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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
RUNS DOWN WOLVES
THE PRESIDENT IN OKLAHOMA
Genuine Western Sport Hunting Coy.
otes with Horses and Dogs
Strenuous Days Work.

Frederick. Okla, April 1.-THE
President and his party began their
hunt yesterday morning after expert
encing a western rainstorm during the
night.
The wolf chase to which the Presi.
ward began early yesterday morning
at Camp Roosevelt, eighteen miles
southeast of here. There are about
forty dogs in the pack. belonging TO
John Alternately, the famous wolf
catcher. and have been dieted and
looked after the past month as care
fully as a trainer looks after the pugi.
list who is expected to retain the
championship belt of the world.
In the chase yesterday the training
or these dogs was noticeable. The
party of about dozen, including Pres
ident Roosevelt and his doctor, had
not Travelled far this morning until
their dogs were leading them on a.
fresh scent. Soon the leaders were re-
warded by seeing a lank grey wolf de-
1iberately Looping as If unmindful of its
pursuers. The dogs all seemed to,
catch sight of the prey at the same
tiiHe. ne WOiI sought TO eluQe It's
pursuers by dodging. but this only
hurried matters, as it enabled the fore.
most dogs to catch mp with their prey.
As the wolf turned to beat off its as
sailants other dogs sprang upon the
bristling animal and bore it to the
ground. where it was quickly dis
patched without the aid OF the hunters.
Two other wolves were killed in much
the same manner before the sun ind-
Gated that it was time for the midday
meal.
The President was Invariably at the
head of the procession of riders. At
one point, seeing some water in buff
falo wallow. he galloped TO the spot
before the dogs reached IT and slipped
up the refreshing liquid in good old
fashioned cowboy strle. By 1 O'Clock
the members of the party were again
in their saddles ready for another
chase. But about ten Of the party
were permitted to enter in the after
moons sport, as it was found that the
greater number of hunters the smaller
the amount of sport.
Horses, riders and dogs seemed to
grow in endurance as the day waned,
and by night the big reservation con-
tanned considerably less number OF
coyotes than when the chase began.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Chicago Teamster.' Strike.

Chicago. April 11.-There was moth
ing in yesterdays developments that
would indicate that there Is to be a
peaceable settlement of the strike in.
augurated by the teamsters against the
mail order house of Montgomery
Ward G. Co. Wagons and vans of the
big store manned by non-union men
made several turbulent trips deliver.
ing goods to railroad freight houses
Although big and noisy crowds fol.
lowed the caravans. and the police
were forced to break a number OF
blockades, deliveries to the railroads
were declared by the officials of the
store to have been a great deal more
successful than last weeks efforts.
Forty members of the employers as
sociation. at meeting yesterday. Is
sued a request to the teamsters to put
stop to the sympathetic strike. In
the resolution adopted by the employ
ers it is declared that under no cir
cumstances will they allow the team
sters to interfere with the carrying on
OF legitimate business. as will be the
case should the strike be extended to
other concerns in order to bring Mont
gomery Ward & Co. to terms.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Earthquake Kills Thousands.

Calcutta, April photographic COM
munication with Dharmsala has been
restored. The latest accounts show
that the earthquake was even more dis
astrous than at first believed.
or a total population of nearly 5000
in the town of Kangra. 1t is believed
that only 500 are left alive. Many of
these have fed. OF the police only Il
deputy inspector and four sergeants
are alive. Many people are still i'm
prisoned in the ruins.
Dharmsala, Kangra, Palanpur, Dha-
wan and all the neighboring villages
were completely wrecked. Scarcely a
building remains standing. Not much
damage was done at Haripur, Derogo-
pipur, Nadaum or Hamirpur. but Su-
janpur, having a population Of about
5000 souls. Is reported to be In ruins.
The shocks still continue. There is
no news from Kalu valley, but accord
Ing to native rumors . great amount
Of damage has been done.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
SUICIDE OF GEORGE WILDER.
Prominent Denver Pioneer Plunaes
Into Gulf of Mexico.

Denver. April 10.-A few days ago
the daily papers noted the mysterious
disappearance of George Wilder, aged
eighty-four years, formerly of the Den
yer firm of Best & Wilder, wholesale
grocers. but a letter was soon received
from him at Galveston, saying that he
had left secretly to avoid expected re-
monstrances of his friends. and that
he was about to sail for Key West,
Florida.
Yesterday the following telegram
was received from Key West:
George Wilder. Denver passenger
on Concha. disappeared at sea night of
April 5th. Please notify relatives"
After successfully eluding his rela-
tives and friends for twelve days, the
wealthy Denver pioneer took his own
life rather than return to Denver to
be. as he feared, burden and care to
his step-children and friends.
Since Thursday morning this bad
news has been almost hourly expected.
Early that morning William Scott Lee,
the business agent and an old friend of
Mr.. Wilder, received a letter from him.
1t had been written April 4th in Gal
weston, but 1t had not been mailed un-
til April 5th, few hours before he
sailed on his last voyage.
Heartrending in its pathos, and pitt
full in the care shown by the aged man
for his relatives, he manifested his
broken spirit, and fear of becoming a
burden to those he loved, in this last
letter.
To his friends he wrote:
fremont House, Galveston, Texas,
April 4, 1905.-Mr. William Scott Lee:
Dear Friend-i presume this will be a
little surpl 'se to you to hear from me
at this point. / got here Friday morn
ing, March 3lst. | have to remain
longer than | wanted to in order to get
a steamer but leave at noon to-mor-
row. April 5th, for Key West, Florida.
Before get half way | am going over
board. / have got through. l am worn
out, and tired out, and | thought
would put this old frame where there
would be no inquest, save the sharks" +"
Following were careful instructions
in regard to the care of property by Mr..
Lee for Wilder's step-daughters.
Two letters were also received by
his step-daughters intimating his in
tended suicide
Message were instantly rushed to
Galveston. An attempt was made to
stop the vessel but 1t had already
sailed. A tugboat was sent in pur-
suit. Heavy winds delayed 1t and the
Concha could not be sighted.
AS a last resort. wireless telegraphy
was used.
From New Orleans, from Key West
and from Galveston desperate efforts
were made to signal the Concha. For
some reason not a wireless message
was received by the ship.
Following is the story of his death:
He at first went below and shut him
self up. Late in the evening he On mo
on deck and after looking carefully
around stepped over the rail. A sailor
who was watching him, came running
down the deck yelling at him to stop,
the old man dropped into the water of
the gulf.
The night was pitch dark
The vessel was stopped and the
boats lowered.
For an hour the sailors rowed
around, searching for the body. but no
traces could they find.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
COLORADO STATE AFFAIRS

Warden Cleghorn of the State Peni-
tentiary has announced the reappoint-
ment of A. X. Frisbie as chief clerk
Edmund Johnston of Denver was ap-
pointed yard master, vice Thomas
Clark Of Denver whose term has ex-
pired- There are now in the peniten-
tiary 743 convicts. the largest number
in the history of the institution. There
has been net gain of 102 convicts
during the last two years.
At meeting of the State Land Board
April 9Th right of way was granted
over certain state lands for q reser-
voir and canals that are being con-
structed near Julesburg. The system
is being constructed under the irri-
CATION district law OF 1901, with which
ex-senator McCreery of Greeley Is
prominently connected. The right of
way occupies about thirty acres OF the
state land, and was sold at $3.50 an
acre.
State Auditor Bent is sending out
new set of blanks to the county
treasurers for the collection of the
Inheritance tax. The Supreme Court
has upheld the tax and the law re-
quiries the county treasurers to collect
it. The law also requires that they
report to the auditor every six months
and Mr.. Bent proposes that they shall
report whether they collected any tax
during the time or not. Treasurer
Holmberg is to have his license collec-
tors check up the probate courts as
they travel about and in this way 1t
will be possible TO check the treasurers
and find if they are doing their duty
in watching the estates. 1t is a tax
that the heirs often attempt to evade
and II the state is to realize anything
from it a continuous fight will have
to be made. 1t is believed that the
law is so framed tnat the state can
not be beaten by deciding away an
estate Just before death.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Earthquake Kills Soldiers.

Calcutta. April SIT now appears
that 400 of the Seventh Gurkahs were
killed at the Dharmsala cantonment
by the collapse Of stone barrack
building in consequence of the recent
earthquake. In addition, twenty mem
bers OF the First battalion and fifty
members of the Second battalion OF
the First Gurkahs were killed. while IL
is roughly calculated that from twenty
to thirty per cent. Of the native popu-
lation of the surrounding villages were
killed.
In addition to the Europeans already
reported killed at Dharmsala. seven
children of Europeans are said to have
perished.
The Kangra valley is believed to
have been devastated. and it is re-
ported that the town of kangra was
reduced to ruins. with great loss Of
life. No confirmation of the report is
obtainable. as the telegraph station
at Kangra is wrecked.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Russian Delegates Dispersed.

st. Petersburg, April 1.-THE first
Russian congress of attorneys
took place yesterday in the hall of the
Imperial Economic Society. There
were 1SO delegates present. The po-
lice, however, entered the hall and dis
persed the delegates, as the meeting
had not been authorized to assemble.
Before the police actually interfered
the congress adopted resolutions pro-
viding for the formation of an associa-
tion to foster social and professional
intercourse and to strive for the po-
litical freedom of Russia on basis of
a democratic constitution and also to
combine with other associations hav-
ing the same aims.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Mrs. Nation to Leave Kansas.

Wichita, Kans., April 11.-Mrs. Car
rie Nation, who is in jail here, yester-
day signed deeds conveying her To-
peka property to private parties at a
cost of $1,000 and announced her inten-
ton, after serving out her Jail SEN
tence. of leaving Kansas and settling
in Oklahoma. where she will devote at
tention to efforts to have prohibition
clause inserted in the constitution
when Oklahoma secures statehood.
Mrs. Nation is in prison awaiting
decision of her appeal to the District
Court for joint smashing. for which she
was fined $3.50 and given thirty days in
jail.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
STRA1T0N SUIT ENDS
FULL VICTORY FOR THE ESTATE
United States Supreme Court Denies
Writ Of certiorari-Lawyers for
Estate Expect to Win Another Suit
Nou Pendjno

NOW fenoin9.
Colorado Springs, Colo. April IL
The United States Supreme Court at
Washington yesterday denied the ap-
plication OF the STATIONS Independ-
ence Company. Limited. for writ of
| certiorari in its suit against the eXecu-
tors of the Stratton estate for $6,0O0,-
900. This means that the estate has
won a victory in the Supreme Court
and practically all litigation is now at
an end. Both in the United States
Circuit Court and the Circuit Court of
Appeals decisions were rendered in
favor of the estate. In the latter court
the decision was handed down in ST.
Louis only few weeks ago, and the
London company Immediately applied
to the United States Supreme Court
for writ of certiorari.
There is still pending in the United
States Circuit Court in Denver suit
brought by the Venture company
against the estate for 100000, but
the leading points involved in both
suits are the same, so that the eXecu-
tors are confident Of winning in the
suit now pending.
The ground for the suits was the al
legged sailing of the Stratton's Inde-
pendence mine by the late w. S. STRAIT
ton. The mine was sold to the Ven
ture people and the .Stratton's Inde-
pendence, Limited. Company organ
lied. The price was $11 100000. The
sale was negotiated by Werner z. Reed
of this city. and he is popularly sup
posed to have received a commission
of S1.O0O.0OO.
When the charge of sailing the mine
was first made 1t created a profound
Mr.. Stratton never for moment cred
tied the charge, and all along the eX
ecutors of the estate have expressed
themselves as confident of victory.
The news of yesterdays decision
came in telegram to the firm of Meal
lister & Candy, the attorneys for the
Stratton estate in this city. Associated
with them in the defense were Justice
Luther NJ. Goddard of the State Su-
preme Court and f. L. Whitted of the
firm OF Dimes &c Whitted of Denver.
The London company was represented
by Thomas, Bryant & Lee and Charles
J. Hughes, Jr., of Denver. and Samuel
Untermeyer and Marshall of New York
City.
The final settlement of this suit
brings the Myron Stratton Home one
step nearer of realization. With this
suit out of the way a long stride in the
direction of beginning work on the
home has been accomplished.
The suit of Leslie w. Popejoy for sS,-
100000 as an alleged partner of STRAIT
ton, is not taken seriously.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Independent Pipe Line.

Chanute. Kan, April s.-Rep-esen-
tatives of thirty independent oil COM
panies. which control three-fourths OF
the oil production of ansas. met hero
yesterday and decided to form COM
pany representing $7.O000 900 to build
a fuel oil pipe line from the Kansas oil
field to Kansas City and to construct =
refinery and storage tanks in that city.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-04-14
Secretary Hay in ItaIy.

Nerva, Italy, April 10.-Secretary of
State Hay is living a very quiet life
here. He drives out daily, the weather
being fine. Mr.. Hay is annoyed by
curious tourists coming from Genoa to
see him and has refused interviews to
all such.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
Sale Season.

The fall and winter sale season is
now on. All lines in all kinds of
business will pick up and get brisk
and remain so until after the corn is
gathered. Stock will change from
hand to hand and every farmer will
take an inventory of his neighbours
property to see what he has to offer
in the way of a trade. The sale
season usually begins about the first
Of September and lasts all through
the fall and winter and generally
closes the first week in April.
Everyone looks forward to the sale
season as the best part of the year
and watches for it with great
eagerness and scans the weekly
paper for sale news as anx1ously as
a girl awaits her first beau. J.-asr
remember right here that the Her
aid has the largest list of readers in
this neck Of the woods and a notice
the men to do all the bidding or
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

When you wish to stop paper
write the publisher a letter giving
your name and address and enclose
a money order for tie amount due
on your subscription and the paper
will be stopped. Don't try to. escape
paying for your paper by refusing
It through the postofice. The law
provides that you must pay for your
back subscription before you can
discontinue. Don't get mad if a
publisher needs money and sends
you statement telling of his needs,
but be man and help him out by
paying up. There are many acc
cunts to keep in the operation CT a
and if a mistake is made
you will find the publisher pleased
to right it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
Fair Officials.

At the annual meeting of the
Grant County Agricultural society
to be held today officers will DE
chosen to manage the affairs of the
organization for the ensuing year.
Pres. Ray states that he will ac-
cept the place he has SO ably filled
for another year if the society de-
sires, but that he is not at all anxious
to do so. w. j. Battle, J. S. Wright
and D. Abrams are mentioned as
being good men for the place.
Geo. A. Moore is one of the most
efficient secretaries the fair ever
had and should be reelected. He
spared no pains nor personal ex-
pense in hustling for the fair and
his wide acquaintance and populari-
ty makes him valuable official.
j. H. Place is being talked of for
general superintendent and no
better man for that place could be
found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
This season everything is in readi-

This season everything is in readi-
ness for a good early start. Never
was there more promising time to
make sale than this season and
never was there better time for a
renter to sell two or three thousand
dollars worth of stock and buy a
home. Never were the conditions
better for the man who wants to
lift that mortgage by making a
sale of his stock than right now.
There. is nothing to prevent all kinds
Of stock from bringing good prices
We have had an abund ance of hay
and also pastures that have not had
hoof to trod on them and plenty
of oats and barley and wheat and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
Of Interest to Miners.

I desire to inform all those who
are thinking of dong any drilling
that a complete set of maps com
prising the eight bearing dis
tricts of Southwestern Wisconsin
may now be had from Dean Birge,
U. of W., at acost of one dollar
These maps are Of greatuse to any
one interested in mining in this
region, as they show the details of
topography, the location of the
mines, and the old workings and
the boundaries between the diff
ferent geological formations. The
supply is very limited and anyone
DESTROYS of securing a set should
write at once to Dean Birge, or t.
me, and I will send a set by return
mail. Ell. l.. GARNER,
116 w. Dayton, Madison. Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

is the season to make clean up
sale and get your money in a bunch?
Sure 1t is.
Now boys when you plan your
sale for this winter remember
that the Herald print shop can get
you up the best bills in the country.
We will print you plain or colored
posters in one or more colors and
guarantee they will suit you and at
tract a crowd. Besides this we run
your sale notice in the paper free
and as our paper is read by
more than ten thousand people
in Grant and adjoining counties the
crowd that will be in attendance on
the day you select will amaze you.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
games.

According to a tradition of the
Eskimos women were created first
and man was fashioned from a piece
as chewing gum. From the very
nature of things this position is un-
tenable. If the first man had been
made of chewing gum the first wo-
man would have chewed him up
and stuck him on the underside of
the kitchen table or piano stool be-
fore he could have taken his proper
place in the economy mankind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

the best crop of corn that the corn
belt ever had. Com blned with the
fact that we have a great shortage
OF cattle and hogs all this is enough
to convince any sane man that all
kinds of stock will sell we'll AMI at
the same time also make money for
the buyer. For the last three sale
seasons we nave gone into the
collar with sore shoulders the
buyers and sellers alike. Crops
were poor and uncertain and con-
ditiOns were such that the wisest
could only guess. But stop Look
around! Think of the differ &C
between this season and la
Doesn't Judgment tell you that tn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

An examination of the county re-
cords back in the '70's when Pollock
got all the printing might reveal a
lot Of queer things, too
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

Football players want to be sure
to understand that their studies are
not to interfere with their football
games.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
Circuit Court.

In the matter Of the estate of
Peter j. Henkel, deceased. The
decision of the lower court was
sustained.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $3.50 PER YEAR

What an advantage it is to Grant
county to have young sleuth to
dig up steals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

money and should help spend it.
~
A lot of those IN attenance never
expect to bid but sit around on the
outskirts Of the crowd and visit and
talk over past incidents of the
neighbrohood. Sometimes the young
men banter each other for friendly
wrestling contests and occasionally
one of these bouts leads to en-
counters not conducted according to
the Marquis of Queensbury rules.
This of course creates more excite
ment than the auctioneer can and
the crowd will quickly desert him
for the more interesting event.
But he knows it will soon be over
and catches his breath and thinks
up some more jokes and very often
is ingenious enough to utilize the
scrap to spur on the bidders and
buyers. When the days wvrk is
all over the clerk of the sale-who
is usually one of the bankers who is
expected to buy up the notes
becomes the person of chief in
terest. The clerk lisa shrewd bust
ness man and knows the value of
every signature in the country so
this work passes along rapidly and
the crowd is soon vending home
ward-some driving their stock and
some who came afoot breaking
across lots in order to get home and
in it's columns will reach far more
people than in some other paper
whose publisher makes you a low
price on poor bills.
~
The public sale as conducted in
this county is coming to be a
great social event in the neighbor
hood. This is the season when
wind and sun and weather have
joined hands to work for the in
terest of the farmer-providing he
did his part in the spring of the
year-and permits him to wander
off to his neighbors or to town to
indulge the social instinct. When
the sale is decided upon the farmer
usually HES away to the printer
man we print all sorts and all
kinds of sale bills to suit the wants
OF everyone-and gets few hundred
posters of large size to post up
around the country announcing the
sale and what he has to offer.
These are usually printed in one
color but the style has all gone to
the two color craze-and so we are
printing bills in attractive colors.
When the day of sale arrives the
neighbors come from miles around
often bringing their whole families
and the ladies by no means permit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-04

do the chores before dark.
buying. At least they shouldn't
anyhow. They help make the
money and should help spend it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-06-14
Bids Want ID.

Sealed proposals will be receive
up to II o'clock noon of May 18th,
1905, by the Board of Directors of the
State Orphans Home, for the INSTALL
ing of a b. p. Westinghouse motor,
of 5 H. P. Westinghouse motor,
Type &C." Three phase 200 voltes.
Two Transformers of 21a X w
General Electric. Type I'll" 1000 to
200 VOTES.
The entire outside lighting sys-
tenn to be remodeled and rewired with
wire of sufficient size in buildings
barns and yard and new lamps placed.
The successful bidder to furnish all
material above mentioned as well as
Cedar Poles of not less than 35 feet,
Pullies, betting and wire cable to run
underground, connect all pumps. cir
cular saw and freezer in a workman
like manner and in accordance with
the rules of the Fire Underwriters.
For specifications and further partic
ulars inquire of Superintendent of the
State Orphans Home.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Address ORVIS RING,
Secretary Board of Directors State
rphans' Home.
Carson City Nevada, May 5 1905.