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The Lamar register., 1905-02-01

Second class Colonist rates to
California-March 1 to May 10 and
Sept. 15 to Oct. 81, 1905, in effect
daily. Date S25, one way ticket
also to all intermediate points en-
route via Albuquerque, Ell Paso,
Deming or Ogden. Stop overs al
lowed at all points intermediate to
destination except Las Angeles and
San Francisco.
Second class Colonist rates to the
Northwest, daily, March LIST May
15 and Sept 10 to Oct. 81, 1905.
Rates, ono way ticket to Pacific
coast points, $25 and from $50 to
$23,58 to intermediate points. Stop
overs may be had not to exceed 1C
days. For further information call
on agent at depot, Lamar.
G. j. GARsIN, Agt.
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Meeting Him Hall way.

Mark Hanna's successor, General
Dick, was in his youth teller in an
Akron bank. OF his banking ex-
perience, he says:
"One OF the depositors with our
firm had the reputation Of being q
miser. 1 don't know whether he
was a miser or not, but 1 do know
that he would sometimes make in
one day three or four dsposits-now
81, now 81, now so cents. Did you
ever hear of such thing9
"They used to tell queer story
about this old fellow. They used to
declare that a man once went to him
and said
"Im a doctor, and I'll give you
$4,000 if you'll let me kill you. 1
want to see how, cut in a certain
vein, a man dies
"The old miser wrinkled his fore
head.
'Let me think bit,' he said.
"There was a long silence.
WELL said the visitor.
"Give me till tomorrow, ssidu the
miser. FL think this business out
thoroughly, and tomorrow I'll give
you a decisive answer, yes or no.
$50 the man went away, and the
next day he returned. The missr
said to him:
L can't let you kill me for $1O,-
600, friend. I've figured it all out
and 1 find that your money would
be no good to me after 1 was dead.
rll tell you what L will do, though; (;
I'll let you half kill me for IS, ,OOO.'"
Minneapolis Journal.
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End Of tho Ca n adIan Myth.

The delusion that American farm
ers can somehow do better in Cana
da than they can in their own coun-
try is dying. From tabular state
ment of the land sales along its line
given by the Canadian Pacific rail
way company for November 1904,
it appears that the number of acres
and the prices paid for them dimin-
ished in that month as compared
with the same month in 1908. In
all the four provinces of Canada Gov
eeed by this exhibit, except in As
siniboia, the sales fell off largely in
that month. The decline was 80
great that the totals, after allowing
for the increase in Assiniboia, were
much lower than they were year
earlier.
Nobody need be surprised at this
change. Canada is big and thinly
settled country. Necessarily it has
many thousands of square miles of
vacant lands. These were offered
at low prices by the Canadian gov
ernment. In some cases terms ap
pear almost as favorable as the
United States offered in its home
stead act or of 1862. As a conse-
quence, when the Canadian railways
began to extend their lines through
the wild country, and when they ad
vertised the region profusely and
gave very favorable terms to settlers,
there was an influx into it from the
United States. Tens of thousands
OF farmers sold their holdings in
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota,
the Dakotas and other states and
focked into Canada, where they got
larger farms for third or fourth
the money they received from their
holdings on this side Of the line,
But the tide is beginning to ebb,
as everybody had right to sup
pose it would quickly. On the
average the Canadian lands are poor
er than are those of the United
States, the climate is far more rigor-
GUS, the facilities for getting their
produce to the market are poorer
and the general environment is in
every way less desirable. These
truths are becoming known on this
side Of the line, and the emigration
from the United States Is diminish
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From the Holly Chieftianl
Station Agent Livingston of Amity
spent Sunday at Holly. He says
Amity is to have new depot soon.
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Political ProbIty PAYS.

Docs political probity pay.
1t does.
You do not have to look beyond
three men now in the public eye to
know it does, and to realize that
there is a new class of practical poll
ticians coming to the front.
Roosevelt, LaFollette, Folk.
There are three men whose public
records are living testimony to the
policy of probity in politics
They know that there is only one
ringing slogan for the politician who
would have not only the office but the
respect and admiration of the pub
lie
There is certain sturdiness of
character about these three men that
makes them have along political
lines almost identical traits.
Roosevelt is fighter, LaFollette
is fighter and Folk is "a fighter,
and each of them has had his fight,
and that fight has been for cleaner
political conditions-honest service
to the public on the part of the pub
lie servants.
Victory has not always perched
unon their banners. but when defeat
came the banners remained unsul
lied, and still unfurled for the next
fight.
And neither of the three has ever
waited for the fight to be brought tc
him. He went after and into the
fray with the enthusiasm that ii
born of the knowledge of fighting
for a Just cause.-Cripple Creel
Star.
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disbursements Of the past year, and
the figures look good for 80 young a
fair association. All the regular ex-
penses of holding the last fair were
paid and the interest on the out
standing debt of 81, 200 20, and in
addition permanent improvements
amounting to nearly 5000 were made
on the buildings on the grounds
and the deficit carried over amount
ed to only $65, showing that the fai,
is alresdy self sustaining.
The stockholders elected the fol-
lowing directors for the ensuing
year: w. g. Gould, NJ j. McMillin,
q. G. Huddleston, w. w. Reynolds,
A. N. Parrish, J. s. Hasty, L. H.
ManvilIe, NJ. Strain, N. N. Mclean,
L. Writ Markham, E. NJ. Mears, w.
F. McCue.
The officers elected are as follows:
A. N. Parrish, president; W. ]. John
ston, vice-president; Chas. Maxwell,
secretary; W. g. Gould, treasurer.
The executive committee for the
year is composed as follows: NJ.
Strain, w. q. Gould, L. Writ Marx
ham, w. f. McCue, w. j. Johnston,
N. N. Mclean, q. q. Huddleston.
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Tragedy at Steamboat.

Charley Morning, Republican
county chairman, was butted in the
south end Of his anotomy recently
by a pet deer which he was trying
was th.t Mr.. Morning Immediately
got q divorce-no, not from his wife,
but from his pants. He will recover.
In referring to the matter the Pilot
says "ths irreverent animal tackled
Charley in the street." but that
wasn't the place according to the re-
port We received. Charley has or
dered buckskin seat put in his
trousers Steamboat Sentinel.
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of the majority of the people of the
country, than this matter of railway
rates. 1t touches every pocketbook.
and thus becomes pers onal, pres
ent question.
The majority Of the business men
and users Of railways do not wish
tariffs lowered to q point where it
will become an Improbable business
for the railroads. But they de in.
sist that they be not charged tariffs
to pay inserest on heavily watered
stock, which has been given as a
bonus to few wealthy men for their
efforts in consolidating various cor
porations.
They also want short. haul rate
that will be fairly reasonable and
not prohibitive. Every agricultur
ist in Colorado, every merchant who
buys goods in the east, has paid
tribute in excessive short haul rates,
both from points within and without
the state.
The schedules are exceptionally
heavy, and more than ono thriving
business in this state has been
strangled through rebates These
are the two propositions that Colo
radoans desire to have remedied at
the earliest possible date.-Colora-
do Springs Telegraph.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
Colorado and SaiIway Rates

If the Colorado assembly votes to
indorse the views held by Presi-
dent Roosevelt respecting railway
regulation it will place the state in
line with many other states which,
by their legislatures, have commend
ed the stand of the chief executive.
There IS no more pressing and
vital question today, in the minds
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These American farmers were

ing. These American farmers wero
a very desirable addition to the Ca
madam population, but the acces-
sions from this source will be less
hereafter than they have been for
the past few yerrs. No other part
of the globe offers such inducements
for agriculturists as the United
States presents.-Globe.D Democrat.
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At the annual meeting the follow
ing directors were elected for the
ensuing year:
w. j. Johnston, g. j. Garyin, G.
@. Huddleston, N. N. Mclean, NJ.
Strain, 1. Ii. Myers, d. b. Novels.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
County Notes.
from the Granada Times.

4 S. S. Pickett has inst completed a
new barn for the American Beet
Sugar Co. at Marvel Mr.. Pickett
also has a contract to build an addi-
tion to the rock house on the same
piece Of land.
Albert Bane, of Dana, Illinois,
who owns choice farm on the KY,
is with us again this week and with
him is his friend, j. r. Taylor, of
Illinois. MIR. Taylor expects to buy
farm of Bane & Bassett, but can
not move here for another year on
account of his farming interests in
illinois.
Clarke LIE Fever arrived, Friday
evening on No. 2, from Rocky Ford
with G G. Morgan and wife and his
brother, S. S. Morgan, of Waveland,
Indiana The Morgans have already
located on the KY ranch on what is
known as the Stevens 40 acres. We
extend them a hearty welcome and
hope they will be the means of
bringing many of their eastern
friends to our great country.
From the Holly Chieftisnl
Station Agent Livingston of Amity
spent Sunday at Holly. He says
Amity is to have new depot soon.
W. f. There bought two carloads
of horses here last Friday and ship
ped them east that Dight. He went
to Lamar Saturday and bought sew
eral more carloads.
The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
"The SentrrI Life Insurance
Society Of the United States ID

organized under the old line insurance
laws of the State OF Iowa, and under
these laws the most thorough state
supervision is exercised and the greatest
safety is guaranteed to policy holders.
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The Lamar register., 1905-02-01

WANTED-A position as cook with
years experience, or waiter with years
experience. Address John Gubler, La
mar, Colo.
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in Birmingham, Ala. Their married
life vas unhappy and they separated,
Phillips coming to Chicago, where he
committed suicide in a hotel.
Thirteen years ago she went to New
York to make a living as a stenog-
rapher. Within three years she was
the head and sole manager of the
largest typewriting establishment in
New York, with 40 girls working for
her. Her Offices were besieged by men
who had important work to be done
accurately. From an expert operator
she became a superintendent of oper-
ators. In 1896, according to her story,
she was sought by Senator Scott and
Congressman Manley, then bossing the
Mckinley campaign, to take charge Of
certain private correspondence.
After that, work piled in from Wall
street. Several important assignments
came to her (she was then Miss Ella
Rawls) from the city. Fol- reporting
the work of the Venezuelan boundary
commission she was endorsed, she
saws by the late William L. Strong,
7 Kennedy Tod, and others. Every
thing was prosperous for the young
woman who had come from the south
with nothing but ambition.
She went to London in 1899 and be-
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than one, ana they are called secret
agents because, although representing
the same government, they are nearly
always unknown to each other. The
reason of the existence of these secret
agents need not be stated here, but
they are considered necessary to the
safety of every president of Santo
Domingo.
1.-THE gentleman in question was a
friend of ours. At this time we were
engaged in exploiting mining property
which we owned in Peru. Mrs. Reader,
at that time, had been invited by the
president of Peru TO act as his agent
in this country, and the papers ap-
pointing her fiscal agent were being
prepared by William Nelson Cromwell.
"She was about to go to Peru with
these papers when she was requested
by Perez, as he claimed, with the con
sem of Gen. Morales, to try and have
me interest myself in the affairs of
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MRS. ELLA r. READER. THE WOMAN IN
THE SANTO DOMINGO CASE.
FROMTYPEWRITERT TO DIPLOMACY
Interesting Story Revealed by the Senates Failure to
Pass Treaty with President M~orales-Agreed to
Place Country on Sound Footing in Re-
turn for Important Concessions.

came connected with the firm Of J. G.
White & Co. She had not wasted her
time in Wall street. The sultan of
lahore came to London. He had up
his sleeve the contract for the building
of the lahore railroad, costing $5,0O0,-
900. Miss Rawls met the sultan So
cially. J.. G. White & Co. got the rail-
road contract.
The tuppenny tube had been built In
London, but was troubled with vibra-
ton. There vas a call for somebody
who could cure this evil. Miss Rawls
was associated with the Sprague Null
tiple Control company. She took a
look at the vibrations, and in 1901 the
Sprague company got the contract for
stopping the shudders.
Her Second Husband.
Miss Rawls was still in the employ
of J. G. White & Co. when, in 1901, she
met and was won by Mr.. Reader. His
career had been quite as interesting
as her own. He was born in New Zea-
land, a British subject. He is rather
short, very dark, with black eyes and
mustache. He could pass as q South
American any time. He ives NriVate
secretary to Sir Charles Ewaa Smith,
the British minister to Morocna, in
1892. In 1897 he became private secre-
tary to Sir West Ridgeway, governor
of Ceylon. Various circumstances
caused him to become familiar with
affairs in Peru, and while he was still
interested he met Miss Rawls in Lon
don and married her. Together they
have worked since then, and together
they now stand. Mr.. Reader has the
deep mind, Mrs. Reader the quick wit.
They worked out a great scheme OF
mining improvement in Peru and in
terested the western copper million
aire, James B. Haggin. According to
Mr.. Reader, he and his wife were to
have 10 per cent. commission for pro-
noting this scheme and, according to
the same story, the plans went through
beautifully, except that the 10 per cent.
was not paid.
The Peru financial arrangement is
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said to have stopped a threatened rev.
olution in that country.
Dealings with San Domingo.
This is the early history of the
Readers and brings them up to the
time they began their dealings with
San Domingo. Their statements re-
garding their dealing with President
Morales concerning a treaty with this
country, and their relations with Will
liam Nelson Cromwell, the well-known
New York lawyer, who played such a
prominent part in the Panama deal,
make interesting reading. 1t is said
that they are more than a little sus-
picious that it was Mr.. Cromwell who
betrayed their dealings with the dis
tressed republic to the Washington
government and caused the bargain
they thought they had made to be
knocked in the head.
ut was in the fall of 1904" said Mr..
Reader, "that one of the secret agents
of President Morales, located in the
city of New York, was a young nan
named Perez, a native of San Domingo.
'"These secret agents. by the way,
who represent Gen. Morales in the
United States. principally reside in
New York. There are always more
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Washington.-Imagine a treaty be-
tween two republics, one of them your
own, negotiated by a m Then
imagine her after the successful con-
clusion of the pact, controlling the
finances of the other party to the
agreement, paying its debts and viz
tually running the country, and you
have the goal for which one of the
"gentler sex" was recently striving.
One would almost as soon expect to see
a woman seated in the presidents
cabinet as mixing in such interna-
tional affairs.
Would Finance a Republic.
Nevertheless had the plans of Mrs.
Ella Rawls Reader successfully ma
tured she would to-day be financing
the republic of San Domingo and at
tempting to place the country on good
terms with it's neighbors; but when
everything seemed to be progressing
favorably her deal was rudely nipped
by the failure of the United States
senate to ratify the treaty which had
been prepared.
1t was just before the adjournment
of the special session of the senate
that Senator Morgan. of Alabama,
made public some interesting informa-
ton regarding the San Dominican
treaty and which has served to show
that Mrs. Reader, although practically
unheard of before, is without doubt
one of the most daring promoters Of
the day. She is a woman with a re-
markably interesting history. Her
husband is Athole B. Reader, formerly
of New Zealand, Morocco and Ceylon,
but now a citizen of the United States.
He has ably assisted his shrewd wife
In her undertakings.
Life of Mrs. Reader.
Mrs. Reader is said to be 80 years
old, but she looks younger. Her COM
plexion is a wonder; her figure is girl
ish. She was born in Marion. Ala, of
a family closely acquainted with Sen
ator Morgan and other statesmen.
At Is she married a man named Phil
lips, who was a clerk in a candy store
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Santo Domingo. He stated TO me that
he had heard of the success of Mrs.
Reader in conciliating both sides of a
revolutionary outbreak in Peru and
practically establishing a government
there without a civil war. We could
not at that time take up the Santo
Domingo suggestions, owing to our
Peruvian engagements, but, Perez and
Gen. Morales continuing their invita-
tons and stating that they desired us
to represent them in this country as
Intermediates with the United States,
we finally consented to do so.
Upon the suggestion of Mr.. Perez
the papers for that purpose were pre-
pared, and at the invitation of Gen.
Morales l prepared to proceed with
Mr.. Perez to Santo Domingo to have
the papers executed, acquaint myself
with the conditions, and receive his in
structionS.
Says Cromwell Knew of Deal
1.-THE papers were submitted by Us
to Mr.. Cromwell for his approval, and
it became necessary to explain the con-
ditions to him under which we were
led to consider these agreements. All
the things which are set out in this
statement were made known to Mr..
Cromwell and talked over at length
with him, and he advised us that he
considered it was a favorable enter
prise, that these papers would place
a great deal of power in our hands
and that he had no doubt that the
concessions which they were promised
by the Dominican government in re-
turn for our services would be of great
value and could be readily exploited
with capital that could easily be pro-
cured in this country, and that Il
official status and our friends in this
country would enable us to deal with
out any difficulty with the heads OF the
United States government.
"Mr. Cromwell also promised that
on my return with these papers prop
erly executed he would take me to
Washington and introduce me to Mr..
Hay; he explained to me, especially
with respect to the desire of the United
States to procure the. bay of. SANTANA
as a coaling station. what authorize
tons and instructions I should spe-
cially see that l got from the Domin-
lean government so as to enable him
with full and complete credentials to
negotiate with the United States gov
eminent for the sale of that bay to it.
with these papers l left New York,
accompanied by Mr.. Perez, on Deem
Der 81, 1904. These papers provided
for Mrs. Reader to be the fiscal agent
of the Dominican government in the
United States, and authorized and en-
powered her to negotiate with the
United States government for the sale
of the bay of SANTANA and for all diff
ferences between the Dominican gov
eminent and the United States and
other foreign governments, with full
power of attorney to represent the
Dominican government.
st was arranged with Mr.. Cromwell
that as soon as these papers were
signed by President Morales the sigma
lures should be verified by the United
States minister at Santo Domingo, and
that as Mrs. Reader would then be
the authorized fiscal agent of the
Dominican government in the United
States they should be cabled to her
and to the authorities at Washington,
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we we're not only assured of an i'm
mediate hearing at Washington, but
of the strongest financial backing in
the United States to deal with the
concessions which he proposed to give.
II was presented to Mr.. Prichard,
his minister of public works, and to
Mr.. Sanchez. his minister of foreign
affairs. | had an extended converse
ton on the matter in hand with Mr..
Sanchez, and the president invited me
to visit him again in a day or two.
ION New Years eve | attended tho
ball given at the Union club. Presi-
dent Morales was at the ball, and so
was United States Minister Dawson.
The mex day, Sunday, | spent in pre-
pairing with greater perfection of de-
tail the documents. On Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday l had interviews
with the president at his house, and
with his foreign minister at the palace,
and we discussed everything. The for
eign minister and | were instructed
to draw up the necessary papers for
signature by the president and mis-
various secretaries of state, and it was
arranged also to obtain the signatures
of the president and secretary OF con-
gress.
'These matters occupied a week, and
on January G l cabled to Mrs. Reader
in New York: Expect 70 obtain
everything in about a week.
Deal Is Called OFF.
con that very day Mr.. Perez learned
that the president had received a COM
m%unication from United States Min
lister Dawson, and had in consequence
paid him a visit, but what the nature
of the interview was l did not learn.
On Monday, January 9, when | called
at the place, Mr.. Sanchez informed me
that they had a communication from
Mr.. Dawson not to proceed with my
negotiations, but to deal direct with
Washington.
81 asked him if this was not very
sudden and unexpected, and he seemed
confused and anxious to avoid giving
offense.
81 saw the president and asked him
Why he had proceeded so far with me,
had accepted everything, and had gone
so far as to make out the telegram
appointing Mrs. Reader as his fiscal
agent and representative in Washing
ton. if he had not intended to complete
his arrangements.
president Morales also seemed con-
fused and unable to give a satisfactory
answer"
AS to the cause of the sudden dis
continuance of the negotiations and
the rejection Of The treaty by the
United States senate, several explana-
lions have been given. Mr.. Cromwell
declares that he is not and has never
been interested in any San Dominican
affairs.
1t is the verdict of a great many
of the most prominent newspapers
that the Readers would have male an
utter failure of their undertaking, tut
they have never been able to convince
the two daring promoters of that. Mr..
Reader declares: "We would have put
Santo Domingo on a new financial
footing. The country would have no
more trouble with foreign countries.
It's debts would have been attended
to and we would have arranged o
treaty with the United States"