
connection with the circus proper,
in which the arenic performance is
unexcelled, the Ringing Brothers
are this season presenting the
beautiful and sublime spectacular
production Of Jerusalem and the
Crusades. This pantomimic play
necessitates the use OF I,7oo ac-
tors and actresses and of almost
three hundred horses. II is pre-
sented- on the largest stage ever
used for exhibitional purposes.
Special excursion rates have been
arranged for on all lines Of travel
by Ringing Brothers. and those
who desire 70 60 to Pueblo where
this great circus exhibits Thurs
day, July 3osh. can do 30 II . CON-
parative small cost. This will be
the only point in this vicinity
where the circus will exhibit this
season and no ooe should miss the
opportunity to zee il. Watch this
paper fos additional announce
ments-
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
La Junta State Bank
July 6, 1903.

i. q. II. wineh.ll. cashier of the above named
bank. do solemniy swear that tho abov- state
m-nt is true to the hcst OF my kno~lesisc and
h-licf q. II. wINCHELL.
Sub-cril-d and sworn tn before me this sth
day of July. A. ID. I0r
fsEsLI CHARLES u. ROBINS
Notary Public.
NJ com mi-sios expir-- February :, 1905.
First published July II. isss.
Last published. July - ian
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
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his inseotina 70 maize Anal peuuf II Support q
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La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
s.,,..Ie. Army n.s.,.s.

Brigadier Joseph c. Ludgate.
C. d. O., of the Rocky Mountain
and New Mexico divisions, one OF
the leading staa officers OF the
country, accompanied by his
daughter, Captain Eva Ludgate.
will conduct a two days campaign
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-18
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City ~ - Jvets.

La JusTA VA. ors.ais~d and incorporates
5 u town under the E~nernl laws OF the state
of Colorado. March Is, ISL On April 8, 1907,
il became a city OF the second cia... Popu-
iation. including additions. about 20
school population, LIN. Has electric lights,
.e~er. Holly water work. owned by city,
canning factory, largest brick plant In thr
vest. SO barrel -four mill. 5000 monthly
santa Fe payroll and IL thriving, industrs-
Gus aud prosperous community.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-08

A philosopher in the Lincoln
Journal tells young men to take
the world as they find it and not
try to reform it. No person or
thing created by human agency
is exactly perfect, but one per-
sons puny efforts can't correct
things. Then he advised folks
not to give advice to Others !
1t does no good and they don't
want il. That's true, but the
philosopher torgets that if he
could not himself give advice
he would be out OF a job.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-08
90 S%N GE-- GSGSAN@1
TO OUTSIDE SUBSCRIBERS,
LEGISLATIVE WORK.

The Pierre Journal has this
outline of possible work at the
state capital during the next
sixty days:
THE legislative session, which
Will meet in this city next week,
will have several propositions
TO discuss which will take up a
great deal of it's time. Two of
the factors, which will be of gen
,eral Importance to the state,
will be the matter OF reapportion-
ment-in which the factor of the
rights of the legislature to act at
this session will be a leading one;
and the matter OF enacting some
measure which will bring into
the state treasury sufficient
revenues to meet the growing
expense account of the state.
These two matters might be
considered as of the greatest
general Importance of any which
will come before the BODY for
action.
The question of taxing corpor-
ations will also cell out a num-
Der OF bills, but that really comes
under the head of revenue, and
should be classsd as side issue
to that measure. =, y l
Another issue ST general i'm
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-08

portance will be in the way of
revision of the insurance laws OF
the state, and the chances arc
for a number of bills of a radical
nature i'll regard to such laws,
ana the chances are for legisla-
ton along lines looking to a
valued policy law, as well as to
prevent the fixing OF rates on a
mutual understanding. If there
is any such legislation the com
panies have themselves to blame
for 1t, as they arbitrarily raised
rates in the state even when TAX
ing out over % per cent of their
premiums as net profit for the
past year.
-
The women will be here in force
to work their measures through
the session, among them being
constitutional amendment to
allow equal suffrage. The Fed
Grafton of Woman's clubs will be
on the ground to work for a
general library bill for the state
which will assist in the establish
ment of Libraries in towns which
are not in the Carnegie class.
Besides these will be sundry
and various bills by the score
covering every phase of life and
industry in the state, all ofwhich
will have their pet champions
and all being pushed by some
one who feels a particular inter-
est in that particular measure.
The session will be a lively one
as all are; but as there is no SEN
atorial fight the selection of
Senator Kittredge being assured
practically by exclamation,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-01-08

about the only real interest will
center in the actions OF the capt
tai removal combine, which the
various candidates and their
friends will be watching closely
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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03
Still Is In Rebellion.

L did not surrender" said E F.
BOsye on being examined for member
ship in the R. A. Smith camp Of Con
fedeTate veterans at Macon. Ga. This
reply called for an explanation. be-
cause it is customary for a candidate
for membership to tell where he en-
listed and how he was dismissed from
the Confederate service before he can
become a member Of a camp. Mr..
BOsye explained that he was one OF
the 1000 men Of the Western army
who decided that they would 90 TO
Mexico with their commander, Gen.
Shelby, rather than submit TO the hui
initiation Of a surrender. The com
mand marched over the line. where
they disbanded and came home. The
detachment thought they might get
shelter from the Mexicans and estab-
Iish a new COnfederacy, but the bull
were too much in awe Of the
United States. 1t is estimated that
there are only about fifty or sixty Of
the Shelby command left Mr.. BOsye
belonged to company II. Fifth Mis-.
sOuri.-Atlanta (GO-) Journal.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03

After admitting that all their clews
IN the Burdick murder mystery had
JAILED, the Buffalo police now say they
have discovered a trail which they
hope will lead them to a solution OF
the problem They have discovered
4 cabman who claims 70 have driven a
young woman TO the corner Of Ashland
avenue and Sumner street a short
time prior TO the hour in which the
murder is supposed TO have been COM
mitted- She carried a satchel. and
after leaving the cab walked rapidly
toward the Burdick house. The police
are investigating some Of the women
who worked in Burdick's family, hop
ing that something may turn up in
that direction 10 throw some light on
the crime
With the exception Of this latest
clew the mystery is as far from sOlu-
ton as ever.
The one woman who has been under
strong suspicion, and who has become
known as the police suspect" is be
heved by some OF the OmciaIs Of the
police department to be guiltless. Mrs.
D.
veillance, and the police admit that
she had no connection with the crime.
Some OF the officials do not pretend
to have any clear idea who the muir
derer is; they simply say that the
right trail has not been struck. The
probability Of an immediate arrest be
ing made in the case grows sIighter
every hour
Other officials are as sanguine as
eve that an arrest will be made. They
viii not predict when II may be made
1t any moment; it may not be for a
week Among those who remain IN
shaken in this belief is Supt Bull. He
declared that he suspected the same
person now as being the slayer Of
Burdick as he did earlier in the week
and that an arrest was only q matter
Of time
The police have withdrawn from
Mrs. Paine and her house in Elmwood
avenue the surveillance that has been
maintained since the day after the
murder. Restraint is no longer exer-
cised over her movements, and she
may even leave the city if she wishes
to.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03

Patrolman August Meyer. the police
man who stood at the corner Of Ash
land avenue and Bryant street and
saw the mysterious unknown woman
on her lonely way, confronted Hrs.
Paine and scruttnized her.
4 cannot say that she is the won
an" he replied 70 his superiors. II
comparative description counts for
anything, he might have added that ne
could say she was not the woman. for
the woman he described weighed at
least $50 pounds. while Mrs. Paine viii
not scale within twenty pounds OF
that
The police are sorely disappointed
by the failure Of their effort TO identify
the lone woman They had hoped 70
establish who she was, where she
lived. and where she had been Sc
far as the law is concerned. she is
unknown. unidentified. unrecOgnized.
and as mysterious as eTer-merely
figure who emerged from the darkness
near the Burdick home about the hour
when Burdick was murdered
An interesting development is the
statement made by Chief Of Detec.
tives Cusack that the golf stick theory
had been abandoned. He is satisfied
that the putter was not used in com
hitting the murder. He also expressed
the conviction that the weapon used
was carried away from the house He
is sure Of that, but he is not so sure
that it was carr ed to the house Of the
murderer. Neither will he venture an
opinion as 70 the kind Of weapon
used.
An order has been sent out directing
that the sewers in the vicinity Of the
Burdick house be searched. The 20
lice hope TO find in them the weapon
they seek. They have some idea that
it was a bottle, the cocktail bottle
which Burdick bought on his way
home the day before his death and
placed in a sidebOard. This bottle has
never been found, although Burdick
did not leave his house after he
brought it in The wrapper was found
in a garbage can in the rear Of the
house three days after the murder
That has been one Of the little mys-
teries which the police never have
been able to explain.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03
rhs Humor Of soldierz

During the siege Of Ostend during
Queen Elizabeth's reign, which Sir
Francis We're was defending for the
English against the Spaniards. a sol
der having bought a loaf Of bread
was holding it up in a Boosting way
when a shot took the uppermOst half.
leaving the other in the soldiers
hand. who, finding that he had receiy-
cd no hurt, said: 1T was a fair
conditioned bullet, for it has left the
better half behind" This man was
surely direct ancestor to the Tommy.
who, when a bullet grazed the top Of
his head in the recent war in South
Africa. exclaimed, Mates, I've just
'ad- free air cut
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03
Where the Majority GO.

REV. BIr. Stems remarks over
poor John were so sympathetic,
thought" said the widows friend.
Sympathetic" exclaimed the wild
Ow. He said John had gone 70 Join
the great majority"
"Weu2"
Wei. in his sermon several Sun
days ago he declared that the great
majority Of people 90 elOw."-Stray
Stories.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03

the fort The station agent eyed me
a minute, and, noticing my Grand
Army button, came to me, introduced
himself as Capt McDaniels OF the
Confederate service, and said he
would be glad to show me over the
scene of what he regarded as the hot.
test and sharpest battle Of the war. II
not in all history. II was in truth a
fierce fght, and no one can under
stand why IT was so until he looks
over the ground and remembers that
in this pass the very flower of the
two armies met in a fierce struggle,
in which neither meant TO yield
''CuriOusly enough, McDaniels' rec
objections Of the fight centered on two
scenes. One was the horror caused
By the explosion Of a shell in an Iowa
regiment. The shell struck in mass
Of men crOwding to the front in de-
fensiYe line and killed tWenty-eight
men The other was the bearing of
a Union officer who received his death
wound in front Of McDaniels' com
pany. The latter saw the wounded
officer struggle to his feet, stagger to
a little house near, carry out a chair.
~ MnANA ne supported uALuSElA II
standing position with one hand while
with the other he waved his sword
and encouraged his men
His men stood. although the rebels
pushed them at every point. McDan-
iels watched the Union officer until
another ball struck him and he dOub-
led forward over the back Of the
chair, dead. Even then the men stood
and the fight went on all along the
line. This illustrated the spirit Of the
1914 men, who, in beating OF one Of
Hoods strong divisions, lost 7O7 Of
their number, and who held the fort
The captain who fell across the chair
had the same spirit as the general in
command, who, sOrely wounded, sig
nailed 10 Sherman that he would hold
his position. He knew and his men
know that the holding Of AIlatOOna
pass meant the saving Of 100000 "a
tiOns stored there and the mainten-
alce Of Sherman's line Of cOmmunica,
tons. Chicago Inter Ocean
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03
Pension Claim = Thriller.


a strange story is related in the
Steubenvile, o., whose claim has Just
been secured. The facts form a
weirdly mysterious tale
Merchant. her husband, was born
in Florida, his father being a white
man and his mother an Indian. His
mother died when he was young and q
trader took him TO South Carolina and
sold him. He had straight Indian hair
and complexion, but that made no
difference
Five years later he was sold to a
Mississippi planter, but escaped, and
later Joined a Confederate regiment
and was captured, and then he enlist
ed in the 1O2 Ohio volunteer infantry.
He was captured by the Confeder.
ates, and after imprisonment in
COhaba prison was exchanged and
sent north on the Inflated Sultan.
which blew up, more than 1900 sol
diers losing their lives.
When the boat blew up he landed
insensible on a raft Of driftwOod, and
was ASSCuS4 anu tdAen on an island
below Arkansas City He was badly
injured and scalded. He recovered
and drifted west, where he met the
present Mrs. Merchant, who taught
him to read and write.
He wrote the facts about his life
in a prayer book, which was used to
establish the claim Later in life he
became a harmless Iunatfe, and wan
dered into a swamp and was drowned.
The widow viii use the money in buy.
ing a plantation in the southwest
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03
English and American Railways.

A correspondent Of the London
Times. who visited this country for the
purpose Of making a careful examins-
ton OF our railroad systems. with the
intention OF comparing them with Eng
lish methods Of transportation. has
been asking some Of our leading rail-
road experts TO help him in his work
Of trying to find out whether in reality
we charge less for freight transpOrta-
ton than Is charged in England He
finds it exceedingly dificult TO get an
answer TO his question from those who
have charge Of the freight business OF
the great trunk lines. They state that
the long haul and short haul business
is so closely Joined together that there
is no means Of dividing Il for the pur-
pose Of finding out what would be the
expense OF carrying on business under
English conditions The English CORE
spondent gave 70 these experts a num-
Der OF the freight charges made IN
England for transportation which
would be considered in the country
local transportation. and asked, IN
view Of the fact that the railroad sys-
TENS in the United Kingdom had prac-
ticaIly no opportunities for hauling
merchandise a long distance. whether
these charges would be considered high
ones. One Of the authorities ques-
toned made the reply IN answer to this
inquiry that IL was the terminal
charges that chiefly counted. and that
he would rather pull a car load Of
merchandise 500 miles or more at half
q cent q ton per mile than take Il
thirty or forty miles at i've cents per
ton per mile.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03
Poem by StoaewaH jackson

Poem BY StoEeHaH jackson
The Richmond Times is authority
for the statement that this poem was
written by Stonewa1 Jackson while he
was serving with the army in the
Mexican war:
The tattoo beats-the lights are gone,
The camp around in sIumber Hes
The night with solemn pace moves on
The shadows thicker Ger the skies
But sleep my weary eyes hath flown
and sad, uneasy thoughts arise
I think Of thee. on. dearest one.
whose love my early 1ife hath blest=
Of thee and hiTn-our baby son
Who slumbers on thy gentle breast
God Of the tender. frail. and lone
On, guard the tender sleeper's rest
And hover gently. hover near
To her, whose Watchful eye IS wei
To mother. wife-the dOubly dear,
IN whose young heart have freshly met
Two streams Of love so deep and clear,
And cheer her dropping spirits yet
Whatever fate those forms may show.
Loved with passion almost Wild
BY day-by night-in JOY or woe
BY fears oppressed. or hopes beguiled.
From every danger. every Zoe,
o God protect my wife and child.
Now. while she kneels before thy throne.
Oh tach her. ruler Of the skies.
That while by7tF1y behest alone
EaTth's mightIest powers fall or rise
NO tear IS Wept to thee unknown.
No hair is lost. no sparrow dies!
That thou can-st stay the ruthless hands
OF dark disease. and sOOthe its PAIN
That only by thy stern commands
The battles lost. the soldiers slain
That from the distant sea or land
Thou bring'st the Tanderer home again
And when upon her pillow lone
Her teaF-Het cheek IS sadly pFest.
Nay happier visions beam upon
The Frightening current OF her breast,
No fTOwning look nor angry tone
Disturbs- the sabbath OF her rest