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La Junta tribune., 1905-10-11
osssh es n. Z. 0isss.

Harry +. Biser died at his home
in this city last Sunday morning at
IL o'clock. after an illness from con
sumption which extended over a
period Of eighteen months. He was
q son Of G. U. Biser. foreman Of the
Santa Fe car department at this
point. and leaves a widow and five
young children.
H. E. Biser was born in Piqua,
Ohio, and at the time II his death
was about 81 years Of age. He hal
been q resident Of La Junta for
nearly three years. coming here
from Trinidad. where he lived for
nine years. He was . member Of
La Junta Lodge. No. "a, !. 0. o. F..
and also Of the Brotherhood Of
Railway Trainmen. Brief services
were held At the residence last even
ing ut 7:3O o'clock. conducted by
Rev. Conrad Bluhm. and this morn
ing the remains will be taken to
Trinidad for final interment. The
funeral in that city will be under
the auspices Of the Odd Fellows, at
the Methodist church. services being
conducted by Rev. c. o. Kimball.
formerly Of this city.
La Junta tribune., 1905-10-11
ss..sss., o..s,ss.e q ss,e....

As the result Of a formal proposi-
ton submitted to the city of Los
Angeles recentlv. there is a posi-
bility that the "Gothenbury saloon
system" may be installed in that
city. supplanting the present private
ownership Of the 200 saloons there
The proposition came from TWEEN
ty-five Of the leading business men
Of the city. among the number
being several possessing personal
fortunes of millions. II is proposed
by these men rs a company to pay
tn the city the sum of s1s0.OO0 an
nually for the 200 saloon licenses
now in operation in the city and to
reduce the total number Of saloons
from 30 to twenty-five. The COM
pany offers to acquire the furniture
and fixtures and the good will of
saloons from the present proprietors
at an appraised valuation.
After the license tax has been
paid, the stockholders of the com
psny. under the proposed plan.
would be entitled to six per cent
dividends from the receipts of the
business on the total 2mount Of
their investment, the remainder Of
tie prUsts from the operation of the
twenty-five 2loons tn revert to the
city trensury.
La Junta tribune., 1905-10-11
ladies' si..io..,y Society.

The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian church will meet
al the home of Mrs n. S. Larsen
next Thursday at 3 p. m. The pro-
gram for the afternoon is as follows:
Topics Persia; The Mormons. "
Hymn ---....-.....T Till He Come +"
Roll Call . Sayings of ST. Paul y
Business.
Review. Mara" "
--....... Mrs. o. j. Blakesley
Discussion. ........ 'Mormonism !"
Solo. In the Secret of His Pres
ence" 1900. Mrs. Beerbohm
Map Talk. Persia" Mrs. Stevenson.
Hymn n....." Nearer My Home. !"
Offering.
PRAYER.
La Junta tribune., 1905-10-11
ptScAsds for Sale

Placards are for sale at the
TRIBUNE office. at the rate of five
cents each. which read as follows;
For Sale
Lodging.
For Rent.
Boarding.
No Credit.
Bill of Sale.
No Smoking.
Dressmaking.
Rooms for Rent.
No Minors Allowed.
Hunting Not Allowed.
Don't Spit on the floor.
Cigarette Smoking Not Allowed.
Furnished Rooms for Light House
'leeping.
Extracts from the laws required
to be posted by boarding house
keepers If they would protect them
selves against dishonest patrons.
La Junta tribune., 1905-10-11

couid health and joy impart
The greatest tonic on earth is good
nigha's rest Restless nights and the ter
fible ezhaustioa Of hacking cough are
dread dangers Of the poor consurnptive-
But Why this fear Of the night when .
few doses Of Dr. Boschee's German syrup
viii insure refreshing sleep. entirely free
fru0 cough or night sveats Free en-
Pcto<atiou in the morning Is made cef-
tsin by taking German Syrup.
We know by the e,pRzience Of oves
dirty y-6ve years that one 7s-cent bottle 81
C<sns.a syrup viii sp<edily relieve %
euse tbe worst coughs, coIda. bsoochi.l os
bung tru1S3es-and that, evea IN bsd
cnRs a c1su0ptioa, gse lasEe bottle =
CesAsa Syrup viii vusk vvD1esA -
fwO GaA. sSe - -. A AsuWisnA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
A Confusion of Wives.

Occasionally this excess OF wives in
Utah leads to amusing consequences,
as when one Of the apostles invited a
visiting gentle to dinner. Theguest
lost The address, and looked up the
apostle in the directory. He observ.
ed that his hostess, though she
answered to the proper name, seemed
unprepared to meet him, and present.
ly he heard her at the telephone.
cob, Emma? Is John living at your
house this week7 10 he expecting
somebody to dinner to-day? Very
we'll. The gentleman will be there In
q few minutes. Then, returning to
the stranger, she handed him spaps,
slip. "You came to the wrong house,
sir. This is the address you want. u
On another occasion q little girl
came running into the parlor while q
visitor was calling. "Msmms, ma.
ma, papa wants bis suit case packed
He is going to live with Aunt Emma
this week"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
EmbezzIer Will Not Tell
What He Did With Funds,

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 25-Having
confessed to the charge OF the en-
bezslement of funds OF the Citizens
saving and loan association, OF
which he was secretary, Fred l.,
Grant, who for many years has been
prominently identified with business
interests In this city, and who was a
popular young man, was sentenced
today to serve an indeterminate
sentence in the Chester penitentiary,
Grants speculstions amounted to
about $4,000. He has answered all
questions put to him except one, and
that is, what he did with the money,
He says that question he will never
answer, and he will carry the secret
with him to the penitentiary. Az he
is not known to have any bad OF ex'
travagant habits, the case is a very
peculiar one.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Called a Jury Of Negroes.

Macon, Mo Feb. 27.-Hubb Bragg,
a young negro was before Justice
Greer today, charged with stealing a
''shootin' iron" from Ellis Houston.
He had just completed thirty-day
sentence for carrying the pistol. The
squire asked him how he wanted to
plead on the new charge.
Nights we'll say guilty. said
Bragg. "a nigger don't get no show
in this country no how"
"Don't, eh?" said the court "Con-
stable you skirmish around and pick
up dozen or so negro men for jury
service, and be quick. Well show
HIM" Ia o hall hour the constable
had the little court room full OF ne
gross. Every one OF them knew
Bragg from his days Of picaninnism
up, and Bragg knew they knew. He
glared at the crowd and then turned
sullenly to the court.
III you're goin' ter make all dat
fuss over a two bit pop gun, he said
Il pleads guilty" AS he didn't have
the $50 about him. Bragg went back
to Jail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
The Telephone Iokers.

Have you a practical joke pest
among your acqusintances2 This is
an example OF the way he operates.
You are called to your phone and he
says:
"Hello, is this Mr.. Smith? This IL
the telephone Inspector, just want
ed to find out II your telephone is in
good working order. You say it is
Well, stand to one side and talk t.
me. Go ID. Now to the other side
All right. Now stand back about
two feet. Fine. Now, Mr.. Smith,
please stand on your head and see
II | can hear , GU distinctly.
Mr. Brown is called, and when he
answers he gets this:
"ls this 1902"
"No this is -"
ut aint? You'd better look at
your calender"
Mr.. White is called to the telephone
to be asked II his home is the fertiliz.
ing plant, or the workhouse, or the
county poor farm.
ltis understood that she Joker may
be shot with impunity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02

War expenditures, Russian S4I5,.
600, 900; Japanese 10000, 900,
Besides this loss Russian invest.
ments In railroads, Notifications,
guns and munitions Of war to the
estimated value O! a least $50 mil
lion dollars has fallen into the hands
of the Japanese or been destroyed.
Estimated strength OF armies In
tield-Russia, 100000; Japan, 375,
900.
Duration OF war to date-One year
and eighteen day.
Berlin, Feb. 23.-The emperor Of
Russia has elected to continue the
war. His position is absolutely frm
and the German court has been ad-
vised in that sense. The war will be
pressed with the utmost energy. The
domestic situation is now within the
control OF the authorities.
Those who have advised peace and
suggested inquiries for Japan's
terms, the French and British
governments, are for the present
silent and probably will remain so
unless events OF an extraordinary
character shake the Russian EN-.
peror's resolution. The considera.
tions that led to the emperor's deci.
sion as understood here are:
l. The judgements OF the chiefs of
the army that Field Marshal Oyama
not only cannot defeat General Kuro.
patkin, but stands in danger OF de-
feat himself. How cowardly there,
fore for Russia to ask for mercy, with
all the men and money essential to u
successful war.
2. All the forces of criticism now
directed against the government for
having fought rather than yielded to
legitimate interests and for having
failed to win victories would be con-
tinued with added fury against the
government that accepted war and
then betrayed the country. A gov
ernment that would crave peace OF
Russia's 8 enemy while still capable of
winning victory would be giving the
party OF change genuine grounds for
q revolution. The facts OF the mill
tary situation, love OF country and
arguments of expediency were all
against peace and for pressing the
war hopefully.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Adams Probably Has Won.

Denver, Feb. 26 The governor.
ship contest committee adjourned
Immediately after meeting this after.
noon until tomorrow afternoon,
when it is'expected that the briefs Of
the attorneys will be filed. The case
will then be considered by he com
mittee, and under the rules its report
will have to be finished by Wedneday
Unconfirmed reports are in circula'
tion to the effect that the majority
OF the committee, which consists ol
nineteen Republicans and eight Dem.
ocrats, will sustain Governor Adams
and recommend that contestor james
H. Peabody be given leave to with
draw his petition.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Seeks Heirs To Million.

Osweogo, N. 7. Feb. 26.-Aitel
more than hall q century, Hugh
Fraser, is trying to discover the
whereabouts Of his sister and nephew
and has asked the Mayor OF this city
to help him. Frazer last heard from
bis sister In 1854, when be learned
Of the drowning Of her husband
James Gamble, in the Osweogo River
and the birth OF her son.
Mr.. Frazer desires to make his
nephew his heir. He will spend al
his fortune If necessary to locate hii
missing relatives, Mr.. Fraz,ramass.
ed fortune in Western mines, and
was for many years politi~al leader
in San Francisco.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
LOOk Out For Paper Money.

Washington, February % Paper
money will carry disease germs for II
month; metal money will carry such
germs only twenty-iour hours, ac-
cording to the conclusion Of DR..
Thomas Darlington, president Of the
New York city board OF health, who
has been experimenting with bacteria
on money and who presented the
result to day to the House committee
on banking and currency. The germs
OF only two diseases have been ex-
perimented with--consumption and
diptheria-and both of these may be
communicated from one person to
another on money.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Russian Fleet Said to
Have SheIled Rioters,

Constantinople. Feb. 25.-It is re.
ported here that Baytoum and Poti,
in trans-Caucasia, are under mob
rule. The officials are hplpl' 81,
Murders and arson are frequent. 1t
is alleged that some vessels OF the
Black Sea squadron Russian) BON.
barded Poti. An English merchant
who has just arrived here says he
was Obliged to flee from Batoum,
where his life was menaced by strikers
and his Office destroyed. This mer
chant says the authorities of Batoum
are powerless. The strikers are all
Georgians and are estimated to
number 10000. The steamship lines
from Constantinople to Batoum
have suspended service.
THOUSAND MAssACRED AT BAKU.
Baku, Fob. 25.-The rioting and
massacreing, which began here last
Sunday and continued four days
The casualties are unknown, but it
is generally thought they were not
below 1000. Whole families were
dragged from their houses and
murdered in the streets. The ex.
element continues, but outwardly
manners are quiet.
The strikers attacked the mer
working in two factories at Romany.
Thirty persons we're killed or wound
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Against the "Katy" Too.

Chanute, kas., Feb, 22-W. +
Connolly, for the advisory board OF
the Kansas OIL Producers association
wired Congressman p. P. Campbell
today charges against the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway company,
identical in terms with the charges
fled against the Atchsson, Topeka
and Santa Fe some days ago, alleg-
ed coliusion between the railroad
company and the STANDARD OH com
pany, in the matter OF rates, and
also alleging the controlling own
ership OF the railroad company by
the Standard Oil COMPANY The
charges will be filed with the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor in
Washington this afternoon.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
What Debt Has Done.

Young man, listen! Do you want
to know what is more destructive to
human happiness and more fatal to
human lie than war, or the rum
fiend, or any deadly disease? Well
We will tell you. 1t is debt. Debt,
remarks q sensible editor, has whiten-
ed more heads and wrinkled more
faces and wrecked more lives and
peopled mOle cemeteries prematurely
than any other enemy OF the human
race. II tombstones bore correct
records, no other words would ba
found on so many OF them than these
"Died OF Debt"
Next to unrequited love, debt is
the moss potent cause OF suicide;
while criminologists know it is a
fruitful cause OF crime. What in.
duced the cashier to embezzle that
money? Debt! What prompted the
defaulter to beco q wanderer on the
face OF the earth? Debt: Sherman
said, not irreverently, "War is HELP
We would rather be the author oil
this sentence: "Debt is hell" The
Old Book knew what it was talking
about when it said: Owe no man
any thing" We would rather live
In q "dugout free from debt than in
. mansion hopeleesly plastered with
mortgages.
Young man, think long before
assuming obligations you are NOT
absolutely sure OF your ability to
pay-and then don't do it.-Ex.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Saved Carrie Nations Life.

South McAlester. 1. T., Feb. "a
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the saloon
sr.asher, was saved today from be
ing crushed under the wheels Of q
train here by a local newspaper man.
Mrs. Nation was lecturing a crowd ol
men for smoking cigaretts, when the
train on which she had been pas.
senger started to pull rapidly out ol
the station. Mrs Nation attempted
to catch the haad hold on the cal
steps, but grabbed one bar with both
hands, and her body was swung be-
tween the cars. She was pulled out
by the newspaper man and thrown
on the car steps. She was not dan
gerously injured.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
A Whipping Post In Denmark?

Copenhagen, Feb. 26.-The whip
ping post for thugs appears destin-
ed to oecome an institution in this
country in the near future. The min
lister of iustic has reintroOuced In the
Rigstag the bill which was defeated
at the last session, providing for the
establishment Of the whipping post.
The bill was bitterly assailed in the
last session even by the ministe-
rialiste.
The minister OF justice, however,
caused to be widely circulated Pres.
ident Roosevelt's letter isvoring the
whipping post for wife beaters, which
created q strong impression. 1t is
believed this exercised sufficient in
fuence to turn the tide In the bills
favor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Greatly in Demand.

Nothing is more in demand than
a medicine which meets modern re
quisements for blood and system
cleanser, such as DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They are just what you
need to cure stomach and liver
troubles. Try them. At Frank T.
Clay's drug store, 25c., guaranteed
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
SOUTHWEST PEACH
GROWERS DESPAIR.
Promises Of Largest Crop in
History Of Orchards Almost
Wholly Blasted. Other Fruit
Injured by Cold.

Roger, Ark, Feb. 25.-Complete
reports from the peach belt OF this
section, which extends from Van
Buren Ark, on the south to Spring
tield, No., on the north, tend to con-
firm the early Tears that the crop for
1905 will be practically a failure. A
few protected points may have few
peaches but the shipments cannot be
large enough to be of commercialim-
portance.
Ii was feared that the peaches
north OF the Boston Mountains had
been severely injured by the early
zero weather, but those around Van
Buren, in Crawford county we're
thought to be safe.
The temperature on February -
ranged from 8 degrees below zero at
Van Buren, to % degrees below at
Springfield. Frank Smeltzer and
Others OF the largest growers around
Van Buren, say they believe the crop
was destroyed
Last year Van Buren, shipped 250
cars Of peaches and the acreage that
was supposed to come into bearing
this year for the first time would
have doubled the shipments OF last
year. Washington and Benton
counties have raised no peaches since
1902, when they shipped over 200
cars.
The large profits that year caused
the growers to become enthusiastic
and the acreage since then has been
more than doubled. Southwest Mis-
souri, has not had a good crop for
several years, and 1905 seems to
have another failure in store for
them, il reports of their leading
growers are correct.
Many of the growers in both Mis-.
souri, and Arkansas believe that be
cause the weather preceding the
freeze was cold, the buds were retsrd-
ed so greatly that they were not far
enough advanced to be killed Nine
tenths OF the peach orchards in the
section above referred to are OF the
Elberara variety, which forms its
buds in the early fall.
Last November and December we're
unusually warm and the buds made
, such rapid progress that they we're
in no condition to withstand the ex-
cessiye weather OF the last two
months.
With favorable weather this south
eastern peach country will ship not
less than 1,50O cars, but after the
severe weather OF this winter fifteen
C lrs may be thelim
Most of the growers think the
damage to the fruit has been confin.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
A Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or q hun.
dred other accidents, are every day
occurances. 1t behooves everybody
to have a reliable Salve handy and
there's nCne as good as Bucklens
Arnica Salve. Burns, cuts, sores,
Eczema and piles disappear quickly
under it's soothing Effect, 25c at
Frank T. Clay's Drug Store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02

eve use 1t for colds, lung trouble and
kidney diseases, and have also found Il
very fine for Ia grippe.
"Peruna is always one of the most i'm.
portant supplies of my steamer."-E.A,
Watson.
With q bottle Of Peruna on board
sailors have remedy on which they
can rely.
Commodore U. S. Navy.
Commodore Somerville Nicholson, OF
the Unitad States Navy, in letter from
1887 r street, N. W., Washington, d. c.,
says:
al unheSitafingIy recommend Pc.
runa to all persons suffering from ca.
farrh. Us. Nicholson.
fyou do not derive prompt and salts.
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write tonce to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02

ed TO the peaches and that every
thing else is in excellent shape. The
strawberries were protected by seve-
raj inches of snow -and the apple
buds are still dormant. Ii is impos.
sible to tell as yet whether or not the
cherries and pears have been damae-
al
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Druggists refund money
if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure
any case, no matter OF how long
standing, in 6 to IA days. First ap.
plicatioD gives ease and rest. soc. Ii
your druggist hasn't it send soc in
stamps ard it will be forward, d post
paid by Paris Medicine Co., st. Louis,
Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02

N blCk Ballot Is
pretty helpless man. have found that
Peruna will do more TO restore one than
any other medicine know, and I have
carried couple of bottles on board for
many seasons.
"Seven years ago Peruns cured me Of
bronchial trouble in o few weeks and
gave me such new life and nerve force
that certainly believe in telling you
Of 1t.
"Oive me my compass and Peruna
and will steer clear of wrecks Of all
kinds and land In port safe and well
with vessel and men. "..L. T. Carter.
Capt. +. A. Watson, M. E., 48 Eliza
beth street, Ottawa, Ont, writes:
"Peruna has my heartiest endorse
ment. If there is any place that you
are helpless when i'll, it is on board a
steamer, at sea, miles away from any
assistance.
"Sometimes two or three of my men
would be sick at one time and seriously
cripple the force, but since we have
learned of the value of Peruna, by TAX
ing a few doses they recuperate very
quickly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
CAR DECIDES FOR WAR
Peace Talk Will Be Abandoned
and the Russians Will Now
Push the War to the
Utmost.

THE COST or THE WAR To DATE.
Lose Of men, killed, disabled per-
died OF wounds or illness
aud captured. Russia. Japan,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-03-02
Pc ru.na Known
and Praised on
Land and Sea.

Capt. l.. T. Carter, 1913
10th Ave, Pensacola,
Fla, writes:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-10-23
TAXES ON RAILROAD LANDS.
Attorney General Holds That Taxes Begin
When Selection is Made.

Olympia, Oct. 2l--The attorney gen.
eral holds that Northern Pacific land
grant lands should be taxed from the
date the selections are approved by the
Local land office, rather than from The
subsequent date when patent is issued.
AS there is us ally several years differ
ence between these dates and as the rail-
way is sad to have been paving only
from date Of patent, the opinion, il carried
out, will mean an increase in tax recepts
in all counties where the railway com.
pany is making title to land. The opin-
ion, written upon request Of L. X. Byrae,
prosecuting attorney of Mason county,
says:
with reference to your inquiry as to
when the northwest quarter OF section 10,
township 81 north OF range 6 west select.
ed by the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany on February l3, 1897, became sub.
ject to taxation
can examination of the records of the
land Office at Olympia, Wash, shows
that this land was selected February 10,
1897, list "a, and approved by the land
olllce OH me uaV vi seiectlon' AHe Iecoiu
disclcses that no contest was at any time
entered against the railroad concerning
this tract OF land. We are disposed to
the view that the approval by the local
land office OF this selection was equiva-
lent to the issuance of the receivers re.
ceipt."
After quoting from supreme court
opinions, the attorney general concludes:
"While in this particular instance the
approval of the selection was not made
until July %, 1903, no reason appears
why the approval was delayed other than
the time required for the ordinary routine
business.
ave would. therefore. advise that from
the date of the approval Of the list by
the local land office, to-wit, February ID.
1897, the land be subjected to taxation"