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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04
TWO LAUNcHMEN DROWN.
Craft Upsets in Collision With
6arges.

Cairo, H., Dec. SIC. Mueller,
son of Captain J. E. Mueller, and
Walter Joselyn, son of Dr.. w. G.
Joselyn, were drowned Saturday after.
noon as the result Of collision be.
tween their gasoline launch and some
barges in tow of steamboat, The
launch's motor refused to work in mid
stream and the launch drifted against
the barges and upset.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04

of the governors home. Every road
out of the town is being guarded, and
it is hoped to intercept every suspect
Two Men Suspected.
Two men who had been lying about
Nampa several days and left tor Cald
we'll Saturday are under suspicion
They liyeu in Occur d Alene at the
time of the riots of 1899 Descrip
tions of them are being wired in every
direction
Work of Union Anarchists.
In May, 1899, after the concentration
OF the Bunker Hill and Suruyan Mining
company at Wardner was blown up by
dynamite by 1000 of the Couer d'Alene
miners, Governor Steunenberg de.
clared martial law in Shoshone county
and with the assistance OF United
States troops conducted the county
government for nearly a year. The
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining com.
pany employed non-union men in its
mines and for many months a bitter
contest was waged between the min.
ers' union and the company which cul.
minated in the blowing up of the com.
pany's concentration and the destruc.
ton Of property valued at 100000.
The miners seized an engine at Wal.
lace and making up a train Of 20 Hat
cars rode to Wardner each of the 200
men on board carrying stick Of dyna.
mite. When Wardner was reached the
men marched to the concentrator and
deposited the dynamite in the mill.
The dynamite was exploded and the
mill blown to atoms In a fight with
employees of the mill, three miners
were killed. United States troops
We're sent into the district and General
Merriam was placed in command. He
put a Gordon about the district and
WIN the troops at his command arrest.
ed more than 1000 men, took them TO
Wardner and confined them in an in
closure known as the bull pen"
Steunenberg declared martial law In
the county, removed tne county Off
cials and sent representative TO
Wardner TO administer the county af-
fairs. After long trial, the leaders of
the instruction were sent to prison.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04
Theoloaleal.

What did you think of
Doctor Towser's sermon?'
Terrier-"Too dogmatic."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04
DAVIDSON
TAKES THE OATH
NEW GOVERNOR SWORN IN AT
NOON JANUARY I,
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY

Governor Presents Lieutenant Cover,
erNor TO Chief Justice Cassoday
Who Administers Constitutional
oath--LaF GILLETTE Leaves at Once
TO Take up Work as Y, S. Senator.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04
SHIP TRUST LOSES PLANT.
sustaInS ouarter-MilIion Loss In Fire
In Michtuan.

Bay City, Mich. Dec. sl.--The entire
plant Of the American Shipbuilding
company Of this. city burned Saturday
nig.,. The loss Is over S250,0O0. The
fire started about 1880 In the furnace
shop and quickly spread to other bud
ings.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27
HARRIS'S Land DEALINGS,
A Reply to Charges Of Unfair Tran
SaCtlOnS by The Candidate.

lin an article printed July IA the
Topeka Capital charges W. A. Har.
rls, Democratic nominee for governor
OF Kansas, with having sold lands fol-
the Kansas Pacific railroad to which
the title was imperfect. 1t says that
while the railroad was contending in
the courts that it was entitled to a
4OO-foot right Of way through the
lands, Colonel Harris, as its agents,
was requiring purchasers to pay for
300 foot strip along the right Of way
leaving only 100 feet to the road.
There has been constant litigation
over the right of way, it says, and the
settlers have been put to great ex-
pense,' for which it accuses Colonel
Harris Of being responsible. In re.
ply to the charge Colonel Harris has
written to the Star the statement
that follows.)
10 the Sar: In the Topeka
Capital of July IA is a yery
strained effort to in some way
bring to light something object
ionable in regard to my connec-
ton, nearly forty years ago, with
the Delaware reservation, which
was obtained many years ago by
the Union and by the Missouri
River Railroad companies.
This article displays unlimited
ignorance of the facts, but very
determined effort in some way to
show some inconsistency or neg
lect of duty on my part. The
facts of the matter were as follows:
In 1863 the Union Pacific. as
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27
The Mayor Has a Birthday.

E. W. Moses, our genial and
handsome mayor. reached the hall
way point towards the century
mark last Monay, and in the even.
ing Mrs. Juge Cole entertained his
honor and a few friends in honor
of the occasion. Mr.. Moses SAYS
if he has as much fun the next SC
years as he has had the past so,
he will be we'll satisfied, and that
he can get along without the hard
times he encountered a part of
those past so. Well, why
shouldn't he have a good time.
And he will have it. We con-
graduate E. W. and hope he will
De with us good long while yet.
O'Brien, the fellow who was in
jail here year or more ago for
breaking intoa box car at Hois-
ington and stealing some clothes,
but who managed to make his get
away one day when Under Sheriff
Thule was feeding the prisoners.
has been arrested at Evansville,
Wyg. The marshal notified the
officers at that point that he was
wanted at Lincoln Neb.
Fred Williams, who was porter
at the Seward & johnson barber
shop for so long the it seemed he
had always been there, is now
working for the Pullman Car Co.,
out of Chicago, as a porter on a
sleeping car.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

which it had purchased, as l have
said. in the western part Of the
reservation, to deed away any
portion OF its right of way is a
matter which has never been
determined. They reserved only
100 feet and | do not believe they
ever had any right to anything
more than that. 1t may be that
they may some day .Je willing to
occupy the unjust position indicat-
ed in the articles referred to, but
it seems absolutely incredible that
such gross outrage should ev er
be attemDed.
This labored effort, originating
in Topeka, to investigate various
matters, shows an intense desire
to falsify in every imaginable way
my action in such matters. Some
time ago there occurred a desper.
ate attempt to make me response
BILE for everything that was re-
ported from the committee on
railroads of the state senate in
the session of 1896 and 1897. In
regard to that | would say that
every member of the committee
knows that | labored earnestly to
get a favorable report on an anti
pass bill and was very much
chagrined and mortified by being
compelled to report the bill ad-
versely. | endeavored to get an
adequate commission bill and the
bill which | introduced was a
copy verbatim of the Iowa CON-
mission law, which has stood the
test of the court. This was more
or less multilated il the commit
tee, and afterward in the senate
and in no way represented my
individual views.
In all of these matters it is Just
as we'll to remember that the
Republican members of the COM
mitee, as well as of the Senate,
always fought solidly against
every effort to accomplish any
thing, so that whatever may have
been the result, they at least
have their mouths shut so far as
any criticism is concerned. did
not favor a maximum rate bill and
| think subsequent events have
absolutely justified my position.
An efficient commission is the
only way by which this question
can be handled. That has been
demonstrated by state action and
by national action. | merely
allude to this to show the charac-
ter of the arguments attempted to
be manufactured by the opposi-
ton, ignoring the facts and
absolutely devoid of any honest
| have no fear but that
the people of Kansas are
competent to Judge of the desper- |
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

tically all been sold. There was
no reference in the patent or in
the deeds made by the patentee to
the Union Pacific or to its right
of way. The road was in posses
sion of 100 feet and claimed nc
more and no one contested that
right. Consequently there was
no necessity for any reference
whatever to a reservation of a
right of way Of any kind.
After the Union Pacific set IN
this claim which was never attempt
ed to be enforced, except in the
Grin.er case, which was on land
owned and occupied by the Indians
| vigorously contested in every
possible way their right to such a
claim, and in 1898, when the
Reilly funding bill was before the
committee on Pacific railroads of
the House,I secured a proviso in
the bill that the Union Pacific
should forever relinquish any
claim of this character through
the Delaware and Pottawatomie
reservations, so that in the event
that the funding bill should pass
that, at least, would be conceded
to the rights of the settlers on
these reservations. This same
claim applies, of course, to the
POttawatomie reservation from
Topeka to Wamego.
Fortunately, however, we sue
ceeded in defeating the funding
bill later on, in the Senate, and of
course, as everyone knows,
fought out the question of the
payment of the debt in full of the
Union Pacific to the government.
In the Grinter case there was
never, Thought, proper contest,
as Mr.. Cook, the attorney of the
Grinters, became insane before
the trial of the case, and it prac.
tically went by default. Evrey-
one along the line of the road
knows my action in this manner,
as did Judge Usher, Mr.. Monroe
and Mr.. Loomis, who is now at
torney for the Union Pacific and
who, | am quite sure, will confirm
my statement. / protestd against
this claim in every possible way.
If they had the right of way,
which was granted in public
they also certainly had a
right to alternate sections of land
the same territory.
At last the necessities of the
road required them to attempt to
occupy the 400 feet right of way,
and that necessarily brought the
matter into court. | should be
greatly surprised if the court
should give such an unjust claim
any consideration. The right of
the Union Pacific, through lands
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27
alton which inspires such miser.
able attempts at argument.
W. A. Harris.
Where Are Tney Al

Among the peculiar things that
always crops out of the assess.
ments under the present law. We
are TINS year treated to a report
from the auditors Office that there
are only three counties in the state
In which automobiles are owned.
those counties are Sedgawick,
Shawnee and Grant. The latter
reports one auto, Sedgewick As
and Shawnee 46. Apparently
there were no machines in
Wyandotte and other large
counties when the assessor called.
Now this is the report that the
correspondents send out from
Topeka. However, even under
the faulty system of taxation that
we have in this state, it is not
likely that every man who owned
an auto succeeded in hiding il
from the assessor. The facts are
that probably all the other auto
owners listed their machines un.
der the head of pleasure carriages,
and not separately. Of course a,
that they could escape some of the
taxation on the machines.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27


Il. c. Breeder has gone to The
country to see about threshiDg bis
wheat.
Mrs. Jane Murdy and daughter
were down from the Boyd neigh.
borhood today.
Leo Chapman came out from
Kanas City Monday night for 8
couple Of days visit "a
Deputy County Clerk Myrtle
Ashpole is in Hoisington fQ .
few days visit with relatives land
to attend the big picnic.
Henry Cook has been threshine
some of his barley, and it has
oeen turning out at the rate. Of
about As bushels per acre.
Mrs. J. T. Mcdonald on route
two telephoned in this morning
that she had found a tomato in her
garden that weighed a triae over
a pound.
Mems hot weather pants, Just
when your spring suit pants beein
to look shabby, and one-third off
at the Lundblade & Bolinser
store.
The local tennis players are
building a large tennis court on
the west side of the Taylor corner
on Broadway, and when they
have the same completed it will
be a fine one. r
Mrs. j. P. Deege returned to
Quincy Ills, Tuesday morning,
after an extended and very plea
SAINT visit with her daughter, Mrs.
y. L. Weisenberger. and family,
on route four.
Mrs. Mary Morrison, has gone
to Ford county to visit her cousin,
Mrs. Mel thinner. She will also
visit another cousin, Mrs. Eth
Lyon, at Greensburg, before re-
turning here. ~
While W. P. Rubart stepped
into this Office Tuesday to
transact a little business, his horse
left unhitched, took a notion it
want to 60 some place, so it hiked
out and went home.
Jim Chalfant, the former Elm
wood boy who was injured in a
wreck at Hutchinson a few days
ago, has recovered sufficiently to
be taken to his home at Kinsley,
and will soon be out again.
Rent having come due, the
editor has to move again,and is
coming back to town to live. The
exact location will net be made
known for a few days, as he fears
the peope who live in the locality
he expects to move into may get
out an injunction. 80
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

the successor Of the Leavenworth,
Pawnee & Western railroad
obtained by treaty and had patent.
ed to it 223,0O0 acres in Leaven.
worth and Jefferson counties, be.
ing the western part of the della.
ware reservation. This was OBJ.
tanned by purchase and was sold
by the railroad company, reserv-
ing in all cases a right of way 100
feet in width for the use of its
road. Under the consruc tion
placed upon land grants by the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail.
road this road might have laid
claim to alternate sections and to
a right of way 400 feet in width,
but it never did so. These lands
never became public lands. which,
of course was, the condition pre-.
cedent to any such claim. The
term public lands" has been
clearly and distinctly decided in
the Newhall VS.. Sanger case and
in the Leavenworth. Lawrence &
Galveston railroad VS.. the United
States, but even prior to that
decision the Union Pacific
evidently admitted that these were
not public lands and in that part
of the reservation they never set
up any claim resting upon such
a grant.
There has never been any con.
troversy in that part of the reser-
walton in regard to the right of
way which is occupied now and
has been all these years and is
simply 100 feet wide. In 1868,
however, the Delawares deter
mined to sell their diminished
reserve, which consisted of
10000 acres in the eastern part Of
the reservation in Wyandotte and
Leavenworth counties. The
treaty was made by the Missouri
River Railroad company and the
lands were patented to Alex Cald-
well, assignee of the Missouri
River railroad. These lands were
Immediately divided by Caldwell
among his associates and we're
ultimately sold to the actual set
tiers through the firm of Abrams
& Harris.
The Missouri River Railroad
company had no relation whatever
to the Union Pacific. The Union
Pacific was occupying a right of
way 100 feet in width under the
treaty which had been made by
The Leavenworth, Pawnee & West
ern with the Delaware Indians
IL was many, many years before
The Union Pacific, under Judge
Usher's advice, pretended to
claim any greater right of way
than 100 feet; it was not in fact
until after these lands had prac-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
THE GENTLEMEN" WHO ROB US

Hartman gentleman"
H. H. Rogers Is a gentleman"
gentleman"
directors who fatened tooustng public
certainly they gentlemen"
Because told it has been
pointed who talormade clothes
pigeonood white though at the time he
pockets unehcaly Quesonabynot to dishonesty
a gentleman who takes loaf of bread
thever-he is
thief
Mr. Gobe of New York with point of view
gentleman" lie adverses "who vest and
kindly Liberal reward
No questions asked"
call thief" says because he might
feel insulted"
Here is food for reflection.
Perhaps Goble is right
Why hasn't the who steals and chain much right
remain gentleman the who steals fifty hundred
dollars fake
bookkeeping call
enanagin?
his white spats make him gentleman?
Does his pigeon-blood ruby make him gentleman?
gentleman?
AS the says, not!
All! An idea!
he steals much thousand dollars
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE THAT WILL DISPlACE STEAM

NEW YORK, Oct. Ills cleo
tricity to supplant steam as the
motive power of the American
railroad?
The New York Central railroad
has just answered the query that
has been on the tongue of the
scientist since electricity was first
harnessed.
What is believed to have been
the initial move in the TRANSFORMED
ton of the great Vanderbilt sys-
tenn, eventually to extend over all
its lines, Is the installation of an
electric railroad line over standard
gauge tracks for II miles. APP.
preaching completion are 292
miles of electric line which will
bring all trains of the system into
this city by means of electric
power and will give motor sys-
tenn for suburban traffic.
The locomotives employed to
ldhe lue pldCe VI euSlHeS ullNeH
by steam each have double the
horsepower of the largest locomo-
tive on the road today. They have
been tested to SO miles an hour and
the movement while travelling at
this rate has been so steady and
even that trimming glass of
water could be, carried in the cab
without splitting drop.
1t Is claimed that train run
ming at a mile a minute can be
halted in little more than it's own
length and get away again under
full speed in the same space. 1t
can attain the maximum speed in
less than one-third the time of the
steam locomotive. There Is no
gearing as in the ordinary electric
car. The power is transmitted d.
rectly, by means of a third rail,
from a motor to the axle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
TYPE FTHE CENT RAILS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE

interests Of the hotel company, of
which he is a stakeholder. The lot
occupied by the chamber of COM
merce headquarters is also included
in the deal.
With this addition the Hotel Spo.
kane will become, it is claimed, the
largest in the state.
The chamber of commerce is now
confronted with the necessity of
finding new quarters as the hotel
will occupy the entire building. No
definite arrangements for moving
the chamber have yet been made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11

head, and nearby stand smillngly
the little Grand Duchess Marie,
aged 7, and the infant czarevitch,
the 2-year-old heir of one of the
most wonderful empires in the
world.
He laughs, poor little mite. He
does not know that it is his fate to
be the autocrat of all the Russians.
Around-not seen in the picture,
but there all the same-are the
walls of the country prison, in
which for months the car and his
family have been hiding. It is not
safe for them to pass without the
walls. Even behind the trees there
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11

A handsome autumn costume,
fresh from the hands of a smart
tailor, is of brown cloth, trimmed
with embroidered panne velvet. The
skirt Is untrimmed, and has the UNI
lucky number of IS cores in it, yet
is correct and we'll fitting.
The long coat is close fitting at
the back and demi- fitting in the
front, opening over an elaborate
waistcoat. To permit this to be
well seen, the coat is cut decidedly
low, while over the corners of it
and out upon the shoulders is an
unique arrangement of the broad
cloth. This apparently is held in
place by large smoked pearl but
tons, two of which fasten the gar
ment below the waistcoat. The
brown velvet of this is wrought
with a variety of colored silks in
floral design.
The sleeves are long and halt
fitting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
SKUNK FARMER WOULD BE
SPEAKER.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. II "A skunk
farmer may be speaker of the
house of Representatives In the
Missouri legislature. H. j. SIM
mons, of Shelby county. is now
making an active canvass for sup.
porters in his race for the speaker
ship. He has served three terms in
the legislature and edits the Clar-
ence Courier, but he still finds time
to keep on with his main business,
which is the 10 acre enclosed skunk
farm. Nobody can find any fault
with his legislative record, but
there are many who object to elect
ing him speaker so long as he con
tinues to rear skunks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
LOCKED IN HOUSE, BABY
STARVES.

BROOKLYN, Oct. 11.-Policemen
on battering down the door of Mrs.
Catherine Benham, widow, in the
tenement at No. 4204 Third avenue,
came upon the dead body of the
woman, while beside her lay her
adopted son, four months old. The
woman had been dead for four
days and the baby had been starv-
ing all that time. He was hurried
to the Norwegian hospital. where
we was found to be In critical
condition, but the doctors think he
may live. DR.. Bayles, who has
charge of the case, says that it Is
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
HOTEL SPOKANE
EXPANDS

BY the closing of a deal yester-
day the Hotel Spokane company
acquired entire possession of the
building it has heretofore shared
with the chamber of commerce and
Silver grill on First avenue. The
management announces contem-
plated additions to the building that
will make the structure a full six
stories. The improvements planned
involved an investment of 100000.
The property transferred yester-
day passed from John Breen to the
company at stated consideration
of $4,000. Breen made the orig
inal purchase at the same price
from John Finch last year in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
BOYS FRIEND RUNS FOR GOVERNOR
OF COLORADO

DENVER, Oct. 11-Judge Ben
Lindsey, of the juvenile court, the
newsboys' friend, is the candidate
of the independents Of Colorado for
governor in the attempt to smash
the political ring which throttles
Colorado.
Lindsey ran for Judge once, when
he had what he thought a good deal
of opposition, and received $1,000
out of less than 10000 votes Since
then he has been recognized as con-
siderable of a force in Colorado
politics.
Lindsey is bachelor, small Of
stature, black hair, black eyes. He
is courteous, yet with a will like
iron. He is the idol of the Denver
newsbcys and is at the head of the
Juvenile Improvement association,
the greatest force for the good Of
boys In the west.
well, boys, tell me about It," is
the way the judge of the juvenile
court begins hearing. In front of
his table in the inner room of the
Denver court house are ranged
crowd of boys accused of stealing
watermelons or disturb ing a peace
loving neighbcr. Without reserva.
ton, because they know he is their
friend. they tell him just what hap
pened.
That is his secretion honor. He
finds some boys who must go to
the detention house. He gives them
their commitment papers and their
car fare and tells them to report at
such an hour. They do it-they
wouldn't "t'row down de jedge."
He puts them on probation and
they report regularly; he makes it
respectable to be good, and the
boys appreciate the trust placed in
them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-10-11
THE CzAR's CHILDREN PLAYING IN THEIR GARDEN

are detectives lurking.
1t Is said that even the diminu-
tive body of the czarvitch Is
guarded night and day by 80 po-
licemen in private clothes. You
never see them, but they are there.
Except for an occasional visit to
the church, which is about half a
mile away, the royal family never
leaves the palace. The rest OF the
children's lives is spent within the
high walls. There they learn their
lessons, ride their bicycles, play
with a camera and enjoy them
selves as though they were little
Joneses down at Margate.