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Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
BURTON, GUILTY SENATOR, AS
SEEN IN HIS HOME TOWN
The Man Who Fought for Business Integrity, Who
Was Generous and Kind to His Neighbors and
Who is Not Held Up to Disgrace Among
Them Even Now-Hard, Long Fight
to Reach the Senate-An Orator
Who Could Always Fill
the House.

ceived offers of assistance from
scores of the ablest attorneys in the
country who believed him unjustly
prosecuted, or that the company he
was charged with favoring, was. after
all never prosecuted by the postoffice
department, and no fraud order was
ever issued against it. The machin-
cry of the courts has found him tech
nically guilty.
These two and one-half years of
such strain as comes TO but few men
in this world, have been the real test
of Burton's nature. In his earlier
days he was thought by some arro-
CANT; as he grew older he became
more suave and generous; today he
has philosophy that makes him less
excited over the events of his pros.
ecution than are his friends.
Once an opposing attorney in court
called Burton a hard name. Quick
as a flash Burton threw a heavy ink
stand at the lawyers head, barely
missing the mark. He would not do
that now He waited the coming of
a messenger the other day, and
though he supposed the yellow en-.
velope contained news of the su.
preme courts decision, the most crit
ical moment of his life, mis- hand was
as steady as a rifieman's.
His townspeople make no differ.
ence toward him. Not since the day
of his arrest has he entered the sen
ate, nor save on two occasions has he
made a public address, but he is bar
I red from no social recognition. Al
the town parties, at the impromptu
/ gatherings. he is a guest as before
| For twenty years they have heard
| him as the most popular orator who
could enter the ''opera house" Nc
big bills were needed-the announce
ment that Burton would speak filled
/ the auditorium to the doors. Theil
sympathies are with them; even his
political enemies do not rejoice. Il
is felt that his punishment has beer
out of all proportion to his transgres
sion.
Some have real reason 10 be sorry
There are plenty of stories of his
generosity One is enough For year:
a Western Union messenger boy, {
widows son. has been able to go tC
! school because of monthly checks
sent him by Mr.. Burton.
i In small uUWH d man HlueS llLIIe-
and Senator Burton has, in the quar-
ter of a century past, won the respec
of his neighbors. lie has not min
gled in their local quarrels. His poll
tics were, on the big stage, and nov
that he has so tragically lost, the!
are sincerely sorry for him.
Senator Burton is of course, not al
tissue" in Kansas politics. He is no
a candidate for the fatal succession.
But the wheel of fate takes man,
turns in a lifetime, and it may no
always be the dowpfallen side TO
Burton.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
BRYAN's FORESIGHT AND
ROOSEVELT'S AFTERSlGHT

b. F. Shively chairman of the dem
ocratic state convention, in his speech
said today: The use Of government
power for private purposes is the be-
ginning of what We call a graft. The
disease itself suggests the remedy. 1t
began where public power was first
diverted from public purposes, and
made a source of private gain. With
draw the privileges and the tempta-
tion to corruption which it engenders
disappears. Let all men, all interests,
all occupations stand equal under the
law, and all men will then have COM
mon interest in clean and just govern
ment"
Referring TO W j. Bryan, he said
That which Is today eulogized and
approved as broad statesmanship and
enlightened patriotism in Theodore
Roosevelt was only a few years ago
denounced as reactionary, revolution
AIRY and unpatriotic in VIM. J. Bryan.
The aftersight of Roosevelt is almost
equal 20 the foresight of Bryan"
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
CONSUL 0zMUN'S REPORT
ON GERMAN TRADE
That Country is Trying to Inmitate Aneri-
can Shoes, Even Importing American
Foremen, Machinery and Leather.

will not incur the great outlay neces-
sary to have large number of lasts
and employ experts to study new and
catching designs. The American man
facturer spends large sums in that
direction willingly, for he knows that
success there means great sales.
There are really no competitors so
far as design is concerned, with the
American shoes. The total exports
of shoes from the United States TO
all countries shows the enormous in
crease from $4,7O2,OOO in the first
eight months of 1904, to $5,97O,00D in
the same perOid last year. American
leather exports to Germany were also
greatly increased.
Consul OZmun also states that
European manufacturers anticipate an
invasion of their markets by automo-
bile manufacturers of the United
States, in which he forecasts great
success if the Americans do not ship
flimsily built machines, as was done
during the bicycle era, TO our perman-
ent detriment.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
Wanted to Name Tuesday
as Day for Action
By Senate.
SENATOR HOPKINS OBJECTS
Foraker Gave Notice Tie Will
Call Up Question After
the Rate Bill.
Special to Evening Citizen.

Special to Evening Citizen.
Washington, d. c., June Dele
gate Andrews today had a private
consultation with the president.
Senators Foraker and Dillingham;
held long consultation. On the floor
of the senate Foraker subsequently
said: 81 have learned that it will be
agreeable to the chairman of the SEN
ate conference committee to take up
the statehood bill on Tuesday" Sen
ator Hopkins earnestly objected to the
day being set. He said: Il will tell
the chairman, who is present, that
am positively opposed to the amend
ment injected into the bill by the
senator from Ohio"
Foraker, with much heat, replied:
THE amendment was not injected
into the bill by the senator from Ohio
but by the senate itself. If Tuesday
is not agreeable, / now serve notice
that after the conclusion of the rate
bill will move to take up the state
hood bill"
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
HOLDS ITS FIRST RACE

Sew Rochelle, ~ y, June Seven
yachts of the New Rochelle Yacht
Club started from the New Rochelle
Yacht Club this morning on an ocean
race for the Brooklyn Yacht Club
Challenge Cup. They intend to sail
around Montauk Point, to and around
North East End lightship, thence to
finish off the Brooklyn Yacht Club,
Bensonhurst, Long Island. In addi-
tion 10 the challenge cup there will
be several special prizes awarded to
the winners and the second and third.
This is one Of the most interesting
Yachting events'in this vicinity and is
attracting considerable interest, as the
course is considered quite difficult,
and requires excellent seamanship and
considerable experience in sailing
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
THAT WONDERFUL
BELEN CUTOFF
1t Is a Remarkable Piece Of
Road With Few Grades TO
Prevent Fast Travel
AND NOT A JULES VERNE DREAM

do ye neXte thynge." So said
Scotch sage. The Santa Fe manage
ment may or may not have read the
above, but it is evident that they have
imbibed the afflatus, If one may Judge
from the work being done on their
latest effort in railroad building.
The 'Belen cutoff as it is termed.
is the latest move of these folk 10
make the eastern and western hands
wash each other
1t is claimed, and the geographical
survey sustains the assertion, that
the distance of the yesterday is short
ened by at least 300 miles between
Kansas City and San Francisco. Those
familiar with the route insist that it
is OF vital importance to New Mex
leo, since it will show the agricul-
tural and stock raising district of the
coming state.
AS one notes the work of construc-
tiOn between Epris and Belen, he
though he is skeptical, must admit
that it is in keeping with the new
era of progress.
The Lantry-Sharp Construction com
pany Is in charge of the work, and
their camps are minute villages.
Fancy the heretofore home of the
jack rabbit and kindred quadrupeds,
taking on the appearance Of indus
trial centers. This is not a Jules
Verne dream-it is a fact, and needs
no commenting upon.
Unlike the attempts OF railroad peu-
pie OF the past, the Santa Fe has per
fected plans to receive the road. af-
ter It is complete in every detail This
in itself, is paradoxical. Ordinarily.
a company wishes to run trains, re-
gardless of low joints or muddy
weather, but in this case the road is
to be rock ballast and on a par with
the best. ere II is turned over.
The steel being used is S5-pOund.
with the modern appliances, and
strange as il may seem, there is not
curve that Is over four degrees.
From the Missouri river west,
the greatest grade will not be
over thirty-fve feet; up from the
coast il will not exceed nineteen.
Thus it may be seen that the
tonnage will be enormous. The fact
is, the route will be a fast freight
one, and during the winter will be a
mecca for the tourist.
Let the disgruntled rant. Let the
spcophant rave. Let those who are
ever ready to block the wheels of
progress continue TO throw chunks
under the wheels. Let all this go
yet new era for New Mexico is
dawning, and those who continue TO
stand in the way, will be literally
covered by the avalanche OF progress.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07

Special Correspondence.
Abilene. Kan, June This is the
home of Joseph Ralph Burton, senator
from Kansas, who has been found
guilty of violating an important fed
eral statute, and sentenced to fine and
imprisonme
Here it was he lived and pros
pered, and by sheer force of de-
termination made the name for him
self which is now dragged in the
muck the country over.
Burton was born in Indiana in 1852,
worked his way through school as a
boy and through college as a young
man, married and came to Kansas in
1879. In Abilene he mas. lived ever
since.
In the boom times of the sos, he
Joined his townsmen in an effort to
make Abilene metropolis. The
bursting of the bubble took all the
fortune he had gathered-and more.
But he never whimpered. His polit-
ical speeches were denunciations of
Reputation of debts, tAen a fashiona'
BILE idea in Kansas. He fought for
business integrity, and was the leader
on the stump against populism.
Slender, black-haired, straight as
an Indian, he ranked as the best ora
| tor in Kansas. He swayed crowds,
and what was remarkable, in a state
so quick to resent, never enraged his
opponents. He persuaded and never
abused. He attacked principles, not
individuals.
He dressed better than any poll
tician in the state, nor did he lessen
his apparel's perfection when out in
the farming sections. Somehow, the
farmers liked it. They were hi:
strongest backing for the senate. Fol
twelve years he tried to win the
place. In 1901 he attained to what is
| known in Kansas as "the fatal sue
cession," because so many tragedies
have marked the history of the sena
tors who followed the disgraced jim
Lane, its first member.
The rest is familiar. In less THAI
two years he was arrested, charged
with being an attorney for st. Louis
firm in a government case before the
postoffice department, in violation o
a statute adopted forty years before
but never until then brought int
court Its violation meant fine, i'm
prisonment and incapacity for hold
ing a government office. His convic
tion and failure on appeal means tina
ne must pay the penalty.
Every paper in the country, out
side of his home, has harshly de
nounced Senator Burton. 1t is, o
course no excuse under the law, tha
he did not know of the statute unde
which he was convicted-yet that i
possibly true. 1t does not heIp tina
four out of nine United States assC
ciate justices said he had committee
no wrong-fve thought otherwise;
does not eXtenuate that he has re
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
AFFAIRS IN WORLD
OF MANUAL LABOR
Building Employers Lock Out
$4,000 New York City
Carpenters.
MORE THAN ESQ BUILDINGS
John Mitchell in MiSSOuri..De
lock in the Mining Regions
Of Ohio.
MORE THAN ESQ BUILDINGS

New York, June More than 250
buildings in New York City are in
volyed in the lockout of 10000 mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters which went into effect yesterday,
in accordance with the decision of the
board of governors of the Building
Trades Employees association. Many
carpenters were inclined to grumble
at being locked out because several
hundred carpenters in Brooklyn insist
ed upon remaining on strike against
the decision of Justice Gayner in the
carpenters dispute. They said it was
not their fault if Brooklyn carpenters
chose to strike.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
COL. JASTRO LEFT
LAST NIGHT FOR HOME
Nothing Definite About High
land Line...Lumber Mill
Branch Progressing.
OFFICES OF COMPANIES MOVED

Colonel II. A. Jastro, who has been
in the city since Sunday night from
his home at Bakersfield, Cal, left last
night for his cattle ranch headQuar'
ters at Deming, from which point he
will proceed, after a short stay, to
his California home.
Colonel Jestro left, it is understood
without giving Colonel Sellers, rep
resenting the promoters of a proposed
car line into the Highlands, definite
answer to his business proposition
made Colonel Jastro and the Albuquer
que Traction compahy, relative tC
taking over the plans of the proposed
company and constructing and oper
ating a line into the Highlands.
Would Not Pay.
Before leaving, Colonel JastTo sale
that he thought a line to the univer
sity, via Gold avenue, would not be
a paying proposition, owing 10 In,
percentage of grades, and Colone
Sellers stated that he would send u
Colonel JastrO the grades of Railroad
avenue from the Santa Fe tracks tC
the university, together with another
proposal to take over the proposed
company's plans, but what this pro
pOsal will be, Colonel Sellers was not
prepared to state
Extension Work Progressing.
The Traction company is going
ahead with its extension in the north
ern part Of the city and Colonel Jas
tro stated that all rumoTs to the con
trary, the line from Railroad avenue
north on Second street to New York
avenue. thence to Twelfth street, and
on to the mills. would certainly be
built and in operation at the earliest
possible moment.
Headquarters Moved.
Today workmen were busily en-
gagged in moving the furniture and
office fixtures of the Traction com
pany from their present location on
South Second street TO the old town
where in the future Frank Storts, the
book-keeper, will be found
The Surety Investment company
and the Traction Land & Improve
ment company, in the same room
also today transferred their business
headquarters across the street to the
Office of the University Heights com
pany, and all contracts Of said two
companies are payable at the new
quarters.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
in OHIO MINES THE
CONDITION is GLOOMY

Columbus, Ohio, June THE min
ers and operators of Ohio have prac-
tically come 10 deadlock in their
attempt to reach some agreement re-
garding the dispute about wages. The
committee met today but they we're so
far apart that disagreement will be
announced at about II o'clock and ne
gotiations will be declared of. This
announcement comes from authority,
and nothing less than complete back
down By one side or the other will
change the situation. Much appTe-
hensiOn is felt when the announce
ment of disagreement shall be made
to the striking miners in Jefferson
county.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07

ode, written by himself, for the oc-
cassion, and addresses will be de-
livered by United States Senator Dol
liver of Iowa, City Solicitor John l..
Kinsey Of Philadelphia and Grand
Master Handy.
Among the prominent visitors who
are here to take part in the celebra-
tion are the grand lodge officers OF
PENNSYLVANIA, New York, New Jersey
and the District of Columbia. In the
evening the Masons will be escorted
to St. Johns Commandery, knights
Templar, from Masonic Temple, 10
Turner hall, where a dinner will be
served TO the masters of the grand
lodge and invited guests. The prin-
cipal speakers at the banquet will be
Speaker Joseph Q. Cannon Of the Ma
tional House of Representatives.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
TOWN DESTROYED AND
EIGHTY PERSON INJURED

Hillsboro, Kansas, June Word
reached here today of a tornado last
night at Goessel, fifteen miles south
west of here. Several persons were
injured and the largest store in the
town and several residences were de-
stroyed.
Later: Goessel was practically de-
stroyed. About eighty persons are re-
ported injured.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
ST. PETERSBURG CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY OF EMPRESS

st. Petersburg, June THE whole
city is decorated and beflagged today
in honor of the birthday of the en-
press. There was no attempt TO make
the celebration a state event, although
the czarina received the members of
her household and the members of
the cabinet, who offered their con-
gratulations. There was the customary
review of troops and the firing of a
salute, but no popular demonstra-
| tion.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
GRAND CELEBRATION OF
DELAWARE MASONS.

Wilmington, Del, June 7.-Promi
nent men in Masonry from all parts
of the county are assembled here TO
take part in the celebration which
will be held here today in honor Of
the one hundredth anniversary Of the
establishments of the Grand Lodge Of
Delaware, Ancient Free and Accepted
MasOns.
The centennial exercises will be
held this afternoon at the opera
house, which forms part of the Ma
sonic Temple Nearly all Master Ma
sons in the district will be present.
Past Master Howell s. England, of
Wilmington, will read the centennial
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
TYLER, TEXAS, coMPELs
HER ROAD TO STAY

Austin, Texas, June 1.-The state
supreme court today refused a new
hearing in the case of the city of Ty-
Ter versus the Cotton Belt railroad,
and held that the general Offices and
machine shops for the main line OF
the road shall be maintained in Tyler
The railroad is restrained from re-
moving them.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
CIOudburStS, TOrnadOs,
and Even Earthquake
Shocks Rage.
CREEK ROSE EIGHTEEN FEET
Small Town in Kansas Wiped
0ut...ManiIa Was Quite
Badly Shaken.

Johnstown, Pa, June 7.-Hoovers-
vile, a town eighteen miles north of
here, was visited by a cloudburst early
today and Stony creek at this point
rose to eighteen feet in a short time.
Low lands are inundated but no seri-
GUS damage resulted. No fatalities
are reported.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
YACHTS WILL SAIL
AROUND MONTAUk POINT.

New York, June THE New York
Yacht Club opens its season today
with race for one-design thirty-foot
sloops which will be sailed this af-
ternoon off Station No. 10, Glen Cove.
1t is expected that ten or twelve boats
will take pant in the race, which is
for the Model Committee prize.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
ENDORSE BRYAN AS THEIR
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

The democrats Of Indiana in con-
vention today adopted a platform
strongly endorsing VIM. J. Bryan for
the presidency, and selected a state
ticket for all offices except governor
and reporter for the supreme court.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
JOHN MITCHELL WILL
LABOR FOR AGREEMENT

Kansas City, June John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America, arrived here this
morning from indianapolis to help ad-
Just the differences existing between
the coal operators and the miners in
Missouri. Soon after his arrival,
President Mitchell entered a joint
conference of miners and operators.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
SAMAR SAID TO BE
QUITE BADLY SHAKEN

Manila, June 7.-Three slight cath
quake shocks were felt in Manila
June and g. The shocks are be-
lieved to have been severe on the
island of Samar, but no details have
been received.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
SPANISH CABINET HAS
RESIGNED IN A BODY

Madrid, June 7.-Premier Moret to-
day presented TO King Alfonso the
resignation Of the entire cabinet.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07
sd. louis Wool Market.
Lead and Copper

St. Louis, Mo, June Wool mar
ket steady and unchanged.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07

New York, June Lead, quiet at
$5.75@5.95; copper, S1S75@l9OO.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-07

HISTORY euRToNs CASE.
1904-Indced
against Rialo
curiies while a
1904-Was guilty II
April g. 19OSenenced by Judge Adams S2500
: and imprisonment
20 9O4-Jusce Brewer the United
3 a
January 19O5-Unied states
trial
19O5-second trial guilty
3
19O5-sentenced a time
and Imprisonment as
1906-Verdct sustained United
. justices standing six tothree.
May n to
a hearing
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-04
FAHtNERS DUE RURAL DELIVERY

NO n can possibly OVer-eStimatp
the great value to the people of the
United States Of the rural routes. 70,
'hough but in their infancy the re-
suits have been so gratifying tina there
IS no way of estimating what these
may become in the future.
They are the means of broaden
ing the farmer, for by it he receives
his daily mail and in this daily
mail there is growing more f.e-
quent each day the daily ape
which puts While it is fresh the news
Of the day in the hands of those who
live lii the rural districts. while daily
important letters arc placed at their
doors.
There would be nothing short of a
revolution among the people on the
rural routes if these were abandoned
and the whole people now benefited
were relegated to past methods of Sc
curing mail. In speaking of their value
the Louisburg Times says:
The rural rOutes were established
Tor n benefit of rural homes. or in
other words the farmers. They have
proven Il greater bentit and blessing l.,
the farmers than was ANTICIPATED by
lle most A farmer who has
once enjoyed the advantages Of the
rural ma service, would hardly know,
now to live Without it. 1t did not come
to the farmer, however, until he had
many times earned it. The armers
are our heaviest taxpayers. What prop
efty they have is in plain sight and is
taxed, while the city gent. at least
many of them. who deals in notes and
bonds is enabled to hide his wealth
from the assessor. For Il quarter OF a
century the mail has been carried t.
the city home. not once. but many
times each day. Finally the big heart
of Uncle Sam has reached out to the
men who feed the world.