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Sharp County record., 1907-01-18
stave Factory Moved.

The mill of the Eureka Stave and
Heading Company at Hope will be re.
moved at once to Fulton,
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10

still lay between The distressed mar
and his unfortunate child.
From McCloud To Oga!alla there Is II
good bit OF twisting and Slowing. but
looking east from Athens Il marble
dropped between the rails might roll
clear into the Ogalalla yards. 1t is n
sixty mile grade. the ballast Of slas
and the sweetest, springiest bed under
steel.
To cover those sixty miles in better
than fifty minutes was like picking
them of the ponies. and the Flve-Nine
breasted the Morgan divide. fretting
for more hills to climb.
The Five-Nine-for that matter any
Of the skyscrapers are built to balance
ten or dozen sleepers. and when you
run them light they have fashion OF
roofing their noses into the track. a
modest up grade just about counters
this tendency, but on slump and II
stin clip and no tail to speak of you
feel as II the drivers were going to
buck up on the ponies every once In
awhile. However. they never do. and
George whistlcd for Scarboro June
ton and lsn miles and two waters in
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10
pro,r..or sw.lIow.d I, All.

The scholarly William Il. Byerly. pro
fessor OF mathematics Mt Harvard. was
once asked by a student how to de-
yelop retentive memory. The pro
fessor answered that ordinary mental
exercise was sufficient to secure a
good memory. whercat the student
asked II he might test the mental ca
pacity OF his Instructor. Professor BY
erly agreed. and the student asked
him to listen to and remember sew
ernl varied Items for a test. He BE-
gan:
zone quart Of whisky"
"Umr' said the professor.
"Slx pounds OF sugar. pint Of sour
milk. three onions. half gallon Of mo-
lasses and two raw eggs"
"Um" said the professor.
1.-TWO green apples. twenty-slx pea
nuts, one and half cucumbers and
four mince pies"
"Umw said the professor.
"A package OF starch. sixty-seven
cakes Of yeast and the skins OF seven
bansnas. Got that down"
''Yes." answered DIR. Byeriy.
"How does 1t taste?" asked the stu
dent.-Boston Herald.
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10
Close oue.ttonIax.

In recalling incidents connected with
Virginia politics some years ago
prominent Virginian recently related
to Washington man an account of
an Investigation OF election frauds In
the lower section OF the state. In the
course of the proceedings 1t developed
that the ballots In an important pre-
cinct had not been sealed after the
final count. thereby being exposed to
fraudulent practices. The chairman
of the investigating committee closely
questioned the election judge as to
why the prescribed duty OF carefully
securing the ballots had been neglected.
"Could you not obtain my muc!lage
sin the town?"
mo. sir"
"Could you not procure some sealing
wax-some shoemaker's wax, IL moth
ing else?"
mo. sir"
"well. then. sir. why didn't you go
out into the woods and get some resin?
Do you mean to tell me that there
were no pine trees around there she'd
ding tears Mt syour Infamous rascal
ity?'-Washington Star.
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10
rhe BihIe of the Poor.

The "Bible of the Poor" was one OF
the most interesting of the carly block
books. which were printed in Belgium
In the fourteenth century. before the
use of movable type, from blocks.
The. book consisted OF forty leaves.
printed on one side. making twenty
when pasted together. and gave pic
toriai representation Of scenes from
the life and passion Of our Lord. with
suitable Inscriptions from holy writ In
the abbreviated Latin of the period.
The "Biblia Pauperum." us 1t was
called. was intended as an aid to de-
votion for the use Of poor persons who
could not afford TO buy complete copies
OF the Bible. Originally the book is be-
lIeved to have been specially designed
for the poor friars, who found the pic
lures useful when they went about
preaching. to Illustrate their sermons
and 10 rouse the interest of their cDn-
gregations. A richly Illuminated MS.
Of the "Bbie of the Poor" executed In
the Netherlands nbout 1400, Is kept In
the British museum. An early copy
Of the "Blbiia PnuDerum" was sold
,ome years aeo for 245 ciineAs.
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10

What the deuce have you bit infoF'
.ried the depot master us the Five
Nine swept splendidly up and stopped
with her battered eye hard on the
depot clock.
"Mattaback bridge is burned. Had
to crawl over on the stringers," an
swered Sinclair, coughing up Gin
der
Where's McWilliams:"
Back there sitting on his grief. I
reckon"
While the crew went up TO register.
two big four horse trucks backed up to
the baggage car. and in n minute
dozen men were rolling specie kegs
out OF the door. which was smashed
In. as being quicker than to tear open
the barricades.
Sinclair. MacE.lroy and Francis with
his brakeman We're surrounded by
crowd OF railroad men. As they stood
answering questions big prosperous
looking banker with black rings under
his eyes pushed In toward them. ac-
companied by the lame fellow. who
had missed the chance OF lifetime to
die rich. and by Ferguson. who had
told the story.
The banker shook hands with each
one OF the crew. you've saved us.
boys. We needed II. There's mob
OF 5000 OF the worst scared people in
America clamoring Mt the doors. and.
by the eternal now we're fixed for
every one OF them. Come up to the
bank want you to ride right up with
the coin. NIL OF you"
1t was an uncommOnly queer Occa-
sion. but an uncomm0nly enthusiastic
one. Fifty policemen made the escort
and cleared the way for the trucks to
pull up across the sidewalk so the por-
ters could lug the kegs OF gold into the
bank before the very eyes OF the rat
tied depositors.
In an hour the run was broken. But
when the four railroad men left the
bank after aIl sorts OF hugging by ex-
cited directors they carried not only
the blessings OF the officials. but each
In his vest pocket n check. every one
Of which discounted the biggest vouch-
er ever drawn on the West End for
months pay. though ! violate no con.
hdcncc in stating that Gcorge Sin
clnlr's was bigger than any two OF the
others. And this Is how II happens
that there hangs In the directors room
OF the Sierra Leone National very
crcditable portrait Of the kid engineer.
Besides paying tariff on the specie.
the bank paid for II new coat OF paint
for the McWillams. Special from ca
boosc to pilot. She was the last train
across the Mattaback for two weeks.
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10

dead 1t wasn't grief that killed him
either. though at one time his grief
came uucommoniy near killing us.
1t Is an odd sort OF a yarn. too. be-
cause one part Of ii never got to head
quarters. and another part Of 1t never
got from headquarters.
How. for instance. the mysterious
pea. was ever started from Chicago on
such = delirious schedule. how many
men In the service know that even
yet?
Il How. for another Instance. Sinclair
4 and Francis took the ratty old car reel
4 Ing into Denver with the glass shriv-
+ s,ed. the paint bHstered. the hose burn
SNi aud tire sprung on one OF the
X Five Mines drivers. how many head
*quariers slaves know that!
81 Our end of the story never went In
&nt ail--neyer went In because II was
not deemed-well. essential 10 the get
:Stins up OF the annual report We could
Eha~e raised their hair; they could have
Sraised our salaries. but they didn't: we
fdIdn't.
81 In telling this story ! would not be
misunderstood. Ours Is not the only
3lne between Chicago and Denver.
There are others. l admit 1t. But there
ls only one line. all the same. that
could have taken. the Mcwi!llams Spe-
Seiai. as we did. out of Chicago at 4 In
3he evening and put 1t in Denver long
S Before noon the next day.
M A communication came from great
u La Sale street banker to the president
"a our road Next the second vice
sprcsident heard of 1t. but in this way:
"why have you turned down Peter
McWilliams' request for special to
Denver this afternoon asked the
president.
He wants too much" came back
Gver the private wire. I'VE can't do
~
After satisfying himself on this point
DE president called up La Sale street.
"OLr folks say. Mr. McwillIams. we
c1mply can't do IT,"
YOU must do It,"
When will the car he readyY''
IA "At 8 O'Clock"
s'When must II be in Denvery'
' ~Ten o'clock tomorrow morning"
The president nearly jumped the
Gire.
sg'.Mcwilliams. 81 you're crazy. What on
oarth do you mean?"
The talk came back SO low that the
Nlres hardly caught It. There were oc-
66sional outbursts such as. situation
= extremely critical Grave dan
e1r," "Acute Distress" "Nust help me
0nt"
But none of this would ever have
noved the president had not Peter
Mcwilllams been a bigger man than
cost corporations. and a personal re-
Quest from Peter. II he stuck for 1t.
could hardly be refused. and for this
~ most decidedly stuck.
''I tell You 1t Will turn Us upside
down." storined the president.
"Do you recollect." asked Peter Nc
williams. when yonr Internal old pot
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10

4 Tremendous nrroD shoo. ing hrOugh u
truss NJ nrc.
1913 minutes out Of Mccloud, and, look
ing happy, cussed Mr. McWilliams u
little and gave her another hatfui of
steam.
1t Is getting down II hill like the hills
OF the Matiaback valley. ut such a
pace tinI pounds the track out Of
shape. The Five-Nine lurched ut the
curves like mad woman, shook free
with very fury. and II the baggage car
had not been fairly loaded down with
the grtxf Of Mcwiiliams II must have
jumped the rnils n dozen times In As
many minutes.
Indeed the hreman-it was Jerry
MacElroy-twisting and shifting be-
tween the tender and the furnace. look
ed for the FIRST time grave and stole
questioning glance from the steam
gauge toward George.
But yet he didn't expect to see the
boy. his face set ahead and down the
track. straighten 80 suddenly up. sink
In the lever and close at the instant on
the air. Jerry felt her stumble under
his feet--caught up like girl In a
skipping rope-and. grabbing a brace.
looked. like q wise stOker. for his an-
swer out of his window. There far
ahead 1t rose In hot curling clouds OF
smoke down among the alfalfa mead
ows and over the sweep OF willows
along the Mattaback river. The Malta
back bridge was on fire, with the Nc
Williams Special on one side and Den
yer on the other.
Jerry .MacElroy yelled. The engineer
didn't even look around. only whistled
an alarm back to Pat Francis. eased
her down the grade bit, like man
rejecting. and watched the smoke ana
flames that rose to bar the McWilliamS
Special out of Denver.
The Fiye.Nine SKINNED across the
meadows without a break and pulled
up hundred feet from the burning
snapped like popcorn as the flames bit
into the rotten shed.
Pat Francis and his brakeman ran
forward. Across the river they could
see half a dozen section men chasing
wildly about throwing impOtent buck
cts of water ON the burning truss.
'"Wc'rc up against it, Georgie." cried
Francis
"Not If we can get across before the
bridge tumbIes into the river" return
ed Sinclair.
"You don't mean you'd try lt:'
"Woud i? Wouldn't i? You know
the orders. That bridge Is good for an
hour yet Pat. II you're game I'll run
It."
"Holy smoker mused Pat Francis.
who would have run the river without
any bridge at all II so ordered. 'They
told us to deliver the goods. didn't
they?"
1--WE might Us well be starting. Pat"
suggested Jerry MacElroy. who depre-
Gated losing good time. "Therell be
plenty of time to talk after we get into
Denver or the Mattaback."
"Think quick. Pat" urged Sinclair.
His safety was popping murder.
"Bacls her up. then. and let her go!'
cried Francis. I'D Just as lief have
that baggage car at tile bottom OF the
river as on my hands nny IonScr:'
There was some sharp footing: then
the McWilliams Special backed; back
cd away across the meadow, halted
and screamed hard enough to wake
the dead. George was trying to warn
the section men. At that instant the
door OF the baggage car opened. and
sharp featured young man peered ont.
whats the row? What's NIL this
screeching about. CONDUCTOR" be ask
cd as Francis passed.
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10
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: belongs to the
stories tn a {
u z : er were
told. this OF the
McWilli am 3
Special. But II
happened years
ago, and for
I Ii at matter
NcWilliams Is
La Junta tribune., 1907-08-10

sD0S vcHtU DpS"eu ~ S"U
eyed nlan.
e WAS busted eight years ago
turned inside out then.
= IN? And hung UP to dry.
Bident did recollect. He
decently help recollecting.
COLLECTED how. about that
h Peter Mcwllliarns had one
up for him matter OF
" ~ floating with a personal
carried It eighteen months
l eurity when money could
S] jim Wall street on govern
~ hat Is. have you hereto
pr q that = railroad beloass
w.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13
LABORER IS CRUSHED
BENEATH HUGE
WHEEL
900 Pounds of Metal Rolled
onto OCuS
COrCOrOtO.

With his body twisted and doubled
like a jack knife, his head jammed
against the floor, his nose broken and
suffering from many bruises, Ancocus
Corcoroto, a native employed in the
American Lumber company's mill at
kettner, N. M, lay beneath a huge
wheel weighing nine hundred pounds.
until his fellow workmen extricated
him from its grasp of death. He suf-
fered severe, and possibly fatal, in
ternal injuries.
The accident occurred near the
closing hour at the big mill Tuesday
evening, Corcoroto being engaged in
Oiling and cleaning the big wheel,
which In some manner unknown to
him became loosened and rolled onto
him before he could spring to safety.
Companions Saved Him.
With its great weigh, IL was slowly
crushing the life from his body when
companions who had witnessed the
accident moved it away
Physicians were Immediately sum-
mOned and after treatment at Kett-
ner, he was brought to this city and
placed IN st. Joseph hospital.
Today he Is somewhat improved
though his back is badly bruised and
his internal injuries are paining him
greatly.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13
BODY OF M|DSH|PMAN
is FOUND At
NORFOLK
Not Fully Identified. But ClOtn.
ing Is That Of Naval
Man.

Norfolk. Va, June ia report
from the jamestown exposition
grounds says that the body of one OF
the eleven men lost from the launch
of the battleship Minnesota, was to-
day found floating in Hampton
Roads. It has not been fully iden-
tilted.
The officials Of the fleet are firmly
settled in their belief that the launch
was run down by a coal carrier and
instantly sunk with all on board, the
fog in the harbOr preventing her oc-
cupants from seeing the big vessel
until too late
The body washed ashore is only
partially clothed. but is evidently that
Of one Of the midshipmen. All points
in this vicinity have been ordered to
watch for bodies or wreckage from
the launch
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13
CONVENTION IS IN
VER|TABlE FUROUE
st. John. of Nevada. Says That
Mdhoney Permitted Violence at
Industrial Workers Conven-
tion. Making No Protest
Against Such Acts.

Denver. Colo, June ia sensa-
ton occurred in the convention of
the Western Federation of Miners
today when Acting President G. L.
Mahoney read his report.
II presages a break between the
Western Federation of Miners ana
the Industrial Workers of the World
and perhaps serious fight in the
ranks of the Federation itself.
Mahoney, in his report, said that a
resolution had been adopted in the
meeting Of the union of Butte charg-
ing him with using the funds of the
Federation to help the Industrial
Workers, and also charging Mahoney
with being a traitor.
Denies Charges.
Nahoney denied the charges and
asked that written charges be filed
before the present convention, and
that he be given a chance to defend
himself.
He said that IL the charges proved
true he would ask the convention to
eSpell him from membership.
The charges are based on alleged
ACTORS CT Mahoney and some other
federation men a. 'he last conven-
tion of the Industrial Workers held
In Chicago.
Says He Hired Thugs.
Vincent st. John. OF Golddeld, Ne
vada, a member of the executive
board of the Federation, and one Of
the four Federation men at the In
dustrial Workers convention, in his
report to the miners convention, said
that the minority in the former con-
vention, supported by its officers,
stole all the offices, and refused to
make any report of the condition
of funds, delaying the meetings in
order TO tire out the delegates.
St Jpnn declared that the officers
employed thugs to slug those who
protested against these high handed
proceedings
He said he himself was hit with a
sllngshot. Mahoney st. John charg-
cd, was present when the thugs were
employed and made no protest.
He said also that John McMullen,
a member of the Federation execu-
tive board, knew of the employment
of the thugs, and conspired with C.
o. Sherman, of the Industrial Work.
ors, and others, to steal the offices
and run the convention with high
hand
Up to one o'clock when the con-
vention adjourned for the day in hon
or of the foundation of Butte union
No. l, no charges had been officially
filed against Mahoney or others
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13
BOISE TELEGRAMS
ARE INTERCEPTED
Members Compelled to Use Regis
tered Mail In Communicating
With HayWood'S Attorneys.
Officials Declare Adams
Will Not Testify.

Denver Colo. June IA total
of fifty-One new local unions organ
lied and the admittance of over 49,
900 new members by initiation during
the fiscal year ending March 81, 1907,
is the reply of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners to the Mine Owners
Association and their faithful allies,
the officials of Colorado and Idaho,
in their attempts to disrupt our or
gaulzation by kidnapping our officers
and charging them with almost
every crime known on the calendar" +"
said Acting Secretary Treasurer Jas.
Krwan in his annual report to the
Western Federation of Miners con-
NentiOn today
Kirwan is acting for Secretary
Haywood during the latter's enforced
absence. He has just returned from
Boise, Idaho, where he has been at
tending the Haywood trial.
Intolerable Conditions
The total membership of the fed
eratlon is given as forty thousand.
The total receipts for the fiscal
year were S224,S65; expenditures
The contributions to the Meyer,
Haywood and Pettibone defense fund
were $S77S7; disbursements $79,516.
An office has been established in
Trinidad, Colo, Secretary Kirwan re-
ports, for the purpose of facilitating
the work of organizing the coal min
ers, but the intolerable conditions
under which the men employed in
southern Colorado are compelled to
work, make ii hard matter to per-
feet their organization, as federation
members will not remain in that dis
trict any length of time"
Messages Tempered With.
The Western Federation is not
transacting any business of import
ance in Boise by the use of the tele-
graph. All communications are by
mail, and the letters are mostly reg
istered and carry special delivery
stamps TO make sure that they will
be delivered to the addressee.
This precaution is declared to be
necessary because the prosecution in
Boise, it is alleged, is getting copies
of all telegraphic communications
the defense. 1t is charged at the
federation headquarters in Denver
that this tampering with their mes
Sages has been going on for several
weeks.
The acting officials here say that
nothing they send over the wires is
private consequently they are COM
PEELED to resort to the more certain
but slower method of using the
mails. This has proved a decided
handicap on several occasions, they
declare, and they cite their inability
TO make private communications over
the wire to or from Boise as another
species Of persecution they claim they
are being subjected to.
Adams VIII not Testify.
steve Adams will not testify for
the prosecution in the Haywood
case"
This was the positive declaration of
Acting Secretary James Kirwan to
the convention. The federation leader
who returned from Boise last night
assured the delegates that Haywood s
lawyers have assurances from Adams
that he will repudiate his "confes-
sion" if ne is placed on the stand by
the prosecution.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13

occasion of this trip under the pat
ronage of the Plnkertons and that
Haywood approved of the deeds and
paid him money for them.
Orchard frankly admits that the
occasion of this trip was an under
standing with the Pinkertons that he
would attempt to lead Haywood and
the other federation leaders into the
commission of violence. He further
c'eims that he deceived the Pinker-
tons as to what really occurred be-
tween himself and Haywood on this
occasion and that while protesting TO
the Pinkertons to be working in good
faith to carry out their plans he was
deceiving them and was in hearty ac-
cord with Haywood and Meyer.
After this interview Orchard re-
turned to Cripple Greek. He admits
that in advance of the blowing up of
the independence depot he had not
communicated his intention to Hay
wood, but that he operated under
general instructions from Haywood
dnc Meyer to "cut things loose" in
the district. Neither Haywood, Moy-
er nor Pettibone knew that he was
the party who had pulled off that
horrible deed until, after doing so, he
met them in Denver and acquainte ed
them with the fact. They, he says,
approved of it then, however, and
paid him more money.
Lyte Gregory Murder.
As to the murder of Lyte Gregory
he practically admitted that neither
Meyer nor Haywood had anything to
do with that crime until after its
commission. What he claims is tbat
Pettibone suggested to him in the
afternoon that he kill Gregory and
he killed him that night.
Then followed the alleged attempts
upon the lives of Judges Gabbert and
Goddard, ID. II. Moffat and Governor
Peabody. He plainly places the re-
sponsibility for these attempts upon
the three prisoners.
Orchard does claim, however. that
before going to IdHEo to murder
Steunenberg Haywood and his two
alleged confederates had knowledge
Of his purpose and counseled and ad-
vised II.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13
WILL PUBLISH ONLY
CONSERVATIVE
ACCOUNT
Japanese Government Ad-
viSeS Toxic Newspapers to
Abstain From Agitation.
AOM MAINTAINS
SILENCE POLICY

Toxic, June 13.-The newspaper
men of this city were summoned be-
fore the home department today
and were officially advised to abstain
from the publication of any matter
of infiammatOry character concern
ing the American question.
Without exception, a promise was
given that only conservative ac-
counts will hereafter appear in Toxic
papers.
Ambassador Silent.
Washington, ID. c., June l3.-Con-
tinuing his policy of adding nothing
in the way Of comment or facts to
the discussion of the Japanese
American incident Viscount Aoki,
the japanese ambassador, today de-
MED himself 70 newspaper men and
no statement was issued from the en-
bassy relative to the reported devel-
opment of strength in the opposition
party in Japan.
Aoki is understood to take the view
that there are no matters of differ
ence between the United States and
Japan which are not capable of ad-
Justment If allowed 10 be considered
on their merits.
1t Is said to be this view that leads
him to deprecate the publication in
this country of the propaganda
which is being used in Japan to in
huence votes in the fall for members
of the lower house in the Japanese
legislative body
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-13
.F|REMEN OVERCOME
At FACTORY BLAZE

New York, June 13.-Fire In a big
piano factory at Seventeenth street
and Southern boulevard in the
Bronx, gave the fireman hard fight
early today.
The building was destroyed but the
hames were kept from spreading.
A dozen firemen were overcome by
smoke.
The loss is $780, 900, partially COW
cred by insurance. The building was
occupied by the Winter Company
and Heller & Brooks.