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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

L. A. Jackson of Orchard and w. II.
Wilson of Denver. have sold to Den
yer company a reservoir location ff
teen miles north of Fort Morgan. The
company will be known as the Chain
of Lakes Reservoir & Ditch Company
and will water about $500 acres.
Among the successful candidates for
the bachelor of arts degree at Dart
mouth college are Warren Currier
Greeley. Colorado, John Baldwin
Glaze and Mason Avery Lewis. both
of Denver. Glaze is captain of the
baseball team and captained the foot
ball team last fall.
The Ell Paso County Stock Growers.
Association has passed a resolution
asking that the Legislature be request
ed to appropriate $4,000 for the study
of a disease which has broken out in
the horses in the eastern part of the
county. The epidemic has killed
many animals ac.l the veterinarians
are unable to fin,s a cure.
DIV. Spencer. who died at New Cas-.
tie, Indiana, on the 9th inst, came to
Pueblo with the Santa Fe railway and
was one of the pioneer railroad men
of the west. For years he was super.
intendent of bridges and buildings on
the Santa Fe, with headquarters ut
Pueblo.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
WESTERN NEWS.

Floods at Guthrie, Oklahoma. com
)lstely demoralized the train service
At one time not one of the six roads
entering Guthrie were in operation
William White. a farmer. was Killed.
several farmhouses were destroyed
and property damage resulted from a
tornado which passed near Watonga
Monday night.
Senator Robert VI. Toilette has an
nounced that Henry F. Cochems of
Milwaukee will place him in nomina-
tion for the presidential candidacy at
the Republican national convention
William J. Bryan. it is reported from
Lincoln. will not go to Louisiana in
response to an Invitation sent from
New Orleans. Bryan has planned to
rest al Fairview and probably will not
leave the state for more than a month.
Unofficial estimates made by those
in charge of the school census indi-
cate that Chicago now has a popula-
ton OF about 2,li0.OO0. The total pop
ulation reported in the census OF 1904,
when the last general school census
was taken. was 1,7li.l4i-
About 1000 people were driven from
their homes Tuesday in North Topeka
by the flood in the kaw river. The
major portion found shelter in Topeka
proper. where the auditorium, school
buildings and private homes were OPP
ened to them. No loss of life has been
reported. but there has been much
property loss.
There are 100000 railroad ties
along the encampment. Brush. Doug
las and French creeks being driven by
the spring freshets down TO the North
Platte river and then to Tie Siding, on
the Union Pacific in Wyoming. from
which point they will be distributed to
the various Hartman roads. These
ties are valued at about 40 cents each.
A new feature of the trip to the ma
tionaI Democratic convention at Den
yer has been decided upon by the
Tammany executive committee. 1t
has been arranged that the trains en-
route to Denver will stop over two
hours at Kansas City and Omaha.
July 5th. to allow the Tammanyites to
90 TO church
Colonel Henry Watterson of Louis
Vile was in Lincoln on the 10th inst,
the guest of W. ]. Bryan at Fairview.
In an interview he said: Il have &C
cepted Bryan as the inevitable candi-
date of the Democratic party and he
will be nominated on the first ballot
/ think Bryan is stronger than ever
before and has a much better chance
to win"
The eIectrolytic smelter of th,. Bos-
ton & Montana. one of the Amalgam-
ated CoDper companies. will be closed
Gown for two months. during which
time the Boston * Montana mines in
Butte viii. remain closed unless ar
engagements can be made to handle the
ore of the company at Anaconda. Five
thousand men are affected by the
shutdown.
A detachment Of soldiers surprised
a band of fifteen night riders who
were in the act of destroying tobacco
beds on the farm of Ephriam Martin
near Hiett. Ohio. Wednesday. A
pitched battle ensued. the riders fin
ally fleeing upon their horses. 4 sur
vey of the field did not show any
blood spots. indicating that any person
was injured. 1t is expected number
of arrests will be made as a result of
evidence secured by the soldiers.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

There are in New Haven about 1000
persons who have come from sin
gle province in Italy. They pride
themselves-and well they may--on
the fact that during the last 20 years
not one of them has been sentenced
to Jail in New Haven, there has not
been single divorce case no one
han been implicated 70 muraer case.
ant there have been rev civ, actions
among them. 1t is evidenr, either
that these Italians are most uncom-
mcnly good people by nature. or that
the air of Connecticut makes it s:ill
the land of steady habits"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Fort Collins. Colo.-The Elks of
Colorado have had good time at their
gathering here. Pueblo won the conven-
ton for 1909. Ouray withdrawing in its
favor. and Leadville won the presi-
dency of the association. r. L. Holland
OF Colorado Springs announced his can
didacy for the office of grand exalted
ruler at the national convention in
Dallas. Officers were elected as fol-
lows; President, Kenneth Fahnestock
OF Leadville; first vice president. Jerry
Halloran of Victor: second vice presi-
dent. w. w. Rowen of Ouray: third
vice president, r. G. Watson of Gree
ley; secretary, w. H. Wheaton, of Dem
yer; treasurer. A. NJ. Hawley of Fort
Collins.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
MIGHT YET BE PERSUADED.
Sweet Girl Brought to Ask Time for
Reconsideration.

Since you can be no more than a
sister to me-" said the heartbroken
young man. will you not give me one
kiss OF FAREWELL"
She assented. albeit coldly.
And Mannering drew the girl to his
heart. he pressed his lips to hers with
a passionate fervor born of his de-
spair.
Afterward her head sank gently up
On his shoulder.
Mfr. Mannering." she breathed,
this is all so-all SO new TO me-so
strangely different from my expecta-
tions-perhars, If you would give me
dme-time to reconsider"
But, dear reader. let us draw a veil
over the sacred scene.-ENchange
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
Shot by Handles Waterman.

Denver.-A La Junta dispatch tells
of the shooting of A. Velasquez. a Mex.
lean. by T. w. Kennedy. Waterman
at the Santa Fe coal yards, early Fri
day morning. Kennedy found Velas.
quez in the yards and thought he was
stealing coal. When accosted Velas.
quez made a motion as if to draw a
revolver and Kennedy shot him, caus-
ing instant death.
Kennedy has no hands. but car
ried revolver swinging in front of
him. and is able to use it skillfully by
holding it in the stumps of his hands
and pressing the stock against his
stomach
The coroner's jury found that Ken.
uedy shot in self defense.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
Rally Of Republicans.

Chicago.-The tramp of convention
hosts is now fairly under way. and
tonight Chicago is beginning TO throb
with the confusion and excitement of
arriving throngs. some with banners
and flags, and gaily uniformed march
ers, others made up of state delega-
lions with their conspicuous leaders
and their cohorts of strong lunged fol-
lowers and shoulders, others with their
friends and admirers of the various po-
litical candidates. and still others and
again Others Of the curious onlookers
drawn from every section of the coun-
try. including many representatives OF
foreign nations who have come to wit
ness this national spectacle.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Indianapolis S. Taylor,
former governor OF Kentucky. and now
fugitive in This city, where he has
lived since the assassination OF Cover
nor Goebel. made this statement when
he learned of the pardons:
The pardon of Caleb Powers ana
James Howard is most righteous act.
Never before in the history of this
country have two men suffered more
unjustly."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

France is confronting a serious prob
lem in the excess of the death rate
over the birth rate. II is more than
Nationalist is a world tragedy for
nation so conspicuous in history
and in romance, in poetry and gallant
achievement as France to be com
PEELED to face. even remotely, the pros
peel of diving out.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Toasting the diplodocus. by drinking
to its health, as was done by the Ber-
lin enthusiasts. presents several puz-
zles. remarks the Pittsburg Dispatch.
AS the health of the diplodocns has
been for many centuries either past
recall, or-in its fossil state-superior
to the lapse of time, it does no, ap-
pear that drinking to its preservation
can be particularly effective. How
ever. as 1t could do no harm to the
diplodocus. and the coasters seemed to
enjoy 1t, there is no need for objection
to 1t. provided it is no. DOM too fire.
0uentlv.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
W0MAN'S
BACKACHE

The back is the handspring of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part of
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy. normal condition is
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Kansas City.-The great KawMis-
souri, food, which has almost reached
its crest. drew hundreds of thousands
of sight-seors Sunday to the bluffs over
looking the flooded bottoms. The water
has done all the damage that is in its
power. The railroad yards have been
evacuated: The packing houses and bus
mess establishments have vacated their
lower floors: Armourdale has been en-.
tirely abandoned by its $1,000 inhabi-
tants, and water is running twelve feet
deep in its streets There is no ex-
citement anywhere, the evicted people
having found shelter for themselves
and their movable property.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

A young man in New York was ar
rested for kissing girls on the street.
but explained he kissed them because
seeing so many pretty girls set him
crazy. What a wave of OSCILLATION
would strike Baltimore. exclaims the
Baltimore American, If the number of
pretty girls turned masculine heads
like that
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

A foreign nobleman who has been
Writing in this country says that
American girls are foolish to marry
for titles, as the titled husbands are
no good and do not represent the best
of their class. He need not be giving
this out for information, after the II.
tied fortune hunters themselves have
been doing everything in their power
to publish broadcast the same knowl-
edge.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

A new German law provides that
the German language shall be used at
all public meetings in all parts of
the empire. This is part OF the sys-
tesnatic effort TO bring about the Ger
maniIation Of Alsace. German Pplsnd
and the Danish districts of Schleswig-
Holstein. The number OF people af-
fected is about 100000. Language
is the mightiest implement of con-
quest.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
Hawaiian Cowboys Coming.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-Thousands of miles
from Cheyenne, in Honolulu, Hawaii
island, more interest is mani
Tested in the coming Frontier
days celebration just at this
time than exists in Cheyenne. the
scene of the show. The reason for this
circumstancu is that Eben K. Low,
formerly 2 Wyoming cowboy, and now
a wealthy land owner of Honolulu, has
announced That he intends to bring two
Hawaiian cowboys to Cheyenne to com
pete in the worlds championship riding
and roping contests of the celebration.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Gold has been discovered in the
Philippines. Those islands may yet
pay handsomely. Alaska was long
called Stewards Folly" But 1t is one
of the finest Investments any country
ever made.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Depositors OF a busted japanese
bank have formally requested the
president to commit suicide. whereas
in this country the depOsitors are ex-
pected to do that
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

It is reported that a well-known
football player is suffering from the
effects of overstudy. This sounds ex-
tremeiy Ike story that can be cor
rectly classed with the nature fakes
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

II the matter were to be put to
votes of males between 10 and 20. the
schools would be closed and all mathe-
NAUTICAL problems would be worked out
on score cards,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

The symptoms are that the print
paper and wood pulp schedule will
have to wait and take its chances
with the others. Meanwhile it will
remain sacrosanct-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Cuba exported sI.s3e.o23 worth of
tobacco. 1865. $40 worth of cigars. s24.-
2s4 worth of cigarettes and s11.555
worth of cut tobacco in March, 1905.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

A Philadelphia doctor says now
that 1t is whiskered men that make
kissing dangerous. He must have a
friend in the safety razor business.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

10 re are 800 paint factories in this
Country. making over 100000 gal
Ions of paint year and the business
demand is increasing faster than the
facilities.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

One firm of four men having their
headquarters near the Illinois river
gather 5000 worth of pelts every
year, which are sent to Europe
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

A Columbus. o.. man saved his life
by clinsIng TO mules tail. The grave
yards are full of men who tried this
method and failed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Among flowers the chrysanthemum
Is said to live the longest after being
cut
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

The collection of anthropoid apes in
the Regents Park Gardens, London, is
the finest ever brought together.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Perhaps London did not care for
The College Widow" because It had
never met her.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

With a big deficit in her budget
Japan is not yearning for war at the
present moment
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Ogden Armour carries only $3.50
with him when he is in Europe. He
doesn't want to be tempted TO over
tip the walters.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

A lecturer asserts that American
babies CRY be. ause they are overfed-
How in the world did he ever find out !
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Every father of seven or more chill
dren is practically exempt from taxa
tion in France.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Raisuli is a hard man to kill. A face
like his would h, re been the death
of an ordinary man long ago.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Germany sends 1000. 900 feathers a
year to England for millinery pur-
poses.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17

Great opportunities exist in Spain
Tor American farm implements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
New York Boy
Kills His Mother.

New York, April S.-Because his
mother, Susan Carlin, had sent him to
various reformatory institutions in
which he had been prisoner for many
years, Bernard Carlin today shot and
instantly killed her at her home in
Brooklyn. Young Carlin had just been
released from the reformatory at Ma
panoch, to which he had been sen
fenced for stealing a horse and wagon.
He was arrested after the shooting.
When Carlin was freed from the re-
f0rmatory the superintendent gave
him SO for a new start in life. He ar
rived in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon,
bought a revolver and this afternoon
went to the apartments where his
mother lived with his sister Mary.
When his mother opened the door he
thrust the revolver in her face and
fired five bullets into her head before
she sank to the floor
He then attempted to shoot his sis
ter Mary. but the revolver was empty.
Her screams summoned neighbor,
who wrested the revolver from Carlin,
but the latter escaped to the street and
fled. He was pursued and captured af-
ter a desperate struggle in which he
severely injured one of his captors.
To the police he said he killed his
mother because she was making me
do bits all my life" He declared that
she had sent him to an orphan asylum
when he was 16 months old, and had
kept lin in some kind of an institution
for the most Of his life.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
BACK IN SING SING.
Convict LasaIa Captured After Only
Three Days Of Liberty.

New York, April S.-Haying enjoyed
a taste of liberty, Joseph Lasala, con-
victed. is on his way back to Sing Sing
tonight Lasala, who since he was
missed last Monday has engaged the
attention of the Italian members OF
the detective bureau, was captured In
Brooklyn but not until he had led a
half dozen detectives, reinforced by
two mounted police and score of
volunteers a merry chase.
The Italian was convicted of high
way robbery in this city and last De-
cember was sentenced to Sing Sing FOR
a term of IA years.
He stayed until Sunday night and
on Monday was posted as missing. HIS
cell mate denied knowledge of Lasala's
escape and it had not been determined
through what agency the leave taking
had been possible.
Tonight Lasala told the whole story
He said that at go Sunday night he
stepped out of the mess line and into
the blacksmith shop, where ha lay
concealed for some time. In the %hor
he said he found a plank with which,
he was enabled later to scale the
prison wall Outside the wall he made
his way to the river, where he found
a boat. The boat was without oars
but he climbed into it and drifted
down stream. The boat took him to
the wharf at Tarrytown and there he
boarded a train upon which he reach
ed New York He left the train at the
125th street station and made his way
to his home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
Manifested BY Harvard Graduates At
Chicago Banquet.

Chicago, April 8.-FOur hundred
Harvard graduates met last night at
the Congress hotel and greeted their
president, Charles w. Eliot. with flu
SHADE OF Harvard yells, songs and
cheers. "'
The occasion was the arrival of Pres
idert Eliot for weeks stay in Chi
cage-and incidentally the 51st annual
dinner of the Chicago Harvard Club.
One or two other speakers had been
given a place on the program, but to
President Eliot fell more than lions
share of the honors; he responded by
making two addresses, one after the
other, and the result was n riot of
Harvard enthusiasm such as Chicago
Harvard men seldom have seen. The
presidents first address was largely a
historical review of the progress of
the institution during the 80 years of
his presidency.
1T IL not material development thta
represents the : university's highest
achievements in the last 40 years." he
added, sit is the building up of the
university as a. great factor in edu-
cation. Harvard is now not only the
oldest institution of learning in the
United States. but it is the only uni
versity in the country organized on a
true university basis"
President Eliot's second address was
I'm light vein, and. consisted chiefly
of "reminiscences of more personal
character
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
UNCLE SANS ASSISTANCE
Seems to Be Needed to Straighten Out
Things In Hayt.

Port Au Prince, April S.-There is
reason to believe that measures are
now being taken in this city to force
if possible the intervention Of the
United States At the moment APP
parent tranquility prevails, but there
is good authority for the statement
that hostility against the present
Haytien government is growing more
intense.
1t is rumored, and the rumor is
very general one, that those who are
opposed to the present government, in
Guiding the better classes of Haytiens
contemplate a movement which VIII
bring matters to crisis within very
short time. 1t is stated that they will
take advantage of the presence in the
harbor Of the United States warships
and make, an armed demonstration.
not in the expectation of overthrow
ing the government, but in the hope of
precepitating landing of marines and
following this, American Intervention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
Merrill

The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Peacock, Pond road, West Gardiner,
was the scene last evening of pretty
home wedding. The contracting par
ties were their daughter, Minnie s.
Peacock and Paul Raymond Merrill.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Merrill
Of West Gardiner. The house was
Hastily decorated with evergreens ana
cut flowers
The bridal party entered the parlor
to the strains of the wedding march
played by Master Robinson. and the
ceremony was performed in a bower OF
evergreen by Rev. l.. H. Clark. pastor
of the Gardiner Baptist church the
ring ceremony was used. The BRIDE
was gowned in white. with bridal ven
and carried shower bouquet OF lilies
Of the valley.
Walter Merrill, brother of the groom
was the best man and Miss Etfie Mer.
rill, sister of the groom, was maid q
honor. At the close of the ceremony
a reception was rendered Mr.. and MIS-
Merrill and dainty refreshments served.
i. MIR. and Mrs Merrill received
large NUMBER 6f handsome and var
liable presents. They will live at West
Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
ALL FOOLS DAY FRANKS
Cause the Expulsion Of 305 Students
of Clemson College.

Clemson College, S. c.. April s.
Two hundred and fifty-seven students
of Clemson College, were dismissed
from the institution today. This num-
Der, with the As members of the Junior
class dismissed Saturday. aggregat ted
sos dismissals on account Of the "All
Fools day escapade, when 800
cadets absented themselves from the
campus drills and classes from 7.45 A.
NJ. until 6 p. M. OF the 800 particle
pants only four escaped expulsion.
One of these was suspended until Sep
TENDER, one acquitted of the charge
and two will be dealt with by the COM
mandaNt.
The faculty will be compelled to re-
wise the classes. Many sections in
Freshman and Sophomore classes are
almost totally wiped out. The re-
visions are now being made and every
thing is progressing smoothly and
without friction. There are about 400
students left in the institution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-09
JUNIOR CLASS SUSPENDED.
New York University Furnishes Aazers
Of BIoch-More Trouble.

New York. April s.-The entire Junior
class of New York University was sus-
pended from the university for three
days by the faculty today as penalty
for the hazing Of Henry Bloch. Fresh
man. Bloch was on the campus and met
the suspended Juniors as they were ,leav-
ing the chapel There was another alter
cation between him and some of the Jun
Tors and Bloch was knocked down. Cool
or members of the class interposed and
prevented further trouble.
The affair had its origin in Bloch's re-
fusai to obey certain rules made 10y the
upper classes for the regulation Of Fresh
men,.
At, a meeting of the student organiza-
ton with the exception of the Junior
class this afternoon it was voted unan-
imously to accept the penalty imposed by
the faculty