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La Junta tribune., 1907-11-30
without any broken bones. We. do
not care to contemplate the result
Of engaging. in q football game. 1t
is altogether too appalling.

If Little Johnny Jones" ever
comes marching back to La Junta he
will at least be assured of a good
house, for the attraction was one Of
the best that ever appeared in the
local Thespian Temple. The great
family journal is of the opinion that
the title of the play is a misnomer.
1t ought to be called "l'he I'm
known" for this character is really
the star of the play. The bon mots
that he handed out indiscrimately
to everybody he happened to bump
into, and it was usually bump,
were the extreme limit. and on ac-
count of their being so spontaneous
and pat to the situation in hand
were appreciated by the packed
house to the uttermost degree. The
singing chorus was of the best. and
all of the members We're clad in
raiment rich and rare and not in any
instance too abbreviated to shock
the modesty of a prude. The stage
settings were the best ever seen in
La Junta. especially the scene show
ing the debarkation of the big liner,
and its appearance second later.
AL at sea-" with electric lights
glimmering and sky rockets ascend
ing from the foremast. 1t looked
30 natural that it required an effort
to realize that it was not the real
thing. Well. so long, Johnny
Jones'" don't forget to come back to
La Junta.
La Junta tribune., 1907-11-30

Twenty-four representatives Of
various departments of Santa Fe
officialdom made themselves con-
spicuous lin box at the La Junta
Theater last Monday night on the
occasion of the presentation of
Little Johnny Jones' When the
gang came in late there was a hush
ed murmur of inquiry all over the
lower section of the auditorium,
which plainly said. WHO it is?" As
no one appeared to know. the con
census of opinion finally settled
down to the conclusion, They must
be from sSwink?'
La Junta tribune., 1907-11-30

Manager Bourne, of the La Junta
Theater. says that the Little John
ny Jones' aggregation was the
finest bunch Of theatrical people.
and the most pleasant in every way
that he ever had anything to do
with. The company Is a large one
and the members were much pleased
with the reception accorded them in
La Junta. The box receipts in this
city were over $675. while in Pueblo
they only had $4OO house. The
company carries stage carpenter.
electrician and property man and
each one had an assistant. making
eight in all. The Unknown Off
ciated as stage manager. and Mr..
Bourne vouches for the statement
that he is not possessed of mean
disposition. like most stage mana
gers.. Although. handicapped for
lack Of stage room and dressing
rooms The Unknown" did not make
= kick Of any kind. nor did he in q
single instance call La Junta a jay
town and all the people in it a lot Of
rubes. He was perfect gentleman
La Junta tribune., 1907-11-30

Lit isithe custom of a newspaper
man to boom the city for all it is
worth month after month and then
see $50 worth of printing go out Of
the city because 10 cents can be saw
ed by so doing. 1t is the business of
newspaper men to give every local
enterprise enthusiastic and frequent
sendoffs and then catch sheol be-
cause he failed to record the fact
that some prominent, citizen had his
delivery wagon painted; to subscribe
to every public, charitable
and church enterprise, advertise
themifor nothing. pay his own way
to everything and then .be called
prejudiced and mean spirited be-
cause column is not devoted to
that particular affair. Do you won
der chat there are 50 many cranks
in the newspaper business? 1t is
bound to make either crank or a
philosopher out of a man.
La Junta tribune., 1907-11-30

both on and off the stage. and when
not the cynosure Of al eyes on the
stage he was behind the scenes
maFing things move like clockwork.
They say that off the stage The
Unknown" looks the part of the
character he played on the stage.
Wed like to meet him, and the
pleasure would all be ours.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
People Talked About.

Senator A. o. Bacon of Georgia has
been reelected for the full term be.
ginning March 4, 1908.
Richard Mansfield, the actor, who
has been seriously Ill at Sussex, Eng
land, announces that he is well on the
road TO recovery, but will not return
to the stage for a year.
DR.. Ashland Oronhyatekha, son OF
the late supreme ranger of the lnde-
pendent Order OF Foresters, was found
dead in bed at Deserento, Ont. Death
was due to heart failure.
DR.. Sophus Bugg, professor Of Ian
guage in the University of Christlania,
is dead. He was the best known phi
~lologist Of Norway. The stoxthing
voted him a state funeral.
The memory Of Maj. Gen. Shafter,
who commanded the American troops
in Cuba during the Spanish war, mas
been honored by bestowing his name
upon the new military post near Hon
olulu.
Rev. DR.. r. r. Donohoo, a promi-
nent divine, whose efforts in behalf
OF Americanized Chinese caused him
TO be recognized as an authority by
Chinese mission workers throughout
the United States, died In Pittsburg
Of heart disease.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Haywood Stands Borah's GriIling.

w SIdnuS oOi az
Boise. July IA. - William D. Hay
wood, charged with the murder OF
Frank Steunenberg, left the witness
/ chair this afternoon. He had been un'
der examination six hours, the time
being equally divided between his own
/ ounse and Senator Borah. who con-
Quoted the cross.examination. Hay
woods testimony practically closes
the case for the defense. One witness
will be called to-day and his eXamina-
ton will take up about fifteen minutes
The state will then begin the rebuttal.
Rapid-fire Questions.
Borah's cross-examination, always
rapid fire, was more than usually
quick yesterday, but from first to last
Haywood preserved complete self
control. At times his replies came as
quickly as the questions were flung at
him. Again he would hesitate and
speak slowly, with marked emphasis.
Mr.. Borah's n was courteous
throughout, hut now and then a tinge
of sarcasm appeared as he insisted on
a direct answer and Haywood appear
ed reluctant. Haywood in turn was as
courteous as the cross-eXaminer.
Feeling Toward St%eunenberg.
Once when Senator Borah pressed
Haywood as to his sentiment toward
Former Governor Steunenberg, Hay
wood said quietly and with a smile, Il
felt no different toward Steunenberg
than | do towards you or any of those
people"
Senator Borah looked up quickly
but did not smile. He said very quiet
ly: Eyes; / have been given to under
stand something of that Sort" and did
not pursue the subject.
Much of Haywood's testimony yes
terday was a repetition in detail of
what Meyer said Thursday. Haywood,
however. made no effort to deny his
knowledge Of Orchard and his affairs
or his connection with Simpkins.
Haywood Denies Crimes.
Like Meyer, Haywood said he had
never heard Orchard make threats
against ~Steunenberg. Haywood in
many particulars confirmed Orchard.
but where Orchard connected Hay
wood or the Western Federation with
crime the witness was emphatic and
prompt in his denials. He showed no
desire % conceal the fact that Orchard
had visited him at his house, or that
he on different occasions had intimate
conversations with Orchard. He de-
the administration of Colo.
RADIO at the time of the troubles as cor.
rupt and he extolled the Western Fed.
Grafton.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
From Other Shores.

The Italian minister of marine has
ordered the construction OF four bat
tleships to be named Roma, Vittoria
Emmanuel, Napoli and Regina Hell
ems
a big strike OF agricultural labor
ers is being prepared at Kiev, Russia.
The governor threatens to have re-
course to military force IL necessary
to meet the situation.
A portion Of the state regalia, val
ued at $3.50, 600, has been stolen from
Dublin castle. The safe In which the
regalia was kept vas forced. Sensa-
tional developments are expected.
The parish priest of the village of
La Matre, France, finding himself
without a band of choir boys. estab-
lished a photograph in his church TO
recite the liturgy and chant the re-
sponses.
Andre pAnncien, a student In the
medical college at Rochefort, France,
has given a demonstration of a new
substance called ~"molybdot," pos
sessing the qualities of bromide of ra-
dunn.
During a division in the house of
commons in London Sir Alfred Bill
son, a member for the northwest di-
vision of S~taffordshire, died suddenly
from apoplexy. The house immedi-
ately adjourned.
1t is stated in military circles in
na-s- that Mai A1frDL Drax-f,c tho
former captain Of artillery who was
sentenced on a charge of treason to
imprisonment on Devils Island, is
shortly to retire from the army, ac-
cepting a pension.
1t is officially announced at Berlin
that the thaler on Oct. I will cease to
be legal tender. 1t is the only coin
extant antedating the establishment
OF the empire, and its disappearance
will mark the establishment OF a pure
gold standard in Germany.
Giacomo Puccini, the Italian com
poser, has decided to choose an
American subject for the opera he
purposes to write after he completes
his present work, an opera on the life
OF Marie Antoinette. The gold miners
OF California will be his chief person
ages.
Nine. Fromonki, who in March last
attempted to assassinate Gen. Rhein.
bot, the ex-prefect of police OF Mos
COW, and who on May 13 made an at
tempt to murder the inspector of the
uolitical nrisou there. wounding him
with a pistol, which had been SNUG
gled into her cell, was sentenced to
death.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18

Frank Pitt, ten years old, Is dead at
Oelwein, Iowa, as a result, 1t is believ.
ed, OF eating wild gooseberries.
Fire at Montgomery, Ala, deF-oyed
q part OF a railway greight depot.
Forty-two cars OF first-class freight
were burned. Loss, $4,000
Cora Turner, seventeen years old,
was fatally burned at Moulton, Iowa,
by the explosion of a can of kerosene.
She was using the oil to start a fire
in the kitchen stove.
Overcome by the torrential outpour.
Ing of the spirit which followed Elder
Leonard's exhortation at a four-hour
service at Ellington, N. Y, Mrs. Emma
Risley dropped dead.
With the GOODNESS and ability Of a
veteran fire chief, Mrs. Natalie
Schenck Collins directed the fighting
Of a fire which broke out In the Cad
wallader college at Newport, r. /.
Christopher Horandt, a wealthy silk
manufacturer of Paterson, N. j., was
killed and other members Of his family
injured when a locomotive struck and
demolished an automobile in which
the party was riding.
Two brick buildings, three stories
high, in the center of the wholesale
district of indianapolis, collapsed,
causing a loss of $780, 00. A subse-
quent fire in the debris entailed a
considerable portion OF the loss. The
buildings were among the Oldest in
the city.
Mrs. William Schultz was burned to
death at Tripoli, Iowa, while lighting
a kitchen fire. She poured kerosene
in the stove to hasten the fire, the can
exploded and the burning fluid was
cast over the woman, setting her
clothing on fire. She was alone when
the accident occurred and was dead
when found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Criminal.

f. T.. Ellsworth, wanted at Kenosha,
Wis, on a charge of forgery, has been
arrested at Marquette, Mich. He will
fight extradition.
AS the result Of a quarrel over IS
cents Ignatius Kurilla was shot dead
at st. Louis. Steve Dubinski was ia
tally wounded and Andy Hunyons was
arrested on the charge Of having done
the shooting.
Despondent because Of family troub-
les, Mrs. V. r. Templemap of Mar.
shalltown, Iowa, drank a quantity of
codeine In an attempt at suicide. A
physician was called and her act was
rendered futile.
What Is believed to be tire Oldest
! suicide on record in Iowa occurred at
Luzerne when Jacob Schuchert, eigh-
ty-five years old, took poison and died
a few minutes later. He often had de
ciared OF late that be was tired of liv-
ing.
Becoming suddenly insane, probably
from heat, while at work at the new
building Of the Trust Company of
America in New York, a plasterer ran
amuck with a Ratchet among his fell
low workmen. He attacked three of
them, two of whom were probably ia.
tally injured.
An attempt was made to blow up
the home in Chicago Of John Condor,
the race track magnate and leader in
the recent fight between the Western
Jockey club and the American Turf
association. A hole seven feet in di.
ameter was made in the building.
None OF the occupants suffered injury.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Meyer on Stand for His comrad..

Boise, Idaho, July 13.-William d.
Haywood took the oath yesterday as a
witness In his W defense, and in a
lengthy narrative of his life and his
work as a leader of his fellow miners.
denied guilt of the murder of Frank
S~teunenberg and the manifold crimes
charged against him by Harry Or
chard.
Haywood's testimony was chiefly
characterized with positive denials OF
allegations made against him by the
prosecution. He denied that he met
Orchard until some time after the Vim
dicator explosion: denied that he sent
Orchard back to Cripple Greek to blow
up the Independence station; denied
participation in the Lyle Gregory muir
der, and denied suggesting or discuss
ing the Steunenberg murder.
Never Gave Orchard Money.
He swore that he never gave Or
chard any money at any time or place
for any purpose. He declared that he
never made a threat against Steunen-
berg, whom he said he regarded only
as he did any politician who is being
swayed by ~capitalistic influence. The
direct examination had net reached
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
RUNAWAY CAR TURNS OVER.
Four Passengers Are Injured in Min
neapoIis.

Minneapolis, July ia Cedar and
Emerson car, running at a terrific
rate, jumped the track at the foot of
a steep grade at Fremont avenue and
Thirty-third street last night. 1t turn
ed on it's side and plowed over the
ground q distance of fifty feet. Five
passengers were in the car, and four
of them were hurt. The motorman
and conductor and J.. Davis escaped
with a few bruises. The accident was
due to the failure of the air brake to
work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Accidental Happenings.

While attempting to cross In front
OF an ore train at Ishpeming. Mich.
Eegard Eckhoff, aged twelve, was cut
In twain.
The three-year-old child Of John
Bailey Of Mason City, Iowa. fell from
a swing and fractured its spine. living
only a few hours.
AS q result Of cloudbursts which oc-
Cured in the upper portion OF the
Yellowstone valley and which caused
foods In Yellowstone and Clark's Fork
rivers considerable damage resulted to
crops and buildings in the lowlands
along these streams. Accompanying
the torrents of rain was q large
amount OF hail, which did great injury
to crops.
Three miners were crushed to death
In the new mine of the Nova Scotia
Steel and Coal company at Sydney.
The men we're working deep in the
pit when q loaded box accidentally
tall into the pit and on bop of them.
Xxx ID" M.U
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
$1,000 Escape Tent Disaster,
SURVIVE LONG FALL.
Two Miners Only Slightly Hurt by
Drop of Se~venty-five Feet.

Butte, Mont, July 16.-By the Civ
ing away of stull Joseph McGafigan
and Frank Rench, miners employed in
the st. Lawrence mine were precipi-
tated through eight floors, a distance
of s~eventy-fve feet. Their compan-
ions hurried to the spot where they
struck, expecting to find both dead,
but they were not seriously injured.
McGaffgan sustained an ugly scalp
wound, a sprained wrist and injuries
to his back, while Rench had only a
few cuts and bruises to show for his
long fall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
TWO WOMEN HURT.
Parkers Prairie Horse Refuses 10 Be
Ridden by Them.

Parkers Prairie, Mimi, July 16. -
While entertaining a group of friends
with an exhibition of her skill in
horsemanship, Mrs. William A. Nc
Nair was thrown from her horse and
seriously injured. The horse suddenly
reared and threw its rider in such a
manner that several ribs were broken,
Miss Mary McNair attempted to ride
the same horse, but fell under It's
hoofs and received a Vrenched shout
der and had her body severely bruis'
ed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
General.

The Oklahoma district of Johns
town was swept by a hail storm
which caused $4,000 damage to
crops.
A proposed consolidation Of the
United States Leather company with
the Central Leather company was en-
Joined at Newark, N. J..
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky has
named r. H. Blain of Louisville to be
city Judge in place of the judge who
was removed by a decision Of the court
Of appeals.
The Great Lakes Engineering works
at st. Clair. Mich, has announced an
indefinite shutdown of the company's
yards, owing to the unsatisfactory
condition Of the labor market.
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis
has been appointed by the United
States census bureau as special agent
to compile complete statistics Of the
Catholic population of the country.
estimated at 10000 0
Women of Nelson county, Virginia,
will erect a costly monument to the
memory of Theodore Estes, who was
recently shot and killed by Judge VIII
liam Loving for the alleged mistreat.
ment Of his young daughter.
Deering, Kan. has no Jail. A day or
two ago it became necessary for the
deputy sheriff to make several arrests
Tor drunkenness. The prisoners were
tied to trees where their verbal effu.
sions would not disturb anybody.
Mrs. Andrew Lucusko, a pretty
young bride of Trevorton, Pa, earned
1886 by permitting all the wedding
guests to kiss her. following her arri-
val from church at the home of her
husband. The price was 81 per kiss.
The Missouri state board Of agri.
culture has appointed Curtis Hill of
st. Louis, an engineer, to draw up
plans for a roadway sixty feet wide
and macadamized with limestone t.
connect st. Louis and Kansas City.
The SLY wiles OF Cupid threaten to
disrupt the public schools OF Kansas,
according to State Superintendent
Fairchild. who says Kansas Is threat
ened with a shortage of school teach.
ers. He has heard from thirty-eight
ct the hundred and five counties, and
1t seems there will be a shortage OF
more than 1000 teachers.
Indianapolis viii entertain the
North American saengerfest in June
1908. The great meeting Of singing so
cieties will be held In the live stock
pavilion now being constructed at the
state fsir grouns. The seating capac'
itv n 1880.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Enqine Wrecks Buggy.

Billings, Mont, July 16.-While at
tempting to cross the tracks Of the
Northern Pacific railroad in this city
a horse and buggy which was in
charge of Kemp Haythorne, a twelve.
year-old boy, was struck by a switch
engine. The horse was killed and the
vehicle reduced to kindling wood.
The boy was seriously injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Served Out Guns.
Governors Salute Fatal.

Port Townsend. Wash. July Is. =
One man killed and two severely
burned marred the reception to Gov
Mead and staff at Fort Worden yester.
day.
AS a governors salute of seventeen
guns was fired from a battery one gun
became o~verheated and as the charge
was driven home 1t exploded. Private
Tobassen. S~ixty-second company, re.
ceived the full force Of the charge.
which blew on one arm and badly
mashed his hand.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
|FLAYS HARTMAN
AND HIS METHODS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS.
SION LAYS CRIME TO MAG.
NATE.
POWER IS ALMOST ABSOLUTE
RAILROAD GAR is SCORED FOR
lNDEFENSiBLE FlNANc-
ING.

Washington, July 16.-E. II. Harr1-
man, the railroad magnate, stands
charged by the interstate
commission of a criminal offense pun
ishable by a fine and Imprisonment of
not less thar six months, with main
tanning a gigantic combination in re-
straint OF interstate and foreign com
merce; with draining the ~our of
a prosperous railroad, and with con-
Quoting his operations under what the
commission characterizes as a method
of indefensible financing"
Absolute Monarch.
Hartman, the %autocrat of Wall
street, a leading factor in railroad
operations of the East and almost the
absolute monarch in railroad and
steamboat transportation west of the
Mississippi river; the beneficiary of
enormous land grants from the fed
eral government that are now of meal
culable value; the would-be director
of political parties and the arrogant
scorner of courts, commercial integri-
ty and the big stick" is at last face
to face with the legal machinery Of
the government which he has so often
scorned.
Commission Makes Good.
The interstate commerce commits
sion, after months of exhaustive in.
v~estigation, in which it was from
time TO time piqued by the audacious
contempt of the Hartman people and
after an expenditure of what it is be-
lieved may ultimately reach a quarter
of a million of dollars in the prosecu-
ton of this case. has made good"
1t has UNANIMOUSLY found Hartman
guilty as charged"
The Hartman Plague.
Briefly summarized the findings of
the commission 80 to the Hartman
plague, it's evils and cure, are as fol-
lows:
His Characterization of the act of
June 20, 1874, in discrimination in
management of the Central Pacific;
fine 5 1000; Imprisonment not less
than six months. Conducting combi-
nation in restraint of trade.
His Policy - To gather under one
head all transcontinental lines and
to exclude all competitors.
His Power-Well nigh absolute
over his entire systems.
His Railroad Control-Seven great
systems, every steamship line on the
Pacific, south of Puget sound and two
big steamship lines on the Atlantic.
His Partial Railroad Control
Eleven systems and three express
companies.
IndefensinIe Financiering.
His Indefensible Financiering
Taking a rake-off of nearly $114,OO0,-
600 from a railroad that cost but $751;
000,0 600.
His Future Intention - Suppression
of all railroad competition, if not
headed of by federal interference.
Probable Result of 1t All-Busting
of combination; criminal prosecution
and enactment of laws combining inter
state roads to business of transporta-
ton: preventing control by one line or
parallel and competing lines, n reg
ulating issuance of railroad securities.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
FATAL STORM NEAR MITCHELL
ONE MAN KILLED AND A NUMBER
OF HOUSES AND BARNS
WRECKED.

Mitchell, S. D., July 16. - A tornaao
visited this section Saturday night.
The storm came from the west, n IN
the vicinity of Mount Vernon n MAI
was killed and a number OF houses
and barns were wrecked. All tele-
phone and telegraph wires went down
and no outside information could De
secured until yesterday morning.
John NJ. Pease, living three miles
north of Mount Vernon, was killed. A
part of his family had gone into the
cellar when the storm came up ana
others went across the road and took
refuge in a grove. Mr.. Pease, a few
moments a%fterward, started across the
O to see if the children were safe,
and when a hundred feet from the
house the wind picked him up and
carried him fifty feet in the air. and IN
dropping to the ground he was crush
ed. He lived but a few minutes. Two
women are reported killed near Mount
Vernon. but this has not been verlned.
Additional details of the damage done
by the storm east of Mount vernon
show that the damage was heavy. a
number of houses and barns was
wrecked.
5000 Escape Tent Disaster.
Watertown, S. D., July 15.-Thirty
minutes after the tents of the Barnum
& Bailey circus had been deserted by
a crowd of Is, 900 people, a wind storm
demolished the menagerie tent and
one man was killed and three others
seriously injured by falling poles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Sneak Thieves Busy.

Winona, Mimi, July 16. - Sneak
thieves are becoming numerous and
troublesome In Winona. In the last
two weeks a dozen houses have been
entered and considerable money and
valuable articles were stolen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-18
Shoots His Foot.

Preston, Mimi, July 16. = Willie
Howard, nine years old, blew of a
part of n foot with a shotgun yes.
terday, and there is grave danger of
blood poisoning from the powder
burns.