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The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
ON TO THE GULF.
LINE OF COLORADO & SOUTHERN
viii Extend from Fort Worth to Hous-
ton and Galveston.-Presiden
Trumbull in New York to
Make Arrangements.

Denver, May S.-The Republican
this morning says: The Colorado &
Southern railroad will extend its line
to Huston and Galveston. Texas. and
thus be in direct connection with the
shipping trade of the Gulf.
1t was learned yesterday that such
is to be the result of the visit of Pres
ident Frank Trumbull and General
Manager ]. NJ. Herbert to Fort Worth
and Galveston, from where General
Manager Herbert will return to-mor-
row to Denver. President Frank
Trumbull has proceeded to New York
from Fort Worth to attend to import
ant matters regarding the contemplat-
ed extension.
The news comes not as an entire sur
prise to local railroad officials and it
has been rumored long before now that
the Southern would acquire line di-
rect to the Gulf. However. nothing
definite in that regard became known
until yesterday, and. in fact, the
Southern officials themselves had not
fully decided to recommend the ex-
tension until their latest visit to
Texas.
At present the Southern ends at
Fort Worth. All Gulf business of the
road to Colorado Is handled by 9TH
er lines from Galveston to Houston
and to Fort Worth The Southern has
been handicapped not a little in hav-
no terminal at the Gulf and has lost
much business to competing lines for
that reason.
From Fort Worth to Galveston is
about $50 miles. The lines which al
ready handle the traffic between the
two places are the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas. the Houston & Texas Cen
tral. and the Santa F'e. 1t is the lat
ter line with which the Southern is in
greatest competition.
1t has not been learned definitely
whether the Southern will operate its
trains over leased tracks OF one of the
roads already running from Fort
Worth to Galveston, or construct its
own tracks. However. it is believed
that for the present the plan of leas-
ing is the more advisable. but should
the volume of business necessitate it
the Southern will, of course, not hesi-
tate to build.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
General Tyner on Trial.

Bowed down with the weight of
almost fourscore years. helpless par
alytic, with vigorous mind, fighting
the tribulations that have come in tho
autumn of his life, General James M.
Tyner, postmaster general under Presi-
dent Grant and for years assistant
attorney general for the Postoflice
Department, was on May End placed
on trial in the Criminal Court of the
District of Columbia on the charge OF
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government Harrison j. Bar
rett. now a lawyer Of Baltimore. his
wief's nephew and assistant to Gen
eral Tyner in the Postoffice Depart
ment, was a defendant with him before
the bar. This is the second of the
cases to be tried as result OF
the postal scandal. The indictments
which for the purpose of expeditfng
matters have been consolidated,
charge that the two former officials
violated their oaths OF office in the
matter of issuing fraud orders against
the bond investment companies, the
orders afterward operating to the
financial benefit of Barrett. who
resigned and engaging in the practice
of law, represented the bond invest
ment companies involved before the
uephT
General Tyner was brought to the
court house in carriage at / O'Clock.
Four United States deputy marshals
carried him in an invalid chair. He
was wheeled into the court room and
was made comfortable In a large cush-
ioned armchair. With him was his
wife, a physician and a man attend
ant. Shortly afterward the court was
called to order. and United States
District Attorney Beach in brief pre-
sented the nature of the charge the
defendants were called upon to face.
Both waived the reading of the indict-
ments. Barrett, with marked empha-
sis on the word mot" declared that
he was mot guilty" From his chair.
with an evident attempt to choke back
a sob. the gray-haired man who had
been a member of General Grants cab
met, murmured mot guilty" when the
clerk stood him up to plead. There
was momentary hush. Then the
servants of the law suppressed the
emotions that were felt by all in the
pathetic scene and launched forth in
the trial of the case.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
Denver Wholesale House Burned.

Denver. May S.-The Hurlbut Gro
Gerry Company's wholesale house at
1433 to 1439 Lawrence street was
completely destroyed by fire last night
involving a loss of over $4,000. The
flames were first observed shortly af-
ter $3.50 o'clock by a lodger in the
Suffolk rooming house across the al
ley. They were then well under way
The fire continued to gain against the
utmost efforts of the fire department
until midnight, when the contents of
the building had been practically con-
sumed, and the water began to count
against the heat. Although several
accidents were narrowly averted. no
one was seriously injured. Fatigued
with their long fight at the scene of
the Curtis theater fire Friday night,
the fire department was again at work
all last night. 1t was not until late in
the morning that i. was considered
safe to leave the place. Most Of the
loss, which was about equally divided
between the building and stock. is
said to be covered by insurance. This
Is the second time within little more
than a year that the Hurlbut Grocery
Company has suffered by fire. On
March IL, 1908, the retail house on
Fifteenth street was burned. entailing
a loss Of about $4,000.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
Tz.l TAI. IND EANGE
Colorado Rubber Plant.

For the past four months. says the
Salida correspondent of me Denver
News, A A. Woods. proprietor of the
Salida greenhouses has been conduct-
ing series of experiments. which, he
claims, have proved conclusively that
the Colorado rubber plant can be sue
cessfully grown from the seed, and
greatly improved by cultivation. MIR.
Woods is botanist and florist of emf
nent ability, and has taken the deepest
interest in the rubber plant since its
discovery last summer.
On January 9Th last MIR. Woods
planted a quantity of seeds from the
plant In fifteen days the tender
plants sprang up, and began rapid
growth. Thirty-five days later (Feb-
ruary 15th). he planted more seeds.
which germinatod in seven days, show
ing plainly the effect of warmer wealth
el on the seeds. At the same time he
extracted n number of the roots OF
grown plants from the frozen ground
and transplanted them in the hothouse.
Within ilve days tender shoots and
green leaves were springing from the
roots.
Mr. Woods has been appointed by the
Salida Board of Trade to conduct ex-
tensive experiments. using a quarter
acre of ground for the purpose. In
giving q statement for the News. Mr..
Woods said his experiments had estab-
lished the following hitherto unknown
facts concerning the rubber plant:
First-It grows from the seed and
can be trnnsplanted like garden vege-
tables.
Second-It is greatly improved by
cultivation. and the yield of rubber in
creased.
Third-The quality of soil on which
| the native weed grows does not affect
the quantity or quality of rubber the
| root contains.
Fourth-The plant requires two
years growth before rubber of good
| quality can be obtained. Three-year-
| old plants are better.
Fifth-The average age of the plant
| growing wild is four years.
SiXth-The plant can be successfully
| grown in the lower as well as the high
| er attitudes.
In order to get the bost results from
| cultivation, Mr.. Woods says. the seed
should be sown in drills eighteen
| inches apart When the plants have
sprung up they should be thinned out
two inches apart, thus giving the roots
plenty of room.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
President Pressed the Key.

President Roosevelt pressed the
golden key which completed the cleo.
trical circuit releasing the gigantic
power of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position at st. Louis. The ceremony
occurred in the east room of the
White House precisely at 1:14h
o'clock. standard time.
AS the President pressed the key
the Third battery OF United States ar
tillery. stationed on the grounds of the
Washington monument, fired ma
tional salute of twenty-one guns. Con-
gratulatory messages were then ex-
changed between the President and
David r. Francis, president of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Com
pany.
The historic ceremony was wit
messed by notable assemblage.
Among these were guests of the Pres
ident in the east room. the members
of the Cabinet except Secretary Taft,
who is in St. Louis as the personal
representative of the President; the
chief Justice and associate justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
States; Senator Frye. Speaker Can
non, ambassadors, ministers and other
representatives of foreign govern
ments at the capital, the Missouri del
egation in the Senate and House. and
prominent people in the various walks
Of life.
The President delivered the follow
ing brief address:
81 have received from the Exposi-
ton grounds the statement that the
management of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition awaits the pressing
of the button which is to transmit the
electric energy which is to unfurl the
flags and start the machinery of the
Exposition.
II wish now to greet all present and
especially the representatives of the
foreign nations here present, in the
name Of the American people, and to
thank these representatives for the
part their several countries have taken
in being represented in this centenni-
al anniversary of the greatest step in
the movement which transformed the
American Republic from a small con-
federacy of states lying along the At
lantic seaboard, to q continental ma
tion.
81 greet you all. l appreciate your
having come here on this occasion, and
in the presence of you, representing
the American governments and the
governments of foreign nations, ! here
open the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
uon."
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Ware Should Beware.

Commissioner of Pensions Ware is
guilty of lese majestic according to
Washington dispatch. His crime s.
that he openly criticises the recent or
der of the President, issued through
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock.
creating n service pension roll. Thus
Is what he Gays:
MANY veterans will refuse to avail
themselves of this means of obtaining
a pension. One man visited me here
the other day and asked for particn-
lars about the order. When l had
given him all the information he turn
ed around AID said That's paupers
pension. l would not accept any mon
ey under it,
"a good many soldiers will express
the same sentiment"
Commissioner Wares comment on
the Presidents order as pauper's
pension, came at an end of a review
work that has come to his bureau un-
der ruling that veterans who reach
the age of sixty-two should be paid
Sc a month with the provision that the
amount is increased with advanced
age until the pensioner at seventy
years secures $12 month.
Eleven thousand applications have
been filed in seventeen days, the COM
missioner said. Every application has
to be forwarded to the war depart
ment for comparison with the records
of that department. 1t is hardly possf
BILE that any of the pensions will be
paid until July 1st.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
Counterfeit Denver Bill.

Denver, May s.-Counterfeit bills of
the $40 denomination. bearing the date
of 1882, are being circulated according
to a general notice issued by the Unit
ed States secret service officials. The
notes bear the imprint of the Denver
National Bank, although none have
yet made their appearance in the city.
Most of them brought to light by the
secret service men were discovered in
Wisconsin and the middle western
states.
The Lamar register., 1904-05-11
Claim Decision Saves Millions.

The Court of Claims on the 5th inst
decided that duties collected on goods
shipped from the United States to the
Philippines after the treaty OF peace
with Spain, and before the establish
ment of civil government, were right
fully collected, although by military
authority and not by law. The deci-
sion follows the insular decision of the
Supreme Court that the Philippines
are United States territory.
The case decided was the claim OIL
, Warner. Barnes & Co., a British cor
poration, which sued the United States
for SS1,126. Other claims resting on
exactly the same foundation aggregate
between $7,OOO.O0O and $4,000. 900. BY
the decision this amount will be saved
to the government. Warner, Barnes
& Co. sued for tariffs collected at
Manila upon importations of mer-
chandise from the United States after
the treaty of peace with Spain, and 1t
was argued that under the authority
of the insular cases lately decided by
the United States Supreme Court the
levy and collection of such tariffs was
illegal for the reason that at the time
of such collection the Philippine ar
chipelago was not foreign country in
respect to the United States after the
exchange of ratifications OF the treaty
by the governments of the United
States and Spain.
Judge Wright. in rendering the opin-
ION, followed the decision of the in
liar case and decided that the Philip
pine islands were not foreign country
in respect to the United States, but
distinguished the case from the insular
cases, holding that state of war ex
listed throughout the islands between
the United States and the Filipinos to
the extent that the treaty with Spain
and all other merely civil law was for
the time being suspended and super
seded by military law, until such time
as it might be possible to establish
civil administrative and judicial au-
thority to enforce the civil law. and
that during such period of suspension
of the civil law the power of the mill
tary commander was absolute and that
he might lawfully prohibit or restrict
trade or commerce, and. as condition
to commerce within his military dis
trict, might impose contributions to
assist in the expense Of the war and
such care to INDECENT non-combatants
as humanity might require.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-06

Ga the oath Jay of the same month a
demand was made for the surrender Of
the city, which was refused 1t was
very early in the morning and those
OF the Seventeenth Virginia regi-
ment that were there had but lit
tie time to vacate About twenty
miles up the railroad Col. NJ. D.
Corse held the train for those who
failed to get cut with the regiment.
My escape kept me from being cap.
tured, as afterwards learned that
the enemy were looking for the man
that had that flag raised over the
Marshall house. The enemy had
nearly every point guarded, as early
IS i: was. and I made my escape by
crossing Hunting creek, at wh:ch
point no guard had been picketed.
The enemy came in by land and
water and captured the city without
opposition, but when they undertook
to capture the flag that was floating
over the Marshall house. they met
with one brave man to oppose them,
the proprietor Of the Marshall house.
James w. jackson.
The enemy captured the Aag, but in
so doing LOSS their commanding off.
Ger, who was killed by the brave Jaok-
son, aud he in turn lost his life by the
enemy, having been shot down de-
Tending the flag.
In September, 1902, paid 8 visit
to my old home in Alexandria and
while there called on Miss Sarah M.
Graham, at the old homestead where
the flag was made by her and her sis.
ter, Mrs. John w. Padgett, now de-
ceased. 1t was my fret visit in thir-
ty-three years. Miss Graham told
me that the enemy wanted to tear her
home down and hang her, end it took
the best influence in the city TO con.
vince them that Miss Graham was in
that business for the money that was
in it, and would make flag for them
If they would pay her for it. After
they were convinced that the state
ments made we're true they let her
alone.
The flag foated over the Marshall
house from the 18th day Of April,
1861, to the Oath day Of May, -961, ct
which time the city was invaded by
the euemy.-Charles H. Taylor in
Atlanta Journal.
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Reunited After Years.

Harrisburg Ill. June 25.-James
Denny Of Cairo, ILL.,, has just succeed
ed in finding brother whom he has
mourned as dead for the last forty
years.
He and his brother, A. q. Denny,
| lived at Centralia, Ill, at the breaking
out of the Civil War, and they both en-
listed in the Union Army, in the same
company and regiment. At the close
of hard battle in the year Of 1864,
A. a. Denny failed to show up, and
James Denny believed he was among
the dead, although he was unable to
find his body. At the close Of the
war, James Denny returned to his old
home in Centralia when his brother
did not show up he left after few
days.
A few years after A. H Denny vis-
tied the place Of his birth, but not
finding his brother there concluded he
he was dead, and also left. Each sup.
posed the other dead.
One day recently travelling sales
man was in conversation with A. n.
1saay, merchant ee Leaisy;lle, Kyy.
end askea casually: "Are yen related
to James Denny Of Cairo?"
.No, I guess not" he replied. 81
had brother named Jim, but we part.
ed while serving in the army during
the Civil War, and I suppose some
time the Sergeant called the roll, and
Jim Denny didn't answer"
"You bear remarkable resemblance
to James Denny of Cairo" the drum
mer insisted, ''and if am not mis-
taken, he says he lost brother in the
Civil War. That lost brother may be
you"
In that way the Louisville Denny's
curiosity was excited. Letters were
exchanged, and their identity was
soon established in the minds Of each
other. James Denny Immediately
went to Louisville and was reunited
to his lost brother. Both are married
and have families.
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Appalling Figures.

Carroll D. Wright, the statistical
authority of this country, presents
some startling figures as to the num-
Der of people killed on our railways.
For instance:
During three years ending June 30,
1900, 2l,847 persons were killed on
Amerioan railways.
Think Of it -2l, ,847.
That was as many persons-lacking
about 2OO-as were lost by the British
during the three years of the Boer war
in South Africa. The number thus
lost in killed and by disease was g.
coo.
But here is more frightful show
ing:
During the single year ending June
3o,l90O, there we're 1888 persons kill
ed on the steam roads of this country
and 1862 seriously injured, the to-
tel casualties being 70 ,25O. On Amer
lean street railways during this same
year l,2I8 persons were killed and A.
423 injured, making total of 48,647.
Now add these two aggregates TO-
gether:
In this year Of 1900, 1906 persons
were killed and 112,O91 were injured
on the railways, making total Of 121 :
897.
But you cannot appreciate these fig
urea oave by comparisons:
Take the two most bloody battles of
modern history-Waterloo and Gettys-
burg. In che former battles the loss
OF both the French armiee and the
allies, in killed, wounded and missing
was about 30, 600. AT Gettysburg the
total losses of both armies was about
the same.
More persons were killed and in
jured on our railways in one year than
the total losses in two great historic
bsstles-21 1897 more.
These appalling figures are enough
to make the American public sit up
and think. Especially when it is re-
membered that the loss Of life on
European railways is insignificant in
comparison.
Many reasons for this tremendous
waste of human life might be given
lack of safety appliances, lack Of Gov
ernment supervision, oarelessness Of
the pubic, desire for speed rather
than safetv-but the facts stand out
in frightful significance.
This humanitarian age ought not to
permit the locomotive to become a
Juggernaut.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-06
Save Your Tobacco Ashes

AS everybody knows, the ash left
on burning tobacco is considerable
and, as matter of fact, the mineral
matter Of the tobacco left frequently
amounts to as much as fifth of it's
weight. Thus, ton of tobacco leaf
would yield four hundredweight Of
ash, which represents valuable mineral
constituents Withdrawn from the soil
which have to be replaced by abundant
manuring. It has been calculated
that ION Of tobacco withdraws over
hundredweight Of mineral oonstit-
uents per acre Of the land. In 1901
the home consumption of tobacco in
the United Kingdom was at the rate
of two pounds per head, or a total
OF about 40, 600 tons, which represents
at what is now probably low COM
putation, approximately 5000 tons of
seh ennnelly committed 70 The winds
or dissipated in some way or other.
On the face Of it there would seem 70
be fortune in store for that individ-
ual who could devise a successful
means for the collection of tobacco
ash, and it is great pity that 30
much valuable material should for.
ever be lost to the soil without auy
attempt at direct restoration being
made.-Lancet.
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spare! VIII it be the old page torn
a14 ragged, stained with blood and
tears which tells the story Of scccs.
sion and dcfcat-or will it be the new
page Of her latest census, with its
magnificent figures Of wealth and pros
perlty! ! hatcver she chooses. give
US Old soldiers the old pages to read
again. This blood and those tears
mean more to Us than all the world
The cause in which they were shed
will never be lost to US, and the love
we gave it, will not die till the last
gray jacket is folded and the last gray
head is buried beneath the sod.
Ny comrades, neither do l believe
our descendants will ever hesitate to
make the same choice. The people
OF the South would not exchange the
story OF the Confederaoy for the
wealth of the world. At their moth
ers knee, the coming generation shall
ieasn from that tragic history what
deeds make men e.o.t and nations
glorious. A people who do not cher.
ISL their pas: will never have future
worth recording. The time is even
now, that the whole people of the
United States are proud of the ursur.
passed heroism, self-sacriGces and
faithfulness Of the soldiers and people
of the Confederaoy."
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-07-06

- The hardest thing is to convince
your wife that you wouldn't like to 60
to church if you weren't drinking
m1n.
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NOT A PATENT MEDICINE.
Hyomei, the Guaranteed Catarrh
Cure, Prescribed by Physicians.

No one should confound Hyomei
with patent medicines that are .ad-
vertised to cure catarrh. tits as far
superior to them all as the diamond is
more valuable than cheap glass.
Their composition is secret, but Hyo-
mel gives its formula to all reputable
physicians. r
Is it not foolish to try and cure ca
tarrh by swallowing tablets or liquidsP
The only natural way to cure this dis.
ease and all other diseases Of the re-
spiratory organs IS to breathe Hyo:
mel. -
This treatment has been SO success.
full, curing 50 per cent. Of all who
have used il, that Hyomei is now sold
By Evans Pharmacy under an absolute
guarantee to refund the money il it
does not cure. You run no risk what.
ever in buying Hyonei. II it did not
po9sess unususl powers to cure, il
could not be sold upon this plan. F 4 /
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Many man retains his friends ,.
refusing them lonns. 4,
Matrimcny is the destroyer of.
r,any pleasant engagements. 81
Even If . woman ie self-made she
wants people TO think she's tailor;
made. ~ s 5!iss S.,s :ssss 81;