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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-03-07

Washington. Mar with Presi-
stand for the defense the second
week of the investigation of the
Smoot case opened today. Senator
Dubois put into record that the cen
sus figures up to 1890 showed that
instead of three or four per cent in
polygamy as Smith asserted there
were about 2312 per cent of the Nor
mon population of polygamous age
who were living in state of polyg
amy in 1890. Dubois expressed the
opinion that there had been no ma
terial reduction since that time.
Attorney Worthington conducted his
examination of Smith to ascertain
the punishment undergone in cases
of accommodation.
In answer to a question Smith
said that Reed Smoot became an a.
postle April 8, 1900. Worthington
asked when Smiths last child was
born, and the prophet replied, 81
don't know as that has any bearing
on the case. but | believe it was the
day Smoot became an apostle" Wor
thington then inquired whether at
any joint meetings of the first presi
denccy and apostles the question of
polygamous cohabitation had been
discussed. Smith said it had not. He
declared that when Smoot became an
apostle the status of the polygamists
had been fixed many years before.
In answer to a question Smith said
that SmOot had never advised for or
nous cohabitation. Worthington read
a list of senators and representatives
elected from Utah since the mani
festo of 1890, and in regard to each
asked WAS he a Mormon or Gen
tile?" In regard to Frank J. Can
non, who was elected to the senate
Smith said. He was classed as a
Mormon. but was a poor one"
Washington. Mar THE creden-
tials of Senator Elect Charles Dick
of Ohio were presented today and
Dick was sworn in. The naval ap-
preparation bill was then taken up
in the senate
Washington, Mar. There was
no merger decision in the supreme
court today. although it was expec
ted that one would be handed down.
Washington. Mar. chairman
Overstreet of the committee on post
offices and post roads called upon
the house today for privileged re-
port of the committee on the Hay
resolution calling for certain infor-
nation regarding the use of infiu-
ence by members of the house to Sc
cure increases in salaries. ETC.. of
ment action on the resolution was
postponed until Wednesday when
there will be three hours general de-
bate on the motion to table the res
olution. This was done so that the
report of the committee might be
printed and read by all the members
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AMayor Of haoerman."

Frank Anderson. the pioneer of the
town Of Hagerman. was In the city
Saturday and left on the evening
train sor home He is known as the
Mayor Of Hagerman.'
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Vacation.

The Home kindergarten has clos
ed for a two weeks vacation, after
which it will hold its sessions in
the mornings. to H., All N. Wash
ington avenue.
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The Cattle Growers Association
of New Mexico has been called to
meet at Roswell. March 22nd and
23rd. This is the annual meeting of
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-03-07
Train Load Of Coal.

A wagon train load of coal from
the Mescalero mines is being exhib-
tied on the streets as we go to press.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-03-07
SMITH STILL TALKS

The Mormon President is Cross Ex-
amined.-Senator Dick Sworn in
No Merger Decision Today.-Hay
Resolution Will be Taken up on
Wednesday by the House. .....
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VLADIVOSTOk
BOMBARDED
THE RESULT WAS BUT LITTLE
DAMAGE DONE.
RUSSIAN CRUELTY

Their Troops are Reported to be
Committing All Manner of Ex-
cesses.-Japanese Cabinet Meets
Tomorrow.-Russans on the Yalu
River.
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To Rent.

A room on Main street. first floor.
east front. Call at Record office.
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UNLUcKY ROCHESTER.

Dangerous Fire Burning in the Bus
mess District.
Rochester, N Y, Mar IA dan
gerous fire is burning in the heart
of the business district near Main
and State streets. The blaze started
in the Olympia candy store and is
rapidly spreading. All the fire ap-
paratus in the city has been called.
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WILL HEAD THE REPUBLICAN
TICKET so 1T Is SAID.
MURPHY CHAIRMAN

Former Governor Of New Jersey to
Take Hanna's Place.-Pian Has
Been Stamped 20. k." by Party
Leaders in New York and the
East.
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POLYGAMY
FIGURES

SENATOR DUBOIS SAYS % PER
CENT OF MoRMoNs ARE
POlYGAMOUS.
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Washington, Mar. There was
no merger decision in the supreme
court today. although it was expec-
ted that one would be handed down.
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The MARK ETS.

CHICAGO. Mar Cattle receipts
30 900 market 10 cents lower
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Washington. Mar. THE creden
tials of Senator Elect Charles Dicl
of Ohio were presented today anC
Dick was sworn in. The naval ap
preparation bill was then taken III
in the senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-10

rolling in wealth on Saturdays, and
they hOclxed to town to spend IT. OF
course, the fakirs took advantage of
the season The artist I have in mind
was selling a vast number of things,
but a curious little whistle that would
make all kinds of noise was the main
thing. He would charge Is cents, only
a quarter of a dollar, two dimes and a
nickel, for the whistle, and just to show
that he was generous would throw in
a. bar of soap, a collar button, comb,
a watch chain. as good as gold and
few other things. Honestly the Eel
low was giving away so much stuff in
order to sell his whistle that I looked
upon him as a sort of philanthropist.
I thought he was losing money right
along. But the main thing that at
tracted me was the fact that the fellow
kept on threatening to swallow long
knife ne mad. The knife was as long
as his arm, a rusty, desperate looking
thing, and every time he moved 1t an
announced that he would swallow it In
a second the crowd would congest
around the dry goods box the fellow
was standing on He would always
want to give away a few more bundles
of jeWelry before performing the feat,
of course. I tried to leave the place
more than a dozen times curing the
afternoon, but every time I started to
walk off the fellow would yell that ne
would do his renowned trick by fore
ing the long knife he had down his
throat, and this blood-curdling an
nouncement would stampede me, and
would make a break to return Be
fore 1 knew it the afternoon had slip
ped away from me. I wasted all the
time watching the fal1ir shove his wares
off on the negroes who had gathered
there, and nursing the vain hope that
after a while he would swallow the
knife. It is curious what deep impress
sions will sometimes be made by these
thrilling experiences in a country boy
life. I have been a sceptic since that
time, and all because the fellow de-
ceived me on the question of swallow
ing a butcher knife New Orleans
Times-DemOcrat-
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RAILROAD NEWS.
New Santa Fe Freight Depot at
Last Completed.
Building Stands on Corner of
Fourth and Adams.
OCCUPIED AT ONCE.
Freight House Force to Take
Charge in Two Weeks.
New Depot Great Improvement
Over the Old.

What is probably the largest AMI
best equipped freight house west Of
Kansas City has just been completed
by the Santa Fe in Topeka. This
building stands on the northeast cor
ner of Fourth and Adams streets, and
its unusual size makes it one of the
most imposing of all the buildings in
the Santa FEES local yards. The big
freight sheds measure 3OOx42 feet in
length and width, and besides this
there is a transfer platform 42O feet
in length and an attached Office build
ing. This latter will be occupied by
the local freight agent and the COM
pany's stationer. The latter is now
located at the shops and the former
has his office in the old freight house
across from the passenger depot.
The contract for the construction of
this new building was awarded by the
Santa Fe last winter to the firm Of
Fuller & Garrett of Leavenworth and
work on the foundation was COM
menced imme diately. This was in
JanuarY-only five months ago-bJt
the building is now complete in every
detail and will be occupied in the
work of the contractors has not only
been rapid, but thorough and it is
generally conceded that the new depot
is equal in every respect to any other
that the Santa Fe has erected in To-
peka.
The feature of the new Santa Fe
freight depot which marks it as one
of the best in the west, is its conven.
ences. In this one particular the new
building viii be invaluable. The same
force of men that is now employed IL
the old freight house will be able to
handle great deal more freight daily
In their new quarters than is being
handled in the old buildings at pres
emit 1t has been equipped with all
the modern devices calculated to
effect an increase in the amount of
work accomplished. The principal
Improvement however, is in the
amount of floor space. The freight
room which is located in the rear *
the office building is 800 feet il
length, and added to this there is an
open shed and platform 100 and 125
feet in length, respectively. All of
these rooms and platforms are ad :
mirably adapted for all kinds of
freight handling. Both the pIatfornf
and the open shed are equipped with
a set of scales and the freight room.
being much larger, has three sets. Ali
the floors are of hard maple. and nro-
visions for the ventilation of tn a
building have been made by the in
5tallatiOn of sliding doors. These my
be thrown up or down with very little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-10
DOMESTIC SERVANTS IN RUSSIA
Law Excludes Them as Witnesses
Against Their Employers.

The Russian servant is hired for
one year, and is told exactly what his
particular duty is to be- He then
sticks to that one duty. AS long as
each servant faithfully performs the
special duties of his position all is
well. but the neglectful butler, or
cook, or coachman is sent by the en-
plOyer with a written note to the pO-
lice Judge, who after carefully inves-
tigating the complaints has a right to
order bodily punishment or to write
a bad mark in the book kept for this
purpose
In great Russian households often
from twenty to fifty servants are kept
and even the middle class families
have two to four The pay of these
servants varies according to the line
of work. While the "chiefs" in the
kitchens of wealthy families often re-
| ceive 1900 a year, a cook in an ordi-
than f12 a year, and a maid of all
work never gets more than IS a year
At Easter every servant gets a pres
ent, usually suit or dress
Every other Sunday the servants in
Russian household are entirely
free. Their work stops Saturday
night after supper, when the servants
leave the house not to return until the
next Monday morning. The en-
ployers never ask where or how the
free time is spent
Russian servants will pilfer Since
Russian ladies leave everything to the
| care of the servants, the latter do as
! they please.
The men servants smoke cigars be-
| longing to their masters and pay fire.
quent visits to the wine cellars of the
house. but a gentleman would con-
slider it dem leaning himself to pros
ecute a servant for this.
The Russian servants will talk
about fellow servants, but never about
their employers. Even when they
| quit one place and take service in an
other family they would never men
ton anything about their former mas
| tiers. This discretion goes SO far that
even the law considers it. In Russia
/ the law excludes servants as witnesses
! against their former or present en-
/ ployers. so long, at least, as these
servants are not suspected of having
/ taken part in the crime.-London
Mail.
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HE RAN A FENCE"
Chicago Police Find Out What Freight
Thieves Have Been Doing.

The Chicago police have arrested a
man named Richard Donovan, found
to be running an establishment at
1898 Armitage avenue for the sale of
goods stolen from freight trains at
points outside of the city by an or
ganized band of thieves. For some
time officials of the Chicago & North
western railway, the Chicago, Mi
Waukee & st. Paul railway, the Grand
Trunk railway and the Illinois Cen
trail roads with several other small -
roads, have made complaints to the
Chicago police and to the police and
sheriffs of other cities and counties
that goods in quantity were being
stolen from cars. Detectives wera
sent out along each road to look for
traces of robbery. Near each road,
fifty miles out of the city, were found
boxes, such as were used in shipping
merchandise. A number of these Wer=-
later identified by representatives OF
Marshall Field & Co, Montgomery
Ward & Co. and Sears. Roebuck &
Co. as boxes in which they had
shipped merchandise and which had
never reached its destination. Tracks
through the woods indicated where
the merchandise had been carried
away by wagons. A special detail o.
detectives hiding near where the
boxes were found caught parties when
they were throwing boxes from the
freight cars. When Donovan was ar
rested and held for investigation, he
confessed to having received stolen
goods from the car thieves for sew :
eral years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-10
TATTLING BOYS.
Teachers Censured for Requiring Pu.
pills to Become Tale Bearers.

There was a parent who taught his
boy never to tattle on his playmates-
Last winter this boy. together with
some of his companions, got into a
SNOWFALL scrape at school The teacher
asked the boy If he had thrown SNOWY
balls. He said Yes She then asked
him the names Of those who were with
him. The boy refused to tell. She said
unless he told he would be expelled
from school.
The boy went home and told his
father. The father advised him not to
tell The teacher told the principal
The principal and the father met. The
principal told the father that the boy
could never come to school until he
told what other boys were with him
in the SNOWFALL Scrape. Finally the
father accepted the inevitable and re-
luctantly advised the boy to give the
teacher the information she demanded
Then the boy told on his friends ana
was readmitted to school
The Mosely education commission in
its recent report on the public schools
of this country implied that the Amer
much school marm." II teachers are
attempting to make telltales out OF
boys there may be something IN the
accusation worth Investigating. Pet
ticoat government in the school must
learn its proper relation to home gov
eminent. The public does not want the
school teacher to do more than she IS
paid for doing.
EOLn lEdCLEAS anu pal SAAlo
discourage tattling among children The
practice is bad enough among girls, but
is contemplate among boys. A boy
who tells tales on others will doubtless
be properly castigated by the courts OF
Juvenile justice which convene in alleys
and back lots, but ne should not have
the satisfaction of feeling that his pun
ishment is in the nature of martyrdom,
nor should he be made a favorite by
his teacher for doing that which most
boys instinctively detest-
T3ovs have always been educated to
regard tattIing as cowardice. This code
IF ethics has developed some pretty
good men. It is good enough for the
Dresent generation Of school boys.-Chi-
caog Tribune.
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Women Fuss Over a Cow.

Mrs. Margaret Odlin. 1928 South
Fourth street, was yesterday found
guilty of contempt in the city court
and sentenced to be confined in the
county Jail until she had produced a
COW, the ownership of which is in con-
torversy between herself and Mrs.
Nellie Buchanan, of 1909 South Eighth
street. 1t appears that two years ago
Mrs. Odlin sold a COW to MIS-. Buchanan
for s25, and later bought a wagon from
her. Mrs. Odlin sets up a claim that
she had only received SO on the debt
and one day last week sent one of her
boys out and brought the COW in from
the pasture. A replevin suit was in
stituted in the city court for possession
of the COW. but on advice of ner attor-
ney Mrs. Odlin refused to produce the
COW so that a suit could be brought to
see who was really the owner of the
cow Upon refusal to produce the
COW, proceedings in contempt were in
stituted in the city court, and, con-
structively, she is in jail at present.
Judge Casey parolled her until this
evening upon her promise to produce
the COW; if she does not, she viii be
sent to the county jail.-Atcnison
Globe.
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CoNVENTIoN o. CRrPPLEs.
Odd Sight Witnessed at Santa FC
Depot at Wichita.

Depot at vienna.
The attention of people at the San
ia Fe depot was attracted this morn
ing by one of the queerest aggrega-
tions that has been seen in Wichita.
for a long time There was a good
sized crowd, most of them on the plat
form, where they paced up and down
or conversed in small knots while wait
ing for the train which was a little be-
mind schedule time. A travelling man
who was one of a small group, glanc-
ing across the track toward the ruins
of the old stone mill, opposite the de-
pot called the attention of his compan-
ions to "cripple's row. as ne termed
it And sure enough, upon closer scru-
tiny it proved to be very unusual
sight. Lined up in the shade against
the wall of the old min was an as
semblage that would have served as an
excellent advertisement for a first class
hospital.
There was a one-legged peddler
whose right leg had been cut off at the
knee, there was a street beggar with
one foot gone; another young fellow
was minus both feet and walked on
his knees, another, a mere boy, had
lost his right arm and nearby, ap-
parently as much interested in the
scene as anyone, stood a man with both
hands gone. They were jolly lot and
seemed to be having a good time as
they laughed and joked one another
and talked with the crowd of boys and
hack drivers who swarmed about them
Wichita BeaSOn.
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VALUABLE LINE SOLD.
Zimmerman Property Extends for $50
Miles Through Gas Field.

New York, June 10-Negotiations are
in progress and are expected to be COM
pleted within a few days, according to
the Herald, whereby control of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton railroad,
known as the Natural Gas route, will
change hands. The syndicate now in
control of the Pere Marquette system,
probably will have a powerful, if not
dominant voice in the affairs Of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati,
who is one of the largest stockholders,
has been in the city several days par
ticipating in the preliminaries looking
to the passing of the control of his pro-
perty. Associated with him is Henry
F. Shoemaker, Of this city, also a large
stookholder. These two men have been
in conference with representatives of
the Pere Marquette line.
The Zimmerman line runs through a
rich manufac curing center of Ohio and
Indiana in the natural gas fields of
those states. It operates more than $50
miles of line and has a capital of $16,-
edness in addition.
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GOES TO DODGE CITY.
Santa Fe Agent Walker Is Made Di
vision Freight Agent.


Hutchinson, Kan. June 10.-Charles
A. Walker. agent of the Santa Fe here
for several years, went to Dodge City
last night on train No. and is Iocat-
ing an Office there today. He will be
division freight agent from this time
on and will have his headquarters in
Dodge City. He will have charge of
this territory and will be on the road Il
good share of the time. His family
will continue to live here and Mr.
Walker will naturally be here a good
bit of the time. He will have a clerk
and a stenographer and Richard War
rem, travelling freight agent out of
Wichita for several years, will work
with Mr.. Walker. Mr.. Warren will
move here from Wichita and will have
his headquarters in Hutchinson in the
future.
The matter of a successor for Mr.
Walker for the local agency has not
been decided yet. It is understood
there are several applications for
the place and it may be some trouble
to decide the matter. The agency here
will be run in Mr.. Walkers name until
the man is appointed and is checked in
This will likely be in very short time.
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Defends KANSAS COMMISSION.
Railway Review Says Present Rail-
road Board Suits the Companies.

GOdu DOdE0 Lu6 companies.
The Railway and Engineering Re
view of New York, defends the Kansas
railroad commissioners as follows:
Some of the Kansas papers are at
present engaged in Throwing stones at
the Kansas railroad commission be-
cause that body does not proceed to do
things which, under the law, do not lie
within its authority. Ordinary western
editors, or at least a good many of
them, appear to think that unless the
railroad commission is slicing off the
revenues of railroad companies its use
fitness is gone. 1t is not expected that
the people at large should be posted as
to the comparative value of the diff
ferent railroad commissions throughout
the United States, but there is not an
editor in the state of Kansas but knows
or may know if he will, that the Massa-
chuSetts commission. which has no
power at all except thatof investiga-
ton, accomplisheS more and gets better
results than either the Georgia or Tex
as commissioner. for that matter,
both of them combined, although pos
sessing autocratic and almost unlimi-
ted powers. A complaint or protest
against railroad methods or charges is
rarely heard of in Massachusetts,, while
in the other states mentioned the pro-
ceedings of the railroad commission
constitute a continuous and energetic
performance. Even the history of Kan
sas shows that those commissions
which have done the least in the way
the best, and accomplished the most.
Cooperation will always do more than
antagonism. The railroads, if obliged
to fight, are no mean antagonists, but
when met in the spirit of Cancellation
and fairness are ready to do anything
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For Colorado Tourists.

The Santa Fe will sell round-trip
tickets to Pueblo, Colorado Springs
20 September 80. 1904. inclusive
Limit October 81, 1904. Stop-overs in
Colorado will be allowed as hereto
fore. Three trains daily 1.-The Colo
RADIO Flyer Gin service June 19).
'eThe Colorado Express" and No. 1
provide the means of reaching the re-
sorts quickly and comfortably. Illus
trated literature describing trains,
route and scenery. free T. L. King,
Ticket Agent, the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway. Topeka. Kan.
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HURLEY REFUSED.
Would Not Permit Trains to Run
Through Water at Chanute.

Speaking of recent food conditions the
Chanute Sun says: AN effort was made
by the Santa Fe railway to run traissS
over the main line between Chanute ard
Humboldt this afternoon. General Super
intendent Hurley of Topeka came down
flood and personally inspected the condi-
ton of the track. Passage of three trains
depended upon his decision. No. POI. the
regular day train, from the north, was
a Humboldt, No. POP, the north bound
train and No 2OS the Kansas City plug,
We're here. Mr.. Hurley would not author
ize the venture. and the trains were run
to the brink of the stream and the pas
sengers and baggage transferred by ferry.
No. 2O1 will run as POP and 202 will run
south from Chanute as POI.