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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-09-09
ENTHUSIASTIC DAY
} ANTICIPATED BY ALL
Laying Of Masonic Temple Corner Stone
to Be Grand Event.
lARoE ATTENDANCE ExpEcTED

From Az indications the Largest Local
Assemblage Ever seen in the City
viii Be Presers---Exercisss TO Be,
gin at O'Clock.
The weather permitting today prom
Uses to be the grandest event Gaines
Vile has ever Witnessed in local
way, and 1t Is expected that all sizes
and ages Of people viii be in attend
ance to witness the ceremonies on this
occasion.
The event is the laying OF the corner
stone OF the new Masonic Temple now
ia course OF construction. and Of
which every citizen and child Of the
city feels proud, as II is Gainesville
building built by the Masons.
This move on the part OF the Oldest
secret order in existence Is highly
commendable and will make many Of
them feel glad when they see the
crowds that will assemble TO witness
their ceremonies this evening.
Following ~ the detailed program
for the day:
Program.
Laying Of corner stone Of Masonic
Temple. 4 p. m.
Formation OF parade will be as fol-
lows: Gainesville Silver Cornet
Band; Gainesville Guards, Company
II. Second Regiment; Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows; Knights Of Py.
thlas; woodmen Of the World; Pa
triotic Order Sons OF America; BE.
neyoient and Protective order OF
Elks; Colfax Rebekah Lodge: Con.
federate Veterans; Grand Army Of
Republic; Mayor and City Council:
Masonic Orders, including Grand
Lodge.
The band will form on the south
side Of Liberty street, the right resting
on Garden street
The Guards VIII form on south
side OF Liberty street, right resting
w tttt Nhuh VI Dhh0.
Odd Fellows win form on south side
cf Liberty street, right resting on left
flank Of Guards.
knights Of Pythias win form on
North Pleasant street, right resting
on Liberty street.
Woodmen VIII form on North Pleas.
ant street. right resting on Liberty
street Ia rear OF Knights OF pythias.
Patriotic Sons Of America v'u form
on South Pleasant street. right resting
on Liberty street
Benevolent Protective order OF
Elks will form on South Pleasant
street. right resting ON Liberty street
IN rear OF Patriotic Order sons Of
America.
Rebekahu viii form on north aldo
Of Liberty street. right resting on
pleasant street,
Confederate Veterans win form on
north side Liberty street. at left Of
Rebekahs.
Grand Army OF the Republic viii
form with Confederate Veterans.
Mayor and City Council win form
on north side Of Liberty street, on
left Of a A. n.
The Masona win form on Gardep
street. rIght resting on Liberty street.
The line Of march viii be- east on
Liberty street 70 East Main, thence
north on East Main 10 Court street.
thence west on Court street 10 Tenn.
pie building.
All the foregoing organizations are
requested 10 be In line AZ place dealg.
mated promptly AZ $3.50 ,. m.
An visiting Masons IN the city are
frAsernally invited 10 be present.
There win be work IN the lodge al
SD N. COL I n WEBSTER.
Marshal Of the DAY.
Ronr MCLEi.l.AN,
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24

gave poison to three Of her four chn-
dren and when she saw one. Of them
dead and the other apparently dying.
shot herself in the head, inflicting
wound which probably will prove fl
tai. She left long letter. giving her
reason for the deed, declaring that
she was not insane. and disposing OF
the few effects left to the family, even
to washtubs and the toys Of her lit
tie boys.
Edison Burr, a farmer living six
miles north OF Romeo, Mich, burned
$4 800 in currency and his $1,000 farm
residence Saturday night. Then. after
good nights sleep. he went to a
shed and hanged himself. Previously
he had sent his wife to Alont, and
| II is said that $1,000 of the currency
belonged to her. 1t is alleged that
Burr went to the bank and drew $3,5o0
took this home, and. placing 1t beside
another roll Of 81 900. deliberately Sci
the house on fire. Subsequently be
went across into Macombe county ant
slept Sunday night In his tenants
house. His body was found in tht
morning In the tenants shed. He wal
SO years old and was married twice
His second wife, an aunt OF the wifi
of William Day. son Of Judge Day o
the United States supreme court, sur
wives him.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24

down of the trees.
Mr.. William Spinning and family
spent several days this week at Pa
gosa Springs. -
A number Of Florida farmers are
experimenting this season with stock
peas with flattering prospects.
Rev. Macleod will preach at Florida
Mesa church August "a at 8 p. IN.
The mems Bible class of Florida. IS
in number had their picture taken
last Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie Splitter of Goss City,
Ind. arrived Saturday and is visiting
her sister. Mrs, Bert Spinning. The
sisters have not seen each other foi
twenty-six years.
Mr.. Lane and family Of Rocky Ford
who has been looking over the Mon
tezuma valley, returned last week ant
visited few days with Mr.. Self. HI
says Florida mesa looks good to hin
and he will make this his future home
The tenth anniversary of the Flo
rida Presbyterian church will occu
August 30. Adult Sabbath school q
10 a. M. Symposium. IL to IL. Dime
on the ground from IL to 1. Socia
hour to 2. Preaching at 2:30 p. m
Everybody welcome. Come, let u
make this a memorable day in tn
history of our church.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24
COLORADO NEWS.

A. NJ. Stevenson is home from al
eastern trip and declares the senti
ment for the election of Taft is al
most too one sided to be interesting
The Colorado City council has pass
ed an ordinance requiring all saloon
keepers to remove screens from In
front of the bars. and to keep the win
dows transparent.
All gambling closed at Trinidad at
an early hour Wednesday morning, In
compliance with the recent order is
sued by Attorney General Dickson. It
was known that Tuesday was to be the
last open night and all places ran full
blast until long after midnight. Many
gamblers have left town.
AS a result OF drinking cup OF
liquid fly poison 1A-month-old child
OF MIR. and Mrs. Essex Boyer died in
terrible agony at Trinidad. The child
was with its mother In shoe shining
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24
QUARREL TWO THOUSAND :
YEARS OLD IS SETTLED

Historians will be interested to know
that little dispute between Persia. and
Greece. dating from SAG b. c.. has been
satisfactorily settled. As proofs> their
future good will the Persians, accord
ing to cable dispatches, have appointed
for the first time in 1898 years an
envoy extraordinary. etc. to Athens.
Marathon has at last been forkutten.
1t will be remembered by Old In
habitants that in the year 4S8 B. C.
there was war In progress between
these two nations and the memory Of
that bloody encounter at Marathon.
when. after the Persians had lost S,a0S
men. the referee gave the decision to
Greece. will not be easily forgotten.
1t was at this time the Persian main,
lister to Athens was hastily recalled
and the Persian embassy closed. netnE,
to open again. 1t was at that tiST J
believed. Happily that is all over now
Students Of ancient history OF the
University OF Chicago and elsewhere
recalled that in B. c. 500. when the Ion.
ians revolted against the Persiah rule
they were assisted by the AthenianI
and the Eetrerians, who took. sacked
and burned the city Of sardis, capital
of Lydia.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24
rELEoRApn sREvIrlss

A New York musician played a Pol
ish national hymn on his violin as he
fell from the roof Of tenement to
his death.
Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son
Of the kaiser, leads the life of day
laborer in order to ward off threat.
ening obesity.
Thousands of persons from all over
the central part OF the state went to
Springfield on special trains to visit
the scenes Of the rioting.
Walter Wellman says une D1tter per.
sonal fight between Hearst and Bryan
promises picturesque struggle and
may prove of Importance in result.
The committee OF the American Bar
association makes report urging a
new federal statute to do away with
technicalities of the law and try cases
on merit.
Walter Wellman quotes prominent
New York Republicans as warning par
ty that failure to renominate Governor
Hughes would mean defeat OF Taft by
churches. who would regard such q
step as a declaration in favor OF the
gamblers.
Philadelphia has advertised for bids
to be opened September / for $4,000,
900 of new city per cent bonds ma
turing in thirty years. OF the pro
ceeds $2.500.O00 will be used in erect
ing new schools and the rest will be
divided for Improvement and extension
work In the various city departments
Reports from Algeria are that a new
uprising Is under way on the Moroc
can frontier, where an Arab army OF
2b.0O0 men is preparing to surprise
the French posts at Bechar and Bo-
nanane. General Lvauty is organizing
flying column of 1000 horsemen. The
uprising is the result of the agitation
OF Mulai Hafld's agents.
William II. Andrews was renomi.
mated for congress by the Republicans
of New Mexico. 1t was only after a
persistent fight, however. by an ener.
getic minority. He received 116 out
OF the $50 votes. The remainder were
divided between Charles A. Spies of
Las Vegas, who received A, and Judge
Edward A. Mum of Alamogordo, who
received twenty votes.
AT banquet at the National Press
club In Washington. Capt. Thomas 8.
Baldwin, who has Just delivered a
dirigible to the United States army at
Fort Myer. announced that he had
been given a contract. soon to be sign
ed. to construct airships for an aerial
line to play between Phila-
ielphia and New York. Incorporated
In Massachusetts about six weeks ago
by Charles ]. Glidden.
Left without resources after two
and unable to endure want
md distress. Mrs. Ida Spooner OF
poughkeepsie. N. r. 80 years old.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24
FLORIDA DolNos. DOING,
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Mr.. Jelineck dedicated his new
house with a dance. a.t
Land buyers have been looking over
Florida mesa the past week.
Mr. Banks. who has been at the
hospital In Durango for two weeks,
is at home again-nursing his wound.
ed hand.
Miss Lille Spencer is visiting the
preacher. Sanders. this week.
The Sunday school Of Florida Pres
byterian church is flourishing under
the direction OF Orville Hood, it's eff.
cient superintendent. Mr
Apple trees on the XII ranch "a.
=. Reece) are SO heavily loaded as to
necessitate thinning to save the break.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24


Primaries for the selection Of dele
gates to said convention shall be held
in the various precincts on September
3; the primarief n precincts Nos. 10
and II to be hold between the hours
of 2 o'clock p. m. and 3 o'clock p. m;
all other country precincts the pri-
maries shall be held between the hours
of 4 o'clock p. m. and s O'Clock p. M;
In all precincts in the city of Durango
the primaries shall be held between
the, hours of z o'clock p. m. and
o'clock p. m. I .as .n.1.-.s ~.
Except as hereinafter specified eri
maries shall be held in all precincts
at the usual voting place in said pre-
cinct. ,i, Iau. rlf t Ic
In precinct No. 8, Durango. pri-
maries shall be held at the barn. cor
ner Of Seventh street and Second ave.
nue.. DO ~
In precinct No. IL. primarisS shall
be held at the Bailey and kins
store In Hesperus. 49,
In precinct No. IL. Durango. prf
maries shall be held in 131 Ninth
street. s l lHI .p.ltsaa,3.l .l
Precinct No. II. Durango. primaries
shall be held at 733 Fifth avenue,
the home of Mrs. Wyatt m vsuua.
In precinct No. 21. the primaries
shall be held at the store OF Fabian
Martinez ., f.. I.
In precinct No. 20 the primaries
shall be held at the school house in
Tiffany. f,l. ,.,..I a44 g pIJs4
In precinct No. 20 the primaries
shall be held at the school house at
Perins. tFf ul tai1..af -l n euli
All tickets to be voted at H. ps*
mary shall be posted at the polling
7lace at or prior to the opening Of the
ills. In all cases the precinct COM
mitteemenl shall have charge Of the
primaries and act as judges. Judges
will please send to the chairman.
promptly on close of primaries. the
credentials for delegates from their
precinct. r Ur.. .-.as. .Ill. pol.
A meeting of the county central com
mittee is called at the court room at
10 o'clock a. M, September s, for the
purpose of taking up such matters In
connection with said convention as
may properly be considered by the
committee.
o., B. w. RITTER, Chairman.
Durango. Aug. 20. 1908.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24

parlor and found the cup on the edge
of low window. Medical aid was
summoned at once but death ensued In
spite of the efforts to save the chiids
life.
After living on olive oil and lemon
Juice for 100 days, W. r. Trachsei OF
Denver is going to feast bountifuiiy on
buttermilk and eggs once DAY. ne
claims the long fast has materially
benefited his health; that he 1eeis
stronger and better and has even
gained in weight. During the first M
teen days of his fast he lost three
pounds in weight but gained steadily
until the end. The prolonged last Oh
the man has attracted national atten-
ton.
From the cribs on Market stree.
scores OF women have removed up
town, and the Denver police are hav-
ing a lard time to keep them in check.
While they will not admit that they
advocate the reopening OF the Mar
ket street red light district In full
swing, as It existed up to the time the
district attorney compelled the women
to move away, the police claim tha'
1t would be better to have these WON
! en- located In one district.
! Letters received at Ouray from Gay
} lor Wiltshire of New York indicate that
: he is about to enter suit for $5o,ooo
damages against the Miners Magazine
the official organ of the Western FED
Grafton of Miners. The suit is based
on the publication by the magazine
) of an article designating the Bishop
/. Creek mine of California, in which
Wiltshire is interested, as wild cal
] proposition, and that Wiltshire, as {
Socialist editor. has been exploiting
the property In connection with his SO
:. cialistic doctrine at the cost OF hi!
: Socialist friends to whom he has SOLE
! thousands of dollars worth of Stock
that are alleged to be utterly worth
I less. Randall, a member OF the execu
b tive board of the Western Federation
+ of Miners, is the man named as hav
I ing made an examination Of the proT
K erty and exposed its worthlessness.
Several hundred passengers on tw
/ eastbound Colorado & Southern train
r faced death by drowning Monday aft
e ernoon when, during heavy mountai
e storm, a cloudburst in Indian gulcf
r near the mouth of Clear Creek canoT
e flooded the tracks and torrent swep
n around the cars. Both trains ran SLOW
r ly over the submerged tracks Will
# the passengers, most of them tourist
C from the east. watched the swirlin
n water that roared and foamed abou
n the coaches, threatening to rise highe
e and sweep the trains from the trac
and into the bed of Clear creek. Th
r canon Is narrow where the flood owe
a took the trains, and the bed of th
It creek Is fifteen to thirty feet belo
70 the grade in places. 10 have bee
o carried over the embankment into th
e creek would have meant certain deaf
y to many persons. The crest OF I'll
s flood passed rapidly and few mi
utes after the wall of water thundere
S down the canon the creek recede,
e leaving the tracks covered with debri
s In many places.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24

found here and establish schools in
the southern states for training color
ed girls in the same way. but sup
pose the supreme court would pro-
nounce such scheme unconstitu-
tional.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24
REPUBLICAN COUNTY cohvEN-
TION.

By direction of the Republican coun-
ty central committee. a delegate con-
vention Of the Republican party Of
La Plata county. Colorado, is hereby
called to meet Saturday. September 8,
at IL o'clock a. m. at the court house
In the city Of Durango. for the pur-
pose Of selecting fifteen delegates to
the Republican state convention to be
held in Denver on September IL;
fifteen delegates to the judicial con-
vention Of the Sixth Judicial district,
to be held in Durango. September Il.
and fifteen delegates to the senatorial
convention of the Nineteenth senate
rial district. to be held in Durango.
September 81, and also for the pur-
pose Of selecting county central com
mittee for said La Plata county. and
for such other purposes as may prop
erly come before said convention.
The several precincts Of the county
will be entitled to delegates to said
convention as follows:
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24

Joe Newman is billed for various
San Juan towns and will strike Du-
range about the last of September.
A. r. Mollette of Durango, candidate
for district attorney on the Republican
ticket, was in Cortez last evening on
business and also in the interest of his
political aspirations. We do not know
where that party could do better
Cortez Journal.
Judge C. Q. HoiDrook. who is doing
some prospecting work on some land
upon the Navajo reservation near Sui
phur Springs, returned and took the
train for the San Luis valley on Mon
day. He has been granted the right to
do some prospect work by the govern
ment and has very promising ledge
in which he is working.-Farmingt
Enterprise.
The Bluff mail got into the river
this week as Ed Kirby, accompanied
by his wife and child, were taking it
down. One horse was drowned, get
ting in the quicksands, the other one
kicking loose, and most fortunately
all the occupants of the stage were
saved. The recent abundant rains
have raised the river until IT. is quite
htuh -Cnrta1 Journal
| Charlie Thomas and wife arrived
Sunday from Durango and went imme
diately to their splendid ranch in the
Lake View district. The orchard on
this place is loaded with fruit this
year and Mr.. Thomas is well pleased
He is waiting the time when they can
move over and stay. Mr.. Thomas is
with the meat department of the
Graden Mercantile compeny.
The firm of Stroehle G. Lennon OF
Durango proved to be the successful
bidders for the school house contract
they bidding an even $1,000. Work
will begin at once and pushed with
all rapidity, as this additional room is
badly needed by the school here. There
was difference Of as high as $4,000
between the bids sent in. just the diff
ference in the way lead pencils work
ed.--Cortez journal.
A. M. Hubbard. deputy game warden
has received word that a shipment oi
about 100000 spotted trout will arrive
in Aztec today. The fish will be placed
in the Animas river. They are from
the government hatchery at Leadville
The law provides a penalty for catch
ing any under eight inches long ant
it will be at least three years before
the fish grow that big. 1t is claimed
these trout are especially adapted tt
such streams as the Animas, and Il
they do well there is great sport aheat
for our fishermen.-Aztec Index.
A few days ago G. S. Herbolsheimel
returned to his home in Palisade aftel
passing through the most delicate op
Grafton at the sanitarium near Mont
rose probably ever performed in the
state. He was suffering from cancer
of the stomach and In last effort tc
save his life his entire stomach was
| removed. The intestines were at
tached directly TO the esophagus and
Immediately thereafter he began tc
improve. Inside of twenty days he
was apparently well. yet stin in q
weakened state. While he will neces
sarily have to be very careful as to
what he shall eat, 1t is believed that
he will fully recover from the trouble
unless the roots OF the cancer should
cause it to break out in another place
l-Mcntrose Press.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24

A. r. Mollette of Durango. candidate
for district attorney on the Republican
ticket, was in Cortez last evening on
business and also in the interest of his
political aspirations. We do not know
where that party could do better
Cortez journal.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-24
SAN JUAN TOWNS

Joe Newman is billed for various
San Juan towns and will strike Du-
range about the last of September.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
BOSS ROGERS HOLDS THE KEY
Until He Opens Secret Bedford's Sue
eessor is Not Known.
MAY TAKE THE JOB HIMSELF
Head of Dahlman Clan Makes Yelled
statement that Throws other
Aspfrahts Into Fit of
Excitement.

Within the next two weeks a successor
10 jeff w. Bedford, councilman from the
Twelfth ward, must be chosen, but until
George Rogers, chief OF the Dahlmanftes,
lnlifitatrs whether he would accept an APP
pointnent to the seat about to be vacated
the couneilfnen viii not commit themselves.
And in the meantime George Rogers de-
clines to say whether he wants the job or
not, telling the anxious councilmen and
the anxious aspirants for Bedfords shoes
that he will give no decision until after
Christmas, one short week before the
Twelfth ward councilman will retire.
Mr.. Bedford has been elected a member
of the Board OF County Commissioners and
necessarily must resign from the council.
AS soon as he was elected twenty-five sep
arate and distinct candidates for his place
in the council chamber hove in sight. Aid
they had no sooner announced their can
didacy and begun an asslduous campaign
to land the plum when they received a
severe jolt in the announcement that Boss
Rogers would not be adverse to taking the
Job himself. Since then they have hung
with bated breath on every word the said
Rogers has uttered, for it is we'll known
that IL the boss wants the place he can
have 1t, for where is there a democratic
Nat obF 49,
the man who made him?
Roger Scares Them.
81 did not say 1 would accept an election
to the council" said Mr.. Rogers one day,
and the hopes of the twenty-five other as
pirants rose. But the next day Mr.. Rogers
said: IL did not state 1 would refuse an
election to the council" and then the
hopes died in the bosoms of the satellites.
Now the boss comes out with a statement
that he has given the matter serious
thought, but will defer a positive announce
ment until after Christmas.
Alfred /. Lindel, defeated candidate FOL
the Board OF Education, had the lead over
the other candidates, next to Rogers. IN
til last week, when a stronger man came Il
the front with claims for Bedford's seat
This new candidate, the twenty-third, Il
Frank McCreary, Twenty-fourth and Man
7 derson streets, and proprietor of a eemen1
block factory at Thirtieth street and tbs
Belt line. Mr.. McCreary is a nephew o.
the late Count Creighton, was born il
Omaha and has a strong following.
II Mr.. Rogers wants the council position
members of that body say he can have i
hands down. without a struggle. If h
does not want it then the councilmen will
elect the strongest man they can find anC
a man who viii promise to make the rac'
in the spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

big thing as an educator and as opening
the way for future larger exposftions In
keeping with the wealth, resources and i'm
p~ortance OF this grand trans-Missouri river
valley, or empire, as it might properly be
called. I look upon this exposition, now
Just closed, as but the ~forerunner of other
and mightier eXpositfons to come, and expo
sitions at which people OF all walks of life
will learn and receive much benefit"
Kitchen and O'Brien Satisfied.
Ralph Kitchen, Paxton hotel, asserted:
The corn show is by far the best thing we
lave had in Omaha since the Transmissis-
sippi exposition. The crowds were big and
kept pouring in steadily. In a hotel way IT
is the best thing we nave ever had in
Omaha. 1 hope it will become a permanent
feature"
T. ]. O'Brien, Henshaw hotel; "Our BUSH
ness has been extremely good during the
corn show. The crowds came early and
stayed late. 1t was a good natured crowd,
too. The visitors were willing to put up
with the inconvenience naturally resulting
I from the crowded conditions, of the hotels.
They were good payers. We did even q
better hotel business than during the Ak
Sar-Ben."
while comparisons are always odious,
and while I ave always been a booster for
Ak-sar-Ben, 1 find from my books that
the business Of the ten days of the Ma
tional Corn exposition has been much bet
ter han it was during the period of the
fall festivities said Herman B. Peters,
proprietor Of the Merchants hotel.
"rhe National Corn exposition brought a
splendid class Of people to Omaha, not
merely sightseers, but people who wanted
to learn hod to better their condition, and
I could see that the exposition made them
think.
"They would gather in groups and discuss
the different advanced methods which they
had seen and which they had learned at