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The Washington times., 1906-12-05
CLAIMS CONSPIRACY
TO STEAL HUSBAND
Chorus Girl, Acquitted of
Murder, Can't Find Man
She Married.

CHICAGO Dec 5.-Lucile Mel Ieod-
tho young chorus girl recently acquitted
OF murder. asserts that there Is now
plot TO take away her husband. Fred
Aemhard q few DAYS before the trial.
He has been out OF the city for several
DAYS.
An uncle and a sister of Memhard
talked with the justice of the peace
who performed the ceremony and saw
that the bridegroom was not Nemhard
but some one posing as MemharCh Mr.
Memhard Is IN Missouri" said his sister,
and has no recollection Of marrying
Miss Mcleod" q"
The latter exhibits letters from her
husband signed 'Memhard" =" and dated
Memphis. The police are trying to un-
raVel the mystery.
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
MCCORMICK CAPTAIN
OF PRINCETON TEAM

PRINCETON. n. j., Dec. 5.-Prince-
tons thirteen football players who took
part in the Yale game Il couple of weeks
ago got together yesterday afternoon
and elected James B. Mccormick, 1903,
captain of next years eleven.
The election of Mccormick was conf
denUly expected by the undergraduates,
for the husky fullback well deserves the
honor. During his freshman year he
substituted behind the line. changing
with Rulon- Miller. Mccormick prepared
for Princeton al Exeter, where no
played fullback for four years. He is
twenty-five years old, weighs lS5
pounds and measures 6 feet 1 inch in
height.
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
WOMAN IS VICTIM
OF HIGHNAYNAN

Mrs c. B. Bruce. Of 719 Rhode Island
avenue northwest. was returning from
a call last evening when she was ap-
preached at the corner Of Eighth and L
streets northwest by a young colOred
man. who snatched a hand bag from her
wrist and ran down L street The bag
contained S5. latch key, and several
car tickets.
Mrs. Bruce describes her assailant as
being about twenty years old, very
black, and wearing dark gray. clothes
and a derby hat. She says that she can
Identify him.
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
RICH MAN FOUGHT
PAIR Of BURGLARS
Millionaire ASiel Is Badly
Beaten by Thieves in
His Home.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5-Elias Asiel,
millionaire head OF a Broadway flTTa.
was set upon and badly beaten by two
burglars IN his home In the heart Of
th- millionaire section OF the city early
today. The burglars cut away +; N
bars in front Of Il window to effect an
entrance. All the siIverware on the
ground floor was piled up ready to be
taken away. Then the robbers went
upstairs To loot the sleeping rooms.
Asiel was awakened. He promptly
closed with the men but was knocked
down and painfully injured. Drawing
revoIvcrE. the men told him 10 remain
quiet Then they dashed out OF the
room. through The front door, and
escap ped
only about S2i0 worth OF jewelry was
taken by the thieves.
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
OLD BASEBALL PLAYER
PRIMA DONNA'S FATHER
Sid Fanar One-Time Crack First Baseman of Philes,
Tells of Triumph of His Little Girl"
Geraldine Farrar.

70 be paid for, but in Berlin the intend
dant OF the Royal Opera became i'm
pressed with Geraldne's work and he
said 10 her. This is an unusual thing
that 1 am proposing 20 yOus but I viii
let YOU sing three roles ana pay you
for II. You must. however. sign a con
tract With me for three years that will
mold good II you succeed and that viii
not hold if you are a failure
Proud of herr OF course ] am. but
an. just as proud Of Mrs. FdTTdr as
am Of Geraldine She was the one
who managed everything. You see. if
our little girl had been sent abroad by
herself she might have made all OF the
mistakes hat young woman might
make without the aid and counsel OF q
wiser and older woman. I figure that
Mrs. FarTaT saved Geraldine at least
two and possibly five wears in her
struggle JC get her where she is.
'tf course when IL came TO the OTdea
OF her first appearance in the Metro
pelltan Opera House. I realized and
Mrs. FaTTaT realized that il was big
thing, but 1 had no fear that she would
fan Her mother was behind the
scenes with her where she belonged
taking care OF her. 1 was out in front
l saw that the only WaV 20 find out
how things were going was 10 walk
about the opera house and look on"
Mother Enthusiastic.
Mrs. Farrsr herself made good" as
her husband would have said. his asser-
tons about her y0uthfulness. She Is
charming and frank and simple. She
said.
No one discovered Geraldine Far
rar unless IL was her own family. We
have always known that she would be
a great singer Ever since she was
three years old she could sing She
carried all the Operatic airs IN her head
When she was told that her ambition
10 be an opera singer was tO-be real
lied II she could do il, she went for
joy. There never was a time when her
father and ] have not had complete
faith IN her"
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
DEAD LETTER OFFICE
HOLDS AUCTION DEC. II

Articles which have accumulated in
Monday morning. December II. Mar
Gus Notes will be the aUCtioneer and the
sale will continue until everything is
sold. There are 653l packages to be dis
posed Of
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
.BRUTALLY BEAT WOMAN
REFUSING HIN MONEY

When Laura Cavs refused to give
him a quarter yesterday, Seth Armi-
stead. a negro assailed her with fists
and feet and succeeded in beating her
almost into insensibility. Because he
kicked her TN the stomach during the
struggle. the Cave girl had him ar
rested and he was this morning ar
raigned before Judge MulloWny on a
charge of assault Armistead was held
under $1,000 bond for the action of the
grand jury.
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
CHEVY CHASE CLUB
ELECTION POSTPONED

Governors Of the Chevy Chase Club
viii be elected at the next regular meet
ing of the board or December II. The
annual meeting was held yesterday in
the Now Willard. but a quorum was
not present and the elections were de
ferred
President Thomas Hyde presided and
the minutes of the last annual meeting
We're read by George Howard. secretary
OF the board.
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Personal

Mrs. A Shaw, of Haverhiu, Mass.
was cured of lung trouble. and her
daughter built up by Father Johns med
icine.
AIR r ]. McQuade, Of l Broadway,
y. Y. city. gained five pounds taking
Father Iohn's Msdicine-
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and thus cures hackache. lame hack,
neadache, dizzy spells. urinary troubles
rheumatic pain. gravel. dropsy swell
inss. nervousness. l8nguOr. sciatica. and
all other symptoms Of kidney troubles
FIFTY thousand people have testified
10 the worth of Doan's Kidney Pills
Here's a home case
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
PErRELLo JURY DISAGREEs.

In the case Of Samuel Petrello. WIN
was tried in Criminal Court No I for
attempted assault upon Mrs. Mary a
FOX. June p last. the jury failed 10
agree upou q verdict and was dismissed
by Justice Stafford from further CON
sideratiOn OF the matter. plea Of in
sanity was made ia behalf 81 the ac-
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Family in Paris.

Well. we lived for a while in Paris
and shen Geraldine, largely on her
mothers advice. went TO Berlin. Nine.
Lii Lehman was Geraldine's adviser at
this time. We hadn't been abroad two
years before her success came. We left
America In September. 1899. and in Oc-
tober. 1901. an extraordinary thing hap
pened. You know that debut for an
untrisd singer, always invariably has
The Washington times., 1906-12-05

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-"Of course. I
knew Geraldine Farrar would make
good at her debut at the Metropolitan
Opera House. She's my little girl, my
daughter. and | know her Ike book.
A well-dressed. alert-lOoking man
with a young face under gray hair.
looked up from a pile OF late evening
new spapers. He was Geraldine Farrar's
father. Sid" FRrraT. who was the
crackaJ jack first baseman OF the Phila-
delphia National LeBgue baseball team
back somewhere In the SOS. He had
just been reading the last OF the notices
on his daughters success on her first
appearance as an American prima
donna in New York.
Father Well GEoomed.
SIR. Farrar doesn't look like an old
baseball player. His welI-kept clothes,
the unObtrusiye good taste OF his waist
coat. the correct lines OF mis- hat all
tell OF a man who has lived much in
foreign countries and under the in
fiuence Of London fashions. Yet before
he spoke. one could tell that here was
a Yankee, from around Boston. and his
speech made that perfectly certain.
DO / look" be said. like an old
stoop-shouldeTed guy that would lead
my aged. trembling wife 10 the opera
house on the greatest night of cur lives
so as 10 get Us a good place 20 stand
up and see our daughter triumph or
failure? That's what some Of the pa
pers had about me and my wife. and
they had all kinds OF yarns. whose gen
eral tendency WAS TO make Mrs. FaTrsr
and myself out a couple Of freaks.
Never a Barefoot Girl,
Geraldine was never a barefoot girl
II she ever sang for my feIlog-pIayers
on the Philadelphia team, I don't re
member IL. Anybody would think that
I lived in tent or the baseball grounds
In Philadelphia when Geraldine was
little girl. The fact IS that she never
knew any other home but q good house
she opened he- eyes 7 was always able
10 give my wife and only child a good,
substantial American Twins. And
could now.
by the way. we never call Geraldine
Jerry.
THE whole credit. as between Mrs
FaTrar and myself, for what Geraldine
amounts TO. belongs 10 Mrs Farrar.
She manages everything.
Mrs. FarraF is only eighteen years
older than Geraldine. L was only twen-
ty-one years old when l married my
vile We had both sung in church
chOirs in Massachusetts and our little
girl could sing before she could talk
She alw0ys loved TO sing. She was
twelve years old. however, before We
had any notion Of letting her study for
an operate career.
Family in Paris.
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Parents Of Vietlm Pleased.

Frank Brown, father Of the girl. was
pleased over the verdict Gillette was
guilty and he should have been pun
ished," the old father said today. His
wife. Mrs. Minerva Brown. burst out
crying when the messenger dashed into
the room and announced the verdict
Within fifteen minutes after the court
had dismissed the jury sent word TO the
Browns that they would like 70 see
them All of the jurors expressed deep
est sympathy 10 the father and mother
HerkimeT is quiet today. II has passed
into that accustomed somnolence from
which it occasionally awakes-
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
Hopes to Escape Chair.

Gillette has peculiar confidence that
he may not be executed. He has recOv-
cred his composuTe and today evidenced
little concern over the fate that hangs
over his head. GuletJe's counsel told
him today that they would appeal the
case to the highest courts. They said
there We're many errors in the trial on
which they could get reversal and
new trial
The Washington times., 1906-12-05
GILLETTE GUILTY.
HOPES To ESCAPE
ELECTRIC CHAIR
Counsel for Slayer Of
Grace Brown Will APP
peal for New Trial.

HEREIMER, y. Y. Dec. 5.-Convict-
ed Of the murder Of Billy" Brown, his
sweetheart. Chester Gillette hopes TO
cheat tho electric chair to which the
jury, sitting in judgment on his life. last
night condemned him Fearing certain
conviction Gillette within the week, ac-
cording To report today, made an at
tempt To take his life which was frus-
trated by his keepers. He sought TO
commit suicide by gas
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16

what in the world are we to expect
when the bureaucratic machine
fastens its talons on the open range
by assuming control of every spear
of grass that grows in the west?
If this forestry policy is fair
sample of what we are to expect
when the government concentrates
its power in the management of
the ranges, may the good Lord de-
liver us from any further bureau
cratic interference at Washington.
If free people, like those of the
west who have dwelt so long under
democratic tenure are to be re-
stricted in this way, who can pre-
dict what the future may develop?
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
Good Deal Of a Bore.

We are getting rather tired of
the north pole. 1t has been over
done. Time was when We were in
tensely curious to know about it
and thought perhaps its discovery
might have some commercial value,
but now it is different We know
pretty well that nothing is to be
gained by locating the pole beyond
the satisfaction of a dulled curios-
ity and the ambitions of the hunt
er. We can get on very well with
out the alleged geographical and
scientific facts" to be adduced by
the discovery. And we are tired OF
making heroes of the plain or gar
den chumps who 20 there in search
of the pole. Every man who
wants to be hero and break into
print trots off TO discover the north
pole and comes back afterward and
tells us how and why he failed, ana
will We make up a purse to send
him again? Sure to find it
this time! It's getting to be IA
nuisance. Let the old pole alone.
Nobody wants it anyway.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
Denver Live Stock Market.

Denver Union Stock Yards, Feb
ruary, l2.-The supply of cattle
here last week was fair but not as
heavy as the preceding week, nor
was the quality as good, The trade
was active and prices held up very
well all week, notwithstanding the
general decline of all markets dur
ing the first few days. Demand
was especially good for the good
beef grades. Packers were want
ing everything they could get and
there was a good movement on all
cattle fit for the block. Prices
closed a little stronger on good beef
steers and cows. Common stuff,
however, was dull and the move
ment slow. Choice steers sold at
$3.50 and prices ranged down to
S3.25 with most of the pretty good
killing grades at s4.00 and better.
Good killing COWS sold largely at
S2.75 to $3.50 and one fancy COW
brought S4.Oo, the high price OF
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16

the week. Bulls were in good de-
mand and sold we'll, bulk bringing
$2.25 to $2.S5. Veals were also
active and closed a little stronger
with most of the weeks trading at
$4.OO to S5.25. The feeder and
stocker market was lower. early in
the week on account of the general
decline at all points. Late trading
however, had a much better tone
and well bred feeders, carrying
good flesh, closed very nearly
steady with week ago. Common
kinds were neglected and prices
are a little lower Quality of the
feeders here last week was not very
choice although few good bunch
es were noticed. Best steers sold
at $415 and others from this down
to $500 with most of the sales for
the week at $40 to 800.
Supply to-day was only 1000
head, quality just fair. Demand
was strong. especially for the beef
grades and prices firm to a little
higher. Feeders also sold well as
there were a number of buyers
here.
w n FRI TON
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
FILED FOR RECORD.

February Sth, 1906. Sanford
Land Co., to n. H Heiselt W d
block IS etc Sanford
G. w. Irwin to l.. H. Heiselt W
d part | 3 b 81 Sanford.
Flora L. Rankin to C. O. Poul-
son q c d for n W S-34-lO.
G. O. Poulson to u. C. Felt mtge
d on above lands.
Geo. Hamilton to Chas. Magnes
d %, %, "a b 30 La lara.
Eliza l.. Hamilton to Chas. Mag
nes q c d 19, 20, q blk 35 La
Jara.
Feb. 9th. 19O6.-N. w. Miller to
l.. w. Stewards W d 2 blk ) Ma
nassa.
Feb. 10th, 1905. W. Land
Co. of Colo, to Manuel Valdez W
d | ) b Alamosa.
+. w. Swanson to Mack Wright
W d part sw of sw 1l-37-l0 4 acres.
Mrs. Irene U. Smith admrx to
Manassa l.. Il l. Co, W d part Sc s.
1873.
Jens Jensen to G. c. friedrich
sen W d part NV 2l-35-10.
Anthon Nelson to G. G. Fred
ricksen W d sw of NV of sw S-35-lO,
Thos. n Peterson to c. G. Fred
rickson W d NV J l sec 1S-35-
10, etc.
Feb. 18th. 1906.-United States
to Louis Ziegler U. S. patent for
NV 27-3S-9
L. Ziegler to Lou Ziegler mtge d
on above lands.
l.. Ziegler to Lou Ziegler chat
mtge 25 cows etc.
G. J. and Anna B. Lenander to
Jno. Singsank W d for Sc 9-36-lO.
c. j. and Anna B. Lenander to
John Menke W d for ne 9-36-1O.
G. j. and Anna b. Lenander to
Jos. F. Menke W d w ] 9-36-1O.
S. w. Land Co., to Oscar Cling
and John Felt Id cont part NV of
ne 15-37-10.
Van Vechten & Eskridge to Juan
G. Macs W Is to "a b 2 La Jara.
Juan G. Macs to Pub tree d on
above lots.
F. and Manda Wetzler to John
F. White W d ] of Sc 16-35-lO.
Wesley S. Doolen to John ID.
Deakin w d part ne 35-37-9.
Feb. Ia. 1906. Herman Warnke
to Minda Timms W d 4 and ) b 81.
Alamosa.
Co. Treas. to F. w. Swanson tax
d for l, 2, 3. 4, 5, b 3S, Alamosa
Security Co. to 2. G. Felt assnmt
mtge d book so page 2S9,
q. G. Felt to VIM. B. Afford and
wife r mtge d sw 22-34-9.
If you want bum cigar keel
away from Seyfer's. He only
1 ln,,,ll,, fL. ln,k
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
The Control of Public Lands.
w. N. FULTON.

The Control of Public Lands.
The various livestock meetings
in Denver last week were held
primarily for the purpose of con-
sidering and adjusting the unjust
regulations of the foresty service
in the department of agriculture,
particularly as to the rules govern
ing the grazing privileges, says
the Denver Field and Farm.
We had hoped that some AMIGA
BILE understanding might have been
reached between the stockmen and
the government officials but ii
seems that things are in worse
muddle than ever for instead of
receiving the loaf which they had
thought was due them the stock
growers We're given stone as big
as a brick school house and they
are not feeling very joyful over it.
An effort was made by Mr..
Piuchot's satellites. all of whom
are in the employ of the govern
meut, to make it appear through
their editorials in the newspapers
that everybody was perfectly salts
fed with the Denver conference
but as IA matter of fact Just the re-
verse is true. In facto veritas the
stockmen do not hesitate to pro-
claim from the housetop that they
have been given the double cross
and some of them do not hesitate
to call it the triple swish. Pinchot
and his votaries acted on the pre-
sumption that they would have to
bullyrag their position throughout
and the stand they took proved
them to be bully good four hushers
all right. They blutfed every body
to Il standstill and made some del
egates feel that it was misfortune
to be born outside of the charmed
circle of the holy grail in which
the field of blue on the cloth of
gold could cut no figure whatever.
Instead of modifying the grazing
rule so as to admit more animals
at lower rate of taxation, Mr..
Pinchot stood out for the original
proposition which created so much
dissatisfaction at the Glenwood
meeting last December, so that the
governments policy is now clinch-
ed more strongly than ever. The
sheepmen seem to feel the scutch
little more severely than the cat
tie folks. They believe that the
ratio of five to one is all wrong and
base their contentious on the well
established fact that a steer will
eat as much grass as ten sheep but
the bureaucrats would not listen to
this proposition for a minute and
steadily stuck out for the ratio of
five to one, although they finally
concluded that they would allow
the sucking lambs to run with
their dams without count the same
as calves with their mothers.
The sheepmen have wisely con-
cluded that it is useless to kick
against the pricks and will submit
to the forestry iniquities like a
spanked lamb headed for the
slaughter They feel that if this
clatter is to be kept up the minions
of the forestry service will hound
them to the bitter end and finally
wipe them off the map altogether
All these things carry but one
corollary to thinking men and this
is the nienacing influence of gov.
ernmeht control on the public do
main. II we are to have such arbi
tfary injustice dealt out to us OF
| the forest reserves as n criterion
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16
|RANCHMAN'S COLUMN |
,,si.::..f,.;. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Edited bv Hon. D. n. Ne~co.h.

1t was in little log school house
with no furniture, save wooden
bench too high for toes to touch
the floor. that | said "Millard Fill
more to the question, who is pres
ident of the United States? From
that time on during my boyhood
days the cry was down with slav-
cry" on one side and down with
the abolitionist" on the other.
The feeling grew stronger and
stronger, so that during the cam
paign of Fremont and Buchanan
all social intercourse between
neighbors differing in politics ceas-
ed. Many battle took place be-
tween the school children over the
slavery question. | can remember
a line or two of the campaign
songs sung, Colonel Fremont came
to town on a mustang pony, he
stuck "A feather in his cap and call
ed him Macaroni," and "Grasshop-
per pie is "a very good dish when
a man can't get whate're he wish.
The grasshopper leaps and the
grasshopper flies with more back
bone than any of his size etc,
You know that Fremont was sup
posed to have been Obliged to sub
sist on grasshoppers on his trip to
California. In those days we fire.
quently heard of slaves passing
through the country from the south
to Canada. These slaves were al
ways aided in their escape by the
rank abolitionists. | remember of
going to the school house one night
with father to hear free negro
lecture. His tales of how the
slaves were tortured made an i'm
preston on me for years. He sang
many songs. This is Il part Of one
of them:
I'm on my way to Canada
That cold and dreary land,
The dire effects of slavery
| can no longer stand.
/ remember Of going thirtymiIes
with father to hear Uncle Toms
Cabin played. That play had a
greater influence in uniting the
people of the north against slavery
than all the speeches ever delivered.
The people were so worked mp over
the slavery question that the play
was accepted as representing a
tragedy that actually took place.
The excitement Of the campaign
of Lincoln, Breckenridge and
Douglas knew no bounds Every
village had '.wide-a-wake" club.
Old men and boys marched night
after night bearing torches and
stepping to fife and drum. Floats
drawn by oxen with a man splitting
rails was "A part of every parade.
Breckenridge had no followers and
Douglas but three in our township
Everybody felt that if Lincoln was
elected war would follow Lin
coin was elected in Nov. 1850, and
in December following, South Car
olina Mississippi, Alabama, Flori-
da. Georgia, Louisiana and Texas
passed ordinances of secession and
elected jefferson Davis president
On April 18th following Lincoln's
inauguration, Gen. Beauregard fir
ed the first shot and demanded the
surrender of Fort Sumpter For
moment people were stupefied and
cried: My God, My God, has it
come to thisr Within twenty-four
hours after this first shot compan-
les were formed ready for marching
orders.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16

You see and read these few line-. small as
they are Don I You think that iu the
CHRONICLE. SET in biz type and well displayed
would pay gu? Try II
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-16

If you want bum cigar keep
away from Seyfer's. He only
handles the best