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Gunnison news-champion., 1906-03-02
Text Of Judge Stevens Decision.

Respecting the general propo
sition involved iE this case ] am
inclined to think the original propo-
sitlon, or the original plan, was to
defeat the carrying into effect of any
portion of the contract that was
sought to be entered into, or the pro
position that had been accepted by
the city was sought to be stopped
or en- Joined.
About the only really serious point
that has been raised against the is
suance Of the bonds or accepting the
bid for the construction of the water
plant, is one which has been dis
cussed somewhat, and that relative
to the including of the six per cent
in the bid for the services of the
civil engineer, for the preparation of
the plans, for his supervision of the
construction Of the water works and
so forth.
That is based largely upon the
assumed action Of the board in ac-
cepting the bid with that proviso
contained in it, for the reason that
no appropriation had been made by
the city council for the payment of
such demand against the city.
Now that proposition doesn't strike
me as forcibly as it seems TO inhu-
ence the counsel for the plaintiff in
this action, unless we saw that the
preparation of the plans and the
superintendence OF the construction
Of the plant, did Mt enter into the or
dInance. or into the contract for its
construction. | don't believe that
position was tenable. There has
been no attempt here to show by
evidence or authority that that might
not be properly considered as pol
ton Of the legitimate expenses CON
nected with the construction of the
water works, and if it was, then it
strikes me that the city council
has provided for it in the only way
that they could properly provide for
1t without an appropriation being
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-03-02
Spillman Riggs March s

) The next number of the Gunnison
Entertainment Course will be Spill
naa Riggs, humorous lecturer and
musical impersonator.
| Mr.. Riggs lectures, impersonates,
sings and whistles, giving two hours
of entertainment, instructive, inter-
esting and highly enjoyable.
/, Committee
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-03-02
HOLD AAlsQEI TIE ,sTu
oAmSEs Il Cosusneses HAa, - e.
tcstAsn Csc.As Aa1 Men
bcss at La vaa

Tbs sIno oker held by Chamber oi
C0maerce meabers al cssy hal last
Hs9hi was well attended / ..e ms.
ImPors.ai mastcr taken NJ w.s ap-
Passsinsesi "a q committee ceasssasnH
Il Geo Hetherlagtm, u L Sspp.
h. A >sses. J II Jennings and q
ID Martin b. arrange fsr banquet
al La Ncsa Tharssisy evening" March
l5sh. John T Barns, secretary Of
the State Commercial Association,
and other well known speakers will
lie present
A special meeting IS called for
pext Thursday evening.
A number OF important matters
were talked over and new members
s1scssd.
The folloslag we're appointed ga
sssadlng eomusittecs for the year
Committee GA finance aud iegisla-
tom. q Palmer. T. J Thompson
q. D. Martin
Committee on railroads, irei cht
rates and transportation u. Jen-
Aings, T. X. Cheney, ii " Eudner
Committee on advertising aud lit
ssatare-Geo. Hetberiagton, +. j.
Aampliner, L. l.. Gavelte
Committee ON citv and county
inprovemeots- NJ Webster, ]
h Mccormick, II. A skues.
ComraIitee GA commerce. manu-
featuring aad taxes P. c. Boyles,
Dr n. Macintosh, II. + Lake Jr.
Committee on trade aud relations
with other cities aud towns. NJ,
Collins, j. A. Steele, Clias. G,.iser.
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-03-02

Nil . Andy Woodring has
SaHeeo0 at come down from the
Gnterprisx Enterprise mine, as
as yhat high altitude
proved too high for his health lie
will spend the rest ol the winter
near Gannison. where his lamily is
located. Speaking of the Euter-
prise, Mr.. WoodriiN tells MS that
the new mill is proving great sue
cess and making money risht along
for tbs plucky Boston stock istders
a shc Taylor Psr* Mi~sry ssr~1,s~y
All except the highest grade ore is
being pat through the mill Ship
ments have been discontinued for
the present. There Is plenty Of low
grade ore as the mile and a quarter
tunnel was run along tine hssure
vein Tor most oI the distance, en-
conntering several high grade ore
shoots aud prospecting immense
bodies of mill mineral
Gunnison news-champion., 1906-03-02

nseuster. rEgcd spea osher ness.t.cE.
81 the bos.Fi the aessrst44Hy 81
ps~-spsssns sctloa syou BIDS anti
HsEe snissmsssoa cosia te obtained
and slfhssSh al the Iseaatess hsd
t.ecS informed IN wrsfsa9 bv the
ps.spssi' 81 the lmprsctscsst.sbHv 81
the plans ths malorlty. CONSISTING os
Asy0r Thamp-on. Clerk HARPER
Gseo. Mason aud G. h feanlnxtof
votes fur accepting the bad Il seth
sssn On the nIsni II Was opened
thai l.. h. A.es.er. ~. l.. Richard
ssn and Z G. Boyies vssea against u
That plans aud specifications irsr
nisl.ed by Haddar, are insst',e.eni
and unfinished and not specific
That at meeilng of the board At
winch >elhman was awarded the
contract, TIVE ordinances we're passed
fr the purposes Of issuing and dis
posing of bonds which are TO he
issued 10 pay for said plant, but that
Thompson aud Harper propose 10
ignore and overruie said ordinances
and as soon as Contract Is made
with sethmsn they propose 10 turn
over 10 him one hundred nine thou
sand dollars of CITY bonds, which
will draw interest long before the
plant Is completed or IN operation
which action would be a fraud upon
the rights Of the plaintiff and other
taxpayers.
Thursday morning the council for
plaintiff petItonel 10 amend the
hIll af complaints 50 as 30 show that
the bonded Indebtedness Of the CITY
was already bevond the statutory
limit and that the nine thousand
dollars bonds for the erection Of the
light plant would be illegal if issued
I The attorneys iur defense coHtended
against it but it was admitted by the
court
I This last cause Of action proved
% be the only one which constituted
an emergency and caused the TEN
porary injunction against the city :
hight plant, incidentally saving the
Thousand dollar bond.
From nine a. m. till , p. m the
court listened to the arguments aud
citations Of the counsel ON each side
and TO the witnesses introduced by
plainiif Not a witness was called
by the defense and but the one al
Legation WAS substantiated by plain
'tiA The court rssp WAS cruuded
with interested auditors who seemed
to be generally pleased with the
outcome.
II was brought out that the city
might assume unlimited indebted
ness for water bat not exceed the
statutory limit for other purposes.
/ Also that there was no statute re-
qulring the council to advertise for
bids, or to prevent their changing
their original plans.
! AT FIVE O'Clock Judge Stevens,
upon completion of the arguments,
handed down the following deci-
sion, wich is given with a few small
omissions and condensations to save
space.
The independent., 1906-05-31
TO PRESERVE NIAGARA FALLS

Washington. house committee
on rivers and harbors agreed on the
terms of a bill for the preservation of
Niagara falls, which probably will be
introduced Monday. 1t establishes the
principle that water may be taken
from the great lakes for sanitary or
navigation purposes without limit. but
under the control Of congress. AS
10 the taking of water from the Nj
agara river for power purposes the
provision is made that sufficient
quantity may be used to generate 16O.-
GOO horse power on both the American
and Canadian sides. This is practically
the quantity now, being taken on the
Canadian side.
The secretary of war is authorized
to grant revocable permits for the
taking of additional quantities on the
American side until the aggregate
shall generate $4,000 horse power. It
Is also provided that this quantity of
power may be imported from the Ca
madam side. The bill is to be in effect
for three years.
Meantime the president is asl.nd 70
open negotiations with Great Britain
looking to the perfection of treaty
to preserve the scenic beauty of the
falls.
The independent., 1906-05-31
SENT TO ASYLUM FOR THREATS

Washington Following allegations
that he had threatened violence to the
president, Robert P. Lewis, an Ha-
waiian, was arrested here on sus-
picion that his mind was affected, and
tonight he was sent to ST. Elizabeth's
asylum for the insane. He is said to
have come here from San Francisco
to secure a patent According to an
agent of the Prisoners Aid society,
who procured Lewis release from the
workhouse here after several days de-
tention, Lewis models were destroyed
in the San Francisco disaster.
The independent., 1906-05-31
MUCH MONEY AT SAN FRANCISCO
Majority Of Banks are Open and Have
Plenty Of Cash.

San Francisco. Practically every
bank in this city that has been able
to secure temporary quarters threw
open its doors to the public. There
was no sign of run. A unique fea-
ture connected with this general re-
sumption of business after the sus-
pension caused by the recent great
calamity was the fact that never in
the history of San Francisco was
there So much bank money on hand.
The independent., 1906-05-31

coming elections. Mr.. Towne made a
brilliant speech in which he arraigned
the president for exceeding his au-
thority and being perniciously and
mischievously active in ways unbe-
coming his high Office, closing by read
ing him out of the democratic party
and pronouncing him humble bearer
Of burdens under the direction Of the
Duke of Rhode Island.
The independent., 1906-05-31
MAY 81. 1906
HENRICK IBSEN IS DEAD
Famous Poet and Dramatist of Nor.
way Expires After Illness Of a
Year. End Sudden.

Christiana, Norway, May 23.-Hen-
rich Ibsen. Norway's famous dramat-
list and poet. died this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
The death of Ibsen was unexpected.
although for the last year he had been
very weak and it was known that the
end was only a question of com.
paratively short time He was un.
conscious toward the last and passed
away peacefully.
None of his friends was allowed to
see him during his long illness, the
only persons admitted to his room
being the doctor, the dramatist's wife
and his son.
King Haakon, Immediately upon re-
ceipt OF the news of Ibsens death.
transmitted to the widow his own and
Queen Maud's sympathy and condol-
ence. The storthing and other public
bodies formally recorded the national
grief. All the theaters were closed
tonight.
The independent., 1906-05-31
THE ANTi-PAss AMENDMENT
LIMITED

Correspondents tell us that grave
senators like Hale and Culbertson
were filed with laughter, and that
an uprOar" of fun and hilarity arose
In the august chamber when the clerk
had concluded the reading of the anti
pass amendment to the rate bill as
qualified and limited and whitfield
down by the many provisos that had
been inserted at the instance of var
ious senators. Mr.. Lodge denounced
the much-amended amendment as
grotesque, and Mr.. Gallinger ex-
pressed the opinion that its exemp-
tions and exceptions would cover
100000 people.
Now Mr.. Chandler, in the state
ment he gave to The Record-Herald
says deliberately that the exceptions
to the free pass prohibition make it
almost worse than the present law"
Let us enumerate these exceptions.
Free passes ma not be given by a
carrier, directly Or indirectly, to any
one except
Officers, agents and employees of the
road.
The immediate families of such.
(Mr. Gallinger wondered why the
words "and their uncles, cousins and
annts," should not be added here.)
Actual and bona fide attorneys of
the roads and the immediate families.
Ministers of religion.
Inmates of hospitals and eleemosyn-
ary and charitable institutions. in
digents, destitute and homeless per.
sons, and agents of hospitals accom-
panying such persons to or from hos
pitals, homes, etc.
Ex-Union soldiers or sailors; in
mates of soldiers or sailors homes,
national or state.
Persons transported on account of
charity from and to places visited by
calamity, epidemic or pestilence.
Owners and caretakers of live stock
when going to or returning from
points Of delivery of stock.
Officers, agents of, employees of
roads that interchange passes with
the issuing road, and the immediate
families of such officers, etc.
In the present commerce act there
is no direct prohibition the grant
ing of free passes, but there are
provisions against undue or unreason-
able preferences to persons, corpora
tions, etc, "in any respect whatso-
ever" and a provision making it un-
lawful to charge or receive from any
person "a greater or less compensa-
tion,' for any service than that speci-
fed in the filed schedule.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The independent., 1906-05-31
BRITISH GOLD FOR FRISCO

San Francisco-Sixty-two boxes of
British sovereigns, valued at $780,
600, were brought to this city from
Australia by the Oceanic company's
steamship Sierra. The gold is con-
signed to local banks and is the largest
single shipment Of it's kind in years.
The independent., 1906-05-31
THREATENS ADDIcKs WITH CELL
Ohioan to Make Attack II Delaware
Man is Elected Senator.

Peoria, Ill.--Robert s. Waddell,
president of the Buckeye Powder
company, who long has been fighting
the powder combine, said today that
if Edward F. Addicks is elected sena-
tor In Delaware he will go before a
federal grand jury and send Addicks
to the penitentiary.
The independent., 1906-05-31
GETS MONEY FOR TRAVELLING
Quarter Million to Pay Expenses of
President.

Washington--The sundry civil ap-
preparation bill which will be reported
to the house next week will carry
$25O,000 to cover the cost of contem-
plated presidential trips during the
fiscal year.
The independent., 1906-05-31

own nOmlnatlOn was procured by A.
F. Call, attorney for the Great North
ern railroad, who is manager of the
Perkins campaign.
Congressman Smith wrote an ex-
tended letter urging his district to
stand by John Herriott, a stand-pat
candidate for governor. Guthrie coun.
ty, the home of Mr. Herriott, and
which is in the ninth district, repre-
sented by Mr.. Smith, held a conven-
tion few days later and over the
personal plea of Mr. Herriott instruc-
ted the delegation from that county
for Governor Cummins.
Such storm of protest was raised
against railroad domination of poll
tics in Iowa at the opening of the pres
ent campaign that Congressman
Hedge of the first district announced
that he would not be candidate for
denomination. He had been a part
ner of j. w. Blythe of the Burlington
railroad, who is at the head of the
railroad politics of the state.
Congressman Hull lives in the sew
enth district, which is the home of
Governor Cummins He was urged
by the Perkins men here to return to
district against the governor. He
came back about two months ago,
looked over the situation and hastily
returned to Washington after leaving
his own interests in the hands of men
who also were friends of Governor
Cummins. He secured this county
in that way and declined to return
TO take up the fight for Perkins in this
county and district. He has not been
believe that he will take hand in the
other counties of the district.
Hepburn is Popular
Congressman Hepburn is assured of
denomination because of his work for
the presidents rate BILL For a time
his position was no defined, and his
people began to get restless, but they
have been satisfied by his fight in
Washington. Congressman Lacey has
been renominated without opposition.
So have Congressman Cousins and
Congressman Conner, but none of
them has done anything on the gov
ernorship. Congressman Haugen
and Birdsall also have been renom-
mated. There is no fight on Con-
gressman Dawson, and both Con-
gressmen Smith and Hubbard will be
renOminated, it is believed
The appeal to Senator Allison, there.
fore, is the last one possible from the
friends of Mr.. Perkins The best posted
politicians of the state do not see
how it is possible for Mr.. Perkins
to be nominated under any circum-
stances, but some of the counties in
the third district in which Senator
Allison lives are still to hold con-
ventions, and the plan is to try to
make them believe that Senator Alli-
sons interests in 1909 are at stake
in the fight over the nomination for
governor.
A candidate for state office was
given the right to name the delegates
from his own county to the state con-
vention. For several weeks stories of
offers being made to him by the fed
eral crowd to give him an Office if
he would select Perkins men on the
delegation have been circulated. Fin
ally he withdrew from his own fight
and named Perkins men. But he said
that he did it in the interests of
Senator Allison.
n
The independent., 1906-05-31
COAL PROPERTY MERGER
A Billion Dollar Holding Company to
Handle Coal Roads and Mines.

New York.-There is talk of a bill
lion dollar holding company, with T.
P. Morgan as financial director and
II. G. Frick as president, TO take over
the coal carrying roads and their coal
interests to enable them to conform
with the rate bill.
The independent., 1906-05-31
SEEKS AID OF ALLISON
Defeated on all Sides Perkins Appeals
to Allison for Aid. The Fed
eraI Gang Routed.

Perkins to induce Senator w. B. Al
lison to take a hand in the guber
material campaign. Whether Mr.. AL
lison can be enlisted in the interest
| of Mr.. Perkins is question concern
ing which there is much speculation
Friends Of the senior senator in low;
believe that he will not respond will
alacrity to the call.
This is the latest effort that ha'
been made to enlist the aid OF tn.
Iowa federal crowd" to the fight tha
is being made against the renomina
tion of Governor Cummins becaus.
he stands for railroad rate regula
tion, for increased railroad taxes ant
the primary. The members of tht
delegation at Washington eyinced +:
willingness to take a hand agains
the governor, but events SO shaped
themselves that the conclusion was
reached by the federal crowd thai
it would better keep hands off.
Doiliver Takes Hand.
At the opening of the campaign
Senator Dolliver issued two inter
views indorsing Mr.. Perkins highl,
and indicating that he hoped for his
nomination. The latter of these for
NAL interviews was followed by the
arrival in Iowa of George d. Roberts
director of the mint. He spent ter
days at the home OF Senator Dollivel
at Fort Dodge and discovered wide
sentiment in favor of the renomina
tion of Cummins. The governor hai
said in recent speech at Fort Dodge
that he was not and would not be {
candidate for senator against Dolli
yer, who seeks reelection in the legis
lature of next winter.
Mr.. Roberts urged the republicans
of Fort Dodge, Webster county, anG
the tenth congressional district to in
dorse Mr.. Perkins, or, at least, take
no hand in the fight. He was in
formed that the district was for Mr.
Cummins, and the last of the con
yentions in the district disclosed the
interesting fact that but four dele
gates out of nearly 200 in the state
convention from that district will be
for Mr. Perkins, while Webster coun
ty, for the first time in its history
instructed its entire delegation for q
candidate, Governor Cummins being
the beneficiary. Mr.. Dolliver has
taken no further hand in the guber
material fight
Shaw Finds Hostility.
Secretary Shaw came to Des MOines
in February and made speech which
was described by the Perkins men as
meat skinning" Of the governor
Secretary Shaw's intimation here gave
it out that President Roosevelt in
dorsed the speech as it was delivered
having read it before the secretary
left Washington. Recently the con
gressional convention in the tenth
district, which is the home of Sec
retary Shaw, refused to adopt a reso
luton commenting the presidents
appointment of the secretary and com
mended Senator Dolliver for voting
AGAINST the secretary's ship subsidy
bill.
Congressman E H. Hubbard came
back to make personal fight In the
eleventh district for Mr.. Perkins. Botf
reside in that district. All the conven
tions in that district have been held
nd Mr.. Perkins got three out of the
thirteen counties, one being his own
in which no contest was made. Many
of the county conventions refused tt
adopt resolutions instructing for thu
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-13
Lest He Go Hungry.

Miss Mary S. Anthony, who is con-
iinuing the work of her distinguished sis
ter, the late Susan B. Anthony, said re-
Gently apropos of marriage:
"It is selishness, boorish selhshness,
that, more than anything else, lies at the
root of unhappy unions. Sometimes it
is the wife who is the selfish one. Some
times it is the husband. | think you'll
agree with me, though, that it is the hus-
band more often than the wife
"A happening of day or two ago pre-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-13

United States is the largest owner of
real estate in the world, with the single
exception of Russia.
The total area of the public land,
states and territories, exclusive Of
Alaska-containing 368,o3o7o5 acres-is
I,4n ,5o3,865 acres OF this area 8o8, POS
475 acres have been disposed of, leaving
633,2oS,3o0 acres the title of which is
still in the government, or its wards, the
Indians. Of this great area, however,
ISb7I72oS acres are included in Indian,
forest, military, and other reservations
and Withdrawals, leaving 4o,4oI,I82
acres of unappropriated, unsold, and TN
reserved public lands, exclusive OF
Alaska.
The government, therefore, has finally
disposed of SO per cent, and retains Al
per cent of the original public domain
If there be subtracted from the grand
total still in government ownership all
reserved lands, and taken into account
only lands open to general entry and
disposition, there is still remaining, as
stated, 44o,40I, ,I82 acres, or a little less
llldi Olic c-tlili u VI tllC original puDIlC 90
mfin. As considerable areas, however,
of the so-caled reserved" or with
drawn" lands are subject to entry under
one or more of the land laws, it is a
fair statement to say that trihe more
than one-third of the original area of
the public domain is still on the market
and to be disposed of
That part remaining does not compare
in quality with the lands disposed of
Most of the remaining timber lands Of
any considerable value are now reserved
from sale by being included in forest
reserves, permanent and temporary, COM
prisng 100000 acres. The remain
ing portion of the public domain is
largely arid or semi-arid and the major
part Of this is non-irrigable While un-
der improved methods considerable
areas of semi-arid lands will be success
fully farmed without irrigation, there
are millions of acres which can be uti-
lized only for grazing purposes.
While it is true that practically all Of
the flrst-class agricultural lands have
been disposed of. it will be seen that the
United States still owns and offers I'M
der the land laws enough land to make
thirteen states the size of Iowa. and in
addition holds for forest reserve pur-
poses acres enough to make nearly four
states the size of Illinois. of which an
area almost three times the size of that
great state is in permanent reserves.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-13
CHAPTER VI.

The murmur of restless crowd, the
shuffling Of feet, the noise OF jurymen
taking their places, the whispering OF
newspaper reporters, the quick tread of
policemen passing to and fro, the rustic
of lawyers papers, and the banging of
doors ceased; an absolute silence fell
upon all as Olive Dumbarton took the
place assigned to her i'll the Coroner S
Court. In front of the unhappy woman,
NEo was dressed i'll black and heavily
Nelrd, sat her solicitor, George CoriS,
beside her George Bostock, with DR..
Quave and his son. Her daughter and
the servants were in an adjoining room,
it being considered desirable that each
witness should be examined out of the
hearing Of the others.
After the preliminaries, including the
call of the roll of jurors, the identifca-
tion of the deceased, and the statement
regarding the cause of his death given
by DR.. Ouave, the coroner addressed the
jury. These proceedings, he said, were
held to inquire truly not only how the
man David Dumbarton came to his
death, but likewise to enable the jury to
decide, if possible, by whom that death
had been caused.
He would lay before them as briefly
and as plainly as possible the statements
of this case.